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Square Kilometers and Miles

Postby David Walters » Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:42 pm

Hi Aaron, I've a tiny little UI request!

Can you add a display of the number of square kilometers and/or square miles below the usual X * Y display in the heightfield sizer.

Not only would it'd save me a bit of mental arithmetic, quite a lot of virtual worlds and large open games give their land mass size in these units. I find it inspirational to make worlds that rival their size. It's actually one of the reasons I upgraded to the Pro version!

I can then sit and daydream about having 150 artists to fill a 500Km^2 world with stuff for me :cry:
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Postby nicethugbert » Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:28 pm

I like this request. Some more digits would be useful too.
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Postby Aaron » Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:50 pm

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the suggestions. I've added an area display to the heightfield size wizard, and also changed the code such that at least 3 significant figures are always provided, as shown below:

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...and/or square miles...


I have no plans at this time to support customary units. Apologies to residents of Burma, Liberia, and the United States.

Cheers,
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Postby David Walters » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:57 pm

Thanks very much!

My Imperial mind will just have to cope with your fancy "science units" while I sip tea and eat crumpets while looking through pictures of the Queen stored in a foolscap envelope.

:wink:
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Postby nicethugbert » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:46 pm

NEAT! Thx Aaron!
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Postby Telarus » Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:16 am

Good addition!
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