grid Granularity

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

In SC4 the grid granularity is too big. Lots are far to large for modern real estate usage. A 1 x 1 lot is over 50 feet wide (16m) and this is too much. Only luxury accommodations come in such increments as houses go. Even in the 1970s the first house I lived in had only 35 foot frontage.

Whether there is a permanent grid or a temporary one that can be rotated, there has to be a grid of some sort to allocate space. Computers only work in discreet hunks of things.

I think something more like 8m (24.25 approx) feet is more like it. This implies also that in order to get an even multiple that the 2 x 2 cities they are talking about are actually 2k x 2k (k=1024).

One of the bad things we are all guilty of in this computer age is confusing the abbreviation 'k' with 'g'. k=1024; g=1000.

There seems to be no question that distances in the game will be metric.

[meowza 230]

Notice how each lot occupies 3 tiles.

And how there are an excess of 1-2 tiles at the corner of the intersection. Smaller lots could possibly fit in there.

Also notice that the intersection isn't at a perfect 90 degree angle, which is slightly reflected on the angular shape of the tiles and lots. This is more evident on the 720p version of the video.

Closer look:

Notice how each house can snuggly fit in 1 tile. - Indicative of W2W capabilities?

No idea on the actual scale though...

These are just my speculations ofcourse. Those grids could still mean anything, or nothing at all.

[Silur 3,297]

Empty words for SC2013 !!!

May be one place for simple cat 0,2x0,2 meter ...

[Mark Waybill 242]

I don't mind so long as the scale is realistic. I don't want any more 3 metre high Sims...

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

My point is that I don't want grid quanta to be as large as 16m (Sc4). It is unrealistic in today's real estate market.