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Meffy
humanoid skunk
Now all you need to do is generate a map that big so you can send a unit to visit. :-}
sligo
Warlord
Yikes! I don't think my computer could do that... It has a hard enough time with standard maps!
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Meffy
humanoid skunk
Perfect for flying camera with a shallow view angle!
Sahkuhnder
Delusions of grandeur
That tile must contain a real SOD! 
Head Serf
Emperor
Wow, that map would contain 4,611,686,014,132,420,609 squares. So, 4.6 x 10^18.
Meffy
humanoid skunk
@Head Serf: That's just for the (-x, -y) quadrant. ;-)
I'd expect the "real" map goes from (0, 0) to (w-1, h-1) where w and h are the width and height. So you'll have to add that. Or multiply the figure you got by four... "to be on the safe side." =^_^=
I'd expect the "real" map goes from (0, 0) to (w-1, h-1) where w and h are the width and height. So you'll have to add that. Or multiply the figure you got by four... "to be on the safe side." =^_^=
Yuri2356
Test Screening
In heaven, you have a better insurance plan.
player1 fanatic
Fanatic
Hmm...
(2^31)-1?
(2^31)-1?
A Silly Goose
Goose of Silliness
2147483647 is the highest value that a variable of type int can hold in Java programming, and probably in most other programming languages too. This not only means that the afterlife is located on the southwestern edge of the universe, but that the universe is finite in its size.
Unfortunately, we are unable to prematurely visit the afterlife because the universe is also shaped like an inversed donut; trying to travel beyond the mortal plane of existence results in what one might call the "Pac-Man Effect." This phenomenon is clearly demonstrated by the attached image:
...And so, in conclusion, players of Civilization IV have way too much spare time on their hands.
Unfortunately, we are unable to prematurely visit the afterlife because the universe is also shaped like an inversed donut; trying to travel beyond the mortal plane of existence results in what one might call the "Pac-Man Effect." This phenomenon is clearly demonstrated by the attached image:
...And so, in conclusion, players of Civilization IV have way too much spare time on their hands.
Lord Olleus said:
Patch your game.
The units running off the edge I think has to do with the x/y wrapping and the way the 3D engine works. The unit has to somehow get to the other side. Perhaps the engine doesn't allow units going going off the map.
BTW, the corrodinate that's really high is MAXLONG (its' negative value).
joethreeblah
King
sahkuhnder said:That tile must contain a real SOD!
nice
Meffy
humanoid skunk
Fibber said:
Which is to say: Engineer. =^_^= Thankew. *bow* And honorary Philosopher Bogissimus of Mathematical Worlds.
Chieftess said:
Which is interesting, because the range of values a signed long can hold goes from -2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647, yet the "flag" coordinate value is -2,147,483,647. Meaning the honored dead are not at the corner of the universe -- there's one row and one column of (imagined) tiles past the heaven/hades/valhalla tile.
I do not care to speculate upon the nature of that row and that column, but metaphysicist specialists within the Civ universe might find it profitable to consider.
Meffy
humanoid skunk
homeyg said:
Only for exceptionally small values of "zillion." To be precise, for 1 zillion=0.25
Range of a double (64-bit) integer:
0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615
Tiles in one quadrant of a grid indexed by two normal (long, 32-bit) integers:
4,611,686,018,427,387,904
