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PansekshuElle
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3 years ago
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[FIXED] [GALLERY] 'Item Name' search results are not accurate

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.98.127.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except most kits
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Go to the gallery and search for something specific by item name
What happens when the bug occurs? Gallery searches under "Item name" no longer give perfect matches (or even close matches...?) to input. I honestly have no explanation. The search results are so far away from what I'm typing in.
What do you expect to see? I expect to type in the name of something and see the names of the returned search items match what I typed in. We have been searching by item name to find things with a specific name. Usually it's the name of a lot in game, to find either a reno or a build for a specific lot. Or to find households with a particular description (family with teens, etc).
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. The gallery update following patch 1.98.127.1030.

Used "Pier Perfection" as an example. The old gallery would have only returned results that matched pier perfection. Now the results are completely unrelated. Occasionally it tosses me one with "perfect" in the name, and VERY occasionally an actual match. But searching by name is basically useless now. None of the options to sort or narrow down results improve the results. It doesn't matter what I select. The results are completely useless.

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

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    crinrict
    2 years ago

    Searching by Item Name should feel more like it used to when using multiple words. We have returned to AND operators instead of OR operators.
    This means if you search for the words Cat Dog, you will get results where Cat and Dog appear in the Item name, not results where only Cat or Dog was used.
    You will also see results that are not an exact to the word you searched, for example Cat will show items that used the word Cat or Cats included in the name.

    Fixed in Patch 1.100.147/1.80

    I believe that's what the patch notes are referring to. I tested Pier perfection and that gave me good results now.

    Any feedback ?

    Locking this as there was no feedback. Please create a new thread if you have further issues.

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