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[Sabin Stargem]

Just as it said on the tin.   Having the various stats in the game use commas would make them more readable.

Created Wealth:  918275772

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Created Wealth:  918,275,772

[Kiloku]

If implemented, this should be moddable for the benefit of translation packs. Different languages use different number place separators.

[MaxTheFox]

If implemented, this should be moddable for the benefit of translation packs. Different languages use different number place separators.

How about in init.txt? [NUMBER_PLACE_SEPARATOR:<character code>] or something like that.

Anyways, +1.

[voliol]

If implemented, this should be moddable for the benefit of translation packs. Different languages use different number place separators.

How about in init.txt? [NUMBER_PLACE_SEPARATOR:<character code>] or something like that.

Anyways, +1.

+1

[nystemy]

A thousand divider would indeed be a wonderful addition.
A comma works rather fine. I myself prefer using a blank space. (Mainly since I am from Sweden and it's the national standard here.)
So having it configurable in the init file would be wonderful.

[Thunderforge]

Yes, I’ll raise a tankard to this idea, anything that helps me to easier understand the game’s information is a great idea. And if customisable even better!
Large numbers can become quite meaningless to me if I can’t easily tell the magnitude. (Is that the created wealth or has the broker just left a contact number...?)

[bloop_bleep]

If implemented, this should be moddable for the benefit of translation packs. Different languages use different number place separators.

How about in init.txt? [NUMBER_PLACE_SEPARATOR:<character code>] or something like that.

Anyways, +1.

+1

Actually in C and C++ languages, which DF is written in, you can query the system locale's number digit separators already, without needing an option in an init file.

Code: [Select]

setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "");
lconv* lc = localeconv();
char* sep = lc->thousands_sep;


[voliol]

@bloop_bleep So you could do it already with DFhack (or similar utilities)? I don’t really get you, to be homest, but it seems overly complicated and inaccessible for the common user. Well, init files are as well, but I think we can safely assume they are getting integrated with the UI rework already.

[Shonai_Dweller]

Yeah. Normal people need a normal menu option. Commas on or off (or other forms of number writing for international users). They won't want to program it themselves...

[Bumber]

@voliol, @Shonai_Dweller
I think the point was that DF could do it automatically based on your computer's settings.

[Shonai_Dweller]

@voliol, @Shonai_Dweller
I think the point was that DF could do it automatically based on your computer's settings.

Well that's good. Are there any other reasons people would prefer it to be optional?

[voliol]

@voliol, @Shonai_Dweller
I think the point was that DF could do it automatically based on your computer's settings.

Well that's good. Are there any other reasons people would prefer it to be optional?

Because you live in a country/have your computer set to a language with different separators than the ones you prefer? In-game settings are generally less finnicky than computer settings, I see no reason why DF shouldn’t fall into that pattern by using computer settings as its in-game settings.
Having the option initially set to whatever your computer uses is sound though.

[Quietust]

Because you live in a country/have your computer set to a language with different separators than the ones you prefer?

If you're using Windows or macOS, you can set the digit grouping symbol to whatever you want, regardless of your locale - picking "French (France)" might change it to be a space, but there's nothing stopping you from changing it back to a comma afterwards. On Linux, however, this would probably be a lot more complicated (i.e. creating a new locale).

The only reason to make it configurable in-game would be if you wanted it to be one way in the OS and a different way in-game, or if you somehow didn't have permission to change it in the OS (and if that's the case, should you really be playing DF on such a machine?).