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[Solved] Need help determining terrain area size

Postby xelom » Sun May 08, 2016 2:08 pm

Hi,

I'm new with terrain creation tools and just downloaded a standard edition copy. I just have to do this simple project for a friend as a favor.

To get started, what I would like to know is the area if the horizontal scale is set to 60 and you got a 1024x1024 heightmap. So what will be the exact area size? and is it Km2 or sq.km2?

Thanks.
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Re: Need help determining terrain area size

Postby Aaron » Sun May 08, 2016 2:31 pm

Hi Xelom,

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for your question. The horizontal scale is measured in metres per pixel, so if it's set to 60m/pixel, and you've got 1024 x 1024 pixels, the area is 61440 x 61440 metres, or 61.44 x 61.44 kilometres, or 3775 square kilometres.

These numbers are automatically calculated for you in the heightfield size wizard (see highlighted text):

HF_SizeCalc.png


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[Solved] Re: Need help determining terrain area size

Postby xelom » Sun May 08, 2016 2:57 pm

Thanks a lot Aaron! I guessed I missed that part and that's all I need to know. :)

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