Chapter 346: Treating the Symptoms or Treating the Root Cause?

The next day was supposed to be Sunday, and the tense beta test had just ended, although the end of the beta also brought a lot of new problems to deal with, but after all, the whole studio was busy for four weeks, so it was reasonable to let everyone relax.

So there was no overtime scheduled for this day.

However, this so-called arrangement does not refer to employees below the supervisor level.

Makers and department heads are basically equipped with office keys, and there are no restrictions on coming to the office to do something during the vacation or simply playing in the studio for a while.

Therefore, Che Guanglong didn't say hello to the two roommates and went to the company alone.

At about ten o'clock, this guy called Liu Kewei and Duan Shanshan respectively and called the two to the studio.

"What's the problem, you've figured it out?"

Liu Kewei chewed gum and asked indistinctly.

"Well, it's probably confirmed, it's the server verification steps of the guild system that are not perfect. ”

Che Guanglong replied with a frown, the dark circles on his face were obvious.

During this time, he really worked hard, and the workload undertaken by one person is almost as high as the three people in the normal R&D team - the server-side main program, the production team, and the QA supervisor.

He is not Liu Kewei's outrageously energetic guy, so many things are left on his head, and it is already very good that he is not crushed.

"No, the guild system shouldn't be awkward with the five-color spirit stone......"

Duan Shanshan was holding a cigarette but didn't light it, and couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard the words.

The three buddies who smoked together at the beginning are now the only "lonely man" left, even if he is still smoking, he is embarrassed to spit out clouds and fog in front of the two who have quit smoking.

Therefore, I had to hold it and not light it, purely for a dry addiction.

When he couldn't hold it anymore, he would leave for a while and run to the stairwell to smoke one.

A game that has been done for so long that every system functions. The planning department has tested it at least seven or eight times or even more than ten times, and basically knows everything and everything that can and nothing is familiar to the chest.

He pondered the relevant functions of the guild system, but he didn't expect any part to be related to the five-color spirit stone. It's hard that we don't have the features we designed for at all. Can someone else carry us behind our backs in the game?

It doesn't make sense!

Che Guanglong smiled and didn't speak, but raised his eyes to glance at Liu Kewei, and the expression on his face was tantamount to saying, "Is that so......?"

"Well, that's true, I remember. At the beginning, Xingning mentioned that he wanted to increase the output of a small amount of spirit stones in the task rewards of the guild system. This requirement was realized by the registration program, and after a few days, I thought that doing so might lead to a significant reduction in the difficulty of the game, so I went to shout to stop when the program was only halfway done. This functional program has not been completed over there, so naturally there is no arrangement for the planning side to conduct the corresponding test, Uncle Duan, you naturally don't know - Che'er, is that the case?"

Scratching his cheeks, Liu Kewei explained while recalling, and finally asked Che Guanglong for confirmation.

"Well, it should be roughly this experience, ** not far from ten. Che Guanglong nodded. On this issue, the memories of the two are roughly the same, "It was about a month after I first came to Seoul, at the beginning of November last year." ”

"Our side has not finished the function, can others still seize this loophole and modify the number of five-color stones? Is it so exaggerated......

Duan Shanshan didn't understand it a little.

As an undergraduate student majoring in computer management and application, plus 20 years of gaming experience, although he has been working in writing since he entered the society, he has more or less his own concept of this problem.

For example, let's take the famous "Guan Yun Chang Flooded Seventh Army". If there were no more than ten days of heavy rain to cause the water level of the Xiangjiang River to rise sharply, Guan Changsheng (Guan Yu's original character) would not have been able to create a flood out of nothing.

"The function is not finished, but the number of jù interfaces has been done at that time, and then Lao Liu said that this function should not be done first. I temporarily processed the relevant code, and the server verification piece was leaked like this......"

Che Guanglong explained helplessly.

There were some things he didn't want to say too much.

The relevant functions of the guild system, in the server side, are in charge of Su Hao, who only has one year of work experience after graduating from college.

Therefore, in the details of some specific work, he will inevitably have some inexperience.

Nengshun lì realizes the functional requirements of the planning side in the game. It was not easy for him, and he really couldn't be blamed for leaving some hidden dangers that might have zài problems (see Chapter 136).

Originally, his side reluctantly assigned him this job that was a bit beyond his ability.

So even if there is a problem with the quality of the other party's completion, the main responsibility still has to fall on yourself.

Who made it impossible for us to find a more suitable candidate at that time?

"And what about the loophole in the game currency?"

Liu Kewei did not express his position, but asked another question.

What Che Guanglong didn't say, in fact, he knew it himself, and this part of the management work was basically decided by him and Che Guanglong - Duan Shanshan had little intersection with technology, so he couldn't help much, and he generally didn't bother to care about things other than copywriting.

Unlike Duan Shanshan, who didn't know what to do, he naturally understood Che Guanglong's helpless suffering.

Che Guanglong nodded slowly, and said ominously: "I also found it, almost a similar situation." ”

"It's all dealt with?" asked Liu Kewei.

"Well, these two pieces should be fine...... But ......"

Che Guanglong smuttered, wanting to speak and stopped.

"Say whatever you want, there's no outsider here. Besides, now you're a people, dear!" Liu Kewei said angrily and funny.

Che'er's attitude, it is clear that you have any ideas that may be different from me, and you are afraid of my storage, so it is not good to say it directly.

Don't say that the current producer of the studio is yourself, just say that you have a good relationship with our brothers, what else can you say?

Che Guanglong was told by Liu Kewei, and lowered his head with a red face, and then he spoke: "Although I have found these two vulnerabilities and dealt with them accordingly, I can't guarantee that there are no more similar vulnerabilities in our game......"

"No one wants you to make such a guarantee, right?" Liu Kewei asked curiously, "Aren't all our domestic entrepreneurial game development teams doing this......?"

The so-called entrepreneurial R&D team. In short, games like Holy Grail Studios and Threesome Studios don't have games that have been launched to support R&D with a steady stream of profits, and they rely entirely on investors to unilaterally spend money to keep the team running.

In other words. It is a (temporary) R&D team that only spends money but does not yet have the ability to make money.

The biggest difference from the regular R&D team in large companies is that in order to control the cost and ensure that the game is not disbanded due to financial problems before it is launched, the entrepreneurial team has reduced the staffing to only meet the most basic standard of "being able to make a game".

All of them revolve around the purpose of "how to make the game as quickly and economically", so "headache and foot pain" has become the practice of these entrepreneurial teams.

The company where Liu Kewei has worked. It's basically this kind of entrepreneurial team, so I take this last resort as a matter of course.

"If no one is staring at our game, it's not a big problem. But looking at the situation now, it seems that someone is trying to stumble on our game, and if we enter the open beta with a version of the game that may have a bunch of hidden dangers - when the time comes, others will use similar means to find other vulnerabilities, and we will be in trouble!"

Che Guanglong's tone sounded worried.

Hearing him say this, Liu Kewei frowned and was silent, thoughtful. However, Duan Shanshan, who lacked concept because of his lack of experience, asked blankly, "What's the trouble?"

"First of all, I don't necessarily find the loophole and fix it right away – like this time. It took me a few days to stop what I was doing and concentrate on it, and besides, there were so many problems with the version of the game that entered the open beta that it was hard for players and operators to explain the past. ”

"Then can't you thoroughly check what still has problems in our game before the open beta starts, and then solve all these problems?"

Duan Shanshan's innocent rhetorical question made Che Guanglong can't help but roll his eyes: "Do you think I'm a god? Not to mention that I have other things to deal with at hand, just finding out the problem and solving the problem, I can't be busy at all - it was actually equivalent to someone helping us find out the problem before." At least the directions given for the loopholes in zài are 'five-color stones' and 'game currency', so it will take me a few days to deal with. If I get it all by myself now, unless our game starts open beta next year and the year after that, I will definitely not rush!"

Liu Kewei ignored Duan Shanshan, who was blindly coaxing. Turning to Che Guanglong, he asked, "Che'er, what do you mean...... Are you planning to set up a QA department in the studio (see Chapter 63 for definition and role, which will not be repeated here)?"

Naxon has a dedicated QA department, and all studios under the headquarters can put their projects there for testing, but they need to apply for approval and scheduling.

Because of the pedigree of the R&D team and the role of various factors of Zhao Changchang himself. When "Six Tribulations" applied for the cooperation of the QA department, it was often given a cold reception.

Besides, unlike other studios whose projects belong entirely to the Naxon Group, more than 50 percent of the shares of Threesome Studios belong to these three guys. Not to mention Duan Shanshan, who neither understands the relevant powerful relationships nor understands the technology, asked Liu Kewei and Che Guanglong to completely open some of the technical core things of "Six Tribulations" to the QA Department of the Nakson Group, and it is impossible for them to agree.

Even Zhao Changchang wouldn't let them do it.

The heart of defending people is indispensable, and besides, Zhao Changchang is not without enemies within Naxon.

P.S. This is today's "Ben Change".

This can explain the meaning of the title of this volume:

1. Make up for the loopholes in the game "Six Tribulations";

2. Improve and improve the departmental configuration of the three-person studio;

3. Liu Kewei's self-examination and mental journey to correct his shortcomings and deficiencies;

……

This is the reason for the title of the volume. (To be continued.) )