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From: Derry Hamilton <rasilon@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Unit ratio in Quake
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On 21 Dec 1997, Larry and Debbie-Lyn Robinson wrote:
> > > At any rate, use 1.25 units to every inch.  Now, I wonder
> > > what numbers are in use for Q2?

> high.  In my editing I use "16 units is approximately 1 foot of distance"
> (of course 16 x 4 is 64 which screws that up by the math, doesn't it :)

It occurred to me that 1.25 units per inch is almost exactly 2cm per unit.
On account of not being bothered, I used 1 inch per unit.
Probably still will.

Derry Hamilton
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