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How long is a game tick in seconds?

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exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
July 16 2005 00:05 GMT
#1
In the Starcraft campaign editor, you can find out times of pretty much everything, but I'd like to know how long the value actually means in seconds. (If I recall correctly, a tick is 1 second on normal speed, but of course all games are played on fastest).

If you can tell me the fraction of a second it is per tick, that'd be cool.
too easy
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
July 16 2005 00:26 GMT
#2
you can always run some tests with an in-game timer and hyper triggers and a unit factory ^___^a
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sundance
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Slovakia3201 Posts
July 16 2005 00:34 GMT
#3
Wrong forum
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PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
July 16 2005 00:40 GMT
#4
1 second = (approximately) 23.8 ticks according to jca's bwlib.
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exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
July 16 2005 01:09 GMT
#5
On July 16 2005 09:34 SuNDAnce wrote:
Wrong forum


Thanks for contributing, faggot.

1 second can't possibly be 23.8 ticks, take for example Terran Infantry Weapons, 266 ticks, would be awesome if it took 11 seconds to complete...

The one reference I have is I believe that its 80 ticks to make an scv, and it makes in approximately 12 seconds? The reason I posted the thread is that I wanted the exact number if anyone knew it.
too easy
0x64
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Finland4615 Posts
July 16 2005 01:18 GMT
#6
On July 16 2005 10:09 exalted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2005 09:34 SuNDAnce wrote:
Wrong forum


Thanks for contributing, faggot.

1 second can't possibly be 23.8 ticks, take for example Terran Infantry Weapons, 266 ticks, would be awesome if it took 11 seconds to complete...

The one reference I have is I believe that its 80 ticks to make an scv, and it makes in approximately 12 seconds? The reason I posted the thread is that I wanted the exact number if anyone knew it.


Ticks are different from the unit used by the editor!
Ticks are the basic time unit which divides actions. Actually 23.8 ticks/sec is the same regardless of the game speed settings.
But the building time ticks/sec is variable depending on the game speed.
23.8 is basicly the speed of the game timer.
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exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
July 16 2005 01:25 GMT
#7
Can you go into this more into depth? I don't quite get what this number 23.8 means - two different tick systems? How are they related? ?_?
too easy
OhNoKickedAgain
Profile Joined April 2005
Czech Republic232 Posts
July 16 2005 01:44 GMT
#8
well the best way how to know it is just set countdown timer to 10 seconds and count with clocks how many seconds it takes
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RiSE
Profile Joined April 2004
United States3182 Posts
July 16 2005 01:55 GMT
#9
On July 16 2005 10:09 exalted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2005 09:34 SuNDAnce wrote:
Wrong forum


Thanks for contributing, faggot.

1 second can't possibly be 23.8 ticks, take for example Terran Infantry Weapons, 266 ticks, would be awesome if it took 11 seconds to complete...

The one reference I have is I believe that its 80 ticks to make an scv, and it makes in approximately 12 seconds? The reason I posted the thread is that I wanted the exact number if anyone knew it.


Too bad he's correct
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sundance
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Slovakia3201 Posts
July 16 2005 02:25 GMT
#10
On July 16 2005 10:09 exalted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2005 09:34 SuNDAnce wrote:
Wrong forum


Thanks for contributing, faggot.

1 second can't possibly be 23.8 ticks, take for example Terran Infantry Weapons, 266 ticks, would be awesome if it took 11 seconds to complete...

The one reference I have is I believe that its 80 ticks to make an scv, and it makes in approximately 12 seconds? The reason I posted the thread is that I wanted the exact number if anyone knew it.

Why you always act like immature retard?Maybe b/c you are immature retard.Grow and manner up faggot.
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sundance
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Slovakia3201 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-07-16 04:53:39
July 16 2005 02:43 GMT
#11
EDIT:My list was pretty much incorrect.Sorry for that.
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hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
July 16 2005 02:48 GMT
#12
a marine doesn't take 20 seconds to build on fastest..no way in hell
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sundance
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Slovakia3201 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-07-16 02:56:59
July 16 2005 02:51 GMT
#13
I took it from BWCoach
EDIT: But now i've tested it and it seems it's exactly 15s.I dunno if other numbers are incorect too.

EDIT no.2 :Ok it's correct time +5 sec in every case i've checked.Now i'm going to edit my looong post.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
July 16 2005 02:56 GMT
#14
There's some map making site that I can't remember, but I'm sure they have it on there somewhere. It was recently posted on that ihatett newb who was saying how he was spamming tl.net
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iNsaNe-
Profile Joined January 2005
Finland5201 Posts
July 16 2005 02:57 GMT
#15
Thanks SuNDance
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sundance
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Slovakia3201 Posts
July 16 2005 03:11 GMT
#16
Now it should be correct.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
July 16 2005 04:18 GMT
#17
There are still many errors, simply look at the simple ones:

Lair -> Hydralisk den 50% = exact morph
Shuttle -> Support bay 50% = same morph time

These are incorrect in your list, while they are half the other in the campaign editor.
too easy
exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
July 16 2005 04:29 GMT
#18
I just timed Vehicle Weapons, 170 seconds, your list is way off.
too easy
exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
July 16 2005 04:35 GMT
#19
I don't understand the previous value but from some simple tests, in order to find out the number of seconds it takes to build a unit/upgrade, multiply the number given in the campaign editor by 0.639 to get the actual value of seconds it takes on fastest setting.
too easy
sundance
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Slovakia3201 Posts
July 16 2005 04:49 GMT
#20
It's taken from BWcoach bwdata.txt file.And it looked like it's real value+5 second.But now i've tested few more and it seems my theory is incorrect
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