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I was recently bored, so I decided to try and measure the size of the Gothic overworld. I tried searching the forum, but couldn't find anyone else that attempted this before.
I started by measuring the width of the old camp by walking along the north wall, and found it to be 138 strides.
Looking at the map, I count it to be 7.75 old camp widths across, and 5.2 old camp widths down.
Finally, I killed a Shadow in the old camp who was about the same height as the main char. I lined up my toes with the heels of his boots, took one stride forward, and ended up right in front of his shoulders. I estimate it at 4.5 feet.
World width=7.75*138*4.5=4812.75 feet=0.912
World length=5.25*138*4.5=3229.2 feet=0.612 miles
Total = 0.558 square miles
I admit, it feels larger. Anyone care to verify/dispute my measurements? |
Sat Feb 23, 2002 12:47 am |
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Joey Nipps
Orcan High Command
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
Posts: 849
Location: Outer Space |
No, but that seems about right by my estimates from walking around whilst playing. Not very large is that answer - but then that IS a big bubble!
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Sat Feb 23, 2002 1:22 am |
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sauron38
Rara Avis
Joined: 14 Jan 2002
Posts: 4396
Location: Winnipeg's Sanctum Sanctorum |
This isn't completely on-topic, but Morrowind claims that it will be 10 sq. miles, not including dungeons. |
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Sat Feb 23, 2002 4:55 am |
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Llama
High Emperor
Joined: 11 Oct 2001
Posts: 509
Location: Earth |
quote:
No, but that seems about right by my estimates from walking around whilst playing.
LOL!!!!
Sorry, that just sounds super dorkish, while walking around the world you were estimating the square mileage in a video game. LOL!  |
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Sat Feb 23, 2002 5:09 am |
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Jaz
Late Night Spook
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 9708
Location: RPGDot |
I read somewhere that the area under the barrier was about 5 km2.
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Sat Feb 23, 2002 2:33 pm |
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Joey Nipps
Orcan High Command
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
Posts: 849
Location: Outer Space |
quote:
On 2002-02-22 23:09, Llama wrote:
Sorry, that just sounds super dorkish, while walking around the world you were estimating the square mileage in a video game. LOL!
I presume you mean "super dorkish" in only the most positive way - right?
And, actually, yes I was - on my second play through. I was on a high point looking out over the land and suddenly it struck me that this place wasn't all that large in actual terms. Yet, when walking around, it "feels" quite large. I believe this to be a solid testament to the "world engineering" done by the design team. As well, when I thought about it logically, I realized this WOULD be a smallish area (considering the effort to create a dome over the thing) in reality. So, I proceeded (not quite as anally as the original poster of this thread) to estimate the actual mileage I was traveling as I went about my exploring of the land.
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