Chapter 120: Friend Ecosystem

"One is [map intelligent extension technology], the other is [monster intelligent expansion technology], in fact, it is easy to understand, map intelligent extension technology is actually based on the number of current map players, and the coverage of the map is automatically extended and expanded by the system brain, thereby reducing the density of players in the current map, that is to say, when there are 50,000 players in a map, the area of this map will be wider than when there are only 500 players, and it will take more time to travel in the map. On the other hand, when a player is the first to enter a new map, the map area they are facing is the initial default size, and they will not waste too much time on the road. The map has been intelligently extended, so the coverage density and number of monsters need to be increased, so there is a monster intelligent expansion technology, that is to say, when the number of players in a map surges, the number of monsters will also surge, and the more people, the more monsters. ”

"It's no wonder that I didn't feel like it took much time when I was on the map of the city ruins, and I guess I was the only one on the map at that time." Bai Lidu said in his heart.

"It sounds good, but I don't know how it actually works," said host Sun Yanwei.

"These two technologies have undergone internal stress tests before the game is launched, and we will also adjust and upgrade according to the actual data during the open beta process, and a map will not be infinitely extended, and monsters also have an expansion ceiling, so in town-level maps, we will still use the hidden mirror partition technology, when the number of players in a map reaches a certain amount, the game brain running in the background will start the hidden mirror partition by itself, for players in the game and newly logged in players, The presence of mirrored partitions is basically not felt. ”

"Oh, I see that there is an audience member who raises his hand to ask a question, so I will hand the microphone to this audience," Sun Yanwei said, and the live broadcast screen turned to the audience again, this time a young girl dressed like a college student got the microphone.

Bai Lidu vaguely felt that the question asked by this girl was probably similar to what he thought at the moment.

If Bai Lidu is also in the audience in the live broadcast room at the moment, he will definitely grab the microphone to ask questions, because although this mirror partition is good, it will also produce new secondary problems, and the girl who got the microphone also spoke at this moment:

"Mr. Tang, hello~ I am Wang Fang from Yenching University, I am about to graduate this year, the two new technologies you just mentioned are very good, but if the hidden mirror partition is also used in the town-level map, then how can I meet my friends or teammates in the same mirror partition? The probability of this random encounter should be very low, and you won't try your luck every time you go online, and without the support of friends and teammates, this game will be too difficult to play. ”

Sure enough, this Wang Fang and Bai Lidu thought of a piece, Zhang Xuecheng has already experienced in the novice village, if he is out of the novice village and is divided into a mirror partition different from himself, how should they meet in the game? This game doesn't seem to have partitions or lines to choose from in the login process, and Bai Lidu also wants to know how Mr. Tang will answer.

"Wang Fang is very good, your question is exactly what I want to talk about next. I'll take the topic away first, in the past few decades of online game development history, many games will set up a lot of partitions and balanced lines in order to solve the problem of user overload, but this is actually a very backward technology, and it has also caused some unfairness, some powerful families or guilds may be concentrated in a certain partition, so as to occupy various resources in a partition for a long time, which is a kind of oppression for scattered players, and the monster system of the balanced line is often independent, Some powerful players often kill some bosses that are refreshed at regular intervals by constantly changing lanes, monopolizing the drop of high-level equipment, which is also unfair to other players with poor strength. So at the beginning of the design of "Moon Wars", we abandoned the concept of the so-called partition line, and all players were able to enter the game with one click when logging into the game, but the problem of user overload could not be ignored, so we developed the implicit mirror partition technology, but the question you raised also arose, how to ensure that the teaming and interaction between players are not affected by the implicit mirror partitioning technology, and we then developed a new technology. ”

"Oh? Sure enough, there is new technology, but what is it this time? Sun Yanwei asked seriously.

"This technology we call [friend ecological association technology], in layman's terms, it is the gamer's 'circle of friends', when the new player walks out of the novice village and enters the town-level map, it has its own friend ecosystem, which is actually the same as our life in reality, now this Yanjing City has been inhabited by hundreds of millions of people, but each of us does not need to deal with hundreds of millions of people in our daily life, and their own colleagues, friends and classmates and random new friends are about 100 people, These 100 people are our circle of friends. Similarly, although there are millions of players in the game, each player does not necessarily intersect with each one in the game, and the role of the friend ecosystem is equivalent to the circle of friends in reality. ”

"Well, this friend ecosystem is good, but it should also vary from person to person, right?" Sun Yanwei asked.

"That's right,Usually a person's reputation in reality increases,Its influence will also increase,The more friends around you will intersect,The game is also set,Reputation value can not only determine the favorability of a player and NPC,It can also affect the radiation range of its friend ecosystem,This is not just the number of friends that can be added,But by the system's brain in the background will automatically map and divide the relationship with other players who have intersected with the player,When the player logs in to the game, The system will automatically group friends in their friend ecosystem into a mirror partition based on their movement and concentration, so that there is less chance of forcibly separating from their guilds and friends, and it also reminds players to make full use of the friend system and the upcoming guild system, and not to isolate themselves too much in the game. ”

"But what if I and another player are placed in a different mirror section, and we have to meet in-game?" Wang Fang's previous microphone was still in his hand, so he immediately asked another question, looking at the posture, he had to ask Mr. Tang to stop, and the audience at the scene was a little booed at first, but then they also felt that this question was reasonable.