The super secret, super STEX Search feature.

[JakeMD 107]

Hello!

In this small article I will demonstrate a small technique for searching the STEX when the search box is broken or down.

There is a url that can be used to enter a search query to display items on the STEX related to the terms given in the query.  An example below:

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&Keyword='>https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&Keyword=SearchTermsHere&view=all

The search terms are in bold.  This is what you replace with what you are searching for.

An example search might be:

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&Keyword='>https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&Keyword=canals&view=all

It also appears to work for the Modds & Download section (I've had that not function occasionally.) by replacing 'stex' with 'modding'...

https://www.simtropolis.com/modding/index.cfm?page=1&Keyword=SearchTermsHere&view=all

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That is all for now, please post here if you have questions or concerns.

[Muck308 55]

Good call, SWAT-MEDIC. You're being helpful as usual. This knowledge will come in handy when the occasional snags come up.

[Schutze 0]

Nice job man. Nice workaround using the url

Can't believe I found that out, I gotta agree with Muck here.

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

Great! I will try it out the next time the search thingy is down.

[Duke87 1,070]

Glad to see I'm not the only one here that understands the concept of URL manipulation.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

I have also added this to the Notice Bored.

Thanks Swat.

[JakeMD 107]

Haha thanks everyone, it was nothing really

@Duke: That is a good thing indeed.

@Nursinator: Hey, thanks a lot!

[rushman5 33]

lol, swat. I've been using this workaround forever, i thought i was soooo sneaky. u bum! great thread to put up though!

-sean

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

Thank you Swat-medic, you're a national treasure now.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Originally posted by: ilikehotdogsalot Thank you Swat-medic, you're a national treasure now.quote>

 

Which country?  

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

***international

[Jasoncw 11,840]

This is the type of search that used to be used a few years ago. If you notice, for this you don't get the normal search results format, you get a more standard STEX listing. So if you have a team or something like that and you want to link to the group's projects on the STEX, you can use this and you'll be able to use the better formatting.

[JakeMD 107]

Originally posted by: ilikehotdogsalot Thank you Swat-medic, you're a national treasure now.quote>

Uhhhh.. Thanks Jason, that's great info!

[Streetwise 3]

Thanks! This is great info