Reboot 2003

Chapter 287 066: Compatibility (three-in-one)

How can this not be divided?

You just said something casually, and your hat was cut off... Although the person who said "just said something" did go for this, wouldn't you adults implement it in case you got the wrong name? How embarrassing.

Chen Qin felt that he had a lot to say, but then he thought about it, maybe this is how people do things.Especially Ah Yue, she felt no psychological burden at all after hearing this. After making the call, she said: "Humph, you deserve it..."

This is not deserved, this... forget it.

Chen Qin had nothing to say, but it would be unlucky for Principal Lu to be unlucky. Why not develop more with Manager Yu in the future... Chen Qin thought so, and today's work started as usual.Chen Qin was doing his own thing, and Guo Yang came soon. A Yue sorted out today's tasks with him, and suddenly came to Chen Qin: "Chen Qin, are you busy?"

if not?Chen Qin asked: "What's wrong?"

"Actually, we're almost done, but there's a new way to play. I don't know if it's good or not. Come and take a look."

Chen Qin took matters into his own hands and closed the OpenGL introductory document he was reading, intending to help them test it. Although he was no longer involved in the development, he could still give his opinion.

Then he came to sit on a computer outside the counter, and built a game room in the LAN with the brothers just now.

The map file has just been packaged and generated, and it is still warm.

Then when entering the loading interface for such a hot map, an error popped up on my face.

"...It shouldn't be. There was no problem when we tried it just now..."

Maybe frequent iterations will cause this kind of problem. A Yue and Guo Yang went back to fix the bug. Others could only wait, but once the bug was fixed, it was over again.

At three o'clock in the morning, several brothers couldn't wait any longer - "Sister Ah Yue, take your time to practice, let's go downstairs to practice the club account in the Internet cafe!"

Script farming itself is a business that does not require attention when it is running. The brothers set up their accounts in the morning, and then everything was fine. Waiting here is all about being a tester, and Ayue hasn’t figured it out yet. Wherever the bug was, I agreed to let the brothers play by themselves first.

But just after the brothers left, Guo Yang suddenly discovered a problem: "Oh, the wrong version was adjusted during the first debugging just now!"

However, the current version of Warcraft 3 is in a mess. Although the official version has been updated, due to a lot of compatibility issues, the share of some past versions is still very high. The first time I debugged it just now was on the latest 1.22. Run, so the error did not appear. Later, it was switched to the more mainstream 1.20, which resulted in the error being reported as soon as the second 'more stable version' was launched.

After discovering the location of the problem, it became easier to solve. The two of them fixed the things that caused the bug. When they were waiting for the map to be packaged, Chen Qin was already waiting behind.

"That's great, that's great!" A Yue hurriedly operated the computer for debugging, muttering and complaining while doing things, "Blizzard's version is so messy. There are obviously no big updates, so we have to make both the before and after versions. Mutually incompatible..."

She probably just said it casually, but Chen Qin sat on the armrest of her chair and explained to her: "You think there is no major update. In fact, only major updates with kernel changes will cause incompatibility problems."

A Yue was confused: "Then can't we support the past and the present together?"

"This is called compatibility, and it is often not a unilateral optimization. For example, an old railway is prone to accidents. In order to optimize operating efficiency, we cannot just repair it. Sometimes we have to directly replace a section of railway with problematic terrain. It was cut down and redone, so the original old railway was completely abandoned. If the trains passing by can't get on the new road, of course they won't be able to run."

A Yue came up with an idea: "Wouldn't it be enough for the new one to run with the old one?"

"But since it is to optimize operating efficiency, of course it must be completely renovated. If the new and old components operate at the same time, not only will it increase the complexity, but the old track will also hinder the newly built part. Do you think such an update is worth it?"

A Yue nodded, knowing why Chen Qin said this. This is probably what he is doing now.

But at this point, A Yue suddenly asked: "By the way, Chen Qin."

"What's wrong?" Chen Qin thought she was still chatting, but Ah Yue came over and asked him softly: "Did you make that Kaitian mobile phone?"

Her thoughts jumped a little too fast. Chen Qin was a little surprised, but he didn't want to explain. After all, she knew too much for a little girl. Who knows if she would talk nonsense everywhere. Even if she wanted to explain to outsiders, her father would have to wake up. Say it again.

However, Ah Yue seems to be in a calmer mood these days, at least not as shady as before. In short, Chen Qin did not continue to deal with the child: "It wasn't me who did it, it was Academician Li Nanguang from the Science Bureau, and many others." It was done together with people from Tianchao Open Source, but I was not directly involved.”

A Yue looked at the screen and asked: "Actually, I have heard of the things you mentioned before."

Chen Qin was curious: "Who said that?"

A Yue said: "Aunt Lu said this when I called her before. At that time, she said that the compatibility issue of Kaitian mobile phone was very similar to what you said."

Chen Qin nodded and immediately explained: "Yes, the mobile phone version is actually the same thing. The largest mobile phone system in the world is called Saipan..."

"The Nokia one?"

"Yes, it has a strong technical accumulation before. The previous version was called s60v3. In order to strengthen touch screen support at the bottom, it recently launched s60v5, but it is said that it does not support the previous ecological software, so now they are the same as Warcraft. In fact, it is If you compete with yourself, no one may like to use the new version.”

A Yue asked again: "What about Kaitian?"

"Kaitian has just been developed. In fact, the technology accumulation is not as strong as theirs, but how can I put it?" Chen Qin said, "It has Linux as the bottom layer and Java as the upper layer. In fact, its performance is already very stable."

A Yue nodded: "I understand."

Chen Qin asked tentatively at this time: "Why is your Aunt Lu telling you this?"

A Yue said: "According to Aunt Lu, Uncle Ma and the others cooperated with Galaxy because of Kaitian. Now they also plan to build a mobile phone system based on Kaitian. Then they said that Kaitian's advantage is compatibility, but for this Performance is sacrificed.”

This news was a bit powerful. Chen Qin nodded thoughtfully. Of course, he had already heard about it, and it was not surprising to hear it now. Compared with the news itself, he still didn't understand that the driver specifically told him What did A Yue say...

But forget it.

Taking a closer look, Ah Yue was secretly observing his expression again. This little girl is so curious... Chen Qin patted her on the back: "The map is packed!"

A Yue then turned around, put away her other small thoughts, and decided to get down to business first.

To be on the safe side this time, Ah Yue and Guo Yang tried it first. After confirming that they could succeed, they were ready to call the brothers downstairs.

As a result, Guo Yang went downstairs and took three people back after a while.

"It seems that Principal Lu and the others invited us to drink. Brother Dibu and Xiao Gao were both there."

Xiaoshuai came in and explained that there was nothing he could do if he went drinking.In addition to Xiaoshuai, the other two were strong men caught from downstairs. They were also acquaintances to them and relatively active among the player group, but they had never participated in a test before.

And this kind of half-baked player seems to be a very troublesome person to communicate with - Chen Qin felt that he had a headache in advance as soon as he met him.

Then, as soon as they sat down, they started talking to three junior high school students—the first was a professional guy who was still wearing the clothes of a nearby mechanic shop. made a suggestion: "I think your game is still too conservative. Level 6 buildings are no different from low-level ones. The ultimate building only produces a few soldiers. It feels like there is no accumulation of advantage when you win..."

Xiaoshuai didn't plan to say it at first, but he was unhappy after hearing his feedback - "I think the Lich's play style is too strong! Now, no matter how everyone loses in the early stage, if they can bet on those buildings in the end, it will be One wears three, and everyone is mindlessly holding back the components, which is boring."

As for Brother Carl, he doesn't care about this, but others have said it. He tried to describe his opinion: "I think this is okay, but every round of battle is that everyone fights one-on-one separately, which feels a bit boring. It's like Dota. Wouldn't it be nice for a lot of people to fight together in a team fight? It's exciting when they cooperate with each other."

The three of them talked to each other, and of course they all had good intentions. Ruins Clash resumed development, and everyone was seriously giving their opinions.

But it made the working atmosphere on site a bit awkward. After all, this was a test, and now was not the time to ask these questions, no matter how useful they were.

And this is probably a cruel fact for enthusiastic players, that is, the opinions raised by players are likely to be useless - the opinions of players in commercial games are really useless because they cannot take the blame, and in this kind of community game, players They are often more enthusiastic. Their enthusiasm for a product is likely to be higher than that of many commercial games. If they can make the game better, let alone provide suggestions, it is no problem to participate in repetitive work or even donate money to participate in fund-raising. .

It's just that the opinions of players are overwhelming, and they definitely point to the core of the game experience more directly than any designer. However, because it is contradictory, there are still many problems.

For example, the casual player Mechanic Xiu Ge feels that the map values ​​​​are too conservative, and the experienced player Xiaoshuai who values ​​​​balance feels that some genres rely too much on luck. The opinions of the two parties are contradictory.

As for the hard-core player Carl, although his idea is good, the performance of PCs is currently limited. It is actually very difficult for heroes to lead troops to fight large-scale team battles on the same screen...

Of course, it's not entirely true to say that player opinions are completely useless.

Today's commercial games generally do not value player opinions very much, but as the industry matures, by 2023, commercial games will also analyze player opinions through some highly targeted questionnaires, stratification of players, and more reliable game data. .

For a custom map, although these methods cannot be used, it has a significant advantage...

Seeing that A Yue and Guo Yang didn't know how to respond to these situations, Chen Qin then asked: "Are these opinions yourselves, or did you discuss them together while playing?"

The three of them replied: "We mainly focus on our own play experience."

Chen Qin said: "You can communicate more with everyone. We have a special section on the Moyou.com forum. The player opinions we adopt now basically come from there."

Chen Qin is talking about another way, that is, the player community. The value of an individual player's opinion is difficult to measure, but the opinions tested in community discussions are different. In 2023, game manufacturers will pay more and more attention to the feedback of the player community. Sorry, but this method is not new. These custom maps are originally created by the Warcraft player community.

As Chen Qin said this, he thought about blocking these three people back first. If he wanted to raise opinions, he should do so in accordance with the Basic Law...

However, these three people came prepared. Brother Jixiu said: "I mainly read the Moyou.com forum. Although not all the players on it said so, many people said that they are too focused on operations now, and later operations I can’t keep up, but I think if it allows players to grow and accumulate advantages to a greater extent, it will probably be more friendly to them.”

Xiaoshuai had a different opinion: "There are many people who don't know how to play at all. When they know how to play and start playing Lich Tower, it will be really boring." Brother Carl said: "I was watching Tieba, and now I feel It’s a little bit neither good nor good. Those who play the operation don’t have fun playing it, and those who play the operation are not happy enough, so I would like to give my own opinions. Of course, the game is still very good. If you think it is useful, just use it. If it doesn’t, forget it.”

Chen Qin didn't know what to say at this time, but at this time A Yue said: "Actually, we have thought about these issues, why not take a look at this version."

"also."

Just in time, it's almost loaded. When you enter the game, all 24 original heroes are available. The selection interface has been modified, and now you can no longer select the same hero.

Afterwards, when it came to the operation stage, there was not much difference from before. We could only see some balance adjustments that were different from before. But Ayue said again: "Just now you said that the growth of the game is too weak..."

Brother Ji Xiu said, "Yes, it's PK and then leveling up. I feel that it's too stressful and the later growth is too easy to end."

As he spoke, the battle round began, and everyone found themselves and the soldiers on a small battlefield...

The opponent is not a player, but a family of kobolds and a little satyr. Isn't this the point of fighting against monsters in Warcraft?

"From now on, we will fight wild monsters in the first two rounds. The wild monsters will drop equipment and attribute books," A Yue said. "This way, even in the later stages, we don't have to just gamble on luck to get buildings. These equipment can also enhance combat power."

Everyone nodded as they listened, and Brother Mechanic Xiu asked, "What determines the equipment?"

"It's probably random, but it's not much different. It's almost the same as the wild monsters in the original version." A Yue said. "In the later stage, we can also compete with each other for monsters, and the equipment will be better then. In this way, we can continue to accumulate equipment after winning the battle. In the later stage, we can continue to accumulate equipment." The hero's combat power will be stronger."

"Oh……"

Everyone looked at the monster on the screen and thought, this seems to be a solution?

Although the strategies are different, this seems to be a solution to the problem that the mechanic mentioned.

In addition, there seemed to be some other benefits. Of course, others had not yet realized this, but Chen Qin thought of it immediately.

In the first few rounds of serious auto chess, he usually fights jungle monsters. He successfully copied the Hearthstone Tavern, but he forgot to tell A Yue about it.

Fortunately, Ah Yue seemed to have figured it out by herself.

In short, although the method is not quite right, a problem is solved.

Everyone nodded secretly, and the game continued like this. The first two rounds passed quickly, and the third round seemed to be about to start.

But at this time A Yue said again: "Just now you said that the game is always 1 on 1 and it is very monotonous..."

Brother Karl said: "Yes, my suggestion is to create a big battlefield. Of course, adding a few wild monsters is also good, but I think it is best if several people can fight together."

Ah Yue said with a smile: "Because we have a lot of game units, the battle on the same screen will be a bit laggy, so now we have come up with a new method, that is, during the battle round, we have set up a new function..."

After that, everyone looked towards the battlefield. They used to be three independent small battlefields. Now the overall structure is very similar, but each seems to have a new design.

Of course, the flag in the middle is still there. If you can capture the flag successfully, you will win directly. This is a setting that has been set before.

Besides--

A Yue introduced: "Look above, I added some other elements to each battlefield. For example, Guo Yang and Xiaoshuai, they are the vanguards of this round. They fight on the first battlefield. On their battlefield There are wild monsters that can grab better equipment, but the opponent can sneak attack from behind."

Ah Yue pointed to the middle again: "Then I am the auxiliary here. In addition to the flag, our battle map has two points. After standing still, it can help the teammates above and below restore blood. Although it will lose one's own combat power, it can allow other battlefields to be restored. Benefit.”

Then he looked at the third map: "Then there is the general at the bottom. The general's battlefield is smaller and has no other elements. But if the general wins the battle, he can get one more gold coin in the next round..."

The rules seemed a little complicated, and the battle round started while he was talking.

Chen Qin was still cutting the screen to watch the battlefield, but Ah Yue was already urging him: "Chen Qin, come on, I'll add buffs to you!"

Chen Qin, who was in the general position, rushed forward with his two fools and a group of night rangers, and fought with Brother Carl on the opposite side. Brother Carl on the opposite side chose the fire method, and a Flame Storm blocked the position with the minions. Chen Qin suffered a lot of damage.

But at this moment, the healing icon appeared on the soldier who was hitting him, but it was A Yue who led the soldiers to stand at the auxiliary point, allowing Chen Qin's men on the battlefield below to start to recover their health.

With off-field support, the disadvantage caused by operation seems to be less important.So although Ah Yue gave up and lost, Chen Qin won the general battle, knocked out a little bit of his opponent's health, and also got an extra gold coin that can be used at any time. From a team perspective, it was not a loss. .

As for the other side, both Guo Yang and Xiaoshuai wanted to take down the wild monsters, but they were in a stalemate until the end of time, and finally ended up in a draw.

It seemed that Chen Qin had won this time. The three people on the other side were not familiar with the settings and suffered a small loss. However, Brother Carl, who had just been defeated by a mixed doubles match, his eyes lit up: "That's what I'm talking about... No, This is better than what I said, so that everyone can cooperate with each other instead of fighting each other, and the battlefield does not need to be too chaotic!"

Another problem solved.

After that, the battle gradually progressed. A Yue and Guo Yang are developers, and of course their understanding of the game is higher than that of the players. However, they are not good at operation, especially Guo Yang, who is basically a novice in Warcraft. Bing Yi Too much will make it impossible to operate.

Taking advantage of the operation, the three elite players on the opposite side began to try to reverse the situation. Their assistants sold blood every round to help the top and bottom allies fight wild monsters and earn gold coins. Karl, who had the best operation, played particularly aggressively. Whenever he encountered a wild monster, , you must sell blood to fight wild monsters, and whenever you encounter support, you must also sell blood to help teammates gain combat power. This is one of the classic battle ideas in Warcraft. As long as no one dies, the health bar is just a number. .

As a result, he was very happy. The three junior high school students here calculated it. When it came to a wild monster battle, Chen Qin's support suddenly ignored the general battle and asked the support to help the vanguard on the top lane, while the opponent on the top lane didn't care either. Flag, go straight to him and kill him.

Karl Ge had no fighting ability, but he was directly killed by such a combination of punches.

After that, the battle became 3v2, so the remaining Xiaoshuai and Mechanic Brother felt very uncomfortable, because there was always a bye on one battlefield, so they either gave the opponent a dollar for free, or gave the opponent a group of wild monsters to fight for free, or they were killed. Standing in the support position against the opponent, you will suffer no matter what.

But even though the beating was painful, Xiao Shuai's eyes also lit up: "That's right! In addition to being stronger in combat, preserving blood is also very important. In this way, everyone will be more useful alive, so they won't risk their lives gambling on high-end buildings. Got it!"

Soon, the test ended with three elite players being completely defeated by the development team. The three players lost miserably, but after playing, they all thought about it: "We think this version is very good, and it seems to be a bit e-sports." !”

"Come on! Miss Ah Yue, let's just say that you must know the game better than us!"

The three of them laughed and went out, and the development team also breathed a sigh of relief, but this was not enough. A Yue and Guo Yang both looked back at Chen Qin.

It's not surprising, after all, if I have to say it, these theories are all taught by him. Letting players obtain equipment through wild monsters is what he said "providing a sense of gain", allowing players to choose to win by capturing the flag or engaging in other scene interactions. It is to guide players to make important 'game choices'. As for the limited battlefield interaction, it is 'asking for help is the best way to socialize'.

But Chen Qin smiled: "It's well done, better than my design."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and stretched equally relaxedly. Guo Yang got up and muttered that he would go to the player community to publish a beta version, and then it could be released to the public. A Yue also got up and wanted to continue working.

But Chen Qin suddenly thought of something and reached out to hold her: "Hey!"

Ah Yue sat back and said, "What's the matter?"

Chen Qin said: "You asked me that day whether this thing has commercial value..."

Ah Yue no longer cares about this problem: "It doesn't matter if I don't have it. Anyway, I think it's interesting to do this, so I just want to practice my skills!"

Chen Qin said: "No, I suddenly remembered something. Even if you change it like this, the game will most likely be tied to the broken platform of Warcraft..."

Only then did Ah Yue react: "It won't affect your transplant, right?"

"It doesn't matter, just treat it as an IP product anyway, just make it your own." Chen Qin said, "But in fact, you have an off-site way to go."

"Offsite?"

"Actually, I don't know much about this." Chen Qin said, "But your map is becoming more and more e-sports."

Ah Yue understood immediately: "You mean holding a competition?"

"Yes, although the game is the focus, if an event with certain rules can really be formed, the commercial value will be very high."

Ah Yue was not surprised. After all, she had already thought about this. She hesitated: "But our game is so random, and we are still in school. Can we just hold a competition?"

Chen Qin said: "I thought it was a bit confusing before, but now that so many strategic elements have been added, I think it should be no problem. Those who play Texas can be called competitive, and of course you can too."

Then he said: "As for holding competitions, have you forgotten that your family owns a company?"

A Yue nodded: "Oh, yes, I can mention it to the board of directors..."

"Think carefully," Chen Qin gave her a surprise, "Look, is this your home? Zoom in a little bit, what is the most important business of your home right now?"

Ah Yue covered her head and finally reacted: "I know, Uncle Li seemed to have told me this, and Moyou.com seemed to have held this kind of competition last year..."

　I feel like it’s not easy to break up the chapters, so I’ve added them together. I’ll add another update tomorrow (Lie)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)