How To Convert Studs To Real-World Units
#1 How Can This Be Useful?
There are many ways that converting studs to actual real-world units can be helpful. To not make this tutorial too long I am going to go over a few ways that converting studs to real-world units can be helpful.
#1: Vehicle System
If you are making a vehicle system converting studs to real-world units can be one of the most important things. This is due to the fact that if you want the player to have a good understanding of how fast they are going you must display the speed through real world units that the player actually understands and not the exclusive Roblox unit “Studs”.
#2: Distance Calculation
When displaying distance calculation it is important the player has an actual understanding of the unit that is being displayed. If the player may not have this understanding they may not have a proper sense of distance which can hinder the player’s overall game experience. This is the reason why converting studs to real-world units can be useful inside of a distance calculation situation.
#3: Size Calculation
In a Size calculation situation converting studs to real-world units can be very helpful. This is because it can provide insight into the real-world sizes of various objects that are present inside of your Roblox experience. And heck I bet everyone has wondered how tall a Roblox humanoid is.
#2 Where Did I Get My Math From?
The way I got my math is actually simple I went over to the world screen and I found out that 1 stud of jump height is equal to 0.28 meters. You can count on this being accurate as this is as close as we can get to Roblox officially stating that 1 stud is equal to 0.28 meters and I do not expect this to change in the future but it may.
#3 How Can I Do This?
Converting studs to real-world units is simple. Under this text, there will be functions you can use to convert studs to various real-world units. Furthermore, I will explain on how you can add even more unit conversion capability.
Code Below:
function ConvertToMeters(Studs)
return 0.28 * Studs
end
function ConvertToFeet(Studs)
return 0.91863517 * Studs
end
function ConvertToMiles(Studs)
return 0.00017398 * Studs
end
#4 How To Add More Unit Conversion Capability?
It is very simple how you can add more unit conversion capability. So for example I will be converting Roblox studs to a very precise measurement known as centimeters. The way we can do this is very easy because of the fact that we know that one stud is equal to 0.28 meters currently so all we have to do is convert 0.28 meters to centimeters. After the conversion, we know that 0.28 meters are equal to 28 centimeters. So all we have to do is multiply 28 by the number of studs.
Example Code Below:
function ConvertToCentimeters(Studs)
return 28 * Studs
end