subatomic09 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I've noticed the search feature in Launchbox does not search in the "Series" field. Can this be fixed? It would be very useful to be able to type "Wonder Boy" and have it show all the games in the Wonder Boy series, including Monster World IV, or "Contra" and have it show Operation C. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, subatomic09 said: I've noticed the search feature in Launchbox does not search in the "Series" field. Can this be fixed? It would be very useful to be able to type "Wonder Boy" and have it show all the games in the Wonder Boy series, including Monster World IV, or "Contra" and have it show Operation C. Thanks! That's actually more likely to be that not all the games have the series field filled in on our database, so they don't show in search. For example Super C as you mentioned it has no series attached in its details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subatomic09 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) I fill it in myself to help keep track of games in various series. I also like to use it to group "spiritual sequels" together. Edited March 26, 2018 by subatomic09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I think this issue is that unless all your games in your Launchbox have the series field populated it still would not work fully. Edit: already mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subatomic09 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 1 minute ago, Retro808 said: I think this issue is that unless all your games in your Launchbox have the series field populated it still would not work. Edit: already mentioned. Not true, because I can search by Developer, or Publisher, even though not every game has that field fillled in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 1 minute ago, subatomic09 said: Not true, because I can search by Developer, or Publisher, even though not every game has that field fillled in. Yes true. If a game does not have series filled in then it would not find the game. If you look back at my post I edited it. so you quoted old text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subatomic09 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Just now, Retro808 said: Yes true. If a game does not have series filled in then it would not find the game. If you look back at my post I edited it. so you quoted old text. Sorry, i misunderstood. I've filled in the Series fields for my games that are part of series. So all my Contra games say "Contra" in the Series field. But if I search for "Contra," Operation C is not displayed because it is not searching inside the Series field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 1 minute ago, subatomic09 said: Sorry, i misunderstood. I've filled in the Series fields for my games that are part of series. So all my Contra games say "Contra" in the Series field. But if I search for "Contra," Operation C is not displayed because it is not searching inside the Series field. No worries. Leaving out "fully" in my original post made it a completely different statement, hence the edit Yeah that is something I do as well with the series field. Especially to help with auto populating playlists I may make. Definitely would be useful to have it search the series field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, subatomic09 said: Sorry, i misunderstood. I've filled in the Series fields for my games that are part of series. So all my Contra games say "Contra" in the Series field. But if I search for "Contra," Operation C is not displayed because it is not searching inside the Series field. I believe that would be because the series field is not actually populated in the metadata.xml as its not in our database, so my guess would be that its searching in the metadata.xml and not through your actual platform.xml's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subatomic09 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 22 minutes ago, neil9000 said: I believe that would be because the series field is not actually populated in the metadata.xml as its not in our database, so my guess would be that its searching in the metadata.xml and not through your actual platform.xml's. I added the missing Developer myself for a few games, and those come up in a search, so make of that what you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyuArchive Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) On 3/27/2018 at 7:01 AM, neil9000 said: I believe that would be because the series field is not actually populated in the metadata.xml as its not in our database, so my guess would be that its searching in the metadata.xml and not through your actual platform.xml's. Sorry to necro an old thread but did anyone ever find a solution to this? I've started adding series to my games and have hit the same issue. I've placed a text field above the title for series so I contract the title and make everything more readable on the screen. But if I can't search that field it will make too hard to find game, for instance searching Addams will not currently find Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt. Edited May 28, 2022 by KyuArchive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyuArchive Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) I have worked out that I can search on Series by adding series as an Alternate Name but that's pretty time consuming. Edited May 28, 2022 by KyuArchive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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