ModernUO/Projects/UOContent
Kamron Batman f7caff8ad3
fix: Advanced Search results came back in a different order every search (#2626)
## Summary

Advanced Search results came back in a different order every search, whether or not a sort was chosen. Follow-up to #2625, where it was noticed while testing the property test.

## Why

Results arrive from the search workers in whatever order they finished. Each sort the gump offers compares a single key and `Array.Sort` is not stable, so equal keys, which is most rows under type or map, landed in a different order every run; with no sort chosen the list was arrival order outright. The range sort also answered 0 for any two results off the viewer's map, so those shuffled as well.

## What changed

- The five comparers share one base class whose `Compare` applies the chosen key and then a fixed tie-break, serial ascending regardless of direction. The direction is about the key; a fixed order among equal keys is what keeps two searches identical.
- The collected result list is put in serial order before the gump sees it, so an unsorted search is deterministic too. That sort runs on the thread-pool work item that already assembles the list and reads only the result records.
- No change to which key each sort uses or to what ascending and descending mean.

## Test plan

- [x] New `AdvancedSearchResultOrderTests`: six equal-keyed results offered in two arrival orders to every comparer in both directions, asserting the same sequence and serial order; the range comparer on off-map results; reverse flips the key but not the tie-break.
- [x] `UOContent.Tests`: 873 passed, 0 failed
- [x] `Server.Tests`: 869 passed, 0 failed
- [ ] In game: run the same search twice with each sort and with none; the lists match.
2026-09-10 19:14:09 -07:00
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Accounting perf(login): run password hashing on a parked worker thread (#2566) 2026-08-09 00:13:34 -07:00
Assistants chore: Use var everywhere (#2294) 2025-12-27 16:47:28 -08:00
Commands refactor: compile where/sort/distinct and Advanced Search through expression trees (#2625) 2026-09-10 19:01:59 -07:00
Compression feat: Implements new robust/pluggable backup/archive system. (#2388) 2026-03-22 19:51:20 -07:00
Configuration fix: Streamlines insurance. Insurance only executes when enabled. (#2550) 2026-07-26 09:47:49 -07:00
Console feat: Adds console commands (#1714) 2024-03-30 09:40:43 -07:00
Context Menus fix: Moves ContextMenu out of core, streamlines code, fixes bugs (#1873) 2024-07-20 21:33:23 -07:00
Engines fix: Advanced Search results came back in a different order every search (#2626) 2026-09-10 19:14:09 -07:00
Gumps fix: harden idle-sleep scheduling against bad config and misattributed saves (#2567) 2026-08-09 22:05:18 -07:00
Holiday Stuff perf: Migrate Veteran Reward gumps to DynamicGump/StaticGump (#2415) 2026-04-25 20:09:27 -07:00
Items fix: pet release never finished, summon master follows the pet, horse breeder and notoriety guards (#2613) 2026-09-06 16:12:29 -07:00
Migrations refactor: Changes BaseCreature to the SerializationGenerator (delta save requirement) (#2611) 2026-09-06 14:11:51 -07:00
Misc refactor: compile where/sort/distinct and Advanced Search through expression trees (#2625) 2026-09-10 19:01:59 -07:00
Mobiles fix: sell Bushido and Ninjitsu books through Tokuno scribes (#2622) 2026-09-09 23:07:32 -07:00
Multis fix: Removes side effects from locked down items, decaying houses, bracelet of binding, and builds (#2608) 2026-09-06 09:39:00 -07:00
Network fix: Fixes tick count wrap-around in movement throttle, and eliminates more allocations in NetState (#2603) 2026-09-01 20:25:20 -07:00
Regions fix(regions): correct end Z coordinate assignment in InitRectangles (#2597) 2026-08-27 06:51:42 -07:00
Skills refactor: Changes BaseCreature to the SerializationGenerator (delta save requirement) (#2611) 2026-09-06 14:11:51 -07:00
Special Systems feat: Add zero-alloc interpolation handler to ValueStringBuilder, replace all StringBuilder usage (#2387) 2026-03-22 14:23:44 -07:00
Spells refactor: Changes BaseCreature to the SerializationGenerator (delta save requirement) (#2611) 2026-09-06 14:11:51 -07:00
Systems/JailSystem fix: pet release never finished, summon master follows the pet, horse breeder and notoriety guards (#2613) 2026-09-06 16:12:29 -07:00
Targets chore: Use var everywhere (#2294) 2025-12-27 16:47:28 -08:00
Text fix: Bumps deps. Updates copyrights (#2353) 2026-03-05 19:36:54 -08:00
Utilities perf(login): run password hashing on a parked worker thread (#2566) 2026-08-09 00:13:34 -07:00
World Saves perf(messages): mechanical interpolation cleanups (#2436) 2026-05-03 18:26:49 -07:00
Module.cs fix: Fixes sending packets and sidesteps a major issue with stackalloc and PGO in .NET 8 (#1607) 2023-11-21 12:18:20 -08:00
UOContent.csproj fix: Fixes dirty-tracking gaps in generated content: setters, sub-object owners, BaseVendor (#2609) 2026-09-06 09:43:44 -07:00