measurment units - fix mixed references to metric and imperial.

[VladK02]

What title says.

Game uses both metric and imperial units, thats bad.

Example - I am buying new animal - mandrill. I go to zoopedia to check its barrier height. Zoopedia -> natural habitat.....grade 2 jump-proof, 3.3 ft. Great.

Now let me adjust my freshly built barrier. Oh, the height slider is in meters? Okay... Thanks, i guess? Now what's 3.3 ft in meters?

Oh by the way, a mandrill will get over a 3 ft fence like its nothing. Its the size of a lage dog, it will simply climb over.

Which leads me to suspect, that 3.3 ft is simply a typo and its in fact a 3.3 m barrier?

edit - the fix is to change units to imperial system. but if you want to use metric, youre out of luck.

 

[Yukari1885]

The measurements in the Zoopedia depend on your language settings.
In my game they are in metric because I'm in a metric country.

The other setting only affects measurements in the game itself.

 

[Bo Marit]

Hiya, just wanted to let you know that in a future update, we'll be addressing this - your metric/imperial system will update depending on the region you play in hopefully that sorts that for you!

 

[NZFanatic]

Hiya, just wanted to let you know that in a future update, we'll be addressing this - your metric/imperial system will update depending on the region you play in hopefully that sorts that for you!

Will that be automatic?

I don't have any plans to go to America any time soon, but I'm curious - if I did, would my game automatically switch to Imperial, or would it remain in Metric? Given that I don't have a clue how the Imperial system works, I could imagine that it might be a nuisance to someone who does travel a lot. Then again I imagine that's a relatively small niche.

 

[Caramel Clown]

Hiya, just wanted to let you know that in a future update, we'll be addressing this - your metric/imperial system will update depending on the region you play in hopefully that sorts that for you!

Does that mean that players in the US are out of luck?)

 

[NL_Mutso]

My guess would be on the language setting of your game but as far as i can see English is just 1 setting.
Maybe they'll add American-English just for this

 

[NZFanatic]

My guess would be on the language setting of your game but as far as i can see English is just 1 setting.
Maybe they'll add American-English just for this

I don't think the system of measurement counts as a language setting, but it would be nice to know we can switch back to metric if it auto-changes to Imperial.

 

[NL_Mutso]

Well there are only a few countries in the world, who primarily use the imperial system.

1 or 2 small countries and the US. (so basically only the US)
Since it was mentioned as depending on region, my guess would be this - at least you will be able to switch between English/English and American/English.

To me, I wouldn't make much sense if you go to America and the game decides to switch it for you. Never seen that feature in a game.. Could be interesting, though

But it's just a guess, maybe a simple setting (when using English language) in the menu will happen. GTAV has a very easy option for that.
But depending on region doesn't give a very clear view on that.

Tbh, I don't care This is a nice feature for those who don't understand the metric system, I'm glad they also pay attention to those people..
We'll just wait and see...

 

[The European]

Well.. I work for a company that does precision engineering, we use metric. I am from a country that uses metric, but I live in a country that uses imperial.... PLEASE MAKE IT / KEEP IT a setting! Basing it on region is not very accommodating at all... Also... how does the game know where am I? Is it based on Steam? I don't remember telling PZ what's my region... or I just don't remember because it was when I first launched the game. In which case... can I not change it without wiping the game out completely and loosing all the progress?