Fix times

[SnuggleSnail]

Every timer in the game should use real time, and specify minutes. I know this thread has been posted 100 times, but I don't understand how it's even a conversation. I can't imagine it's harder to do than adding a /3.29 somewhere, and removing a floor.

I understand that you guys want separate times in case you ever decide to do expeditions, but you don't need to do remove/change the underlying systems. Just changing a print statement would both be a big QoL improvement and help new players learning a lot. I refuse to believe Loftar's code isn't clean enough for this to be a < 5 minute thing. They're already differentiated by color globally.

[vatas]

Could give in-game time units some larpy names like "Hearth-days" and "Hearth-hours?"

[SnuggleSnail]

I don't wanna pull out my calculator and /3.29 every time I see "hearth-x". Again, I don't see how this is a conversation. Not using real time is RETARDED

[Massa]

I don't wanna pull out my calculator and /3.29 every time I see "hearth-x". Again, I don't see how this is a conversation. Not using real time is RETARDED

the vibe would be questionable if the game had realistic day/night lengths man

[SnuggleSnail]

Not suggesting any mechanics or timers be changed at all, literally just want the math done inside the print statement and ideally an accurate time that includes minutes.

The vibe is also bad from having to google (24 * 3) / 3.29 every time I set a timer for a wrecking ball.

[DDDsDD999]

But when I play a game and see that it has its own day/night length, and am given a time, it would make sense that I have to use that game's time conversion. even though it was never explained and it sometimes does use the conversion and sometimes doesn't, for no discernible reason

[Southpaw]

at least add "Real world hours" or "ingame hours" so I dont have a stroke remembering whats what

[Pommfritz]

good suggestion, wanted to make this thread as well a while ago but I forgot. I think the big issue I saw was that it's not consistent, I think for example a ram shows real world time until dry and a wball shows ingame time until dry iirc same with local ressources, for whatever reason they show real time while most other things in the game show ingame time.
real world time for everything sounds good.

[vatas]

Could give in-game time units some larpy names like "Hearth-days" and "Hearth-hours?"

I don't wanna pull out my calculator and /3.29 every time I see "hearth-x". Again, I don't see how this is a conversation. Not using real time is RETARDED

My original message should have had this as the first paragraph:

at least add "Real world hours" or "ingame hours" so I dont have a stroke remembering whats what

Both should be given, ie: you inspect Wrecking Ball right after assembling it and it gives this:

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3 Hearth-days (23 real-hours)

[Pommfritz]

I think from a game developing stand point you don't want to break the immersion so distracting from the game with real world stuff might not be the best way to larp around. I think an option to show times in real time or hearth time would be a win/win and default it to hearth time and obviously fix all the inconsistencies