How to calculate distance between two hex on hexagonal grid?

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rymich

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Posted: 4th Jan 2007 15:15

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Hello,

I am currently working on the turn base wargame, something like
Panzer general, and i have a trouble with calculating distance
between two hex, so i could move a unit according to units range.

Can anybody help?

Thx

Ps: I have already checked
- this forum
- Amits webpage
and havent found anything usefull so far.

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Mystery Coffee Drinker

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Posted: 4th Jan 2007 16:56

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have another look at your hex grid, and think of it in terms of a normal square grid (with every other column slightly offset) it should be easier to use maths to get a distance from current hex to target hex.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but I haven't coded for a while, and not made any hex-based stuff for a lot longer!

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Suicidal Sledder

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Posted: 4th Jan 2007 18:46

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If you mean real distance then just get the locations of both tiles and subtract. But if you mean distance as far as a count of tiles then I can't really help.

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