Developer/Publisher info from databases

[Geronimo]

I love the database feature. It's what makes GameEx complete IMO. The more i learn about it the more questions arise though (; .

First: the german translation is a bit confusing. In the GUI where you can choose a game it says "Nach Entwickler". "Entwickler" translates to "Developer", but GameEx is actually showing the "Publisher" info. A better term would be "Hersteller", which is german for "Manufacturer".

And that brings me to my main point. In all themes i've tried so far GameEx is showing the label "Manufacturer" and the info from the "Publisher" database field. Is it possible to change this so GameEx will show the Developer info, or (which i'd prefer) both fields? I'd like to be able to filter by both fields as well. Another solution would be a combined field that shows all publishers and developers.

Reason: publisher info is next to useless for many (if not most) systems. A publisher is just a company which markets a game. Many games are "defined" not by the publisher but by the company that did the actual developing. Example: "Magic Carpet". Published by EA in most regions, developed by "Bullfrog". In GameEx, I'd like to be able to search for games developed by Bullfrog (=relatively small number), not published by EA (=huge number). Another example would be "Nights Into Dreams", which has been developed by "Sonic Team" and published by "Sega". Again, same problem: there's only a relatively small number of games developed by "Sonic Team", but a huge number of games published by Sega. Another point: often there's multiple publishers for a single game, one company (or more companies) per region. Re-releases are published by other companies, etc. . But the developer will always be the same company (or companies).

[Tom Speirs]

GameEx is supposed to be showing "Developer" are your files and version up to date?

[Geronimo]

I think so. I've uninstalled the old version (can't remember which version number it was) and did a complete install of v10.67 to the new default dir. I've also let setup download themes etc. IIRC. I've double- and triple-checked: i'm definitely seeing the publisher for all emulators i have installed. The .mdb files are timestamped 2009-11-13.

['Rixx]

I'd like to have this feature as well! I'd love to be able to see all the games I have that are developed by Treasure.

[Geronimo]

Tom, could i please get some short feedback on this? Is this a bug or maybe a config error on my part? If it's a feature (which it doesn't seem to be according to your answer above), are you planning to change/extend it?

[Tom Speirs]

Its supposed to be feeding from developer as far as I recall, so ill fix that. That field is specially preperard for this. If you look at gamesdbase.com which uses the same data you should see. As for adding an additional list so we have both developer and manufacturer, possibly in a future release.

Thanks

[Geronimo]

Cool, thank you very much for the info!