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The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: collisioninflict.
You must specify at least one word to search for. Each word must consist of at least 3 characters and must not contain more than 14 characters excluding wildcards.
Its an ODF value am I'm trying to figure out what it does. Gametoast won't let me search of it... Why are there limits on such strings?
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When did you try? I just tested it out and came up with two topics, both started by you containing collisioninflict. are you adding anything else to that search or just the word itself?
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hmm, it seams to work once theres a post for it. To see the same message I got, search for 'collision' followed by another common word (no spaces between them).
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I've tried it and get "No posts were found because the word <using your method> is not contained in any post." Can you screenshot it for me?
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Yeah, I can do that when I get home. I got it again by searching for 'collision' and 'impact' put together with no spaces between them.
Edit: Its just because the word is over 14 characters. For some reason, I though it was because I was putting two words together without spaces...
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should i adjust the 14 character search limit to say , 20?
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I don't need to keep searching for it and no one else has complained...

I just didn't expect there to be a limit. Does increasing the limit mean the board will increase the size of its search index or is it just a random limitation?
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