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F1ReB4LL wrote:

EliUmniCk wrote:why not like MAME does ?

for exemple :

<game name="Tekken Tag Tournament (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (v2.00)" cloneof="Tekken Tag Tournament (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (v1.00)">

<game name="Tekken Tag Tournament (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (v1.00)">

MAME uses the most recent USA version as a parent, earlier versions and japanese ones are clones.

I was just talking about the use of the "cloneof" element. ^^

Do like u want to determine which disc is the parent ^^

I think the solution with the id is a good one
I would just suggest one extra:

In the Database we could use id names.

example:

<game name="Tekken Tag Tournament (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (v2.00)">
<group id="00556">

I would suggest to build in a search field.

For example:

You want submit a Game and don't know the group id.
You type in the name: *Tekken

You get all results to "Tekken" and and see which Titles with Tekken have which group id and just take the id that fits to the group.

I know, you can check the Discs manually too
But that's more comfortable. I just don't know, if this will get into high server loads???

Grouping different verslons Seems like a bad idea. Goty edition is vastly different to original edition for example. Besides there could also be 1.1 goty editions. I would rather go mame style. Using the igr function of clrmame you can filter out the regions you personally want. Newest version should be parent no matter what region.

GOTY edition is hard to categorise as it could mean many things, in my limited experience it means little more than a re-release with the latest patch, which is what I meant by it. When something gets re-released as game +  major expansion pack/major dlc combo on the same disc , then I think it should be in its own group (ie up to 3 groups: standalone game, expansion pack, combo). Some things will be borderline, it'll have to be discussed on a case by case basis.

It's all subject to opinion, and some of it will be hard to sort out (particularly pc, consoles play much nicer normally). Basically I think the golden rule should be if a disc could go into multiple groups, put it in a new group. If we follow it we wont go far wrong.

I have one example:

Elder Scrolls, The - Morrowind

All Morrowind Standalone Versions should be merged as a set.
All Bloodmoon Addon Versions should be merged as a set.
All Tribunal Addon Versions should be mergend as a set.
All Morrowind GOTY Version should be merged as a set (Includes Morrowind, Bloodmoon, Tribunal).


Another Example:

Deus Ex Standard Edition should be merged together with Deus Ex GOTY Edition as a set.
Why: The GOTY Edition has no further Expansion Packs, no DLC, and no new content. It's just patched to the newest official Version and has some additional Bug Fixes.

http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Deus_Ex:_G … ar_Edition

I think it's to decide individually

soooo.... any new news about this topic  ???