Counting ten sqs

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   Wow, a lot to digest. I tried to get the DurcTool but what I downloaded durctools2.user.js  would not open. I use the Opera browser and win 7 os. I will just count carefully diagonally and stop somewhat less than 8 sqs. Thanks

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Antivirus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 19 Aug 2016 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 207	Post Options Post Reply Quote Antivirus Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 09:28
	Wow, a lot to digest. I tried to get the DurcTool but what I downloaded durctools2.user.js would not open. I use the Opera browser and win 7 os. I will just count carefully diagonally and stop somewhat less than 8 sqs. Thanks

Tensmoor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster General Joined: 07 Apr 2015 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1579	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tensmoor Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 08:34
	The Tape Measure tool in Durctools does it. If you dont use DurcTools then it is simply a case of calculating the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle using Pythagoras. For the sake of simplicity I'll use an example that gives a 3 4 5 triangle. Given two points: A = 100\|200 B = 103\|204 Find the difference in the X coords and the Y coords: dX = 103-100 = 3 dY = 204-200 = 4 The distance between the two points is given by the formula: AB = square root((dX x dX) + (dY x dY)) = square root((3 x 3) + (4 x 4)) = 5 Calculating the square root of a number by hand is probably beyond your ability but any calculator - including the one in Windows 10, should have a square root button (it often is represented by a tick mark). Alternatively you can do a search for hypotenuse calculator. Tens

phoenixfire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wordsmith Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Location: Westeros Status: Offline Points: 109	Post Options Post Reply Quote phoenixfire Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 08:34
	Diagonally every square is 1.2 squares vertically or horizontally. So say it's 8 squares diagonally Illyriad counts it as 10.6 squares. This does, however, change if you don't go straight out diagonally.

Antivirus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 19 Aug 2016 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 207	Post Options Post Reply Quote Antivirus Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 07:02
	It is pretty easy to count the ten sqs when your sq is in a straight line up down or sideways from you. But, what about when you are diagonal? Will subtracting the coords work? Is their a tool available to correctly figure the distance based on coords?