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[RekluseKTM]

Hello all,

I am wondering what I can do to get more people to download my tracks? My last one has 47 downloads which isn't enough for the effort.

[LIONDEN1]

I think its hit or miss. I have tracks with over 1000 likes and others with 50 likes. Main thing is they still need a Newest tracks feed that updates at time of track release like Fusion had. The recent upload feed doesnt work the same for what ever reason.

[RekluseKTM]

Thanks for the reply. I haven't even went back to see my other tracks download numbers. I usually don't look at them again once they have been shared. Building and playing custom tracks is really all I do, I don't play the career tracks much.

[LIONDEN1]

I'm pretty much the same way, I like career tracks but just for fun, leader boards have never been my thing.

[calculusman1084]

@Rekluse, most everyone is playing DLC or burning through MP right now, so dont let the recent scarcity of folks in TC phase you. Once new content settles a little, people will be back to enjoying Custom Builds.

[BCDraven]

I agree with Lionden it really is hit or miss and not everyone does the custom searches for top week, day, etc. If it's not on the front page it can go unnoticed for a while. Good eye catching screenshots help to make it stand out along with good titles. I personally run my track right after publishing incase someone wants to look at a replay first, but that's just theory if it helps at all. Other than that doing a thread here with a video or request a play on Oregon Pacifist track central Thursday YouTube helps a bit. I liked your tracks so far btw, I'll check out your new one after work today.

[Scruffy McGuffy]

I appreciate the effort you and other builders put in. I'll see if I can find yours later, in between playing the latest expansion.

Your best shot of getting more downloads is probably to apply for a job at RedLynx, become the EP or Lead Designer, and implement the basic obvious common sense low hanging fruit fixes that many people have posted about here since launch, which they have shown they don't give a damn about.

[LIONDEN1]

I figure if they can put the search for newest tracks feature on the side bar, they can also put it on the main feed, doesnt seem too hard ,lol

[TyrianMollusk]

If we had search criteria like "by a builder I have favorited", the rest would probably work itself out, between that, friends liked, trending, and the rest. That'd be a huge improvement for such a minor feature. Another way to go about it would be showing our accumulated up/down votes on each creator, then adding creator-percent-liked field to the search criteria. A general track-percent-liked search field would also help ferret out tracks that are worth checking, though all individual track vote related things are severely hampered by our limited feedback options. Naturally, letting us set the visible feeds to use our saved searches does a lot to take these feature into more active/immediate use, too.

The user contracts system I keep suggesting would also do a lot for keeping good tracks from getting missed or forgotten, but it'd be a little effort.

The game is terrible for discovery as things are, and even worse for retention. If there were an API to access TC metadata, someone could build a nice little site to augment the game's short-sighted management.

None of that helps people without RL doing something, though, and we don't know if that's on the table at all. I don't know where people ought to get the word out. I'll check out anything that goes in GUS's weekly roundup, gets mentioned in the Track Central forum here, gets in one of the staff picks lists (even as minimal and poorly done as those are), is by a builder I pay attention to (though I certainly don't check that constantly, since it's a pain to do), or gets mentioned on the Trials reddit. If I have the game open and feel up for it, I'll dig through recent tracks and trending for things that look legitimate so I can contribute my insignificant thumbs, but I often don't lately. The depressing state of the game makes it harder to enjoy, for me.