butsam
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I'm sure this has been proposed in the past. I suggest adding a counter for the number of rooms remaining on a level, either at the top of the screen, or on the left side. This would especially be useful for people who are going crazy not finding the 2 secret rooms that *have* to be passed on level 8. It would only count the rooms that *have* to be completed to pass the level (ie, not including secret rooms).

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I can see what you mean, but I think that half the fun is finding out what rooms are needed. For one or two holds, it could completely spoil it.

However, as an option, I think it would be fine.

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masonjason
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No, I'm wholeheartedly behind this. It wouldn't tell you what rooms are needed, only how many.

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Mattcrampy
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I doubt we'll do anything like this, as it should either be pretty obvious you have rooms still to do or the author's being cheap on you, in which case I'll give you the number of some hired thugs you can use. It also doesn't make much sense from a metaphor perspective - how come Beethro knows how many rooms there are left in this level to clear when he hasn't seen them yet?

Matt

[Edited by Mattcrampy on 04-09-2004 at 08:58 AM GMT]

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agaricus5
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Mattcrampy wrote:
I doubt we'll do anything like this, as it should either be pretty obvious you have rooms still to do or the author's being cheap on you, in which case I'll give you the number of some hired thugs you can use. It also doesn't make much sense from a metaphor perspective - how come Beethro knows how many rooms there are left in this level to clear when he hasn't seen them yet?

Matt

[Edited by Mattcrampy on 04-09-2004 at 08:58 AM GMT]

Well, also at a metaphorical level, how come he's got maps of the rooms and can see the entire room on entry even though he or anyone else has never seen the room before?

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Well, most kings will probably give maps of the dungeons to their exterminators (except Dugan's mpas were bad).

Maybe the author can choose if the player can know.

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DiMono
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You mean like how not marking any rooms as required will give you no indication at all when you're ready to leave the level, or how marking all rooms including the exit as required will accomplish the same thing? If I don't want you to know how much longer you'll be on a level, I have ways of preventing you from finding out.

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If the hold author really, really wants the player to know the number of remaining rooms, he could just put a scroll somewhere saying how many rooms there are on the level, and the player could figure out how many there are left.

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