Add a Platform Entry to Additional App entries

[Fuzzle Fluff]

I’ve combined my game versions across sources and platforms, but this leaves me with the issue of games not showing up on other platforms as they are only counted as “windows” or the primary platform of the primary app. AFAIK there is no way to set a single game entry to 2 platforms, and I think that would be a messier solution anyway.

I think having a platform field to add to our additional apps would solve this cleanly.

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[Retro808]

Correct, there is no way to set a single game entry across two or multiple platforms. A game can only be listed in a single platform as that is the root of the import. This would apply to games listed in the additional apps tab of a game as well. Is this specifically for Windows type games like a game that might be offered in Steam, GOG, and Epic? As I could not see why you would do it for console games.

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[Fuzzle Fluff]

So, I’ve done a bit of poking around.

It seems the additional apps/different versions of games metadata is basically unused.

I’m not even sure what is responsible for an entry’s badges appearing with both Steam and Epic Games, as I can’t find any entry that would add or remove a secondary source badge, looking at these games under an audit has fields for GOG/Origin/Steam/Uplay that are populated during import so I assume that is what the badges are checking against. Shouldn’t this be the source value?

If another version is made by another developer, the entry won’t appear in the secondary developer’s list. For example Dark Souls remastered root developer is listed as QLOC, but I have an additional app entry for my switch version with the developer listed as From Software Inc, Dark Souls remastered appears in QLOC’s list of games but not From Software.

IMO it should meet the filter to appear in both developer lists.

Same would be true of my requested platform fields.

I’d also like to add that the status “imported from ___” seems to have the same behavior, with a combined game/additional app entries only appearing in the source lists of the root game, when I think it should show up in both Steam and Origin ect. I assume we would need to add a “Source” entry as status isn’t really what tracks that.

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So to summarize- Metadata in additional entries is not counting into how a game is showing up on filters, and if that is corrected/changed I think we should have a platform and source entries to our additional apps.

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