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Tala moana, exile! Welcome to the PoE Filter Generator wiki. Here you'll find all information regarding this project, whether if you're a user or a project contributor.
PoE Filter Generator is a command-line tool which allows you to modify or create Path of Exile (or PoE, for short) item filters. You feed it a filter with some extra meta-syntax put in the filter's comments and it outputs a modified version of that filter.
- Strictness enforcement
- Real-time economy updating
- Filter modularization
- And many more...
For information on how to obtain and use this tool, visit the Installation and Usage articles respectively.
If you're a project contributor or code tinkerer make sure to read every page on this wiki. Each of them includes a For Developers section with explanations of the inner workings of the tool.
Because maintaining filters for PoE is a pain in the ass. As an item filter curator myself I realized that at the start of every league I spent way too much time doing filter stuff instead of actually playing the game. I'd find myself slightly altering multiple copies of the same filter for chaos recipe bases or strictness, keeping up with changes to the fluctuating economy later on, and so on. What's worse is that most of the tedious stuff I was doing was very mechanical: copying, pasting and renaming things. Computers are really good at doing that as it turns out.
Keeping your item filter clean and maintainable is hard work, specially if you want something more sophisticated than a single, static filter. It takes up a LOT of time. This tool allows you to alter your filter once and run a command every time you want changes to take place. Also, everything is open sourced, so if you'd like to you can modify the code or add new features (which is very easy and highly encouraged). If that's not your cup of tea you can just download the latest version of the tool. Below you'll find instructions on how to install and use it.
When you run your .filter file through the Generator, it is broken up into blocks. Blocks begin on every Show or Hide line and end right before the next one. You can put rules on comments, which are used by handlers. Once a handler matches a rule, it works its magic and modifies your filter.
If you have an idea for a possible feature you'd like to see implemented, let me know via an issue!
Thanks for using or contributing to PoE Filter Generator ❤️! I hope it saves you a lot of time, which is best spent farming or theorycrafting builds on PoB.