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Innit
24.04.24, 18:14
When shortening numbers, please make sure that you actually do:

https://i.imgur.com/rgSNgIh.jpg

1.77k is five characters and loses information compared to the four characters in 1773. :p:confused::rolleyes::eek:

If in doubt, strlen() or similar should help.

Bonus content: This is a case where shortening would have been welcome (I think that's 1.7e10 or 1.7 trillion, no, do not ask me)
https://i.imgur.com/SlKVQ72.png

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My original wish and intent was to create a thread with one "Innits how to easily improve the game" suggestion a day. I think I have enough to last a lifetime. Having read this subforums guidelines I reluctantly will not (for now). I would be less reluctant if I thought anyone from BB actually read and listened to these suggestions - if they did we would have had a way to mass send explorers years ago. :mad:
This is the first, I may or may not link to previous ones to create a kind of "my collection".