What is the conversion between meters and bricks?

[|Orange|]

I think that Blockheads are scaled to Lego Minifigs. So a Minifig in real life compared to a human would be 6 feet tall.

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[Zalot]

Humans exist in the real world. There is pretty much 0 way to make a build using the Blockhead's proportions that doesn't look bad. If you want to build something to scale then make up a scale where you can add sufficient detail and use cube bricks as your basic conversion unit.

The scale of Blockheads to buildings has nothing to do with it. He asked about meters, not bricks. He is asking about a real measurement unit to see how it would compare in this world.

I think that Blockheads are scaled to Lego Minifigs. So a Minifig in real life compared to a human would be 6 feet tall.

Why do you think blockheads are miniature?  Interiors are no longer in the game and should not be used a system of measurement. Blockheads were nearly human sized compared to the terrain anyway.

[Doomonkey]

The scale of Blockheads to buildings has nothing to do with it. He asked about meters, not bricks. He is asking about a real measurement unit to see how it would compare in this world.

He needs a conversion for a project he is doing. This implies that he wants to build something accurately. If he wants to build something accurately he needs to ignore the blockhead entirely and go based off of cubes.

[Demian]

[kegeshan]

I'm going to do what Zalot already did:



Here's me with a football. A football is 11" tip to tip, or 27.94 cm. Because I'm an idiot, I used customary units in the pictures, so I'll convert in the text below:



A blocklander is about 3.5 footballs high, so that would be 97.79 cm, or 3'3". This means that a stud would be 19.558 cm, basically giving a 1:5 meter to stud ratio.

But what about a British football?



A British football can have a diameter of 6" or 15.24 cm (it varies).



A blocklander can fit about 3.75 British footballs, giving it a height of 2'8.4" or 82.5 cm. A stud would be 16.5 cm, meaning that there would be a 1:6 meter to stud ratio.

Just for fun, let's finish with a North Korean basketball:



A basketball has a diameter of 10" or 25.4 cm.



A blocklander can fit about 4.25 basketballs, giving it a height of 3'6.5" or 107.95 cm. A stud would be 21.59 cm, giving a meter to stud ratio of 1:4.42.

TL;DR: You're never going to get an accurate answer by comparing the avatars to random objects.

[Zalot]

TL;DR: You're never going to get an accurate answer by comparing the avatars to random objects.

You are never going to get an accurate measurement period. It's a videogame. What would you suggest as a better way to find out the height of a Blockhead?

[Zeblote]

A brick is 0.008 x 0.008 x 0.0096 m, remember that these are legos.

[Doomonkey]

A brick is 0.008 x 0.008 x 0.0096 m, remember that these are legos.

But if the Blockland version are not the same relative dimensions (for example 80:90 or 8:10 instead of 80:96) then using that as a conversion method could result in huge discrepancies in larger builds.

[LinearAlbatross]

The best way to do this is to either consider the engine's 'Torque unit' a meter, or establish some kind of scale that makes sense.

A 'meter' can't be realistically determined in any virtual world unless it's specifically made to scale with real-world units. And even then it's technically abstract.

The best way to mathematically figure a scale is from comparing to real life Lego. A Lego stud is 8mm long and 3.2mm tall. A Blockland stud is 0.5TU long and 0.2TU tall.

The conversion from TU to millimeters in this case would be 1:16. This makes a good amount of sense and is very easy to remember. One stud is 0.008m.

[Zalot]

guys, I doubt the OP was asking for lego-sized measurements

[Zeblote]

But if the Blockland version are not the same relative dimensions (for example 80:90 or 8:10 instead of 80:96) then using that as a conversion method could result in huge discrepancies in larger builds.

A brick is 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.6 tork units. 0.008 / 0.5 * 0.6 is exactly 0.0096.

[LinearAlbatross]

guys, I doubt the OP was asking for lego-sized measurements

Then there is absolutely no point to this thread because there is no concrete "meters" measurement in the game.


Misunderstood you.

[KickFlow]

Why is everybody measuring blockheads?

You can make up a scale, 1 stud could be 1 foot, or 1 meter, however you want to size it.

Or a 2x2 spot could be 1 foot, or 3 meters if you want, it's how you look at it.

[Doomonkey]

A brick is 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.6 tork units. 0.008 / 0.5 * 0.6 is exactly 0.0096.

Okay cool. I just wasn't sure because you said lego brick, but not Blockland brick too.

[.:FancyPants:.]

i think we should find the height of the player in relation to a whole variety of objects, then maybe average it
OR
use the size of a piece of the player, such as the hand or foot, and find the height based on that.