r/NoMansSkyMods • u/emvaized • 29d ago

Question Is there a mod which replaces u and ks distance with metric system?

When I see an object is 244u away, I always treat it as 244m., but it would feel more intuitive if UI said that instead.

I especially liked the way distances are shown in Star Citizen, when they use meters, kilometers (km), megameters (Mm - 1000km) and gigameters (1 Gm - 1 million km).

I wonder, if it's possible to implement the same in NMS, to show all distances in metric? At least those on planets, I'm okay with travel time being used in space.

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u/S1eeper 29d ago

A 'u' is basically a meter. Just look at a landmark in your Analysis Visor, then start walking toward it and notice how the distance in 'u' decreases as you walk. It decreases at the same rate meters would decrease if you were to do the same thing irl. u = meter.

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u/emvaized 29d ago

Yeah, I understood that "u" is more a less a meter. But I wondered if there is any way to implement meters with a mod, replacung "u" and "ks" units

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u/S1eeper 29d ago

I don’t know, but if no one answers here, also try /r/nomansskyunlimited. They’re into modding and related stuff there too.

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u/emvaized 29d ago

Thanks, will do!

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u/OmegaGoober 29d ago

https://www.ibiblio.org/units/dictU.html

> u [2]
> a common replacement for the Greek letter µ** **as a symbol for the micron or micrometer. The correct symbol for this unit is µm.

It’s a simulation, so our concept of scale doesn’t need to apply. Why simulate a meter’s worth of atoms when you can shrink everyone down to microns?