Unofficial or inspired games in Infoseek
When looking for games from a determined company, the unofficial or inspired games also appear in the search, making it appear a bit odd...
Would it be possible that when doing a search, these unofficial games wouldnt appear in the results?
Thanks Martijn ;)
Would it be possible that when doing a search, these unofficial games wouldnt appear in the results?
Thanks Martijn ;)
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Rather than creating features nobody else might have a need for, perhaps if you could tell me what you are trying to do that would need this, I might find a different solution for you (or it would just end up on the infamous to-do list...)
I use Infoseek to look for all the games from Dinamic. In the search I also obtain 2 games, "Existenz" and "Justin" that were not from Dinamic at all...they were just 2 games with a Dinamic game inspiration.
That thing, when doing a search and obtaining a list, looks awkward and also may lead to wrong information for people who are not very well aware.
I dont know if I explained myself clearly, I hope so! :)
Dank je!
However... any such change would just be another tick-box in the advanced engine, as that's the only place where more sophisticated searches can be made.
Since you speak of people who are not very well aware, complicating the advanced search page yet further would seem a contradiction...
No, I mean that there might be, for example, people not aware that "Justin" is not a Dinamic game (It even actually sounds similar to "Dustin", and then take that information as correct, when its not. :)
As for me, its more a case of accuracy, Im looking for Dinamic games, games made by Dinamic, I dont want any game not programmed by them appear in the list.
Cheers!
Perhaps we just disagree, which is also acceptable!
Hehe, maybe I was thinking that the solution would be getting rid of the inspired games in the result of the search, and I think that would make things much easier in all ways (and also simple and accurate). No need to complicate the engine, methinks :)
I completely missed that idea, sorry. :oops:
Since this is a fundamental change, I would like to hear of more people interested in this, as everyone will be getting a different experience once this is implemented (so a single person asking this should not be enough).
I fear there is not a lot of people reading us here... :(
To be listed as a major clone, at least 25 clones must be present.
But then again, I haven't used Infoseek to search for all games by a company, so I can't judge the way it works now.
I think this sounds very sensible. Shame on you! :)