Floor location descriptions can be confusing depending on region

[CygnusTM]

Americans (maybe other regions?) number floors of buildings differently from Europe. We call the ground floor of a building the "first floor". Example, the location description for Letter 4 - Violets Don't Wilt on The Atlantic Wall level says, "Inside the hotel safe on the first floor". I would have searched the ground floor after reading this. I would suggest trying to avoid ordinals when describing floors, like in this case use, "Inside the hotel safe on the upper floor". "Ground floor" is clear either way, but "first", "second", etc. invites confusion.

[lordfiSh]

Hi,
good Point. We could solve this via the translation by adding a US Language in https://crowdin.com/project/sniper-elite-5-maps

[AtomCrafty]

I knew someone would notice 😅
That's my bad, I decided to use the UK conventions (ground, 1, 2) at some point, because that's the one I'm used to.
We try to use "ground floor", "top floor", etc when appropriate, but it's still confusing. Maybe it would be better to just use the US conventions (1, 2, 3) instead?

[CygnusTM]

Sticking with "ground", "top", and "middle" works for structures up to three floors. For others like the occupied residence, you could use relative descriptions like "floor above Möller's office" or "floor above where letter X is found".

[dm2912]

Maybe it would be better to just use the US conventions (1, 2, 3) instead?

why? One country (USA) uses those conventions.. multiple countries use the European way.

besides, the game is set if France so it should follow French convention :D

but also, there are many instances like for example a Barn, where the American logic of "first floor" would make no sense because the lower level of a barn is literally ground.. there is no flooring.