Wang Buyi said to Luo Xianyong: "You are responsible for coordinating the equipment design of this game. The evolution of individual pieces of equipment is subject to the visual effect of the overall set. ”

"Suit" or something, Luo Xianyong didn't understand. But the king did not let him take charge of the people, which he understood. He looked at the artists, would the young men want to listen to him?

The artists didn't know that Luo Xianyong was the father of the "boss lady", but they didn't have a dismissive attitude. Of course, they all have careers to do, and it's impossible to be bored enough to get satisfaction by belittling others. Getting the game's equipment system right is the right thing to do.

While the equipment system is only one part of the story, their graphics work is only one part of the story. But you still have to be careful everywhere. Not to mention the icing on the cake for the game, at least it can't be held back.

This game is not only a direct comparison with Diablo 2. And Carmack, a monumental figure in the game industry, will fly from the United States to watch the game. The perception of Carmack will determine the future path of celadon technology. The attention of the artists is all on this, how can they have the heart to pay attention to Luo Xianyong's shaking hands.

For Luo Xianyong, the attitude of these young people not to treat him as a monster is very commendable. Coupled with the military equipment of the Warring States Period, it was originally his interest, so he devoted himself to it.

"Compared with Qin, the equipment of the Chu State is less leather, and the linen cloth is more ......," Luo Xianyong said.

Luo Xianyong is different from the artists, he has consulted a lot of information, and when designing equipment, he starts from the source. Compared with Qin, the state of Chu had a more developed textile industry. Leather is less.

Based on this, they set a general tone for all the gear before they started to do the subdivision design.

When designing, we also start to do it according to the overall situation. Luo Xianyong considered the longitudinal surface and observed the overall visual effect of all the equipment. The artists considered the horizontal planes to make sure that each piece of gear had a nice visual change as it evolved.

The artists already had their own thinking, and Luo Xianyong made decisions in the middle, and it took a few days. The new gear visuals are complete.

Wang Bu saw the design drawing. It really feels different. The changes after the evolution of the equipment are smoother, and each time it evolves, only a few small details are added, so that it evolves all the way to the top. The final outfit is handsome. But not to exaggerate. The overall effect is very good.

Wang lived up to the memory. The associate professor who held an exhibition and introduced Luo Xianyong once said that the equipment design drawings could be faxed over. The associate professor will give some artistic guidance. So a fax was sent.

The associate professor took a day out to make some symmetrical adjustments to the equipment, so that the equipment looked more uniform from all angles, front, back, left, right, and right.

At this point, the visual effect of the equipment is designed, and then it can be copied into the game.

Wang looked at the time, Carmack was about to come to China. He put down what he was doing first and prepared to meet this true god of the game industry.

……

Not only Carmack, but also the players sent by Longyou to the United States to try out "Diablo 2" have also returned to China.

During the ten days in the United States, their job was to play Diablo 2, a game that they played for at least nine hours a day. Not only did they not get tired of playing, but they were still unsatisfied.

It's not that hard to beat the game. Anyone who practices for two days can fight the final boss. The real fun of this game is actually farming equipment. Suits, Dark Gold Gear, Gems, Runes, Amulets...... There are a lot of things to see, and it's fascinating.

Northern Blizzard allows these players to leave with a large number of screenshots of the game. Therefore, after returning to China, these players posted on the Internet in an extremely excited tone, and there were pictures and truths.

The domestic players who saw these posts were excited. They've played so many games, but they've never seen such a novel equipment system.

The equipment is actually different. Even if it's the same piece of equipment, the attributes will change every time it bursts out. Each piece of equipment that players will be able to play will be unique.

"Hit Steal Health", "Increase the Drop Rate of Other Magic Equipment", "Increase the Gold Drop Rate", ...... There are so many magical attributes!

Players have played a lot of RPG games to a greater or lesser extent, but they have never seen such a game with an equipment system.

Soon, there was a game magazine under Longyou Company, which listed all the magical attributes of the equipment in "Diablo 2". The players were shocked when they looked at the magic attributes that slipped for a long time. How many of them?

I wonder how Celadon Technology will face such an equipment system? Players look at so many magic attributes and feel that Diablo 2 has taken the game's equipment system to the extreme. Celadon Technology may really lose this time.

Longyou company.

General Manager Fu Hui is asking the vice president: "How is the response to this publicity?" ”

One is the vice president of the group and the other is the general manager of the branch, but the status of the two is completely unequal. The vice president sat on the sofa and said very respectfully: "Now the comments on the Internet have been completely one-sided. Because no matter how you look at it, Celadon Technology can't make a similar equipment system. ”

"Are you sure? Celadon Technology is definitely not as good as "Diablo 2"? Fu Hui's eyes lit up.

"That's for sure. If Celadon Technology's game uses traditional methods to equip players at a fixed time, then it will definitely not be as good as "Diablo 2" in form. If Celadon Technology uses the same randomness equipment as Diablo 2, then the gap also exists. The vice president said.

Fu Hui had been suppressed by Celadon Technology several times before, and he had no bottom in his heart, so he asked, "Are you sure?" Is there really no way for Celadon Technology to surpass "Diablo 2" in randomness? ”

"I'm absolutely sure. There's no game that surpasses Diablo 2 in randomness! The vice president said.

The VP doesn't know much about games, but there are people under him who do. After sending players to the United States, the vice president mobilized a number of people to speculate on how Celadon Technology should respond to the game based on the known performance of Diablo 2.

The conclusion is that Celadon Technology will have nothing to do in the face of "Diablo 2". If you use the traditional method to make the equipment system, then you will definitely lose. If you switch to randomness, you're still going to lose.

Because "Diablo 2" has made all possible magical attributes into the game. Even if you rack your brains, you can't think of any new and interesting magical attributes. At most, Celadon Technology can only do something similar to "Diablo 2".

Then "Diablo 2", which was released five days in advance, faced with the game of Celadon Technology, due to the first-mover advantage, had the upper hand again.

As for whether Celadon Technology will start anew and take a different path in the equipment system to fight "Diablo 2"? The VP didn't think about it at all.

Fu Hui was reassured, satisfied, and smiled and waited for the end of next month, when "Diablo 2" will be officially released.

……

Carmack flew to China.

The news that Celadon Technology will be launched simultaneously with "Diablo 2", he also knows. It's a big deal, and it's something that basically everyone in the game industry is looking at.

Like the response of players in China, after learning more about "Diablo 2", players and practitioners in Europe and the United States are not very optimistic about Celadon Technology.

It's not something you want to say to Northern Blizzard. But after reading the introduction of "Diablo 2", no one can think of what kind of ARPG game can compete with "Diablo 2"?

Even Carmack, now curious about the ARPG game that Celadon Technology is going to come out, has suppressed his curiosity about the final chapter of "My Anti-Japanese".

Carmack didn't bring many people with him this time, and he had an assistant by his side. Sitting on the plane, the assistant slept next to him, and Carmack wrote and drew in his notebook according to the introduction of "Diablo 2" in an English magazine.

He's also working on design, trying to see what he has to do to make the game better than Diablo 2.

Carmack's idea is simple, as long as you make better skills and equip more magic attributes, you'll be fine.

But when I really had to do it, I realized how difficult it was. There are five classes in Diablo 2, each with tons of skills. Whether it's making a class or skill that surpasses Diablo 2, it's a difficult task.

It is also difficult to increase the magic stats of equipment. Carmack thought about it for a long time, but he thought of a few, such as "killing a monster can trigger an explosion", "being hit by a monster can poison the monster"...... Carmack thought about it a lot, but it didn't feel as classic as the magic attributes already in Diablo 2.

During the entire flight from the United States to China, Carmack was designing against Diablo 2, but he didn't have any good ideas that he was happy with. As a result, he became more curious about the game of Celadon Technology, and wanted to know what kind of game Wang Bucheng would make to cope with this duel.

After getting off the plane, after Carmack went out of customs, he saw Wang Buful, who came to pick him up.

Wang used to only see Carmack's picture on Wikipedia. The main thing is that when Wang has a lot of time to surf the Internet, Carmack has fallen silent. But even so, Wang is well aware of Carmack's place in the game industry.

This is the first time Wang has seen Carmack. Carmack looks the same as Wikipedia, tall, thin, with stray hair and thin-rimmed glasses. It's hard to imagine that such a person is actually a multimillionaire.

Wang was well aware that this man was only interested in games and related technologies, so on the way back from the airport, he didn't talk much about the benefits of co-developing engines. I only talked about my understanding and requirements for the relevant characteristics of the engine.

Wang lives up to the various effects that only an extremely complex game engine can do. And Celadon Technology does not have this technical strength at all, and can only count on Carmack's Id software and Villefort to make more efforts.

Carmack didn't care, and he didn't discuss the engine with Wang. I only asked the king to live up to the pattern of that ARPG game.

Comparing Diablo 2 with ARPG games that compare Celadon Technology is Carmack's biggest concern right now. (To be continued......)

PS: I can't update it at noon today, so I'll have to wait until 6 o'clock in the evening to update.