Chapter 141 Realistic Physics Engine

Emperor Pi Yan is the anchor of "Star Emperor", and most of his fans are loyal players of this game.

Therefore, most of the questions from the audience in the live broadcast room revolved around the game "Star Emperor".

Everyone knows.

Brother Ba is a die-hard otaku. Apart from talking nonsense in forums and communities, it is difficult to meet him in person offline.

It's rare to be encountered by the anchor, and to arrest a real person offline, so you have to spur him on? "Brother Ba, someone in the live broadcast room asked, when will you cook new shit?"

Chen Ba: “…”

As soon as this question came out, Xiao Lu, who was sitting next to him, burst out laughing.

What kind of people are these? What is a new shit? If you want to know about the new game, just ask directly. Are you asking such disgusting questions on purpose?

“No more poop.”

Chen Ba took a long breath to calm himself down and said slowly, "I will bet my career on the next new game, and it will definitely not be shit."

"good!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Lu and Emperor Pi Yan applauded out of respect.

The audience in the live broadcast room was not so easily fooled. After hearing what Brother Ba said, they began to help Brother Ba find a new entrepreneurial direction.

Are you kidding? If one out of ten of what Brother Ba said was true, it would be great. Especially when he guaranteed that the game was foolproof, there was no doubt that he was bragging.

Big words are spoken during the development phase, silence is maintained during early access, and nonsense is spoken during the official release. This is an old tradition.

"Brother Naha, can you tell me what the new game is about? Will Tianba Studio also develop games similar to "Star Emperor" oriental fairy tales?"

"The new game is a racing game."

"Eastern Immortal Hero? It depends on the situation!"

Chen Ba shook his head and said, "I also like Eastern Xianxia. After all, previous works such as Xianjian and Gujian have indeed had a great influence on me."

"But you also know that this subject is not easy to handle, and it is difficult to make it outstanding."

The Legend of Sword and Fairy is the memory of a generation.

Many people have a dream of being a fairy tale hero in their hearts, and making a successful fairy tale hero game is also Chen Ba’s dream.

But this is really hard to do...

"Star Emperor" takes a different approach. Although it is an oriental fantasy, the subject matter does not have much influence. The game's graphics and special effects are what matters.

To put it another way, "Star Emperor" is not as pure as "Legend of Sword and Fairy". At least it does not have so many fairy-hero elements. The characters just have fairy-hero names, but the core is still the King of Fighters-type fighting game.

A pure fairy-tale game may have to be a role-playing game.

"What about the picture?"

Without waiting for the audience to ask questions, Emperor Pi Yan asked: "Even if we don't consider the theme of immortal heroes, are there any games like "Star Emperor" that are as heavy on special effects?"

"Yes, but not now."

Chen Ba gave an answer that no one expected, which was that the average player configuration was a bit too low.

"Star Emperor" is the first game developed using the DreamBuilding V engine, and other DreamBuilding V games were born afterwards.

But these games all have a common problem, that is, the configuration threshold is too high. Without good computer configuration, it is difficult for such games to run smoothly.

Therefore, after "Star Emperor", Chen Ba never considered developing another game with the same top-notch graphics and special effects.

There is no need to know, right? For this kind of game, one "Star Emperor" is enough. If you develop a few more, it can only satisfy a few people, and most players will not be able to experience it.

"Star Emperor is like a high-end sports car from a car manufacturer. It is very powerful and top-notch, but the threshold is too high and it is destined to be a carnival for only a few people."

"Do you know what are the main sales models of the giants in the automotive industry, such as Volkswagen, Toyota and General Motors?"

When Chen Ba said this, in fact, the audience in the live broadcast room and Emperor Dermatitis all understood.

It's not that we don't want to develop games that require a lot of configuration, but the market is too small. Tianba Studio still focuses on the configuration of mainstream players and develops some "family car" and "grocery shopping car" games.

This is determined by market demand, not by what Brother Ba says he will develop.

If he were really so willful and insistent, Tianba Studio might be on the verge of bankruptcy.

"Well, that's a pity."

"What a pity?"

Chen Ba said unhappily, "I've already hinted at this, but you still don't understand what I mean? You really want me to say it out loud, right?"

"Ah? What did you imply?"

"Brother Ba means..."

As the best mouthpiece, Xiao Lu decisively spoke for Brother Ba and said, "Want to play games with top-notch graphics and special effects? Sure! But can you go to Xianyu Digital to upgrade your computer configuration first? Otherwise, it will be difficult for Brother Ba to do anything!"

Emperor Dermatitis: “…”

As expected of Brother Ba! It's a pity that he is still here. I think the reason why Brother Ba didn't make "Star Emperor 2" is that the market is too small.

I never expected that Brother Ba's subtext was: Want to play "Star Emperor 2" with better graphics? Go to Xianyu Digital to buy it! If you don't buy it and you don't upgrade your configuration, how can Brother Ba get the motivation to make a sequel?

"The one who understands me is Xiao Lu!"

After giving Xiao Lu a thumbs up, Chen Ba waved his hand and said, "Okay, answer one last question. We have to go back to the studio."

“Okay, okay, okay!”

Brother Ba said there was one last question, and that was the last question. Knowing that this opportunity was rare, Emperor Dermatitis did not look at the comments this time, but asked the question that he was most curious about.

"Brother Ba, the new game is about racing. What is it like? Can you elaborate on it?"

"Well……"

Chen Ba almost said, "What's there to talk about PPT?"

But looking at the expectant eyes of Emperor Piyan and so many viewers in the live broadcast room, he was too embarrassed to tell the truth.

Forget it, let me reveal some information.

Considering that the other party treated him and Xiao Lu to two bowls of pork trotter rice, Chen Ba felt that he should return the favor and reveal some content that has not yet been made public.

"The new game will be an online racing game. Players will drive vehicles with other players in the online mode, travel through the streets and alleys of Jiangning City, and feel the excitement of soaring adrenaline..."

"What I can reveal is that the new game will be different from other similar games in terms of the selection of cars. Perhaps there won't be all the sports cars or luxury cars that everyone expects."

Chen Ba also knew that many people who played racing games might be used to driving nice cars, so he took precautions in advance and said, "For our game, the models entered are mostly cheap family cars."

"Of course, the absence of luxury cars and sports cars doesn't mean that there are few car models to choose from in our game."

"On the contrary, although there are fewer sports cars and luxury cars, we have included almost all the family cars you can buy on the market, whether it is an electric car or a gasoline car, an SUV or a sedan, and even the legendary Wuling series..."

Wow!

Hearing this, Emperor Pi Yan was a little excited and asked, "Does it really include all cars? All the cars that can be bought on the market?"

"certainly!"

"We will do our best to include models that everyone is familiar with. Don't be disappointed if some unpopular models are not included. Please give us feedback and we will solve the problem."

The diversity of car models has always been a focus emphasized by Chen Ba, and he will also strive to allow everyone to play with familiar car models in the game.

Fortunately, Brother Dong did a great job in this regard.

Yang Dong collected information on models on sale by mainstream domestic and foreign automobile brands. After excluding models priced above RMB 500,000, he reached cooperation with the brands for the remaining models.

The price is very affordable.

In fact, it is not expensive at all, after all, it is equivalent to free advertising space. Car manufacturers are not fools. If someone is willing to add their own models to the game, why wouldn’t they be happy? Although the car purchasing potential of game players is not very high, it also depends on the situation.

For example, on the Steam platform, do those who like to play single-player games really have no potential for car purchases? You must be kidding! These young people are the main group of car buyers! BBA has sponsored the League of Legends event. Doesn’t their marketing department know the consumption potential of game players? If they are willing to sponsor, they must have analyzed it in advance and thought it was profitable before sponsoring.

Therefore, car manufacturers are not opposed to this type of racing games. After all, everyone needs to promote themselves. What a good opportunity to promote, why not accept cooperation? As long as they don't deliberately discredit a certain brand of car models, it doesn't matter.

Of course Chen Ba would not smear.

"Ford" has a numerical system that determines the actual performance of each car based on its power configuration.

It's all fair.

There is no such thing as optimizing a car brand to make its car run faster than others...

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

“This is quite common in the industry.”

Yang Dong gave an example. A well-known sports car brand likes to engage in shady deals with game developers. His sports cars are like "gods" in the game and players love to drive them.

But it's a real car...

I can only say that games cannot represent reality! The performance in the game is completely different from the performance on the track in reality.

"It's just self-deception."

Chen Ba feels that this kind of practice of making a certain car perform better than similar cars, or even killing similar cars, by playing tricks in the game is really a bit abstract.

So what if you win the game?

If you can run two laps in real life, do you dare to go on the track? Why is it so amazing, but it's so bad when it's on the track? Moreover, it's really low for car manufacturers to use such means.

It would be enough for dealers to exaggerate the publicity, but the car manufacturers personally get involved in this unrealistic false propaganda. It can only be said that marketing is above all else.

"Don't worry about them, we just need to do our job well."

Chen Ba was too lazy to think about the chaos in the car industry. It was a famous cesspool on the Internet, even more smelly than the mobile phone industry. He didn't want to be contaminated by its bad luck.

“What about the game engine?”

"great!"

Speaking of game engines, Yang Dong was amazed and asked, "Brother Ba, where did you get the physics engine from?"

This is awesome! As a game developer, Yang Dong knows that the key to the success or failure of a racing game lies in its "physics engine".

A good physics engine can make a racing game more exciting.

And with a physics engine that is so bad that it oozes pus, not to mention whether the game is fun or not, the endless game bugs alone are enough to give you a headache.

He thought that Brother Ba was going to buy a ready-made racing physics engine.

Unexpectedly, Brother Ba was well prepared.

Unnoticed, a real physics engine specially designed for racing games was produced. It is extremely powerful !

Chen Ba curled his lips and said, "Don't worry about where this physics engine came from. Just tell me if you found any problems while using it."

"No!"

Yang Dong admired it very much and said: "It's amazing. I think it's a waste to use such a great physics engine to make a game."

No problem?

Chen Ba frowned, feeling that there was something mysterious about this matter.

This physics engine is a new auxiliary function unlocked after the upgrade of the Tiehanhan system. It can maximize the simulation of physical phenomena and effects, and calculate motion trajectories and collision reactions.

He tried it too.

The system's products are indeed top-notch!

In his opinion, the power of this engine is 20 years ahead of the industry. Yang Dong is right, it is a waste to use this thing to develop games.

But the problem is that this can only be used to develop games! The Iron-Han System won't let him use it for anything else...

Moreover, based on Chen Ba's understanding of his own golden finger, this engine probably has some hidden flaws that have not been discovered yet.

But it's good to use.

Even if the engine does have some issues, the basic physics simulation is still excellent, and it's perfect for developing a racing game.

“Good fellow…”

Yang Dong explained vividly: "I used this physics engine to simulate the scene of the car crashing into the guardrail, and the effect was a perfect reproduction of the car accident scene."

If the collision is done well, the game will not be bad.

The core of this type of racing game is the power of the physics engine. The more powerful the physics engine is, the better the simulation effect will be, and the more fun the game will be.

Moreover, the powerful physics engine can simulate effects beyond the roughly understood collision, rolling, and rebound phenomena.

It can also simulate more complex mechanical devices such as cylinders, valves, drive shafts and hinges.

What does this mean? This means that the reason why the car in the game can run is not because the game itself has this mechanism, but because the physics engine simulates the physical phenomenon based on the combination of parts.

Don’t quite understand?

Let's put it in a simple and rough way. In other games, no matter how serious the car collision is, the car will still drive as usual and the performance will not be affected at all.

But in the game "Need for Speed", collisions between cars and other objects may damage internal components, which may affect the performance of the car or even cause it to break down.

"We have the most realistic physics engine to restore the most realistic car accident scene!"

Yang Dong smiled and said, "The era of mindless collisions is over. If you are still mindless when playing our game, then you will be blacklisted by the insurance company."

“There’s an insurance company?”

Xiao Lu was greatly surprised, as this was a new setting he had never heard of before.

"Of course there are insurance companies!"

Chen Ba explained: "Otherwise, with this kind of physics engine, if the player crashes too badly and has no money in his pocket, wouldn't he be unable to afford to repair it?"

It is called an insurance company, but in fact it is just a way of providing free car repairs to players.

Otherwise, given the barbaric nature of the players, they might go bankrupt and not be able to repair their cars while driving.

certainly!

Insurance companies also have claims limits. If players do not know how to restrain themselves and continue to act recklessly, their premiums will increase in the second year.

If the premium increases for three consecutive years, insurance will be rejected in the third year and it will be impossible to buy insurance at all.

What? You ask which insurance company this is, why is the attitude so bad? They are even picking on customers? Chen Ba just wants to say, this is how we work at Tianba Insurance. If you don't agree, go buy insurance from other companies!

(End of this chapter)