Ofc I go through the post 10 times looking for typos and dont bother to check the title… should be area and in
So I spent *a few* hours painting out map border terrain, water and buildings to find out the actual m^2 playable size of maps.
Why ? because Im bored. And I was curious. And I want to have another reason to complain why we need bigger maps as an LT main.
Example of a painted out map:
Here are my findings. I didnt erase inaccessible terrain from within the map because that serves a gameplay purpose.
| Map | redline size (m) | redline map area (m^2) | inaccessible area (%) | inaccessible area (m^2) | playable area (%) | Playable area (m^2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 26.32% | 263 200 | 73.68% | 736 800 |
| Airfield | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 23.02% | 230 200 | 76.98% | 769 800 |
| Cliff | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 28.17% | 281 700 | 71.83% | 718 300 |
| El Halluf | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 13.92% | 139 200 | 86.08% | 860 800 |
| Empire's border | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 12.25% | 122 500 | 87.75% | 877 500 |
| Ensk | 600×600 | 360 000 | 0.08% | 288 | 99.92% | 359 712 |
| Erlenberg | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 3.97% | 39 700 | 96.03% | 960 300 |
| Fisherman's bay | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 11.72% | 117 200 | 88.28% | 882 800 |
| Fjords | 850×850 | 722 500 | 32.73% | 236 474 | 67.28% | 486 026 |
| Ghost town | 800×800 | 640 000 | 0.15% | 960 | 99.85% | 639 040 |
| Glacier | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 13.48% | 134 800 | 86.52% | 865 200 |
| Highway | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 0% | 0 | 100% | 1 000 000 |
| Himmelsdorf | 700×700 | 490 000 | 2.29% | 11 221 | 97.71% | 478 779 |
| Karelia | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 6.28% | 62 800 | 93.72% | 937 200 |
| Kharkov | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 1.03% | 10 300 | 98.97% | 987 700 |
| Lakeville | 800×800 | 640 000 | 11.63% | 74 432 | 88.37% | 565 568 |
| Live oaks | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 3.36% | 33 600 | 96.64% | 966 400 |
| Malinovka | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 5.07% | 50 700 | 94.93% | 949 300 |
| Mannerheim line | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 19.76% | 197 600 | 80.24% | 802 400 |
| Mines | 800×800 | 640 000 | 20.14% | 128 896 | 79.86% | 511 104 |
| Minsk | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 7.6% | 76 000 | 92.4% | 924 000 |
| Mountain pass | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 33.45% | 334 500 | 66.55% | 665 500 |
| Murovanka | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 3.47% | 34 700 | 96.53% | 965 300 |
| Overlord | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 0.72% | 7 200 | 99.28% | 992 800 |
| Paris | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 9.56% | 95 600 | 90.44% | 904 400 |
| Pilsen | 800×800 | 640 000 | 7.02% | 44 928 | 92.98% | 595 072 |
| Prokhorovka | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 0.06% | 600 | 99.94% | 999 400 |
| Province | 850×850 | 722 500 | 33.19% | 239 798 | 66.81% | 482 702 |
| Redshire | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 5.82% | 58 200 | 94.18% | 941 800 |
| Ruinberg | 800×800 | 640 000 | 5.51% | 35 264 | 94.49% | 604 736 |
| Sand river | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 0.92% | 9 200 | 99.08% | 990 800 |
| Serene coast | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 26.19% | 261 900 | 73.81% | 738 100 |
| Siegfried line | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 0% | 0 | 100% | 1 000 000 |
| Steppes | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 11.25% | 112 500 | 88.75% | 887 500 |
| Studzianki | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 0.84% | 840 | 99.16% | 991 600 |
| Tundra | 800×800 | 640 000 | 9.06% | 57 984 | 90.94% | 582 016 |
| Westfield | 1000×1000 | 1 000 000 | 2.6% | 26 000 | 97.4% | 974 000 |
| Widepark | 600×600 | 360 000 | 4.46% | 16 056 | 95.54% | 343 944 |
Honestly widepark being the smallest surprised me, I was expecting Province to be.
sidenote:
maps with all terrain removed.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/gg2j21/actual_playable_are_of_maps_is_wot/
