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# Coordinate system |
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## Summary |
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| Name | Levels | Width (tiles) | Height (tiles) | |
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|------------------------|-------:|--------------:|---------------:| |
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| World | 4 | 16384 | 16384 | |
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| Area | 1 or 4 | 104 | 104 | |
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| MapSquare | 4 | 64 | 64 | |
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| MapSquare (underwater) | 1 | 64 | 64 | |
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| Viewport (?) | 1 | 32 | 32 | |
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| Zone | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
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## Introduction |
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RuneScape is a three-dimensional tile-based world. The entire world is made up |
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of 16384x16384 tiles on 4 levels of elevation (ranging from `0` to `3` |
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inclusive), including the ground level. The X and Z axes range from `0` to |
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`16383` inclusive. |
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The Y axis represents the level of elevation, with `0` representing ground |
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level. The X and Z axes represent coordinates on the plane - when the world map |
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or mini map is plotted in two dimensions, the X axis is the horizontal axis |
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(with X increasing from left to right), and the Z axis is the vertical axis |
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(with Z increasing from bottom to top). |
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## Map squares |
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The world is split into map squares, each of which contains 64x64 tiles across |
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4 levels. Map squares are the granularity of the maps stored in the client's |
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cache. |
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Each map square has up to five files in the client's cache: |
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| File name | Name | Description | |
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|-----------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |
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| `mX_Z` | Map | Contains floor underlays, overlays, tile heights and flags | |
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| `lX_Z` | Locs | Contains locs (walls, wall decoration, scenery and ground decoration) | |
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| `umX_Z` | Underwater map | Contains underwater equivalent of the map file | |
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| `ulX_Z` | Underwater locs | Contains underwater equivalent of the locs file | |
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| `nX_Z` | NPC spawns | Contains NPC spawns for the animated login screen | |
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The underwater files contain a single virtual `-1` level used to represent the |
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tiles and locs that can be seen beneath translucent water tiles in HD mode. The |
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server does not interact with this level, it purely exists for decorative |
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purposes. |
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The X and Z coordinates of a map are the coordinates of the origin tile divided |
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by 64. Internally, the client combines these two values into a single ID by |
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calculating `(X << 8) | Z`. |
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## Zones |
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Each map square is split into zones, each of which contains 8x8 tiles across a |
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single level. Zones are the granularity used for most packets that interact with |
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the world - for example, spawning locs and obj stacks. An entire zone may be |
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reset and populated with dynamic locs and obj stacks in one packet. |
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Zones are also the granularity used to build instances, such as player-owned |
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houses. |
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The left-hand side of the world (for tiles ranging from X=0 to X=6399 inclusive) |
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is used for the static map squares stored in the cache. The right-hand side of |
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the world (for tiles from X=6400 above) is used for instances, which are |
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dynamically constructed by copying zones from the left side of the world and |
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moving/rotating them. |
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## Dungeons |
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Dungeons are typically, but not always, 6400 Z units above the equivalent |
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ground-level areas. 6400 was likely chosen as this corresponds to 100 map |
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squares, meaning a single `1` digit needs to be added to or removed from the |
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map's file name to switch between ground level and the corresponding dungeon. |
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## Area |
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The area represents the 104x104 group of tiles (or 13x13 group of zones) held in |
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the client's memory. Depending on its settings, the client only retains the |
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player's current level or retains all four levels. |
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The area is always zone-aligned. When the area is initially built, it is centred |
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around the player's current zone. |
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When the player is within 16 tiles of the edge of the current area, it is |
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rebuilt. |
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## Viewport |
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The viewport (note: unlike the other names in this document, we do not know the |
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official Jagex name) is the 32x32 group of tiles, always centred around the |
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current player, within which other players and NPCs are visible. Players can |
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only see other players and NPCs on the same level as them. |
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## Coordinates |
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When used in a script, the coordinates of a tile are packed into a 32-bit |
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integer as follows: |
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| **Field** | (unused) | Level | X | Z | |
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|-----------|----------|------:|---:|---:| |
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| **Bits** | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |
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The two unused bits are set to zero. |
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Literals in scripts are represented with the X and Z coordinates split into the |
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map coordinates and the local coordinates within each map: |
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`<level>_<map_x>_<map_z>_<x>_<z>`. For example, (0, 3094, 3107) is written as |
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`0_48_48_22_35` in a script. |
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The teleport command uses a similar syntax: |
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`::tele <level>,<map_x>,<map_z>,<x>,<z>`. |
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