Can we have a toggle switch, to change between measuring units?

[Cmdr BrinBrown]

FDev,
Can we have a toggle switch, to change between measuring units?
Say KM and Miles, also Centigrade and Fahrenheit?

Thanks,

BB

 

[Ashnak]

 

[BL1P]

Also Yards, Chains, Furlongs, Rods, Fathoms and Leagues ?

 

[aRJay]

Also Yards, Chains, Furlongs, Rods, Fathoms and Leagues ?

Along with Celsius, Kelvin and Rankine.

 

[Cmdr Travers]

FDev,
Can we have a toggle switch, to change between measuring units?
Say KM and Miles, also Centigrade and Fahrenheit?

Thanks,

BB

I would add, the ability for the in game clock to show your local time.

 

[Commander Biscuit]

These all seem reasonable and simple to implement. Expect ridicule and backlash.

 

[Darrack]

Anything other than feet/inches/shillings/pounds and pence should be banned!!

O7

 

[Factabulous]

These all seem reasonable and simple to implement. Expect ridicule and backlash.

You call yourself Biscuit without reason - I demand you rebrand as Commando Cookie forthwith. Otherwise expect ridicule and backlash.

 

[robbyp]

Can we have a toggle switch to change those nations still using imperial measures to all use metric units?

Would have been useful for the Mars Climate Orbiter.

Explain why it would be more useful. I cant see the point in this game. It's just numbers.

 

[gorankar]

Can we have a toggle switch to change those nations still using imperial measures to all use metric units?

Would have been useful for the Mars Climate Orbiter.

Weird as it may sound. Outside of surface things regular people interact with daily, the USA does actually use the metric system mostly. I have not worked in an engineering position where the metric system was not used nearly exclusively in almost all cases since the 90's. There are still idiot outliers. Though I would never expect to see one in aerospace of all places.

The building of houses and even skyscrapers is still done in mostly imperial for some reason though. Legacy code if you will.

I don't see an issue with OP's request. I just don't think it's really all that beneficial for me to switch away from the measuring conventions I have used for the last 10 years in game.

 

[Cmdr BrinBrown]

I use both, but a switch is an easy thing to add, saves the brain convert of KM x 5/8, and C X 9/5 +32.
Doubt if I would use it, but nice to have the option.

BB

 

[robbyp]

Still a lot of inches around. I'm constantly talking in imperial measures to our people in aviation which I work in. In electronics and in aircraft fixings

My old physics professor said it's all just a number. Just use the one which works best.

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Centigrade is easy, subtract 273.
Miles; multiply by 0.6

 

[Fixitman]

These all seem reasonable and simple to implement. Expect ridicule and backlash.

No ridicule or backlash from me, just facts. None of us know anything about the Cobra engine, so none of us know how difficult or reasonable this would be.

The way I see it, everything is standardized in the ED universe. That's already a vast improvement over how we do things today. Why change to something inferior?

 

[Flimley]

And, can we also have one of those machines that goes 'ping'. Please.

Flimley

 

[Darrack]

Centigrade is easy,

What folks don't work in Kelvin?

O7

 

[DjVortex]

Also Yards, Chains, Furlongs, Rods, Fathoms and Leagues ?

Well, these are ships, aren't they? Thus nautical miles only makes sense.

And even the aviation industry uses feet (planes fly at "30 thousand feet", not some "9 kilometers".)

 

[Frankymole]

Also Yards, Chains, Furlongs, Rods, Fathoms and Leagues ?

Just use Cubits for everything.

Actually, parsecs rather than light years would make sense on the Galaxy Map, as astronomers are more likely to use parsecs for long distances.

 

[Cmdr BrinBrown]

I watch ED video's; I always notice who uses the "widget".
I use the widget

BB
just an option

 

[Felix DiCestria]