Converting between in-game and memory read coordsinates?

[Malmis]

Does anyone know how to convert X and Y positions that are reported by for example the "GetPlayerMapPosition("player")" function into the ones returned by reading the WoW process' memory?
I'm not really good at the math stuff, but what I've found out so far is that for example 22.38,46.14 and 24.05,50.07 in-game are the coordinates for -1241,-1672 and -1335,-1733 in memory (As reported by WoWrobot). Calculating the length between gives a distance of ~4.27 in-game and ~112.05 in memory. So some kind of formula should do it... I'm sure it already exists, but I can't find it.
Could anyone help me?

[audible83]

shortly, you cant do it properly.

Look at how questhelper ( i think its questhelper ) have done it. They are defining the outer xy of each zone and just calculating that way.

Tbh i dont see the value of calculating it. You can use one of the wowradars that are available + having full access to lua implies that you know how to read xyz so then it would be no problem.

Good luck however

if you write what you are using it for, then maybe i could point you at a spesific direction

[Malmis]

Well, the idea was to use Gathermate and then Routes to create a path for the most efficient way of farming nodes.
I can find the in-game X and Y in the SavedVariables folder, but I have no idea how to easily convert it to for example a .psc or Pather .xml file, with the "correct" coordinates.

[Apoc]

shortly, you cant do it properly.

Look at how questhelper ( i think its questhelper ) have done it. They are defining the outer xy of each zone and just calculating that way.

Tbh i dont see the value of calculating it. You can use one of the wowradars that are available + having full access to lua implies that you know how to read xyz so then it would be no problem.

Good luck however

if you write what you are using it for, then maybe i could point you at a spesific direction

Bzzzzt wrong.

It's actually fairly easy to do.

The DBCs give you an area 'bounds'. The in game map coords (53.25, 25.6 for example) are translated from the area bounds. (0,0 being the corner of the area) IIRC; there's 0-100 on both the X and Y axis. So some simple math can easily translate it for you.

[Malmis]

Bzzzzt wrong.

It's actually fairly easy to do.

The DBCs give you an area 'bounds'. The in game map coords (53.25, 25.6 for example) are translated from the area bounds. (0,0 being the corner of the area) IIRC; there's 0-100 on both the X and Y axis. So some simple math can easily translate it for you.

But areas differ in size, so how can it always be 0-100? Is it necessary to calculate the difference for each different zone?

[Apoc]

But areas differ in size, so how can it always be 0-100? Is it necessary to calculate the difference for each different zone?

Yes, and the math is trivial.

[Malmis]

Yes, and the math is trivial.

Okay, thanks.