![]() To explain how it was wrongly counting the figure before I’ll go back to the SkyUI example. However, that’s not how it was working up until today. ![]() That is how I actually thought it did work. As such, unique downloads are only based on registered members downloading files. This is because we cannot accurately track unique download statistics for non-logged in users due to the prevalence of dynamic IP addresses. Users who download the file without being logged in (any files under 2MB can be downloaded without an account) do not count towards the unique download counter at any time, but will count towards the total downloads. The disparity can go some way to showing you how many users like the mod enough to update it through multiple versions, among other things, though you take that with a pinch of salt, of course. Total downloads tells you how many times the file has been downloaded overall, unique or not. In contrast, the total download counter for SkyUI 1.0 will go up by 5, the total download counter for SkyUI 2.0 will go up by 5, and the total download counter for the SkyUI file page as a whole will go up by 10.Īs a result, you end up with two markedly different figures unique downloads tells you how many individual members have downloaded the mod. So if I download SkyUI 1.0 a total of 5 times, and SkyUI 2.0 a total of 5 times, then the unique download counter for SkyUI 1.0 will go up by only 1, the unique download counter for SkyUI 2.0 will go up by 1, and the unique download counter for the SkyUI file page as a whole will go up only by 1. ![]() On top of that, each individual file uploaded to the file page (in SkyUI’s case, 14) has its own unique download counter as well. The second time the user downloads that file, or any other file on that page, the unique download counter should not increase by 1 again. The first time the user downloads SkyUI the unique download counter will go up by 1. There are currently 14 files available for download for SkyUI. As an example, imagine a new user goes to the SkyUI file page for the first time. Irrespective of how many times that user comes back to download that file (or multiple versions of a file on the same page) the unique download counter should only go up once per user who downloads from a file page. The unique download stat you see on file pages is supposed to tell you how many individual members have downloaded a file. I honestly had no idea this was the case. It came to our attention last week, in a random forum post unrelated to the topic, that the unique file download stats have been broken for quite some time now.
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