Accessibility: Be able to find 'Basic oil processing' by searching for 'petroleum gas'

Wave1982 · Post by **Wave1982** » Sat Oct 19, 2024 12:51 pm

TL;DR

What ?

Being able to find 'Basic oil processing' as well as 'Advanced oil processing' by searching for 'petroleum gas'. It is not possible to find it either with activated or deactivated option 'Fuzzy search'. Nevertheless being able to find such an important recipe through the in game search function should be the standard behavior.

Why ?

For accessibility reasons. Played with a new friend and he wanted to build the 'chemical science pack'. Therefore he looked up all needed recipes backwards but failed to find the process to make petroleum gas (to make sulfur and plastic bar for advanced circuits).

woodmaker · Post by **woodmaker** » Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:01 pm

Day[9] got the same problem
https://youtu.be/XJJqTxvLv80?t=2738

Post by **Loewchen** » Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:04 pm

woodmaker wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:01 pm Day[9] got the same problem
https://youtu.be/XJJqTxvLv80?t=2738

That is different, the icon has changed and he did not use the search.

Wave1982 · Post by **Wave1982** » Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:35 pm

woodmaker wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:01 pm Day[9] got the same problem
https://youtu.be/XJJqTxvLv80?t=2738

I only consider the search function critical. I personally do not care about the name of the recipe as long as I can find its products with the search function.
The behavior didn't change in the 2.0 Release and also didn't change in the DLC.
I just tested it with version 2.0.13

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