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kg/m^3

20 (71.4%)

g/cm^3

8 (28.6%)

Total Members Voted: 28

[KillerClowns]

After a bit of confusion regarding the weights of wood and metal, I took the liberty of converting wood into g/cm^3 (what metal is measured in), before realizing that I still hadn't accounted for other objects... like stone, for instance.
Cut a long story short, I'd like it if all densities in the DFWiki were given in the same units, and I don't care what those units are.
The game data stores data in kg/m^3.  If we use that, we can just throw data from the raws onto a template and be done with it.  It's also the standard SI measurement, and ergo the one most reference sources use.
However, g/cm^3 is a more intuitive measure; light objects would have "realistic" looking weights instead of impressive-seeming numbers like 500 (wood).
(For reference, 1 g/cm^3 = 1000 kg/m^3.)

[andrei901]

I think it depends on the reference point-if we measure most weights in kg, its should be kg/m^3. However, one must also take into account the numbers-if all of the numbers end up being in the thousands, it would probably make more sense to use g/cm^3 to keep the numbers smaller.

[VoidPointer]

I'd favor whichever units are used in the raws, or direct combinations thereof if they aren't (e.g. if kg/m^3 is used in the raws, or if kg and m are, then use kg/m^3).

[Aspgren]

I like the kg/m^3 .. but I wonder if it'd make sense to americans?

Let's just call it dorf/beard^booze

[ShinWalks]

I like the kg/m^3 .. but I wonder if it'd make sense to americans?

Let's just call it dorf/beard^booze

We American scientists use the SI just like everyone else; for the lay populace, hey, maybe DF can incentivize the transition to metric?