An idea for the game

[duncandisorderly]

I wonder.

Would it be feasible to create a mod or program that would enable you to search for an item by name? In effect, you would enter the name while in Buy/Build and it would take you directly to the item in the menu. I realise we have collections and filter content in the game already. However, I feel it could be a big time saver if added to the existing features.

[Gwill]

Go away.

[duncandisorderly]

Go away.

I do apologise. Alas, I am not fluent in the plebeian tongue.

In vain, I had assumed that my OP was transparently directed towards one of the sites more learned practitioners. You can therefore imagine my surprise when I read your nonsensical words.

Thank you for your attempt to reply.

[duncandisorderly]

Go away.

I do apologise. Alas, I am not fluent in the plebeian tongue.

In vain, I had assumed that my OP was transparently directed towards one of the sites more learned practitioners. You can therefore imagine my surprise when I read your nonsensical words.

Thank you for your attempt to reply.

Please join me in my TARDERDOME for biscuits and coffee.  We can discuss the resistance effort.

Thank you for your kind offer.

However, I do not wish to take part in any resistance movement. I feel it would be highly presumptious to impose myself on the site.

I wish you luck with your futile effort to change the site to suit your selfish means.

[Madame Mim]

Go away.

I do apologise. Alas, I am not fluent in the plebeian tongue.

In vain, I had assumed that my OP was transparently directed towards one of the sites more learned practitioners. You can therefore imagine my surprise when I read your nonsensical words.

Thank you for your attempt to reply.

While we of More Awesome Than You do feel some sadness towards the fact that your education and erudite ways have rendered you incapable of normal human conversation modes, we will not allow our softly beating hearts to interfere with the correct manner of response to requests such as yours. Allow me to offer a translated version of what I thought was a rather concise post on the part of Gwill.

Unfortunately we are unable to help you in your current quest because of several large flaws in your application process.
1.   This site does not solicit requests for mods to be made, nor does it cater to them.
2.   This forum is the incorrect place to be requesting anything in any case.
3.   The ‘more learned practitioners' of this site like to be taken out to dinner and wooed a little before you try to take advantage of them.
4.   I'm sure others will be along to offer more succinct suggestions to what you can do with your request. I, in turn, promise to return and translate them for your backwards-ignorant mind.

[duncandisorderly]

Go away.

I do apologise. Alas, I am not fluent in the plebeian tongue.

In vain, I had assumed that my OP was transparently directed towards one of the sites more learned practitioners. You can therefore imagine my surprise when I read your nonsensical words.

Thank you for your attempt to reply.

While we of More Awesome Than You do feel some sadness towards the fact that your education and erudite ways have rendered you incapable of normal human conversation modes, we will not allow our softly beating hearts to interfere with the correct manner of response to requests such as yours. Allow me to offer a translated version of what I thought was a rather concise post on the part of Gwill.

Unfortunately we are unable to help you in your current quest because of several large flaws in your application process.
1.   This site does not solicit requests for mods to be made, nor does it cater to them.
2.   This forum is the incorrect place to be requesting anything in any case.
3.   The ‘more learned practitioners' of this site like to be taken out to dinner and wooed a little before you try to take advantage of them.
4.   I'm sure others will be along to offer more succinct suggestions to what you can do with your request. I, in turn, promise to return and translate them for your backwards-ignorant mind.

Finally, someone with at least half a brain has responded to the topic at hand. I appreciate your frank reply. However, I can see that any further discussion is unnecessary and will most likely steer away from the topic. I would be a fool to try and match your level of wit and intelligence Madam Mim.  

Thank you for your blathering response.

[Monty]

COMPLICATED WORDS

[Madame Mim]

I just don't see what his problem was. Gwill told him what to do but he wasn't happy until I drivelled at him. I just hope nobody lets the Ro-Ho see somebody referring to me as having even half a brain.

[Gwill]

Maybe I should have expressed myself more clearly:  Read the FAQ and fuck off!

[duncandisorderly]

Maybe I should have expressed myself more clearly:  Read the FAQ and fuck off!

Despite my better judgement, I have decided to submit one more post in my thread. I hate the fact that I am forced to go off topic. I would like to apologise to all at MATY for this. It is NOT my intention to change the site or tell you how to run it. I respect how the site deals with people who deserve their wrath. It is in this spirit that I write this post. Please indulge me.
 
The illustrious Madame Mim and the magnificent Gwill seem so eager to flaunt their in-depth knowledge of the FAQ. They have happily shared their wisdom in this thread, both in their own unique and charming way, I might add. I admire their spirit. It is glaringly obvious that they both share an impressive post count at MATY. As a result, I have a feeling that they post more than they read. Generally speaking, I exist here as a lurker. This means I read more often than I post. This has given me an unfair advantage, I suppose.
 
Perhaps now, I can take this opportunity to enlighten Madame Mim and Gwill. I realise I may be perceived by some members as a lowly lurker. This leaves me open to ridicule. I accept that fact and know I run the risk of dealing with a lowly pleb when I post here. Saying that, this lurker doesn't take shit, from NOBODY; excuse my French. I have read the FAQ here at the site. In fact, to make sure I am not talking out of my ass, I read them twice over. There is no place in the FAQ section, that I am aware of, that states members CAN NOT post an idea. My thread title speaks for itself. My OP asks if my idea would be feasible. In other words; is such a thing even possible? In case you both don't know, that is exactly what feasible means. I was not requesting anything.
 
I'll let you both in on a secret, I think before I post. I suggest you should both consider this before attacking someone in the future. Most importantly, get your facts right. The very last thing I wish to do is to pollute this forum with nonsense. I feel my idea is a valid one that could save players a great deal of time, improving the quality of the game. Actually, I privately submitted my idea to a well known creator who shares creations on this very site. Apart from liking the idea, I was advised who was best qualified to contact, which I plan to do. I posted here because I have faith that there are members here who possess the skills to answer my question. And who knows, maybe this idea could eventually become a reality.
 
Once again, I have an unfair advantage. Being a lurker has it's perks. You see, I know EXACTLY who I am dealing with. I read your countless posts. If either one of you had taken a moment to read my post history (which isn't very long), you would have learnt that I am not a fool and will not be treated as one. You would have also learnt that I put my money where my mouth is and I have donated to the site you love. Don't know about you, but where I'm from, that is called; biting the hand that feeds you. By the way, I am NOT looking for praise, I am simply stating facts.
 
I believe everyone here is awesome, in their own way. I have 2 catagories of awesome. These are Awesome and A.W.E.some. The first one speaks for itself. The second one appeals to my quirky side with the acronym, Assholes With Egos. Therefore, some members are awesome and some are assholes. I won't insult your intelligence by telling you which catagory I have now placed you both. I am confident you are clever enough to figure that out for yourselves.
 
Again, my deepest apologies to the site for this outburst. The last thing I want is to cause trouble, please trust me. I have no need to draw attention to myself, my ego makes no such demands.  I believe my post count attests to that fact. However, I am confident that you will respect that, if you push me, I push back, sometimes with furious vengeance. Thankfully, I have stayed calm this time. I sincerely hope my composure places some validation upon my words.

Sadly, this is the second time I have been forced to put some plebs in their place. It's safe to say it has become tiresome.

[HomeschooledByTards]

In response to your OP: Possible? Probably. Would it be easy to do? Doubtful, if it were to work at all it would most likely be a stand alone program. Is it going to happen? No, unless you get off your ass and do it yourself. Or, in other words,



In response to your tl;dr whining:



and

[duncandisorderly]

In response to your OP: Possible? Probably. Would it be easy to do? Doubtful, if it were to work at all it would most likely be a stand alone program. Is it going to happen? No, unless you get off your ass and do it yourself. Or, in other words,



In response to your tl;dr whining:



and

Thank you for your reply.

I fully agree about attempting the idea myself. In fact, I have been doing some research into how I would learn to do this. Unfortunately, my lifestyle demands much of my time. But, I am more than willing to learn if it's possible.

I fully deserve getting a slap down from you. Once again, my apologies.

[Gwill]

Good bloody luck.  It's pretty clear that you don't know much about coding.  Do you have any fucking idea how much work it is to make a useful search from scratch?
In order to make something even remotely close to what you're requesting you'd have to implement a whole new interface for one.  There's no part of the game you could copy this from, or anything even remotely like it.  I guess it might be possible to do something from the cheat console, but I can't imagine any way to make it user friendly enough to be useful.
If you somehow manage to pull this off as your first mod, you have a great career ahead of you as a programmer.

[J. M. Pescado]

I cannot think of any means by which this would be practical to do. I also cannot think of any reason why this would be useful to me, giving me even less reason to pursue it at all.

[Baarogue]

Maybe I should have expressed myself more clearly:  Read the FAQ and fuck off!

Despite my better judgement, I have decided to submit one more post in my thread. I hate the fact that I am forced to go off topic. I would like to apologise to all at MATY for this. It is NOT my intention to change the site or tell you how to run it. I respect how the site deals with people who deserve their wrath. It is in this spirit that I write this post. Please indulge me.
 
The illustrious Madame Mim and the magnificent Gwill seem so eager to flaunt their in-depth knowledge of the FAQ. They have happily shared their wisdom in this thread, both in their own unique and charming way, I might add. I admire their spirit. It is glaringly obvious that they both share an impressive post count at MATY. As a result, I have a feeling that they post more than they read. Generally speaking, I exist here as a lurker. This means I read more often than I post. This has given me an unfair advantage, I suppose.
 
Perhaps now, I can take this opportunity to enlighten Madame Mim and Gwill. I realise I may be perceived by some members as a lowly lurker. This leaves me open to ridicule. I accept that fact and know I run the risk of dealing with a lowly pleb when I post here. Saying that, this lurker doesn't take shit, from NOBODY; excuse my French. I have read the FAQ here at the site. In fact, to make sure I am not talking out of my ass, I read them twice over. There is no place in the FAQ section, that I am aware of, that states members CAN NOT post an idea. My thread title speaks for itself. My OP asks if my idea would be feasible. In other words; is such a thing even possible? In case you both don't know, that is exactly what feasible means. I was not requesting anything.
 
I'll let you both in on a secret, I think before I post. I suggest you should both consider this before attacking someone in the future. Most importantly, get your facts right. The very last thing I wish to do is to pollute this forum with nonsense. I feel my idea is a valid one that could save players a great deal of time, improving the quality of the game. Actually, I privately submitted my idea to a well known creator who shares creations on this very site. Apart from liking the idea, I was advised who was best qualified to contact, which I plan to do. I posted here because I have faith that there are members here who possess the skills to answer my question. And who knows, maybe this idea could eventually become a reality.
 
Once again, I have an unfair advantage. Being a lurker has it's perks. You see, I know EXACTLY who I am dealing with. I read your countless posts. If either one of you had taken a moment to read my post history (which isn't very long), you would have learnt that I am not a fool and will not be treated as one. You would have also learnt that I put my money where my mouth is and I have donated to the site you love. Don't know about you, but where I'm from, that is called; biting the hand that feeds you. By the way, I am NOT looking for praise, I am simply stating facts.
 
I believe everyone here is awesome, in their own way. I have 2 catagories of awesome. These are Awesome and A.W.E.some. The first one speaks for itself. The second one appeals to my quirky side with the acronym, Assholes With Egos. Therefore, some members are awesome and some are assholes. I won't insult your intelligence by telling you which catagory I have now placed you both. I am confident you are clever enough to figure that out for yourselves.
 
Again, my deepest apologies to the site for this outburst. The last thing I want is to cause trouble, please trust me. I have no need to draw attention to myself, my ego makes no such demands.  I believe my post count attests to that fact. However, I am confident that you will respect that, if you push me, I push back, sometimes with furious vengeance. Thankfully, I have stayed calm this time. I sincerely hope my composure places some validation upon my words.

Sadly, this is the second time I have been forced to put some plebs in their place. It's safe to say it has become tiresome.

Missed one in your post-post edits.

Also relevant,
My great-grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop. ~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

[duncandisorderly]

Thank you for your replies. This is exactly the feedback I was hoping for.  This is why I trust the site for answers. I didn't care if you were critical, only honest.

Personally speaking, I have countless CC files. Quite often I find myself searching through row upon row of objects to find a single item or the elusive new objects in your game. My decor/misc file is huge. Even if I have an idea where an item is located, it can take some time to pinpoint it. I am embarrassed to say this, but my other problem is an eye condition. This makes searching for items difficult by sight alone. I have my resolution set to display the items larger in the menu, but I still struggle.

I try to create collection files, but my game has a tendancy to randomly crash. I can't tell you how many times I have lost collection files this way. Also, I find the filter system is game biased. This is not helpful at all with CC files.  My idea was the only way I could think of to assist me to save time searching. I assumed others would find it useful. I have been trying to find out if this was possible.  I'm aware that an obvious solution is to have less CC and I have shaved my files down. But I still have a wide selection.

You are correct Gwill, I have no experience at all with coding. This is why I asked. Plus, to find out if I could realistically achieve this myself. In my ignorance, I had originally assumed that perhaps the eyedropper could be somehow modified.  After all, the eyedropper does select a random object, similar to a search and transports you to its place in the menu. Shows you what I know. Also, I have tried to find an alternative solution. As a layman, I've been struggling a bit to find answers because I'm not sure if I'm asking the correct questions.

Anyway, I openly apologise to both Madame Mim and Gwill. All I can say is you caught me on a bad day and I took it out on you guys. I stand by my points though. My regret is that I expressed them in such an inappropriate manner.