is there a reason you can't just do this

[sSolsta]

is there anything preventing you from just subtracting 300 from the download count and 100 from the like count in the getGJLevels and downloadGJLevel endpoints so that levels visually start at 0 downloads and 0 likes

[tzt345]

@absoIute Help Plz

[sSolsta]

@tzt345 not here

[qimiko]

there's nothing stopping one from setting the default to 0 here either, but i suppose it's too late to change that 😝

1.9-GDPS/database.sql

Lines 308 to 309 in 4c02f9c

	`downloads` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '300',
	`likes` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '100',

[notqoid]

i know im years late but go to the structures button in levels tab and change the downloads and likes to 0

[sSolsta]

i know im years late but go to the structures button in levels tab and change the downloads and likes to 0

the what in the what

[qimiko]

i assume they're a phpmyadmin user or something lol

[notqoid]

i assume they're a phpmyadmin user or something lol

I've been in gdps free hosting for 8 months. of course i know how this works

[efwxx]

@notqoid
lad they're talking about the code not phpmyadmin, you sure you "know pretty much everything about gdps hosting and stuff"?

[efwxx]

that's a pretty solid workaround in my eyes* not gonna lie. 👍

[RealistikDash]

Literally just change the default value for likes and downloads to 0. No need for a hacky workaround. Can be done in the schema or through Phpmyadmin.

[RealistikDash]

If you have an existing database affected by this, you can solve it by setting the default values for likes and downloads to 0, and the proceeding to run the following queries:

UPDATE levels SET likes = likes - 100, downloads = downloads - 300

[qimiko]

If you have an existing database affected by this, you can solve it by setting the default values for likes and downloads to 0, and the proceeding to run the following queries:

UPDATE levels SET likes = likes - 100, downloads = downloads - 300

this would be the preferred method to this pull request, which only visually changes likes and may introduce issues in areas of the server which interact with the like counts in the db
that is, if we even want to go this route. there is value in making a server look more popular than it actually is, after all. i would go the route of tweaking the download/like ratio to better reflect the current ratio instead of removing this altogether