Better Architect Menu

Organized to perfection

This mod is a long term community project designed to have a fully functioning architect menu that supports larger modlists. This means having subcategories, sorting, all sorts of ways of tolerating the newly added bloat.

Features

• A fully community hand-sorted, authored and standardized menu

• 900+ mods directly hand-patched

• A new subcategory system for the menu

• Fully customizable appearance, menu height and transparency

• Sort buildings by various attributes

• Group buildings by tech level

Directly supported patches (946+ mods)

Many mods work even without direct patches written. Just give it a shot!

Works alongside Vanilla Gravships Expanded

Includes full architect icons retexture

Thank you to Deadmano for curating a large chunk of them! Originally from: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3212495112

Works great alongside

• PrettyUI, similar design language
• Declutter UI, for main buttons

Want more architect debloating?

• Basic Dropdowns, for merging stuff a bit further.
• Progression: Aesthetics, for decorations and props.
• Progression: Storage, for storage overlap.

Addon mods for alternate takes

• Better Architect Menu | Tweaks, for some alternate takes/options on the base project's ideas.
• Better Architect Menu +, for more alternate takes.

FAQ

• I don't like the way you named the categories - It is incredibly easy to modify this yourself, and release those changes as your own mod. Simply patch the field on the categories, exactly what I did. Feel free to release your own naming structure as an addon mod.
• I can't see orders/zone/manage - Disable "hide empty categories" on Tab-Sorting.
• Did you manually patch all those? - Yeah.
• What about your old category mods? - Not gonna develop those anymore, see this as the replacement. But all my mods are completely free to use, if you'd like to fork them and do your own thing then please do!
• Can I get this mod ____ in this category ___ ? - Write the patch yourself (its very easy) and submit it on Github, or just grab the Tab-Sorting mod from Mlie and put them in yourself for you client.

Compatibility

• Works with Tab-Sorting, thanks to Mlie
• Works with Niilo's QOL, but disable "Remove empty categories"
• Works wtih Drag-Sorting (only the category part, not the buildings themselves)
• Works with Dubs Mint Menu radial wheel, compatibility has been added
• When used alongside "Unrestricted Ideo Buildings" the floor menu will lag.

Credits

• Core C# by our talented Taranchuk
• Edit mode C# by the magical StreetKing
• Floor menu toggle by LordBeef
• Design and many patches done by Ferny
• Large amount of patches are done by pillbug2
• Many icons curated by Deadmano