Can an option be added to change temperature to Fahrenheit?

[grommile]

100 is summer heat. 0 is something you never want to see.

0°F (-18°C) is literally just the inside of a food freezer; places like Minneapolis, MN, USA and Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia have (some) nights colder than that every winter. Dress for it, don't stand still, and don't expect your diesel-engine vehicle to start well if you parked it outside.

 

[JohnnyDepressio]

Everyone knows Fahrenheit is for weather and Celsius for science and computers. 100 is summer heat. 0 is something you never want to see. 15 or so and road salt stops working.

But yes as an American I need a fahrenheit display. Plus speed in MPH would be helpful.

Kelvin is for science.

 

[BrokenSky]

Frankly, when the "Allies" were planning D-Day, what system of measurement do you think they were using for temperature? (every detail was accounted for and planned for on D-Day). The Soviet Union did most of the fighting on the Eastern Front, but on the Western Front the "Allies" were basically 80% America, 20% everybody else added up. It makes sense to add an option to use Fahrenheit in the game.

I think the British, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders & Co. were pretty instrumental in that - IIRC America was somewhere around maybe 40%?

Of course the British Empire used the Imperial system at the time anyway so you're still not wrong about what temperature system the planners for D-Day were using : P

 

[Darth Howard]

I use the metric system, don't get the fahrenheit system, but really don't see any issue having fahrenheit system if you want to. It's not much of a request, and would help fahrenheit users and really don't "hurt" any celsius users whatsoever

0°F (-18°C) is literally just the inside of a food freezer; places like Minneapolis, MN, USA and Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia have (some) nights colder than that every winter. Dress for it, don't stand still, and don't expect your diesel-engine vehicle to start well if you parked it outside.

Above the arctic circle and it is basically that all winter. Edit: Visiting a place above the Arctic now. Summer, Midnight sun, lakes are still iced, still snow around, it is (2304 CET) 5 celsius

 

[safe-keeper]

Why not? Simple QoL feature for people who are more used to the Fahrenheit scale.

 

[Darth Howard]

@Maxwell Tornado why do you disagree with implementing Fahrenheit as an option for those who want it?

 

[safe-keeper]

Disagreed with my post, too. Funny. Not as if an (optional, obviously xD ) Fahrenheit system would make the game worse for the rest of us.

 

[xtfoster]

United States has almost 350 million people, and I think some aspects of the Standard system are used in the UK and Canada too (not sure about Australia). So you are talking probably half a Billion people who use Fahrenheit as a measurement for temperature.

The US uses primarily Standard Measurements, Canada and the UK are primarily Imperial Measurements, pretty much everyone else (Australia included) is primarily metric.

But that doesn't really apply to Temperatures. For that, Only the US and its territories plus a few former territories/dependencies still use the Fahrenheit scale for official* measurements. However, until the 1960s Fahrenheit was the official scale for almost all English speaking countries, so the Western Front of WWII would have been Fahrenheit.

EDIT: And as to why I prefer the Fahrenheit system, the Fahrenheit scale is more intuitive than Celsius for describing outdoor temperatures in temperate latitudes, with 100 °F being a hot summer day and 0 °F a cold winter day.

* For Climatic, Industrial, or Medical purposes.

 

[Jays298]

Everyone knows that, or Yanks do?

Yanks. Sarcasm. Though I do think the fahrenheit is a better system.

 

[Leyland159]

Yanks. Sarcasm. Though I do think the fahrenheit is a better system.

Why though?

 

[Maxwell Tornado]

@Maxwell Tornado why do you disagree with implementing Fahrenheit as an option for those who want it?

I just don't like Americans.

 

[Zauberelefant]

The objectively right thing is: optional Fahrenheit scale is great, should be done, Celsius is the better system for temperature 9 out of 10 times.

 

[BrokenSky]

Why though?

The same reason Imperial is better than Metric for most places where Imperial is better than Metric:
Imperial has more sensible base units and is generally easier to intuit*. Metric has more sensible divisions and is easier to do calculations with*.
*assumes equivalent levels of familiarity

So for most applications where you're only using one unit at one scale, Imperial is better. Most applications where you're calculating using several units or shifting between scales, Metric is better. (No one uses Metric for time though, when you're usually doing both, so it's not a completely hard and fast rule).

Since comparing temperatures generally found on earth with other temperatures found on earth uses one unit and one scale, Imperial is generally better.


Of course all of that is broadly irrelevant because very few places teach both, so having both in game is obvious better because a lot of people only know one or the other.

 

[Zauberelefant]

The same reason Imperial is better than Metric for most places where Imperial is better than Metric:
Imperial has more sensible base units and is generally easier to intuit*. Metric has more sensible divisions and is easier to do calculations with*.
*assumes equivalent levels of familiarity

So for most applications where you're only using one unit at one scale, Imperial is better. Most applications where you're calculating using several units or shifting between scales, Metric is better. (No one uses Metric for time though, when you're usually doing both, so it's not a completely hard and fast rule).

Since comparing temperatures generally found on earth with other temperatures found on earth uses one unit and one scale, Imperial is generally better.


Of course all of that is broadly irrelevant because very few places teach both, so having both in game is obvious better because a lot of people only know one or the other.

Maybe I don't understand that, but Celsius works great for all temperatures: 0 is water freezing, quite important for everyday use, 37 is standard human temperature, 43 is dead human temperature, 100 is boiling water (again, quite useful), 3600ish is melting Tungsten.
The base unit of a 30,54 cm "foot" is quite unintuitive, as feet rarely are that large. One degree Fahrenheit is also something that isn't inherently better than a fraction of Celsius. Or a useful distinction to make in the first place.

I feel that once you've gone through the trouble of the Fahrenheit system, it's hard to go Celsius, but for temperatures encountered on earth, Celsius is awesome, trust me

 

[Fulmen]

Celsius is the better system for temperature 9 out of 10 times.

I am curious, what is that 1 out of 10 scenarios where Fahrenheit is the better system?

 

[Darth Howard]

I am curious, what is that 1 out of 10 scenarios where Fahrenheit is the better system?

In USA

 

[xtfoster]

I am curious, what is that 1 out of 10 scenarios where Fahrenheit is the better system?

I'm actually curious about the 9 of 10 where Centigrade is better. 1 degree Fahrenheit is more precise than 1 degree Centigrade (i.e., it is smaller). I can understand it being preferred for scientific reasons, but that is about it.
I'm from Arizona, so I knew that 100 meant I probably wasn't going out at that time of the day, and I'm pretty sure if I had been raised on Centigrade then I would know that 37.7778 (or more likely 35) was the same point, but really how is that better?

 

[Ringwraith_JP]

I'm THIS CLOSE to reporting this post. lol

 

[MinhowMinhow]

40 is just death.

Nah, this is just a normal day here where I live. But is very unconfortable.

But on topic, there should be an option to change units.

 

[Fulmen]

I'm actually curious about the 9 of 10 where Centigrade is better. 1 degree Fahrenheit is more precise than 1 degree Centigrade (i.e., it is smaller). I can understand it being preferred for scientific reasons, but that is about it.
I'm from Arizona, so I knew that 100 meant I probably wasn't going out at that time of the day, and I'm pretty sure if I had been raised on Centigrade then I would know that 37.7778 (or more likely 35) was the same point, but really how is that better?

Does Fahrenheit allow for more precision without the use of decimals? Yes.

Does the average person need that? No.

Which is easier to understand:

a) 0 is freezing temperature, 100 is boiling

b) 32 is freezing temperature, 212 is boiling

Going out on a limb here, but I'd say more than 9 out of 10 people would find choice a) the more memorable, comprehensible option, if they had to choose which they'd go for without any prior knowledge of either system.