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Knight Rider
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 131 |
EasyFlash Release
It's not possible to add an crack intro to an EasyFlash release. Current workaround is to change entry to C64 crack, add intro and back to EasyFlash |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3193 |
It's the only way for now. And setting it to EasyFlash release doesn't indicate what actual type of release is anyway, it's like C128 release or DTV release, can be anything at that point. Not really useful categories at the end of the day. An additional flag would have been better. |
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v3to
Registered: Feb 2005
Posts: 150 |
It is also not even possible to see any Easyflash release in any index here. I added Caren TYE yesterday and when the release type was changed to Easyflash it disappears everywhere. Search does not work either.
Please mods - do not change the releasetype until this is fixed. |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3193 |
if you're using CSDb view mode: Custom, and have not added EasyFlash category in the Custom categories, you won't see it. I was tricked myself with it.
Select Normal mode or customize your Custom view in user settings
https://csdb.dk/userpage/details.php |
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v3to
Registered: Feb 2005
Posts: 150 |
Ah... okay. That explains... bit strange that new release types are not active by default, but works now. Thanks. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11384 |
what did the addition of this release type actually improve again? /o\ |
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1679 |
Hi everyone.
As pointed out by iAN Coog, it's a thing that shows up only if you use custom view mode, as the new type is not by default activated on your custom setting.
We could of cause do this, but then there would be some who didn't want it and would complain why it was suddenly there! :)
I didn't think of this issue when adding the new type, but I will know for the future to make people aware of this at the time we are adding new types. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11384 |
it'd make a lot more sense to *remove* those silly release types and add those flags we agreed on... a decade ago?
but what do i know :)
(and no, i am sure noone wants that because of some added feature, he will suddenly no more see certain releases. what a silly thought is that? /o\) |
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enthusi
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 677 |
I agree with groepaz here, though I thought there was a common agreement on tags instead.
If you check for games on CSDB now many scene releases will not be listed. Neither as game, nor as crack.
Examples:
Ghosts'n Goblins Arcade
Caren - Thank You Edition 2018
The Bard's Tale - Tales of the Unknown
Pirates! +10D
Last Ninja 2 +8D
Prince of Persia |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3193 |
All those Easyflash, REU, IDE64 etc categories should be infact additional flags, not replacing the actual release type. They're infact only causing problems than solving one. |
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hedning
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 4731 |
We have what we have now to sort things out (with non-stock releases that need additional hw sorted away from clean C64 stuff). When implementing the easyflash release type we followed the already existing logic with ide64, and dtv etc, which noone opposed before (?). This might have been wrong. Me and Ian coog can together define what flags should be added to which entry-types. And the problem is bigger than this, as demos (and tools etc) can be ntsc-fixed and have intros and be imports just like cracks etc. I would also like a field for what group made the original release of imports do that there is a way to sort them too and avoid having two groups added as releaser for easy access and overview. So before we do small changes we should make a bigger list (which groepaz kindly already did years ago) and implement that. Unfortunately there is only one guy that can do that. |
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JackAsser
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 2014 |
Quote: We have what we have now to sort things out (with non-stock releases that need additional hw sorted away from clean C64 stuff). When implementing the easyflash release type we followed the already existing logic with ide64, and dtv etc, which noone opposed before (?). This might have been wrong. Me and Ian coog can together define what flags should be added to which entry-types. And the problem is bigger than this, as demos (and tools etc) can be ntsc-fixed and have intros and be imports just like cracks etc. I would also like a field for what group made the original release of imports do that there is a way to sort them too and avoid having two groups added as releaser for easy access and overview. So before we do small changes we should make a bigger list (which groepaz kindly already did years ago) and implement that. Unfortunately there is only one guy that can do that.
Why can't more people code on CSDb? I've never fully understood that argument tbh.
Yes, I've heard that the database design is a mess and that the code base is somewhat outdated. But still, most coders are not complete imbeciles and working on arcane code we do everyday.. |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2928 |
trust is the issue |
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JackAsser
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 2014 |
Quote: trust is the issue
Sign a god damn NDA then |
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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Is the PHP code really that much of a mess? |
