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A tile is the smallest piece of the world-map. The whole factorio world is made out of them.
A tile is the smallest piece of the world map. The whole factorio world is made out of them.


Tiles are both: a [[Units|unit]] to measure areas ''and'' distances.
Tiles are both: a [[Units|unit]] to measure area ''and'' distance.


A [[Chunk]] has 32x32 tiles. The chunk is the next biggest unit for area/distance.
A [[Chunk]] is 32x32 tiles. A chunk is the next biggest unit for area/distance.


== Examples ==
== Examples ==


* Area covered by radar: 100 tiles [[Diameter]] (100 tiles in each direction)
* Area covered by radar: 100 tiles [[Diameter]] (100 tiles in each direction)
* Speed of basic belt: about 1.8 tiles/sec.
* Speed of a basic belt: about 1.8 tiles/sec.
* it take about 2 minutes and 47 seconds to run 1000 tiles without speed up. Which means that the character is a very healthy man/woman.
* It takes about 2 minutes and 47 seconds to run 1000 tiles without speed up. Which means that the character is a very healthy man/woman.


== Real size of tiles ==
== Real size of tiles ==


Tile is generally assumed to be 1 square meter in size (like Minecraft).
1 Tile is generally assumed to be 1 square meter in size (like Minecraft).


== Length or area? ==
== Length or area? ==


If you want to make clear if you speak from tile as length or tile as area, please use something like "tiles length", "square tiles", "tile^2", or similar writing, but in most cases it should be clear.
If you want to make it clear whether you are referring to a tile as length or area please use something like "tile length", "square tiles", "tile^2" or similar, but in most cases it should be clear.

Revision as of 12:28, 13 August 2014

A tile is the smallest piece of the world map. The whole factorio world is made out of them.

Tiles are both: a unit to measure area and distance.

A Chunk is 32x32 tiles. A chunk is the next biggest unit for area/distance.

Examples

  • Area covered by radar: 100 tiles Diameter (100 tiles in each direction)
  • Speed of a basic belt: about 1.8 tiles/sec.
  • It takes about 2 minutes and 47 seconds to run 1000 tiles without speed up. Which means that the character is a very healthy man/woman.

Real size of tiles

1 Tile is generally assumed to be 1 square meter in size (like Minecraft).

Length or area?

If you want to make it clear whether you are referring to a tile as length or area please use something like "tile length", "square tiles", "tile^2" or similar, but in most cases it should be clear.