Way to measure distance

FireFlash · 01-21-05, 01:14 PM

Hey.

I am aware that there is already a mod out there that will measure distance between you and a designated target (TargetDistance from Cosmos). However, that uses a measure-method that is not completely precise.

And I was wondering... The Blizzard UI must have some way of measuring the distance, since spells in the hotbar will glow red/white when out of range/within range - but is this some hardcoded stuff or are they actually measuring this through LUA? If somebody with the time and understanding of LUA could look into this, I would be grateful.

Cide · 01-21-05, 01:47 PM

Well, you can't use that function to measure target distance. I'm fairly certain it just returns if the ability ID is castable from the current range. Cosmos' (and CTMod's, which I don't think we released due to its faults) TargetDistance mod relies on the difference between the positions on the map. In order to make a precise calculation, we would need the height difference between the characters too. Unfortunately, that's not possible to get.