[0.16.10] Tech tree search results incorrect

Bugs that are actually features.
IronCartographer
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 464
Joined: Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:07 pm
Contact:

[0.16.10] Tech tree search results incorrect

Post by IronCartographer »

Searching on the tech tree screen yields unexpected results. Ignoring whitespace is one thing ("rail transport" -> makes sense), but character logistic slots have nothing to do with rail!

Is it searching multiple localizations or something?

This is new from 0.16.0, and does not happen in 0.15:
Tech Tree Search.png
Tech Tree Search.png (216.83 KiB) Viewed 1655 times
Bilka
Factorio Staff
Factorio Staff
Posts: 3425
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:20 am
Contact:

Re: [0.16.10] Tech tree search results incorrect

Post by Bilka »

It doesn't search for connected letters, but for the letters in that order. You can for example find the programmable speaker when searching for gear because it contains the letters in that order: programmable speaker. Same thing works for this technology. This means that when you search for lds, you will find low density structures :)
I'm an admin over at https://wiki.factorio.com. Feel free to contact me if there's anything wrong (or right) with it.
IronCartographer
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 464
Joined: Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:07 pm
Contact:

Re: [0.16.10] Tech tree search results incorrect

Post by IronCartographer »

Bilka wrote:It doesn't search for connected letters, but for the letters in that order. You can for example find the programmable speaker when searching for gear because it contains the letters in that order: programmable speaker. Same thing works for this technology. This means that when you search for lds, you will find low density structures :)
Interesting. The behavior is slightly different for the tech tree. Perhaps there were too many results so it uses a narrower but similar pattern. Searching "lds" in the tech tree doesn't give rocket silo tech (for low density structures) at all, but "structure" does.
User avatar
Klonan
Factorio Staff
Factorio Staff
Posts: 5406
Joined: Sun Jan 11, 2015 2:09 pm
Contact:

Re: [0.16.10] Tech tree search results incorrect

Post by Klonan »

IronCartographer wrote:
Bilka wrote:It doesn't search for connected letters, but for the letters in that order. You can for example find the programmable speaker when searching for gear because it contains the letters in that order: programmable speaker. Same thing works for this technology. This means that when you search for lds, you will find low density structures :)
Interesting. The behavior is slightly different for the tech tree. Perhaps there were too many results so it uses a narrower but similar pattern. Searching "lds" in the tech tree doesn't give rocket silo tech (for low density structures) at all, but "structure" does.
It also searches the technology effects, in this case it finds 'structure' the the rocket tech in that, it unlocks the 'low density structure' recipe
IronCartographer
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 464
Joined: Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:07 pm
Contact:

Re: [0.16.10] Tech tree search results incorrect

Post by IronCartographer »

Yes, it's just surprising that the "lds" string Bilka mentioned works in one place but not the other (despite it being a substring of the recipe unlock effect strings).

Thanks for the clarification.
Post Reply

Return to “Not a bug”