(MATH) Help me measure Hightower

[Dot]

Hello there,

I refently got assigned a project that requires me to measure something fictional. The Professor gave us an example regarding Star Wars.

My idea was to measure TF2’s iconic Hightower and then calculate how much of the map you could see in miles.

Anybody know the formulas and the steps to utilize them?

 

[Mess About]

1 Hammer unit is 1/16 of a foot (or 1.904 centimeters)

you can download the Valve map decompiled and open it with Hammer

https://tf2maps.net/threads/valve-maps-decompiled.5952/

 

[Dr. Orange]

According to the texture "decals/decal_policeline01a" and Half-Life 2 source code, 1 hammer unit = 1 inch in the Source engine, which makes calculations a lot easier.

 

[Crash]

Mind you though, that tf2 it at a different scale than hl2. iirc one hammer unit is the equivalent to .75 inches in tf2.

 

[ficool2]

Might be better to measure CSS or HL2 instead as those are created on real life measurements

 

[HQDefault]

What do you mean by "how much of the map you can see", does that refer to the total surface area of every wall, ceiling, and floor? Or just floor? Or are we talking how far out can you see into the distance?

If what you want is just pure surface area of the ground, the size of the walkable space of hightower can be found on an Uncle Dane video on map sizes here:

View: https://youtu.be/I9ieN1ACfP4?t=645
sitting right at 9.5 kiloHammerUnits squared. If you want to add the area of the chasm on top of that, then just boot up good ol' hammer editor and use the selection tool's measurement doohickeys to quickly measure out the remaining space.