This is really weird, why would dedicated command that calculates distance between 2 coordinates on the map inside the engine be slower than a bunch of SQF commands put together in the game??
Wait, this is not all. The accuracy of dedicated command is atrocious as well!!!
Mistery is solved!: http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-distance/
Upvote: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=17324
346.41m sqrt (200 ^ 2 + 200 ^ 2 + 200 ^ 2) - 0.0045ms
346.300m [0,0,0] distance [200,200,200] - 0.0063ms
346.527m [0.000,0.000,0.000] distance [200.000,200.000,200.000] - 0.006ms
346.514m [200,200,200] distance [0,0,0] - 0.0059ms
346.345m //[200.000,200.000,200.000] distance [0.000,0.000,0.000] - 0.006ms
You think this is awful? You just wait, I have compiled some irrefutable data that is going to blow your mind!
Ouch, it's like the distance command is doing a rough estimate instead of an exact calculation.
This hurts my brain.