scifista42 Posted November 5, 2014 Maybe at that time, the idSoftware crew wasn't really using the terms "secret areas", "secrets". So the SECRET counter wants to tell you: "How much of a secret did you reveal in this map?" Just a theory, possibly totally wrong. 0 Share this post Link to post
jmickle66666666 Posted November 5, 2014 that doesn't sound entirely likely but there's always a possibility. It's most likely just an oversight. 0 Share this post Link to post
Blastfrog Posted November 5, 2014 Another thing is that it's already longer than the other words even without the S appended. Maybe they wanted to keep a closer balance of visual "weight". 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted November 5, 2014 I was about to say that it always seemed OK for me (should be "secret percentage" and not "secrets percentage"). I remembered Wolf3d had "treasure" not "treasures" so I was going to mention that to support the theory. Unfortunately, I just checked and Wolf had "Kill ratio/secret ratio/treasure ratio" so I'm confused again. 0 Share this post Link to post
Blastfrog Posted November 5, 2014 joe-ilya said:Why not : KILL ITEM SECRETWell, this is my reasoning for why not: Sodaholic said:Another thing is that it's already longer than the other words even without the S appended. Maybe they wanted to keep a closer balance of visual "weight". 0 Share this post Link to post
MFG38 Posted November 5, 2014 I think Sodaholic's answer makes sense. Possibly the extra S at the end would have made it too long in contrast to "Kills" and "Items". 0 Share this post Link to post
VGA Posted November 5, 2014 Which items count for that percentage? And do I actually need to pick them up? 0 Share this post Link to post
Doominator2 Posted November 6, 2014 VGA said:Which items count for that percentage? And do I actually need to pick them up? All items that are there by default, so picking up a fallen enemies weapon wont count to the items percentage. 0 Share this post Link to post
BaronOfStuff Posted November 6, 2014 Doominator2 said:All items that are there by default, so picking up a fallen enemies weapon wont count to the items percentage. No, not all things you can pick up make up the %. Weapons, health kits, armour jackets and ammo does NOT count at all, unless you fuck around changing things with DeHackEd or some source port stuff. VGA said:Which items count for that percentage? And do I actually need to pick them up? Health Bonus, Armour Bonus, Berserk, all 'Spheres, Computer Map and Lite-Amp. In order to get the %, yes you do need to pick them up. 0 Share this post Link to post
VGA Posted November 6, 2014 So that's why I can pick up health bonuses even at 200% health. That explains their existence, too, because the game has real health items anyway. I thought it was only to add more content and color to the maps and help with not getting lost, like inverse breadcrumbs! 0 Share this post Link to post
Varis Alpha Posted November 6, 2014 all items that you can always pick up no matter what are "countable" items. everything else does not. err, well, not EVERYTHING. keys you can always pick up and they do not count. i guess everything that has a beneficial effect for you and you can always pick up count. 0 Share this post Link to post
Da Werecat Posted November 6, 2014 There are more exceptions. http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Item 0 Share this post Link to post
VGA Posted November 6, 2014 But in vanilla only the first Computer Map is pickupable (!) and doom2 MAP27 has two, so you can't get 100%. trollololool EDIT: I got ninja'd 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted November 8, 2014 Like many other similar details, the Elders of Doom, in their infinite wisdom, put this small bit in there so that in ages to come, Doomers would be debating about their apocryphal meaning. I'm sure one of them is currently smiling knowingly -a thin, if paternal smile- as he lurks through this very thread :) 0 Share this post Link to post
joe-ilya Posted November 18, 2014 They could move the K/I a little to the right if that's what they've been trying to do. Or just stretch them, or just let it be graphics instead of letters or just put the first letter of each. The possibilities are endless, removing the final letter is just lame, come on ID! 0 Share this post Link to post