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GetFieldId

This function converts coordinates into a field id.

The field id is a number between 0-63999. Each number directly corresponds to a square on the 800x800 grid map. The game server uses field ids to reference all the squares on the map... 0,0 has field id of 0.... 1,0 has field id of 1... 799,0 has field id of 799... 1,1 is field id 800... and so on. Many of the advanced scripting functions require you to convert your coordinates into fieldIds to use them.

This example finds the coordinates of a field id:

• coords = "460,355"
  echo GetFieldId(coords)
  
  Result:
  15:07:40 Starting script
  15:07:40 Running line 1
  15:07:40 coords = 460,355
  15:07:42 Running line 2
  15:07:42 284460
  15:07:43 Script stopped

FieldIdToCoords

This function converts a field id into coordinates.

This example finds the coordinates of a field id:

• fid = 284460
  echo FieldIdToCoords(fid)
  
  Result:
  14:58:01 Starting script
  14:58:01 Running line 1
  14:58:01 fid = 284460
  14:58:02 Running line 2
  14:58:02 460,355
  14:58:03 Script stopped

MapDistance

This function finds the distance between two sets of coordinates on the map.

This example finds the distance between your own city and target coordinates, rounded to 2 decimal places:

• targX = 123
  targY = 456
  distance = round(MapDistance(city.x,city.y,targX,targY),2)
  echo "Distance from {city.coords} to {targX},{targY} is {distance} miles."
  
  Result:
  15:36:13 Starting script
  15:36:13 Running line 1
  15:36:13 targX = 123
  15:36:14 Running line 2
  15:36:14 targY = 456
  15:36:15 Running line 3
  15:36:15 distance = 351.81
  15:36:16 Running line 4
  15:36:16 Distance from 460,355 to 123,456 is 351.81 miles.
  15:36:17 Script stopped

FormatDistance

This function finds the distance between two field ids and displays it in a nice readable format.

Basic example:

• echo FormatDistance(12345,23456)
  
  Result:
  15:27:46 Starting script
  15:27:46 Running line 1
  15:27:46 90.09 miles
  15:27:47 Script stopped

This example finds the distance between your own city and a target coordinates:

• targ = "123,456"
  targetId = GetFieldId(targ)
  distance = FormatDistance(city.fieldId,targetId)
  echo "Distance from {city.coords} to {targ} is {distance}.
  
  Result:
  15:29:56 Starting script
  15:29:56 Running line 1
  15:29:56 targ = 123,456
  15:29:57 Running line 2
  15:29:57 targetId = 364923
  15:29:58 Running line 3
  15:29:58 distance = 351.80 miles
  15:29:59 Running line 4
  15:29:59 Distance from 460,355 to 123,456 is 351.80 miles.
  15:30:00 Script stopped

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