Hello all,
I'd like to propose a small Quality of Life update ... An option to show distances in Miles (rather than km). Since in britain all signs are in Miles, most people are more accustomed to thinking of distances in miles over km.
cheers
Distances in Miles
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I'm seeing distances in miles in game.
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I'm seeing distances in miles in game.
On the UK server?
Oh wait yes; I see miles as the unit used for a vehicle's Total distance & Mission window, but in km in direct dispatch in the vehicle's window & on transport requests.
A little constancy wouldn't go a miss
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It's not a major issue really.
It is also can be a very inaccurate measuring system as it uses a direct measure of distance and not the actual road distance. Direct is great for Helicopter and Boats but can be utterly useless for land vehicles.
I've got several situations where I need to often select a different destination as it is closer by road than the first one suggested. Got one where the closest station is 2 miles away direct but over other side of a river and the actual distance to it is 15 miles. The actual closest by road station is 3 miles away and you need to pass it to go to the other one any way, there are actually 6 stations closer by road.
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There are only 3 countries in the world that are officially non-metric. We shouldn't pander to this kind of mental laziness.
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There are only 3 countries in the world that are officially non-metric. We shouldn't pander to this kind of mental laziness.
Such a nice way to put it doesn't take into account people in those countries who may have a disability and would struggle extremely with a change. For some it isn't mental laziness but hey we suffer ignorant people we need to pander to.
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It's not a major issue really.
It is also can be a very inaccurate measuring system as it uses a direct measure of distance and not the actual road distance. Direct is great for Helicopter and Boats but can be utterly useless for land vehicles.
I've got several situations where I need to often select a different destination as it is closer by road than the first one suggested. Got one where the closest station is 2 miles away direct but over other side of a river and the actual distance to it is 15 miles. The actual closest by road station is 3 miles away and you need to pass it to go to the other one any way, there are actually 6 stations closer by road.
This is a fair point, I had had not considered that particular scenario as the I haven't had that myself.
Although I still think consistency across the server should be considered. All distances should be in the same units across the server (whether that's miles or km).
There are only 3 countries in the world that are officially non-metric. We shouldn't pander to this kind of mental laziness.
Considering there are country specific servers, this argument is stupid and frankly uncalled for. By all means use metric on a countries server that uses metric, but for those countries that don't, at least have the option (as the original suggestion was).
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This is a fair point, I had had not considered that particular scenario as the I haven't had that myself.
Although I still think consistency across the server should be considered. All distances should be in the same units across the server (whether that's miles or km).
Consistency would be a good start.
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