I honestly didn't know whether I should have posted this as a bug or a feature request. Anyway, when you play in co-op, the kills in the alternative HUB only show your own. In the tally screen it also shows how much % of kills each player had. As a result, whenever monsters kill other monsters, it will count as "missing" and is indistinguishable from monsters left alive.
This makes it basically impossible to try and achieve 100% kills.
While playing, it would be handy to see the total kills instead of just your own, both in the alternative HUB and automap. I wonder why it shows the personal count anyway, but there was undoubtly a reason for that. You could also show both, like personal/total/max (e.g. 6/15/29).
As for the tally screen, I don't see a straightforward solution. If it were entirely up to me, I'd prefer an extra line in the tally screen for "monster infighting". Another option is to have the line "Missing" in the tally screen not include monster infighting, but then the total doesn't count to 100% anymore. (Then again, you might as well leave out the line that shows "Total" as it just shows 100% anyway.)
Thoughts?
P.S. I'm in the process of being able to compile the game myself, so I might work on this myself, if I get a green light. But it's quite a leap for a web developer to jump into this. And with the conventions and agreements for a community project like this, I probably shouldn't think too lightly about it.
Missing kills include infighting in co-op
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Re: Missing kills include infighting in co-op
Moved to Feature Suggestions, it's working as intended, after all.
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Re: Missing kills include infighting in co-op
Don't forget crushers and other effects that can kill monsters without being sourced to a player (e.g. in ZDCMP2 you can get rid of the blue keycard guardians by activating a script). So the extra line should be "other" rather than "infighting".MatrixCL wrote:As for the tally screen, I don't see a straightforward solution. If it were entirely up to me, I'd prefer an extra line in the tally screen for "monster infighting".
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Re: Missing kills include infighting in co-op
I have no issue with this feature and would be willing to help review it, hopefully to get it included.MatrixCL wrote:P.S. I'm in the process of being able to compile the game myself, so I might work on this myself, if I get a green light.
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Re: Missing kills include infighting in co-op
Cool! Let's see what I can do. Though I have a deadline for Friday next week and won't be able to invest in this until then. But since it's my own feature request, I assume there's no rush. And I'll need an answer to the question I raised here before I can do anything.
And good point, Gez. It should be "other", not just "infighting".
And good point, Gez. It should be "other", not just "infighting".
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Re: Missing kills include infighting in co-op
Woohoo, my first pull request! Please let me know if it's OK and if this can be included.
https://github.com/coelckers/gzdoom/pull/1167
https://github.com/coelckers/gzdoom/pull/1167