Folks,
I've rolled out a few changes to the LGA server that I've been working on lately:
* In-game Chat - the LGA server has an archive of the in-game chat for all games since mid-January of this year. You can view the in-game chat for a game on the details page, and you can use words/phrases from the chat as part of your search criteria.
* Saved Searches - the wholegame search page now lets you save a search so that you can quickly go back to it (or even bookmark it) later. As a demonstration of this, there are three built-in searches that may be useful from time to time:
*** All Games - shows all (public) games (same as what you get when you start)
*** Games I Uploaded - shows all games you've uploaded
*** Games Uploaded By Others - games that you played in and other people have uploaded - the colors (FAQ is here) tell you whether or not it's visible to everyone (yellow) or restricted to just the players of the game (orange or grey).
In order to make this last search possible (and because it was specifically requested by somebody), the text search fields now allow inverted matching (e.g. "uploader is NOT ...").
* RSS - Any saved search can be used as an RSS feed. For example, here's the feed for the most recent uploads to the LGA:
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NOTE: I've tested this with a grand total of one aggregator, so if you play around with RSS, give these feeds a try and let me know if anything needs fixing.
Actually, that note is true for all of this stuff. I've tested it a fair amount, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few bugs lurking in the new code and/or a few obvious areas for further improvement. Let me know (here, or PM, or using the webmaster link on the LGA).
- FW
I've rolled out a few changes to the LGA server that I've been working on lately:
* In-game Chat - the LGA server has an archive of the in-game chat for all games since mid-January of this year. You can view the in-game chat for a game on the details page, and you can use words/phrases from the chat as part of your search criteria.
* Saved Searches - the wholegame search page now lets you save a search so that you can quickly go back to it (or even bookmark it) later. As a demonstration of this, there are three built-in searches that may be useful from time to time:
*** All Games - shows all (public) games (same as what you get when you start)
*** Games I Uploaded - shows all games you've uploaded
*** Games Uploaded By Others - games that you played in and other people have uploaded - the colors (FAQ is here) tell you whether or not it's visible to everyone (yellow) or restricted to just the players of the game (orange or grey).
In order to make this last search possible (and because it was specifically requested by somebody), the text search fields now allow inverted matching (e.g. "uploader is NOT ...").
* RSS - Any saved search can be used as an RSS feed. For example, here's the feed for the most recent uploads to the LGA:
.NOTE: I've tested this with a grand total of one aggregator, so if you play around with RSS, give these feeds a try and let me know if anything needs fixing.
Actually, that note is true for all of this stuff. I've tested it a fair amount, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few bugs lurking in the new code and/or a few obvious areas for further improvement. Let me know (here, or PM, or using the webmaster link on the LGA).
- FW
