Cracker tag / Disk number position

Looking at game names (also renamed ones) i see that sometimes is
[cr X] (Disk 1 of Y)
other times is
(Disk 1 of Y) [cr X]

There isn't a rule about that ?

If not, for me the first one should be adopted, and the [a] tag just after the [cr] tag, for a best list order:

[cr X] (Disk 1 of 3)
[cr X] (Disk 2 of 3)
[cr X] (Disk 3 of 3)
[cr X] [a](Disk 1 of 3)
[cr X] [a](Disk 2 of 3)
[cr X] [a](Disk 3 of 3)
[cr Y] (Disk 1 of 3)
[cr Y] (Disk 2 of 3)
[cr Y] (Disk 3 of 3)
[cr Y] [a](Disk 1 of 3)
[cr Y] [a](Disk 2 of 3)
[cr Y] [a](Disk 3 of 3)

[mai]

Originally Posted by Another World

Looking at game names (also renamed ones) i see that sometimes is
[cr X] (Disk 1 of Y)
other times is
(Disk 1 of Y) [cr X]

There isn't a rule about that ?

If not, for me the first one should be adopted, and the [a] tag just after the [cr] tag, for a best list order:

[cr X] (Disk 1 of 3)
[cr X] (Disk 2 of 3)
[cr X] (Disk 3 of 3)
[cr X] [a](Disk 1 of 3)
[cr X] [a](Disk 2 of 3)
[cr X] [a](Disk 3 of 3)
[cr Y] (Disk 1 of 3)
[cr Y] (Disk 2 of 3)
[cr Y] (Disk 3 of 3)
[cr Y] [a](Disk 1 of 3)
[cr Y] [a](Disk 2 of 3)
[cr Y] [a](Disk 3 of 3)

The new TOSEC format is to put Disk-info before any cr/t/f-info!
Example:
Starrush (1992)(UBI Soft)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr Nemesis][t +4 TSL]

Also see this:
http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=458976&postcount=74

[PandMonium]

Hi,
maimai has already answered well to your question, just want to say again that all () flags come first than the [] ones, also more info is always the last one and all the flags (valid for both types) have a fixed order to be valid, for more details read maimai post.

If you are checking the last official dats for flag order you will probably find some errors

examples:

Original:	Blob (1993)(Core)[cr DCS][t +10 GOD][h TMG]
Correct:	Blob (1993)(Core)[cr DCS][h TMG][t +10 GOD]

Original:	Clik Clak (1992)(Idea)[cr SCX][t +7 ATX][h Pier's Group]
Correct:	Clik Clak (1992)(Idea)[cr SCX][h Pier's Group][t +7 ATX]

Original:	Bundesliga Manager Hattrick v1.21 (1994)(Software 2000)(De)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 3)
Correct:	Bundesliga Manager Hattrick v1.21 (1994)(Software 2000)(AGA)(De)(Disk 1 of 3)

Like i said there were some TNC invalid sets in current official dats but we already checked all of them, the counter is down from 5440 in 2007-03-14 to 17 errors the last time i checked, and only 3 related with Commodore Amiga

(Disk 1 of 3) [cr X]
(Disk 1 of 3) [cr X] [a]
(Disk 1 of 3) [cr Y]
(Disk 1 of 3) [cr Y] [a]
(Disk 2 of 3) [cr X]
(Disk 2 of 3) [cr X] [a]
(Disk 2 of 3) [cr Y]
(Disk 2 of 3) [cr Y] [a]
(Disk 3 of 3) [cr X]
(Disk 3 of 3) [cr X] [a]
(Disk 3 of 3) [cr Y]
(Disk 3 of 3) [cr Y] [a]

Do you like it ?

Rules are rules, OK, but this list is not so ordered

Personal opinion

[PandMonium]

yes i like it
and is better to have a set of fixed rules instead of just randomly changing the order just because it looks better

btw you have spaces between the flags and thats not allowed
should be:

(Disk 1 of 3)[cr X]
(Disk 1 of 3)[cr X][a]

Originally Posted by PandMonium

yes i like it
and is better to have a set of fixed rules instead of just randomly changing the order just because it looks better

Just a moment .... not "because it looks better"

I'm talking about that order, because, for me, it's more EASY TO READ

I know, it's a pesonal opinion

Bye

[andreas]

i preferred the old one to the current one, simply because you could see which disk # it is just by reading reverse from the end of the string

[[idoru]]

tough