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Einar Saukas · Post by **Einar Saukas** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:25 am

cha05e90 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:00 am You have mail!

The provided TASCALC manual is now available here:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=11133

Thank you!

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:25 pm

Another massive update this week! If you use social media then please share and tweet each update. Cheers!

New entries: Mostly thanks to the ZX-Dev!
Redshift
PTM
Ninja Gardening Simulator
Comeme el Chip
Ninjakul 2: The Last Ninja
Aliens: Neoplasma
Updated versions of Manic Pietro.
CGC 2018. Thanks [mention]druellan[/mention]
Advanced Election Sim
Advanced Lawnmower, Zombies
Catch my Balls
Chase the Ace
Clives Prognosticator
Colours
Computalk
Dog Walk
Fortress
Number Guesser
One Kick
Pangolin
Panic City
Planet Survival
Plumbers dont wear ties
Ring of the Inka
Russian Roulette
Space 1999
Space Scarper 2
Stercore
Thermal Ski
TODOS
Winter Neurobics Pent
MIA:
The Servant
Tascalc inlay. Thanks [mention]cha05e90[/mention]
Xadom MIA file and inlay. Thanks [mention]Neil Parsons[/mention]
A few fixes, and loads of screens.

druellan · Post by **druellan** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:36 pm

Hi [mention]PeterJ[/mention] awesome as always... BUT!

seems that CGC2018 titles are not in the update?

Edit: oh, I can see them with the link, but I can't search for them, perhaps I need to wait a bit longer for the propagation.

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:39 pm

druellan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:36 pm Hi @PeterJ awesome as always... BUT! seems that CGC2018 titles are not in the update?

What do you mean? I can see all of them

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:42 pm

Hi [mention]druellan[/mention]

If you search with the 'Advanced Search' on the home page the default is not to include 'Crap Games' You need to switch that with the pull down to include them.

druellan · Post by **druellan** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:44 pm

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:39 pm What do you mean? I can see all of them

Well, I can see them if I use the link, but if I search for Thermal Ski (for example), nothing is found, and if I list all the titles, the list is incomplete:

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:46 pm

Ta dru, Peter has explained why.

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:42 pm If you search with the 'Advanced Search' on the home page the default is not to include 'Crap Games' You need to switch that with the pull down to include them.

Ahh, well spotted.

That's a good point though, if you click on the link to CGC 2018 via one of the games, it defaults to showing non-crap—for the CSS CGC!

Would it get messy if that was made an exception?

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:48 pm

Seems to work for me [mention]druellan[/mention] with the 'Include Crap Games' option selected.

We will investigate further.

EDIT - See later emails from Dave and I

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:50 pm

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:46 pm

That's a good point though, if you click on the link to CGC 2018 via one of the games, it defaults to showing non-crap—for the CSS CGC!

Would it get messy if that was made an exception?

Lets have a think about it. I'm off to have my dinner.

druellan · Post by **druellan** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:53 pm

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:42 pm If you search with the 'Advanced Search' on the home page the default is not to include 'Crap Games' You need to switch that with the pull down to include them.

Oh, yeah, this is also happening when you want to see all games from an author:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=18213

Looking at this again, I'm not sure why the crap games are filtered by default. This should be something only related to the advanced search IMHO.

druellan · Post by **druellan** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:01 pm

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:48 pm EDIT - See later emails from Dave and I

Yes! Already answered Dave

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:10 pm

Thanks [mention]druellan[/mention]

We will look at the options available.

pavero · Post by **pavero** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:12 pm

Einar Saukas · Post by **Einar Saukas** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:59 am

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:46 pm Ta dru, Peter has explained why.

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:42 pm If you search with the 'Advanced Search' on the home page the default is not to include 'Crap Games' You need to switch that with the pull down to include them.
Ahh, well spotted.

That's a good point though, if you click on the link to CGC 2018 via one of the games, it defaults to showing non-crap—for the CSS CGC!

Would it get messy if that was made an exception?

There are 2 different issues here.

1.) When you use regular search or advanced search, crap games are hidden by default. You need to explicitly select crap, if you want crap. This is intentional. If you always got several pages of intentionally crap games (from over 2 decades of CSSCGC) whenever you searched for anything, I'm sure you would get tired of using SC fairly quick.

2.) In the specific case of CSSCGC 2018, 25 games were added to group CSSCGC Crap Games Contest 2018, but only one of them was added to compilation CSSCGC Crap Games Competition 2018. I will fix it in the next ZXDB update.

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:32 am

Thanks [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention]! That will sort it.

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:03 am

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:50 pm Lets have a think about it. I'm off to have my dinner.

Hope you saved room for today Peter—IT'S PANCAKE DAY!!!

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:59 am 2.) In the specific case of CSSCGC 2018, 25 games were added to group CSSCGC Crap Games Contest 2018, but only one of them was added to compilation CSSCGC Crap Games Competition 2018. I will fix it in the next ZXDB update.

I don't remember adding even 1! That was my mistake, so I should fix that.

Einar Saukas · Post by **Einar Saukas** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:56 am

R-Tape wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:03 amI don't remember adding even 1! That was my mistake, so I should fix that.

Too late, I have already fixed it!

And I'm already blaming you for everything that happens, to save you the trouble of you blaming yourself

druellan · Post by **druellan** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 12:10 pm

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:59 am 1.) When you use regular search or advanced search, crap games are hidden by default. You need to explicitly select crap, if you want crap. This is intentional. If you always got several pages of intentionally crap games (from over 2 decades of CSSCGC) whenever you searched for anything, I'm sure you would get tired of using SC fairly quick.

Thanks Einar. But what if I'm looking for all games from an author or a publisher? I think CRAP might be included there.

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 2:25 pm

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:56 am Too late, I have already fixed it!

And I'm already blaming you for everything that happens, to save you the trouble of you blaming yourself

Doubly efficient!

I'm not going to let you take my hairshirt or birch twig for flaying myself with, though.

Einar Saukas · Post by **Einar Saukas** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:03 pm

druellan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 12:10 pm
Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:59 am 1.) When you use regular search or advanced search, crap games are hidden by default. You need to explicitly select crap, if you want crap. This is intentional. If you always got several pages of intentionally crap games (from over 2 decades of CSSCGC) whenever you searched for anything, I'm sure you would get tired of using SC fairly quick.
Thanks Einar. But what if I'm looking for all games from an author or a publisher? I think CRAP might be included there.

That's a good point. Perhaps it makes sense to see all titles including crap, when clicking on an author or publisher name.

What does everybody else think?

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:40 pm

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:03 pm What does everybody else think?

I can see the benefits of having 'all titles' as default, but I'm erring towards keeping things as they are. Either that or having 'all titles', but listing CGC stuff separately in some way. Perhaps all 'notcrap' followed by 'iscrap', and somehow making that segregration clear.

Authors don't do CGC entries in the same spirit as their 'proper' games, and for most of the CGC's history, were never stored as part of the same archive. It wouldn't bother me, but I can imagine some authors don't want to be judged equally on their throwaway fun stuff.

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:03 pm

This evening I will be updating phpBB (The software that drives the forum) from 3.2.2 to 3.2.5

The forum will be become unavailable during this time. I will post here again once the upgrade is complete.

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:18 pm

All done. I have to admit that I find the phpBB upgrade process not intuitive in the slightest. Let me know if you spot any issues.

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:37 pm

[mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] and [mention]R-Tape[/mention] released a new version of ZXDB a few days ago, so here we go!

New entries:
ZX Larry
Moritz to the Moon
Deadzone
Dragonfire ZX
Atlantis
Haunted House
Specword
Upman
Spec Detective
Misifu la Gatita
ISS Emergency
Artillery

Additional material/MIA:
New versions, inlays, adverts for Fireflash
The French version of Sum Scruncher (Croque Nombres). Thanks [mention]druellan[/mention] & [mention]Frankie[/mention]
Extra material and corrections for Santa. Thanks [mention]Frankie[/mention]
Game, screenshots, adverts for The Servant. Thanks [mention]cha05e90[/mention]
Apologies:
There were a few little bugs fixed, but we're some way off completing them all. This is ongoing.
[mention]Frankie[/mention]—your excellent MIA stuff is being added in chunks. Some of it was added this time, and the rest will follow.

Lots of inlays from [mention]pavero[/mention]

Frankie · Post by **Frankie** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:50 pm

PeterJ wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:37 pm @Frankie—your excellent MIA stuff is being added in chunks. Some of it was added this time, and the rest will follow.

Great, thanks

Is there a reason why the Croque Nombres file is claimed to be a TAP file, shouldn't it be names as a TZX file?

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