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Better Game Search in RGR and VGR & Adjustment to Game Order

 

05-25-20 10:14 AM
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You Can Now Search Based On 1 or 2 Characters
Previously, the search only searched for words that were at least 3 characters long. Now when you do a search, all of the words in your search are used for finding games. This is especially useful when searching for games based on the number entry. For example, if you had searched for "Sonic 2" before, the 2 would have been ignored and 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' wouldn't have been one of the first results, in fact it would probably have been a few pages deep.

('of', 'A', 'And', and 'The' are still ignored)


Games With Dashes Now Show Up
Previously, searching for a game with a '-' in its title returned no results. This has been fixed. For example, searching for 'Yu-Gi-Oh' would make the RGR think there were 0 results but that's no longer the case.


The above 2 updates also apply to the Site Search.


Hacks No Longer Appear Before Non-Hacks
When searching for a game in the Retro Game Room, there were occasions where you'd be searching for a game and couldn't find it because all of the hacks of that game appeared first, making it hard to find the actual game. For example, if you had searched for "Sonic", you'd have to scroll through a few pages until you found it.

I've made it so that all non-hacks found in the search appear first and then the hacks appear after that. This only applies to a search where you're searching based on game name.


Better Search Results
I made a few additional tweaks and fixes that should result into better search results.
You Can Now Search Based On 1 or 2 Characters
Previously, the search only searched for words that were at least 3 characters long. Now when you do a search, all of the words in your search are used for finding games. This is especially useful when searching for games based on the number entry. For example, if you had searched for "Sonic 2" before, the 2 would have been ignored and 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' wouldn't have been one of the first results, in fact it would probably have been a few pages deep.

('of', 'A', 'And', and 'The' are still ignored)


Games With Dashes Now Show Up
Previously, searching for a game with a '-' in its title returned no results. This has been fixed. For example, searching for 'Yu-Gi-Oh' would make the RGR think there were 0 results but that's no longer the case.


The above 2 updates also apply to the Site Search.


Hacks No Longer Appear Before Non-Hacks
When searching for a game in the Retro Game Room, there were occasions where you'd be searching for a game and couldn't find it because all of the hacks of that game appeared first, making it hard to find the actual game. For example, if you had searched for "Sonic", you'd have to scroll through a few pages until you found it.

I've made it so that all non-hacks found in the search appear first and then the hacks appear after that. This only applies to a search where you're searching based on game name.


Better Search Results
I made a few additional tweaks and fixes that should result into better search results.
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That is a very useful update! I've been learning more about how tough searching for things on the internet, and now I recall that it was sometimes that way on Vizzed. I had never thought before about how numbers in a game title can make that game hard to find! Same with dashes.

Also, I'm glad that this is fixed, but I find it hilarious that so many hacks appeared before the original games
That is a very useful update! I've been learning more about how tough searching for things on the internet, and now I recall that it was sometimes that way on Vizzed. I had never thought before about how numbers in a game title can make that game hard to find! Same with dashes.

Also, I'm glad that this is fixed, but I find it hilarious that so many hacks appeared before the original games
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That is a very useful update! I've been learning more about how tough searching for things on the internet is, and now I recall that it was sometimes that way on Vizzed. I had never thought before about how numbers in a game title can make that game hard to find! Same with dashes.

Also, I'm glad that this is fixed, but I find it hilarious that so many hacks appeared before the original games
That is a very useful update! I've been learning more about how tough searching for things on the internet is, and now I recall that it was sometimes that way on Vizzed. I had never thought before about how numbers in a game title can make that game hard to find! Same with dashes.

Also, I'm glad that this is fixed, but I find it hilarious that so many hacks appeared before the original games
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