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This page concerns itself with units of measurement used in Cobalt and Cobalt WASD, their conversions to other systems and relevant conventions for this wiki.
Distance
Cobalt measures distance with its own unit system. It's worth noting that the positive Y axis is oriented downwards.
Each green square in the editor is 32 by 32 units, each small grey square 8 by 8 and metalfaces 64 by 64.
Providing distances on the wiki
If possible, please provide distances in both meters (see below) and game units.
For example, the range of a weapon might be cited as
10.9 m (700 units)
Conversion to real-life units
Saying a gun's range is 700 units is not very easy to imagine. As such it is very helpful to place the game's units inside of a real-life measurement system.
For the sake of simplicity, we define 1 meter to be two green editor squares, aka. 64 units or the height of a Metalface.
This gives us an easy way of measuring things inside the editor, and makes the very player a reference of scale in game.
It is also makes the size of the barrel and Halberd consistent with their real-life counterparts.[1][2] The Blockworld tiles measure exactly 1 by 1 meters as well, which is consistent with Minecraft's real-life conversion.
Humans are usually not consistent in these conversions, due to their stylized proportions.
Alternatives
Cobalt is 1.7 meters tall
Old [citation needed] versions of the game contained the mail_city_trade_robbed_body localization string:
ABP: Trunkopolis
Location: Trade Point, Trunkopolis
Crime: Theft
Offender: about 1.7 meters high, glowing eyes.
Notes: Armed and Dangerous
If you see this criminal, report it to your local office. Do not approach.
which may refer to Agent Cobalt, canonically setting their height. This could be further extrapolated into a full measurement system.
Wooden bat sizing
As of v268, the only string in the game referencing real life units is article_item_woodenBat:
Bat
A bat is a smooth wooden club used in sports to hit a ball. By regulation it may be no more than 2.75 inches in diameter and no more than 42 inches long.
This gives us a canonical (maximum) size for the wooden bat, which we can measure in Agent Cobalt's hands.
The bat can be no longer than 42 inches, which is roughly 107 cm. Applying this to game units, roughly 51.4 units add up to 1 meter. This makes Agent Cobalt 121 cm (or less) tall.