WE: can you change decimal precision ?

[Ricola3D]

Hello,

The question may be dummy, but I still would like to know the answer:

In WE (GUI), reals are saved with 2 decimals (1.123456 is saved as "1.12"). Is it possible to change the number of decimals, to increase precision ? For example with 4 it would save "1.1234" instead

Sincerely,

Ricola3D

 

[Cespie]

Hello,

The question may be dummy, but I still would like to know the answer:

In WE (GUI), reals are saved with 2 decimals (1.123456 is saved as "1.12"). Is it possible to change the number of decimals, to increase precision ? For example with 4 it would save "1.1234" instead

Sincerely,

Ricola3D

I'm not aware of a direct way to do this, but you could store the value as a string, and then use the substring methods to fetch the decimals for further math.

 

[BloodSoul]

Yes. Probably using custom scripts. Check this thread where looking_for_help explains a little bit about it.

 

[Pyrogasm]

I think that l4h thread is far above what the OP is asking about. Using a string as Cespie suggested is probably the simplest, but you don’t actually need to use substring. Just use Convert String to Real directly everywhere you need to specify additional precision. It will look like:

Time - Every (Real(“0.025”)) seconds of game time

I would suggest, however, that you not do a massive amount of such conversions at once if you need to use the number multiple times. Instead store it in a variable and reference the variable.

• Set RealTemp = (Real(“1.23456”))
• Unit Group - Pick every unit in...
  • Loop
    • Unit - Cause UNITA to damage Picked Unit for RealTemp points...[/realtemp]

 

[Ricola3D]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. The l4h thread was also very interesting to read. Indeed since there is an epsilon of 0.001 in many operators, it is probably useless to increase the precision of most fields in GUI...