Is my "playtime" glitched? | Forums

[Colors_of_Life]

For some reason, all my time spent playing user created custom tracks counts towards my leaderboard "playtime" for global ranking.

Everyone else is saying that it doesn't do this for them... Why is this happening? It makes me look bad when it looks like i've spent 4 days working on my global rank when in reality I've only spent 2 days.

As you can imagine, this causes people to talk ****. So can a developer confirm that time spent playing user created tracks is SUPPOSED to count to playtime?

[rlmergeuser]

This happens to me too.

I won't play single player at all for an entire day yet my playtime will increase by 5 hours.

[emerica6708]

Mine too, I've got lots of playtime but I've really only sent a day or two on single player, I believe it's supposed to be like this, but wouldn't swear to it.

[sebastianaalton]

I am not 100% sure, but here's my thoughts:
1. Playing user created tracks in single player mode (track central) counts towards single player playtime.
2. Playing user created tracks in private multiplayer lobbies counts towards multiplayer playtime.

Messing around in the editor or menus doesn't count at all. Only actual playing counts.

[JoeRegular]

I just assumed playing customs in single player added to the No-Life Counter. Mine is at 7 days + and I know I haven't spent all that on the Career tracks.

[rlmergeuser]

Yeah, I've spent MAX 8 hrs. on Single Player. Everything else in Track Central. My total playtime is 2d 20h. Customs definitely count toward total playtime.

[Euan]

I am not 100% sure, but here's my thoughts:
1. Playing user created tracks in single player mode (track central) counts towards single player playtime.
2. Playing user created tracks in private multiplayer lobbies counts towards multiplayer playtime.

Messing around in the editor or menus doesn't count at all. Only actual playing counts.

It's a little concerning how the developer is not 100% sure.

[sebastianaalton]

It's a little concerning how the developer is not 100% sure.

We had 8 programmers in Trials Evolution team (+ lots of artists and level designers, etc). The game (including technology code) is around a million lines of code, so not everyone can possibly know exactly how every small thing works

Jorma should know the exact answer to this question. I am sure he comments to this thread soon

[xMotionSickness]

I tested this earlier for you. My playtime on global leaderboard said 1 day 17 hour 14 minute, I went to track central and played Norfair's track on RedLynx Picks, I must have spent a good 10 minutes on it but my playtime remained the same when I went back to check.

[jook13]

Its kinda sad when I look at my playtime for a month old game and see 2 days worth of play and think to myself "man, that seems really, really low..."

It all makes sense now that I learn making tracks doesnt count towards that timer.