Red-XIII
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In regular DROD, once you conquer a hold, the restore screen shows the number of secret rooms per level and how many of them you have visited.
This is not the case for DROD RPG, as the "Choose level set" screen only shows the % of secret rooms you have found in the hold in all of your playthroughs.
The restore screen shows the total number of secret rooms you have found in the hold per save, the % of rooms visited compared to the total number of rooms, and the total number of rooms visited.

I wonder if it is possible to add a feature that shows the number of secret rooms per level.

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kieranmillar
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I don't know where this information would be shown.

Restore is different in classic drod, you choose a level, then a room. It shows you the room count and secret count for that level, because you have a list of levels to choose from.

In RPG you choose a save file and the information shown is game wide. Due to the extra buttons at the bottom of the screen, there's no room for additional information.

I do notice a change in behaviour from RPG 1. In RPG 1, once you've beaten the hold, it shows you the total hidden room count and how many you've found and your rooms explored % across all saves combined. We had an issue in RPG 2 where due to the larger and more complicated nature of the hold, people were making so many saves that calculating this by reading every save crippled performance. So instead, it only shows you what that particular save has achieved, and the hidden room count isn't even shown if you haven't walked into a hidden room in that save.

I think this is a bug? It should probably always show you your progress across all playthroughs. We might be able to calculate it from the new minimap room preview save file instead of reading all save files.

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Dragon Fogel
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Maybe there could just be a "View Map" option selectable from the title screen and you can show the information there? It could show the initial state of each room and thus not need to check any save data other than whether you have it fully revealed. It just wouldn't allow you to restore to a room.

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That is a very different feature request!

If we wanted to go down the route of showing people the initial room state, I'd rather do it the Tactical Nexus way, when in room preview mode, holding down a button will show the initial state of the room you're currently looking at.

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Isn't there room just under "Rooms Explored" on the Restore screen? I know that in RPG, the "Rooms Explored" count is global and that may be confusing, but just say "Hidden rooms on this level: 2/4" and then it's clear enough. Sure, it means you can only check the secret count for levels where you have a save, but in normal play you probably will have at least one save in every level.

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kieranmillar
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No. When the hidden room count appears, the % of rooms explored moves down into that line to make room.

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What if you could add a tiny window as in the screen attached that is enabled only when the hold is conquered?

It could list the level names and the number of secrets (as the scorepoints list) and it does not have to be connected to the save. As Nuntar said, what is important is the total number of rooms; once he told me that, I immediately searched and I managed to found them quickly.



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Or you could rearrange it with "Rooms explored: 179 (34%)" on top and "Secrets found: 10/27 (This level: 2/4)" below.

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