Warcraft III Distance Units Convert

[whatever]

Hello, I wish to know what is the relation between distance units in Warcraft III and those in the real world. In other words: how many centimeters are 600 units?

I need exact values, I can gather, that 600 range is about 10-15 cm, but I need to know exactly how much one unit of distance in Warcraft III is, so I can calcualte different distances.

And what speed system Warcraft III uses. Like if a projectile's speed is 1500 - does that mean it travels a distance of 1500 standart Warcraft III units in a second or what?

Thank you.

 

[Saia_Djinn]

why u need to calculate it in centimeters and not in Wc3 values? coz the wc3engine will also make it in wc3 values so its better to calculate it like this

 

[Name_n]

I'd say 100 units is roughly 1 centimeter

 

[Thanathos]

doesen´t this not also depend on your screen resolution ?

 

[Saia_Djinn]

no dont think so coz the units stay same u just can see morea to one time(would be imba if one can blink further than another

 

[whatever]

I needs it, coz not anyone knows exactly how far 600 units are, but they will roughly know how far 10 cm are. So if you have an ability that says: "Damages everyone in a radius of 600 units" that actually says: "Damages everyone in a radius which you don't even freakin' know how far it is".
No offence, but it is not important why I want it, but rather - do you know it

 

[SanKakU]

uhm....you do know you can zoom in the world editor, right? so how would measuring it by centimeters help? plus there are different screen resolutions...meh this just sounds really silly.

 

[UreDe4D]

if its that important, make a test map, make a unit with model of a torch, or sth else which is quite thin. place one unit in your map, then use this trigger

• Events
  • Time - elapsed time is 0.00 seconds
• Conditions
• Actions
  • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • Unit - Create 1 Torch for Player 1 (Red) at ((Position of (your preset torch)) offset by (((Real((Integer A))) x 100.00), 0.00)) facing Vorgabe 0 degrees

leaks are unimportant for this test map. this trigger creates a torch at the distances 100, 200, 300, ..., 1000 from your placed torch, now take a ruler and measure the distances in centimeter, maybe you can find a formula for it through this

 

[whatever]

Thanks, but I figured that out, problem is I need EXACT values, as I have said several times already, I have measured some distances and so on, but it's the EXACT values I am interested in.

P.S.
SanKakU, no offence, but - no shit?! I know I can zoom in the editor, don't you read previous posts? Let me quote myself and then clear my already quite simple post to an even more simple post:
A guy named whatever once upon a time said: "I needs it, coz not anyone knows exactly how far 600 units are, but they will roughly know how far 10 cm are. So if you have an ability that says: "Damages everyone in a radius of 600 units" that actually says: "Damages everyone in a radius which you don't even freakin' know how far it is".
Okay, so let me make it even more simple: I want to know exactly what values the Warcraft III units are, so I can type them in cm in ability tooltips, so that people, who don't spend their youth working with the world editor can understand them. Clear?
I have a bad feeling, that when I ask some REALLY serious stuff the only thing I'm going to get in return will be a migrene

P.S.S.
SanKakU, Saia_Djinn already said: "no dont think so coz the units stay same u just can see morea to one time(would be imba if one can blink further than another", and he is right. I know you don't bother to read other people's posts, but it's worth a shot.

 

[LazyCoder]

HMM... WC3 distance units to centimeters... well let's think about this... a paladin is the size of a house... a tank is the size of 2 peasants, and everything flies low enough to where you could jump up and kick 'em in the balls...

I don't think warcraft 3 has much of a basis for scaling.

In the world editor, each of the yellow grid units is 128 distance units. Most mappers would know this, but NOBODY would know what you define as 3 meters in warcraft 3.

 

[Maximilianx]

Everyone is trying to tell you, that different screens have different resolutions! so on your screen, 600 units could take up X centimeters, while on somebody else's screen, say theirs is larger.. would take up Y centimeters.

And besides.. the warcraft 3 camera is at an angle, so if theyre looking at the higher part of your screen, 1 centimeter is gonna cover more warcraft units than if they are closer to your camera.. this just wouldn't work.

 

[manstie]

Okay, you know normal scout towers and that? from the left to the right is 200 blocks.
They take up an area of 4 blocks. 1 block == 100
You can also move your cursor around WE and look how the coordinates change, that is also distance. (Coordinates are - x, y, z (height from map created level))

Overall - To measure 600 WE-meters, just place 3 scout towers in a line from 1 point to another.

 

[PurplePoot]

You can't get exact values as the camera is not top-down and can have different distances to target.

 

[LazyCoder]

I think what he means is what would the distance units in warcraft 3 be if it was real, like a peasant would be 5 feet tall, a paladin would be 80... etc.

 

[whatever]

Maximilianx, you are right, and have a good point, but the deviation is minimal. 600 units at 640x480 is about 11.5 cm, while 600 units at 1280x1024 is 12 cm. Yeah, I measured it with a trigger.
But I did understand, that probably noone, apart from blizzard, will know exact measurements, plus that they really do change with resolution, even if a fraction.
Well, thanks everybody...now how do I dispose of this thread?