Mapping scale?

[dog]

Hey Den, could you add a scale for each map in CoD4/5 so that we'll know the exact distance during combat?

[Den]

Probably.
Each map on the radar for COD4 is scaled differently by a variable called CompassMaxRange.
Knowing this number will tell you exactly how far you can see on the radar and makes figuring out distance for just about anything, anywhere, easily.

Example:
Shipment's length and width is 1500 units of measurement from wall to wall.

CompassMaxRange for shipment is measured at "1400".
In-game, the image of the map will be slightly larger than the radar's bounding box.


From top to bottom, or left to right, you can see a range of 1400 units of measurement (or 700 units to the front/rear/side of your positon (or 1000 from your position to a corner)).

For now (or ever), all of the "compassmaxrange" values for every official map.

COD4
1800 = Backlot
2000 = Bloc
1800 = Bog
2100 = Wet Work
2000 = District
2000 = Ambush
2000 = Countdown
1600 = Crash
2100 = Crossfire
2000 = Downpour
2200 = Overgrown
2200 = Pipeline
1400 = Shipment
2000 = Showdown
1900 = Strike
1500 = Vacant

1600 = Broadcast
2200 = Chinatown
1600 = Creek
2200 = Killhouse

WORLD AT WAR

2100 = all maps

Lucky, every single map in WaW uses a unified 2100 CompassMaxRange.
So that's 2100 from top to bottom (or left to right) of the Radar box.
1050 in any direction from the player's arrow.
1500 in any diagonal direction from the player's arrow.
3000 from one corner to the opposing corner.

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There were some hitches when I was checking.
Switching between maps sometimes defaults to 2500 Compass Range, making the map small and giving you a good view... or sometimes retaining the Compass Range of the previous map. That might have just been due to how I was cycling through the maps.

[crazylad10]

wow, den that is really good because it helps me alot with being a sniper so, cheers bro