Write filter string in research

This doc will show how to write "filter string" to choose research projects.

Select research series

Expression	Description
S1	research series 1
S2	research series 2
S3	research series 3
S4	research series 4

Select project type

Expression	Description
B	clear main chapter
C	free research project
D	face research
E	disassemble gear
G	coins research
H	cube research
Q	plate research
T	commission research
DR	ultra rare face
PRY	super rare face
Neptune	Neptune
Monarch	Monarch
Ibuki	Ibuki
Izumo	Izumo
Roon	Roon
SaintLouis	Saint Louis
Seattle	Seattle
Georgia	Georgia
Kitakaze	Kitakaze
Azuma	Azuma
Friedrich	Friedrich der Große
Gascogne	Gascogne
Champagne	Champagne
Cheshire	Cheshire
Drake	Drake
Mainz	Mainz
Odin	Odin
Anchorage	Anchorage
Hakuryu	Hakuryū
Agir	Ägir
August	August von Parseval
Marcopolo	Marco Polo
Plymouth	Plymouth
Rupprecht	Prinz Rupprecht
Harbin	Harbin
Chkalov	Chkalov
Brest	Brest

Select research duration

Use the duration in hours, such as 0.5, 6, 12.

Create filter string

Link the selection with dash - , such as S3-DR-0.5, S3-Q-0.5, Q-1.

• Selections are all optional.
• You link without dash, such as S3DR0.5 and Q1.
• You can use lowercase. It's not case sensitive.

Connect projects with greater than symbol > , such as

S3-DR-0.5 > Q-0.5 > S3-H-1 > S3-DR-2.5 > Q-1 > shortest

Alas will select research project from the left to the right. If no research matched, alas will do nothing. B (clear main chapter) and E (disassemble gear) will not be selected.

Some build-in strings:

• shortest, get the research project with the shortest duration. Equal to:

0.5 > 1 > 1.5 > 2 > 2.5 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 8 > 10 > 12

• cheapest, get the research project with the lowest cost. Equal to:

Q1 > Q2 > T3 > T4 > Q4 > C6 > T6 > C8 > C12 > G1.5 > D2.5 > G2.5 > D5 > Q0.5 > G4 > D8 > H1 > H2 > H0.5 > D0.5 > H4

• reset, example x-xx > reset > x-xx. Alas will refresh projects when selection reach there. If reset is already used today, do nothing.

Use your filter string in Alas

Open config/alas.ini , search research_filter_string, and paste filter string there, like this:

Choose "research_filter_prefix" to be "customized" in Alas GUI, and press "run" to save settings.

research_filter_string = S3-DR-0.5 > S3-0.5 > Q0.5 > cheapest

Some pre-written filter string

• series_4 Do series 4, need gears, use cubes and coins.

S4-DR0.5 > S4-0.5 > Q0.5 > S4-DR8 > S4-DR5 > S4-DR2.5 > S4-H4 > S4-H2 > S4-H1 > S4-Q1 > S4-Q2 > S4-PRY8 > S4-PRY5 > S4-PRY2.5 > S4-G1.5 > S4-G2.5 > reset > shortest

• series_3_fastest Do series 3 ASAP, whatever it costs.

S3-DR-0.5 > S3-0.5 > S3-DR-2.5 > S3-H-1 > S3-H-4 > S3-H-2 > S3-DR-8 > S3-DR-5 > Q1 > Q2 > reset > shortest

• series_3 Do series 3, need gears, use cubes and coins.

S3-DR-0.5 > S3-0.5 > Q0.5 > S3-DR-2.5 > S3-DR-8 > S3-DR-5 > S3-H-1 > S3-H-4 > S3-H-2 > Q1 > Q2 > Q4 > reset > G1.5 > G2.5 > cheapest

• series_3_than_2 Do series 3, also consider series 2, need gears, use cubes and coins.

S3-DR-0.5 > S3-0.5 > S2-DR-0.5 > Q0.5 > S3-DR-2.5 > S3-DR-8 > S3-DR-5 > S3-H-1 > S3-H-4 > S3-H-2 > S2-DR-2.5 > S2-DR-8 > S2-DR-5 > Q1 > Q2 > Q4 > reset > G1.5 > G2.5 > cheapest

• free_research_only Do free research only.

C12 > C8 > C6 > Q1 > Q2 > Q4 > T3 > T4 > T6 > reset > cheapest

• cubes_to_chips Consume cubes in exchange of chips, need gears.

Q0.5 > H0.5 > H1 > H2 > H4 > Q1 > Q2 > Q4 > reset > G1.5 > G2.5 > cheapest