map SIZE

[CMDRTAKEDOWN]

Funny how people are confused when talking about map size. You take the normal map and add it to another. Not just add km's.
Normal Map (2km's,2km's)
2X Map (4km,2km) 2 maps side by side
4X Map (8km's,8km) 2map's across and 2map's down
8X map (16km's,16km's) 4map's across and 4 map's down
16X map (32km's, 32km's) 8 map's across and 8map's down.

I got my hopes up when Mapper's Paradise said that Welker Farm's was going to be a 2X map but as you know it's just a standard size. But I knew that it's not their fault just that everyone getting confused by the term's.

[redglasses]

But your 4x calculation is wrong. It would be 4km x 4km.

[bassaddict]

Actually the standard in the community is to take the map size (area), not the edge length.
So 1x is the default size (2x2km). 4x is 4x4km (2x edge length = 4x the size of the default map) and 16x is 8x8km (4x the edge length = 16x the size of the default map).
The next size would be 64x (16x16km), but seeing that would require several GB of memory just for a plain, empty terrain, I think there's no computer that could currently handle that size.

Also: the map has to be square, so your 2x is not possible.

[CMDRTAKEDOWN]

Damn was hoping that 2x was possible then maybe could come to consoles. Since that 4x is not going to happen.