[XB] Game Thread Starter [Paid] 2.2.0 Beta 6

[Kevin]

I may be missing something obvious. On a fresh install, where does the TGBD API Key get configured?

I see option.tgdb_key is in the phrases, and I see the code is using \XF::options()->tgdb_key;, but I can not find anywhere to actually set the value. There is no option for it in /admin.php?add-ons/Snog-Games/options, no option in the node settings for it, and all of the code is grabbing it from XF options.

At the moment, all values being displayed on the screen when trying to create a new game thread comes back as "N/A".

 

[Gemma]

At the moment, all values being displayed on the screen when trying to create a new game thread comes back as "N/A".

Is there a license key entered already at admin.php?options/groups/debug/#tgdb_key

It has been such a long time since I set this up, so I'm probably wrong, but I don't think you set the key - I cannot remember requesting a key. I think it is built into the addon, and there are restrictions on the number of queries a site can request a month. But I could have that wrong

Could it be something else, entering the wrong URL, maybe? I usually just manually enter game details from other sources instead of using the TGDB website as I don't think it is a good option.

 

[Kevin]

Is there a license key entered already at admin.php?options/groups/debug/#tgdb_key

It has been such a long time since I set this up, so I'm probably wrong, but I don't think you set the key - I cannot remember requesting a key. I think it is built into the addon, and there are restrictions on the number of queries a site can request a month. But I could have that wrong

Could it be something else, entering the wrong URL, maybe? I usually just manually enter game details from other sources instead of using the TGDB website as I don't think it is a good option.

Gemma, greetings

Yep, there's a default license key in there. I'm surprised it'd be using a pre-populated key since there'd be API rate limits coming into play. I don't recall at the moment where it said a key had to be requested but it was easy enough to request one via Discord. Interestingly it generates a public and private key with the public key having a per IP limit while the public one does not.

So are you not using the TGDB data at all? I was thinking that I was getting "N/A" back for the various values as an issue related to the API but now you've got me wondering if there's something else going on. Dang it, now I may have to go down the rabbit hole of checking what's being returned in the API call.

 

[Gemma]

So are you not using the TGDB data at all?

We've not used TGDB commissioning the update that manually allowed users to input data themselves. It can be a bit time-consuming, but most of my members prefer this method as TGDB is somewhat limited in the information they sometimes provide.

We recommend our members use sites like https://backloggd.com/ and https://www.igdb.com/ along with Steam when creating game threads.

 

[Kevin]

Thanks for the info, @Gemma.

I may need to go with the manual route also. I think, though, if I do that then I'll see how much can be done using custom fields instead of the addon. For the most part I just need the basics (game info, cover art, trailers if any) and not the extra stuff like ratings or adding to lists.

 

[80sDude]

I use TGBD for the games but for the details I usually do it myself. Particularly the overview.

 

[Kevin]

@Gemma Greetings. In your screenshot, at the top of the game info you have icons for the game platforms. Is that something that you're doing unique to your site (custom fields?)?

In my fresh install of 2.2.0 B6 I don't see any options for the platforms like that and, in the ACP, "Platforms" actually shows the "Allowed Genres" options.





@Gemma / @80sDude - Have you guys made any modifications to your install to get around that Game Starter doesn't create a placeholder post #1 in case the add-on is disabled (like how the Movie and TV starters do)?

 

[Gemma]

In your screenshot, at the top of the game info you have icons for the game platforms. Is that something that you're doing unique to your site (custom fields?)?

Hiya Kevin, I use Xon's multi-prefix addon, those icons are prefixes that I've made non-clickable. I'd imagine you could probably do something similar using custom fields - I'm just not techy savvy

Have you guys made any modifications to your install to get around that Game Starter doesn't create a placeholder post #1 in case the add-on is disabled

Unfortunately, no. It still populates with the Game Info if the thread creator doesn't make a post. I cannot remember if I asked @Painbaker about this when I had custom work done before

 

[Kevin]

Hiya Kevin, I use Xon's multi-prefix addon, those icons are prefixes that I've made non-clickable.

Oooooh, there's an idea I hadn't thought of! Thinking out loud.... I was thinking a custom field for the platform choices and then modifying the post/thread display template but using prefix's instead would be likely easier to deal with in the thread list & other spots.

Unfortunately, no. It still populates with the Game Info if the thread creator doesn't make a post. I cannot remember if I asked @Painbaker about this when I had custom work done before

Thanks for the info' -- I didn't see much conversation about the topic in the public threads so it was one of those things that had me wondering if folks were dealing with it somehow or just accepting it for now. I tend to upgrade my non-primary XF installs pretty fast when new XF versions are released and while most of the add-on issues can be worked around, having to temporarily disable Game Starter would be detrimental to the game threads.