Added a scraper setting to convert underscores _ to spaces when searching.

es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMenu.cpp

@@ -879,6 +879,20 @@ void GuiScraperMenu::openOtherOptions()
             ->setOpacity(DISABLED_OPACITY);
     }
 
+    // Convert underscores to spaces when searching.
+    auto scraperConvertUnderscores = std::make_shared<SwitchComponent>();
+    scraperConvertUnderscores->setState(
+        Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperConvertUnderscores"));
+    s->addWithLabel("CONVERT UNDERSCORES TO SPACES WHEN SEARCHING", scraperConvertUnderscores);
+    s->addSaveFunc([scraperConvertUnderscores, s] {
+        if (scraperConvertUnderscores->getState() !=
+            Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperConvertUnderscores")) {
+            Settings::getInstance()->setBool("ScraperConvertUnderscores",
+                                             scraperConvertUnderscores->getState());
+            s->setNeedsSaving();
+        }
+    });
+
     // Retry search on peer verification errors (TLS/certificate issues).
     auto retry_peer_verification = std::make_shared<SwitchComponent>();
     retry_peer_verification->setState(

es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperSearch.cpp

@@ -901,6 +901,9 @@ void GuiScraperSearch::openInputScreen(ScraperSearchParams& params)
         searchString = params.nameOverride;
     }
 
+    if (Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperConvertUnderscores"))
+        searchString = Utils::String::replace(searchString, "_", " ");
+
     if (Settings::getInstance()->getBool("VirtualKeyboard")) {
         mWindow->pushGui(new GuiTextEditKeyboardPopup(getHelpStyle(), "REFINE SEARCH", searchString,
                                                       searchForFunc, false, "SEARCH",

es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraper.cpp

@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ void thegamesdb_generate_json_scraper_requests(
         // Trim leading and trailing whitespaces.
         cleanName = Utils::String::trim(cleanName);
 
+        if (Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperConvertUnderscores"))
+            cleanName = Utils::String::replace(cleanName, "_", " ");
+
         path += "/Games/ByGameName?" + apiKey +
                 "&fields=players,publishers,genres,overview,last_updated,rating,"
                 "platform,coop,youtube,os,processor,ram,hdd,video,sound,alternates&name=" +

es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp

@@ -692,6 +692,9 @@ std::string ScreenScraperRequest::ScreenScraperConfig::getGameSearchUrl(
     // Trim leading and trailing whitespaces.
     searchName = Utils::String::trim(searchName);
 
+    if (Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperConvertUnderscores"))
+        searchName = Utils::String::replace(searchName, "_", " ");
+
     // If only whitespaces were entered as the search string, then search using a random string
     // that will not return any results. This is a quick and dirty way to avoid french error
     // messages about malformed URLs that would surely confuse the user.

es-core/src/Settings.cpp

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ void Settings::setDefaults()
     mBoolMap["ScraperSemiautomatic"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperRespectExclusions"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperExcludeRecursively"] = {true, true};
+    mBoolMap["ScraperConvertUnderscores"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperRetryPeerVerification"] = {false, false};
 
     // UI settings.