Re: Question about range
Missiles basically have a "time to live" factor when they are spawned. This value determines how many frames that missile will be in game before it's removed. Each missile also has a velocity which determines how many pixels the missile travels each frame, and both of these values determine how far it can go.
If you use ATMA then there may be a file called "Missiles.txt" in the config directory, which when opened in excel will display this information in the range and Vel columns (the value changes from missile to missile).
As an example, the ice bolt has a velocity of 12, and a range of 50, so it'll travel 12 pixels per frame for 50 frames (25 frames in a second, so a little over 2 seconds). All in all it'll travel 600 pixels before being removed from the game (assuming uninterrupted flight).
The real question is how to convert pixels to yards, which I don't think there's a solid answer on. The reason for this is because missiles don't travel tile to tile, like other units do, thus the concept of yards is probably a little off when talking about them (especially when shooting at all wierd angles).
