The Rebirth of the Male God Starts From Playing Games

  Chapter 257 255. Who is all right to cut the girl with the gun? (Added for water leakage in the specialized building)

"Oh, my god……"

  When he heard the needs of the new project, Deng Peiqiang, the boss of the engine department, got his whole head big.

   "What the hell? You want to turn a gun into a girl? Do you want a girl to turn into a gun?"

  Deng Peiqiang said that he could not understand.

  Isn’t this adding a new level of difficulty to the engine department?

  Furthermore, according to Boss Cao’s needs, this game might have to use a new rendering method.

  In fact, not only Deng Peiqiang can't understand, but Huang Ziming, the main beauty who re-takes over as "Gun Girl" can't understand.

  He feels his head is big.

  The original master of Bomi Ma Hao has been promoted to the art director.

  Now Huang Ziming is a newcomer trained internally, but he has been here for nearly 2 years, so he definitely has nothing to say in terms of art skills.

  Huang Ziming was directly transferred by the boss to take over as the main beauty, because Cao Yang felt that he was strong and he had certain programming skills. In other words, Huang Ziming was a skilled TA and also had a strong art control ability.

   Especially in the study of the second dimension, Huang Ziming is very knowledgeable.

  However, after Huang Ziming entered this project, he discovered that the boss had dug a big hole for him.

  Before this, the art has to do two very different models, which are basically realized through special effects.

  For example, if a person wants to become a cat, a puff of smoke will be inflated on the spot, or a light will be used as a block. When the special effect disappears, the cat will appear on the spot.

  Some games are more violent. They change models directly without even giving you this bunch of cigarettes.

  Now Boss Cao’s idea is that he does not need this cloud of smoke, but needs to show the process of the girl changing into a gun, because only by being seen can the player feel amazing enough.

  From the description of the screen, the girl's body surface will first appear a layer of metallic flaky body, just like the skin is composed of a lot of data.

  Then the whole girl jumped up, the body in the air collapsed inward, and then completed the transformation, becoming a gun and falling into the hands of the male lead.

   "If it can be realized, how cool is this picture?" Cao Yang let out a sigh.

  This Nima...

  We also know that if we can make it, it must be cool.

The key is……

  Can we make it?

   "This... how do you do this?" Deng Peiqiang and Huang Ziming looked at each other, staring at each other with big eyes.

  Deng Peiqiang thought for a moment and said to Huang Ziming, “Otherwise, the art will make an animation, and then we will play it in there?”

  This animation will take about 2 seconds.

"This..." Huang Ziming felt very uncomfortable, "Brother Qiang, do you know how much work it takes? We want to be so smooth, we need to fill every frame, this thing can be compared with the cost of making a skeleton animation identical."

Before doing skeletal animation, it can be said that there are a bunch of small dots on each human body model. These small dots are equivalent to the part of the puppet connection line. You only need to control the position change of these points, then the model is Be able to change accordingly.

  Furthermore, skeletal animation has an advantage, that is, you can use motion capture technology to import real-life actions. The art even saves the time of pulling the bones, and at most you can make some fine-tuning when you see the effect at the end.

But……

  This Nima, who can show you a person turning into a gun in reality?

  Even if this happens, what about the sensor used for observation?

  This person who can turn into a gun, won’t the tights he wears break during the transformation process?

  So what's the result?

In the final situation, the animation can only be adjusted by the art. Don’t look at the time. For this modified animation of about 2 seconds, the art may take more than a week. The premise is that the model is in place and finished. In the future, just rendering will take several days.

  This art workload is really a bit big.

   "Really." Huang Ziming said categorically, "You guys really think too much. This is a huge amount of work, and it costs a lot in terms of performance and cost. I really don't recommend this."

   "But if you want to be fine, it must be the best art to finish K." Deng Peiqiang frowned.

  Huang Ziming frowned, "Is it possible that we provide two models before and after the modification, and then the program will do the difference transition?"

  The so-called difference transition refers to the comparison between the two frames before and after, the difference is obtained, and then the previous model is transformed into the latter. This process can be a constant speed process or a variable speed process.

For example, for example, if the center of the palm of a person's left hand is at (12, 124, 52), and then in the next key frame, his left hand swings to the position (25, 142, 22), then Through the coordinate difference between these two points, a difference is calculated, and the transition is made according to time.

  "The number of points and faces of your model are different, how do you make the difference transition? Even if it can be done, we can't guarantee the effect, the middle process may be very messy." Deng Peiqiang said.

   "Would you like to try it?" Huang Ziming said weakly, "Look at the effect."

Deng Peiqiang froze for a moment, and said angrily, "No, I know it will be very expensive when I think about it. Think about it for yourself, you have been an art artist for two years, and you have also written code. Yes, the number of points and the number of faces are inconsistent. If you think about it, it would be strange if the intermediate process is not spent."

  "Um..." Huang Ziming did not speak.

  He agrees with Deng Peiqiang’s judgment. After all, it’s not the first day for everyone to play games. Some things can be understood by just thinking about it.

  The atmosphere in the meeting room was very silent, and everyone stopped talking.

   just waiting for someone to come to make a decision.

  The master planner Han Wei looked at Huang Ziming and then at Deng Peiqiang, and found that both of them did not raise their heads. They seemed to be thinking, but in fact they were waiting for someone to make a decision.

  As for the person who made the decision?

   will definitely not be Han Wei.

  When the boss is away, maybe he can still take a small shot, but this way of making a decision is meaningless.

  Looking at what Deng Peiqiang and Huang Ziming mean, it should be that the modified animation is too complicated, one word "can't do it."

  If the boss is not there, the two of them will only force the palace to let Han Wei cut off the design.

  Han Wei can also think of it with his toes——

  At that time, Huang Ziming's approach must be to play a special effect mask first, and then change the model in it.

  The effect that seems to be that the girl jumped up, emitting a burst of high-tech light in the air, and then fell down, and in the hands of the male lead, it became a gun.

   But such an effect, even if it is done, the boss is definitely not satisfied.

  At that time, Han Wei can only be caught on both ends and get angry.

  There are big bosses on three sides. The boss asks you to do deformed animation. The art and program tell you that this thing cannot be done. If Han Wei has studied art or programming by himself, it is estimated that he will do it by himself. The problem is that he can't.

  Han Wei turned his eyes to Cao Yang uncomfortably.

   Boss Cao is sitting in a chair, supporting his chin with his hand, and tapping the coffee table with his other finger.

  Deng Peiqiang and Huang Ziming both looked at Han Wei eagerly, hoping that he could open the mouth and persuade the boss to give up the change.

  Why doesn’t Han Wei know?

  But he didn't know how to speak.

  Once he speaks, the responsibility is his. The boss must scold him for not having a plan.

  So Han Wei closed his lips tightly, did not speak to death, just turned his gaze to other places, not daring to look at the eyes of Deng Peiqiang and Huang Ziming.

  This can slightly reduce the guilt in my heart.

  ……

  The meeting room fell into silence for a while, and it seemed that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard.

   Boss Cao tapped his fingers on the coffee table.

  After a while, he raised his head and said, "What about this? Is it possible to base it on the color block?"

   "Huh?" Several people raised their heads at the same time.

  I didn’t understand what Boss Cao meant.

"What I mean is-when we are designing the character, we must also consider the connection between her and the firearm, so the imagination of the character and the big color blocks on the clothes actually correspond to the color of the firearm. Is it possible to change the difference according to the part of the corresponding color block when making the transition?"

   "Well... it may not be that messy to do this." Deng Peiqiang thought and said, "but the specific effect may need to be tested to know.

  Actually, if I judge by myself, it might not be particularly ideal.

Because even if it is a large color block, such as the desert eagle, the body is silver, and the girl’s hair and skirt are also silver, this transition will actually be very weird. Let me describe it this way, it looks like it will eventually collapse. The girl, like a balloon being punctured, then melted into a gun. "

   "Hmm..." Cao Yang frowned.

  I thought this plan was feasible, but what Deng Peiqiang said was right. The effect is likely to be like this at that time, and it will not achieve the high-tech hard-core variant that Cao Yang wants in his mind.

"never mind."

  In the eyes of everyone's expectation, Boss Cao made a decision and said, "I have decided, it is done by art."

   "Huh?!" Huang Ziming's eyes widened.

"You don't need to do too much, because this time is very short," Cao Yang explained. "You only need to make 4 key frames. The first is the model after the girl jumps into the air and the body is metalized. The second It is the key frame model of the semi-human and semi-mechanical state that her body shrinks inward, and then the next one is the model of metal quick-loading and part of the gun shape that is completely contracted and can't even be seen in human form. The last frame is given. The complete firearm model fell into the hands of the male lead.

  The time is so short, there is no need to change the difference in the middle. "

   "Hmm..." Huang Ziming frowned, "But this way, the middle process is not smooth."

"The time is so short that the player can't see it," Cao Yang judged based on his years of art experience. "On the contrary, the fixed frame effect in the middle will make the player's visual capture more obvious. The whole process will be a kind of click. The neat sense of cutting the mess, compared to continuous animation, this key frame method may be more suitable for us, and you don’t have to worry about rendering."

   "Good boss."

  Since the boss has decided, Huang Ziming has nothing to say.

   "Otherwise..." Han Wei asked tentatively, looking at Cao Yang, implying that the meeting could be adjourned?

   "I have another question." Huang Ziming raised his hand silently.

Uh……

Deng Peiqiang, who had just left the chair, sat back.

  He actually didn't want to be here.

  Because whenever there is a problem with the project, Boss Cao calls them for a meeting, and Deng Peiqiang will find that a lot of extraordinarily outrageous demands are suddenly in his hands.

  But you really can’t do it, right? Boss Cao can also give a solution every time, or the principle.

  In the end you can only bite the bullet and finish it.

   However, judging from the results, in fact, this also has an advantage, that is, Bomi's engine level can always stay ahead.

  The advancement of software technology mainly comes from actual combat. It is precisely because someone will put forward all kinds of strange requirements that the program will progress and grow.

   "Huh?" Cao Yang raised his eyebrows at Huang Ziming, "You said."

Huang Ziming thought for a while and said, "What I am worried about is this animation process. It will take about 2 seconds. Will it affect the rhythm of the battle? Because shooting games are a matter of seconds, if the animation cuts the gun in the middle, the player will have this time. Not being able to do other things is actually a bit troublesome and will cause a not-so-good experience."

   "Hmm...this is indeed a problem." Cao Yang hugged his hand, thinking hard.

  Looking at the appearance of the two of them, Deng Peiqiang's heart clicked.

  It's over, the boss is going to give out something again.

  Huang Ziming, Huang Ziming, people are going to adjourn the meeting, why are you reminding him?

  At this moment, there were some unresolved ones, and they really might not be able to solve them.

  Sure enough, after two seconds, Boss Cao laughed, "This way, we add bullet time to the game."

"what?!"

Several people looked at Cao Yang in surprise at the same time.

  Don’t understand what bullet time means.

  "Have you not seen The Matrix?" Cao Yang said with a smile, "When Neo dodges bullets, everything around him slows down. Only the male lead's time flows normally. This is called bullet time."

  Bullet time is actually time slowing down.

  Because this thing comes from the Matrix, the slow motion of Neo avoiding bullets is too classic, so the time in the game is slowed down and the protagonist’s time remains unchanged. This effect is called bullet time.

  The first game in the world to use bullet time is called Mark Payne.

  This game was released on PC in 2001, and its important inspiration came from The Matrix in 1999.

  The game of "Mark Payne" relies heavily on the bullet time system. When it is activated, it will slow down the passage of time in the game to the point where you can see bullets flying by - that is, a slow motion effect to a certain extent. With this advantage, the player can still aim and launch in the usual way.

When "Mark Payne" was just announced, it allowed players to see that computer games can be played in the same way. 360-degree bullet time, stunning bullet flying effects, fierce gunfights, bounce shells, and detailed graphics. , The performance of "Mark Penn" is like the shock that the movie "The Matrix" brings to players, making this "Mark Penn" not only a classic game, but also great reviews after being ported to PS2 and XBOX consoles. , And even used as a test software for measuring 3D graphics cards, it can be seen that the charm of "Mark Payne" is amazing.

  "Brother Qiang, you can study Mark Payne's game later. He has implemented the bullet time function, which should not be very difficult for our team.

  According to my idea, it should be processed in multiple threads. The player's behavior and the performance of the gun girls are in the same thread. When this thread enters the bullet time, let other threads pause.

  Wait for this process to complete before starting again. "

Cao Yang thought of something again and added, "Of course, there is another way to slow down everything around you and use your own AI, which can also be achieved.

  The easiest way is to slow down the overall speed, and then accelerate the male lead and the gun girl individually. "

The variable speed gear is something that existed a long time ago. After this thing came out, many players saved a lot of time when playing stand-alone games. For example, when playing galgame, if the animation is too long, you can use the variable speed gear to make it fast. Enter.

  When the Stone Age came out, some people could change the speed of the game by doing plug-ins.

  This should be easy for Deng Peiqiang.

   "Hmm..." Deng Peiqiang nodded.

  If it is a game already on the market, there is definitely no problem.

  Now Bomi’s technology is already very powerful. As long as others can do it, Deng Peiqiang’s team will definitely be able to do it.

  If others can't do it, Boss Cao can do the same for the plan.

  If there is nothing in the world, and Boss Cao can't give a plan, then there is a certain probability that he can do it.

   "Wow, if bullet time can be achieved, I think it will be cool." The main planner Han Wei was excited again.

   "I can make bullet time a skill for the hero, specifically to deal with some more complicated gun battle environments, and this is more high-tech, and it will definitely make the players excited during the battle."

   "This proposal is good." Cao Yang agreed.

   "But there is still a small problem." Huang Ziming continued to pour cold water on everyone's heads, "I am a little worried, for the players, will this process disrupt the battle rhythm and cause a bad experience?

For example, when I met an enemy, when I went up to do it, I had to watch the 2 second process of changing a gun to a girl. It was the same as changing every time I watched Sailor Moon. In fact, I became numb in the later stage. It will also bring some irritability. "

  Cao Yang smiled slightly, “Don’t worry about this. There will be a lot of gun girls in our game, which can guarantee the richness. The number of gun girls can relieve aesthetic fatigue to a great extent.”

Uh……

  Huang Ziming has a mouthful of old blood.

  I feel like I dug a big hole for myself.

  The number of girls with guns has increased. Finally, it is necessary to ensure that each gun has a different modification effect. Isn't it all art work in the end?

  Cao Yang continued: “After the bullet time effect comes out, players will be amazed. This effect is actually quite good.

  And who's okay, it hurts to cut the girl and the gun back and forth to play? "

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