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[hedgerow]

If you had to expand on every creature in the game, how would you categorize them by size?

[anewaname]

The base size values are in the raws and can be extracted.

Do you mean categorize by shape? Like how a dwarf may be taller than a crocodile but not as long?

[Mobbstar]

Dwarves are bigger than a breadbox.

[voliol]

The wiki tends to describe creature sizes relative to that of dwarves - and grizzly bears for some reason. The second might be less wise, but taking it relative to dwarves could work for all creatures to great precision. Alternatively you could decide on a scale with words like

miniscule - tiny - small - medium-sized - big - giant - gargantuan

with set intervals for the sizes, and then put these size categories on the page where you describe the mod.

[PlumpHelmetMan]

I imagine the listed size categories as referencing weight/density a lot more than length or height. It's how elves can be taller than dwarves or goblins and yet still be in the same size category (either that or they're just being massive hypocrites with their 'short' jokes, I guess either is just as likely).

[MaxTheFox]

I imagine the listed size categories as referencing weight/density a lot more than length or height. It's how elves can be taller than dwarves or goblins and yet still be in the same size category (either that or they're just being massive hypocrites with their 'short' jokes, I guess either is just as likely).

It's total volume. An elf is taller than a dwarf but thinner, while a human is both taller and about as... broad... as a dwarf.

[PlumpHelmetMan]

I imagine the listed size categories as referencing weight/density a lot more than length or height. It's how elves can be taller than dwarves or goblins and yet still be in the same size category (either that or they're just being massive hypocrites with their 'short' jokes, I guess either is just as likely).

It's total volume. An elf is taller than a dwarf but thinner, while a human is both taller and about as... broad... as a dwarf.

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly how I assumed it works.

[voliol]

I imagine the listed size categories as referencing weight/density a lot more than length or height. It's how elves can be taller than dwarves or goblins and yet still be in the same size category (either that or they're just being massive hypocrites with their 'short' jokes, I guess either is just as likely).

It's total volume. An elf is taller than a dwarf but thinner, while a human is both taller and about as... broad... as a dwarf.

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly how I assumed it works.

It is for creatures such as Dwarves and Goblins made out of equally dense materials, then the distinction between similar volume and similar weight doesn’t need to be made. But say if a gabbro man could wear clothes, it would have to be that of a human since they are the same volume, despite the gabbro man being a much heavier creature made of stone.

[MaxTheFox]

I imagine the listed size categories as referencing weight/density a lot more than length or height. It's how elves can be taller than dwarves or goblins and yet still be in the same size category (either that or they're just being massive hypocrites with their 'short' jokes, I guess either is just as likely).

It's total volume. An elf is taller than a dwarf but thinner, while a human is both taller and about as... broad... as a dwarf.

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly how I assumed it works.

It is for creatures such as Dwarves and Goblins made out of equally dense materials, then the distinction between similar volume and similar weight doesn’t need to be made. But say if a gabbro man could wear clothes, it would have to be that of a human since they are the same volume, despite the gabbro man being a much heavier creature made of stone.

Whether clothing can be worn is a size thing, not a weight thing. Weight is separate from size for creatures.