Incorrect Map Names In TADRS DB

[andwan0]

There's one annoying bug am getting fed up with. It's the inaccurate/wrong map names in the TADRS list. I have downloaded about 3 dozen recorded demos and about 95% of them were filed under the wrong map names.

I like to sort by Map Name column and concentrate on watching specific maps. But after downloading them and to my surprise, they're some other map, eg. Gods of War.... filed under Acid Foursome. I assume the uploader selects the map-to-be-filed-under upon upload.

Is there any way to go through all the archives (ZIPs, RARs, etc). and parse the tad files to correctly identify the map and then file it properly under the correct Map Name?


Also, a lot of links are dead. Anyway to fix them (maybe folder or filename moved?):

eg.

tadrs.tauniverse.com/index.php?showgame=t&go=all&id=1231

tadrs.tauniverse.com/index.php?showgame=t&go=all&id=1241

tadrs.tauniverse.com/index.php?showgame=t&go=all&id=1287

tadrs.tauniverse.com/index.php?showgame=t&go=all&id=1353

(I mean, the broken links list could go on and on... any automated way to go through your database to fix the links?)

[downside]

If you can watch them, just be happy with that.

[andwan0]

I understand that TA is like... almost a decade and a half old game... and not many people spend time on with, not what with all these new uber games (Company of Heroes, Mass Effect 2, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, etc).

If TADRS admin, web dev team need a helping hand, I be willing to help fix the database.

[PRO_-|[CUBIC]|-_]

I had a theory that Acid Foursome in particular is mislabelled because a server queries part of the map file for the maps name. However the actual map is really a custom map and not actually Acid Foursome and the maps creator never changed the particular entry that the server looks at.

Just a theory tho...

[retard0h]

stop making stupid threads. it doesn't work. it used to. reviewers pick "Other" from the Map list and then type in the map name. it doesn't work. shut the fuck up and read the review cause it tells you what you need to know.

[FFAxPostal]

It does work if the reviewer goes back and edits the map name using the same function. Although most don't bother, and simply include the map name in the review.

I suppose it would be nice to have someone actively maintaining it as it seems to break so frequently nowadays.