Does OSRS or RS3 have Elevation data or maps?

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I am thinking of doing a GIS analysis of the visibility across certain areas of Gielinor for a University coursework project. I was just wondering if anyone knew if there was any elevation data for the game, I understand that the game doesnt particularly represent heights very well but there are mountainous areas and flat areas.

I know the Wiki are making a Google Maps for OSRS but it doesnt look like there are any elevations on it.
Does the game include any elevation within its process or is there any contour maps of Gielinor?
Any help or pointers to directions I could look at would be appreciated

Mod_West 5 years ago

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Turns out our map editor has the function to export height data, so I suppose you're in luck!

This also made me realise how small Gielinor really is as each pixel represents a game tile that is roughly 1 meter. Therefor the width of the entire map is only 2,752 meters. It's also very messy due to how the maps are assembled out of blocks. You can see the seams between map files quite a bit in some areas but a little bit of blurring should solve that.

Hope this helps!

Mod_West 5 years ago

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-Viktoria

Ooooh. If it's possible, could I make a request for an image containing just the terrain colour?

Not an option, unfortunately :/ I can render out a map without any town names or icons but the walls and floors/paths/water don't seem to have a toggle.

Mod_West 5 years ago

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-Viktoria

Ahh gotcha. Just the map without town names or icons would be awesome too! This is what I'm fiddling around with lol.

Best I can do for now. Unfortunately that website hates quality and has JPEGerised the image ):

Mod_West 5 years ago

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-Viktoria

Awww, shame about the quality. Still, thanks much!

Here's an uncompressed version. Just in case you still want it :P

Mod_West 5 years ago

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-Viktoria

Yessss. Perfect, thank you!

No problem (:

Mod_West 5 years ago

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sirblibblob

oh no, I found this image too late. Just did a render :( https://imgur.com/a/h8mK5RF

Oh no D: That's really cool though! I wonder what's on the other side...

Mod_West 5 years ago

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sirblibblob

Darkness... and a bit of render noise https://i.imgur.com/62aarfQ.png

Haha :P Not a secret previously undiscovered continent then... suppose we won't know until we can sail there!

JagexOasis 5 years ago

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sirblibblob

Sailing are you crazy? I'm more in favour of the ole stam'pot bridge. Fyi, /u/JagexOasis started using the mapping tool. https://i.imgur.com/coQWdOB.png

Hey, that update wasn't suppose to go out yet!

Mod_West 5 years ago

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WoutRS

Hi u/Mod_West,

Sorry to bother you, but I'm doing some research for a video project and I'm using this map. I'm wondering how you would interpret the height data. You said that 1 tile is roughly 1 meter, but how tall is 1 height value? I'm thinking of around 10cm, but that would mean that the highest point in the game can only be 25,5 meters, since the value goes from 0 to 255. Can you give me some insight on this?

Thanks, Wout :)

Scale isn't very consistent within OSRS to real life so it's hard to give an exact number. Comparing the height change values to the assets though... roughly 1 tile (meter) is 16 units in the map editor which has a maximum of 255... So the tallest mountain is 16 meters tall? From sea level, not that impressive really.

Hope that helps :D

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