Adjusting the Default Item Filter

Hello Exiles,

Would it be possible to adjust the <Default> item filter a little?
The thing is, that I wanted to slightly modify how some things are displayed, for example, highlight jewelry in a brighter color than other typical rare items. I've made my custom item filter with few blocks and while everything worked, I've noticed, that all the useless items weren't filtered anymore - basically the <Default> filter was inactive.

Is there any way to let's say, put few custom blocks in my .filter file then 'call' the <Default> filter code, similarly to how things work in programming? I'd like to keep the default one as it is, except with these few tiny modifications.

I've did research and found some things here and there, but do I really have to put all the wall of text just to apply few modifications? My worry is, that if the game will be updated, the item filter may get simply outdated, thus not show some items correcty- though no idea, as I haven't worked with these yet. With 'calling' I'd be sure, that the 'base' is up to date, except my custom blocks, that I'd be aware of, thus be able to keep track.

For example, let's imagine something like this:

I've toyed with these filters for like 5 minutes, so forgive my lack of knowledge, but to my understanding it would scan the conditionals at the top first and if both would return false, it would normally go through the default filter.
So basically the idea is, that it would display rings and amulets in yellow and ALL the rest would remain default.

Is there a way to achieve this? That would be ultra-convenient.
Thank you in advance.

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Abdiel_Kavash wrote:

Add one line with the keyword "Show" at the end, with no conditions or actions. This will display all items not already matched by your filter as the default filter would show them.

Thank you for reply;

Referring to my example, should it be like this?

I've tried that, but the default filter was still inactive. Everything appeared like the filter would be set to 'none', aside the items I've specified.

What did I do wrong?

Look at Abdiel's comment's last line to see what he meant.

There's no way to do what you described, as far as I know. Default Item Filter can be extracted from game files - as far as I know you can download this from https://filterblast.oversoul.xyz/. Just check the news a few days before each league starts to add new stuff, or just pick a player-made filter for yourself and stick to it - creators of the most popular ones usually have forum threads here and update their filters frequently.

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Iangyratu wrote:

Look at Abdiel's comment's last line to see what he meant.

I'm not sure what you mean. Abdiel said it should display the rest as "the default filter would show them"; Not as "items not filtered at all". If he meant to say it is not possible, why would he suggest me to alter the file in any way? I'm confused.

And yeah, that's what I bumped into when asking Uncle Google. That's an unnecessarily complex way to achieve this and as it turns out - a temporary one. All the extra work it provides makes it not worth that.

I can't complain on the default filter; Relying on third-party players + manually checking for updates on the other hand.. doesn't sound pleasant, heh.

Well, if there's no way, then that's my answer I was looking for I guess.

Thank you for information.

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Abdiel_Kavash wrote:

Does the <Default> filter, unaltered, actually even hide anything? I dropped a bunch of random stuff on the ground in a level 83 zone, from scrolls to white/magic items, to trash-tier divination cards, and they are all shown.

It hides completely useless items - basically most of white stuff (equipment), that wouldn't be even worth to use for crafting.
But hiding is not the only thing the default filter does. It also highlights the valuable items.

I've made screenshots:
NO FILTER:
It shows everything as normally as possible. Scroll of Wisdom is as great as valuable orbs.


DEFAULT FILTER:
Gets rid of completely useless spammy items; highlights items based on the category and value.


FILTER EXAMPLE I'VE POSTED BEFORE:
Highlights rare unidentified rings and amulets; the rest is not filtered at all. There I hoped to leave the rest by <default>.


That's how it all looks.

Hah yeah, the default filter is kind of silly - I hoped I'll be able to modify it once in a while to my needs, but welp.

I also wanted to create my own filter for my preferences at some point - but now the thing is, that I was thinking of making an addon of some sort, instead of setting everything on my own.

When something new would be added, it would have a new highlight specified by GGG and then I could decide if I like it or not; eventually modify it by adding new blocks in my 'addon'. If I'll have everything set on my own, new items initially will remain not filtered (not supported) at all and in general that wall of text could potentially get incompatible I assume.

Hmm.. but I could work with the default one and have my changes at the top... - where is it stored and how do I extract it? If I'd have a reliable way to do this (preferably on my own), I'd consider that possibility, even if I'd have to extract&update every PoE update.

Though that also brings a question - is it okay to do so? Why they hid that in game files, instead of keeping it as a .filter file? What's the deal here?