Update - Improved BB Filter Menu

Hello everyone, and surprise!

Improved BB Filter Menu has received an update completely overhauling it alongside new features. These include restructured pack filters and new Select All buttons.

Take a look at some highlights below, and then get it on the mod page.

It is out for free to everyone now!

An Even Larger Menu

The New Select All Button

Only See The Packs You Have

No AI/Vibe-coding was used in the creation or edits to the code making this mod or update possible. It is... painfully handmade.

The process behind the update

It has been quite a while since I last posted a mod or update, and so I wanted to give you all a little something. Not to say this update was easy, it truly was not... and it is painfully hand made.

This whole update started with me finding an option to enable a Select All button in the code, and fortunately Maxis had almost finished it both visually and functionally. (I could not have it on my own). There was also an option to collapse the tab if it only had one entry, which I used for the Base Game and Maker Packs.

There were however some issues, such as it not affecting the Filter Bubble (which is the little window where your selected pack tags show up at the bottom).

But even when I got it to interact with the Filter Bubble, it just printed a Show All tag and not all the packs included in the category. Considering how complex the code is (to my skill level and experience at least), I had to really understand the code I needed to edit, which promoted me to spend probably 10-12h just reading, documenting and learning what a single (hefty) class did. Behold my chart over just one small part.

I ended up solving all problems, and learning so much I overhauled my previous edits to make them much neater. The filter panel is almost completely generated by code, rather than being put together graphically, which is really cool, but also a hassle at times.

Ofc there were bugs, and mistakes. In the final testing I spent 2 hours yesterday hunting down why the Clear All button didn't work, only to realize I had accidentally deleted the function it tried to run hence not doing anything. At least it was an easy fix putting it back!

Anyways if you've read this far I hope you enjoy this update! It has been quite challenging, but I am happy with the result.

aaaand some must have bug screenshots.... (I gotta get better at taking more)

Kallixer