The next day, Adam's team of four officially moved into the office building of Qingyu Network, and the company was larger than before Adam came to China.

At this time, the entire CDPR was only 70 people, discarding the original Aurora engine provided by Atari in the Gayare studio, and their self-developed red engine has begun to be perfected, and various supporting tools and editors are also in the added value one after another, and can begin to expand the size of the team and start to produce game content, which is expected to expand to about 140 people by the end of 2009.

Of course, this is the entire team, including the subsequent updates to The Witcher 1, engine optimization and maintenance, and the team of nearly 100 people in The Witcher 2.

After settling their debt dispute with Atari, they are now ambitious.

As a result, I saw that China's Qingyu Network actually has a super large team of about 250 people.

"Pasca, is your company really just over a year old?"

"Adam, look there, it was our one-year anniversary celebration last June." Ye Shenxi pointed to the wall of the lounge, there were photos hanging at that time, there were quite a lot of people, and they were full of joy, it was a group photo before the end of the lottery after the lottery, and some people laughed crookedly.

"It's terrible, the speed at which you are rising."

Ye Shenxi would like to say that we have an operation and customer service team of the same size in Huangpu, another city in China, with nearly 700 people in Seoul, South Korea, London, and Seattle.

Just think about it, Ye Shenxi himself was a little scared, he hadn't thought about how many people in the company were now, Xia Qingyu was worried about these problems, and as a result, Qingyu Network unconsciously ...... Or another group? Has it grown to such a scale now?

There is a feeling of wanting to look out the window and "look, this is my great country......

Of course, in terms of numbers, many other game companies in China are not at all scared.

For example, the project team of "Nine Yin True Scripture" of the game Guaniu has more than 300 people, which is only a project team and does not include the engine and art, and there are more than 2,000 employees in the company.

……

Adam's team of four didn't have a dedicated office, but was interspersed with the Henggong Studio team, as well as between Doug and his engine support team.

Set the tone for the next two months of close cooperation.

After the group of four came to the herring fish network in the morning, the first thing was of course to visit the company first.

"Accompanied by the company's directors, President Ye Shenxi, Vice President Li Zhi and other leaders, the CDPR exchange team represented by Adam went deep into our office area and employee rest space to check the work, and put forward opinions and suggestions on the company's personnel management, product quality, mental outlook, work process and other work."

"CDPR is the largest game company in Poland, and the president of CDPR who led the delegation to this exchange visit is Adam? Badowski, and the technical team he leads. During the visit, our staff introduced the company's development history, past R&D games, management system and future planning in detail for the delegation, which was highly recognized and praised by the CDPR team. ”

"Adam? Badowski said that Qingyu Network is a leading game development and publishing company in China and even Asia, and it is also quite competitive internationally, especially "Eternal War" has also opened up the market of e-sports online games in Europe and the United States, and "The Origin of Everything", which was launched at the end of last year, occupies the top of the best-selling list of games in many countries. Mr. Ye also highly praised the magic RPG game "The Witcher" independently developed by CDPR, and last year's "The Witcher Enhanced Edition" brought players an unprecedented game experience after listening to players' suggestions. The cooperation between the two companies in game development technology and concept is not only a win-win situation for both companies, but also promotes cultural exchanges and friendship between the two companies. ”

……

In the press release that is going to be sent to various media outlets, it is written that this kind of cooperation between the two companies will not have a special press conference, but it can still be communicated with the media, but the format of the article is ......

Ye Shenxi looked at it and frowned: "What is this...... Too...... It's academic, it's like a news broadcast. ”

Rao Bin also had a bitter face: "Mr. Ye, I haven't written this either......"

There is still a bit of a difference between a game company copywriter and a reporter, although most of the time they deal with text.

"Forget it, let the people over there write it, and we'll just send the photos." Ye Shenxi glanced at it again and hurriedly waved his hand.

Rao Bin was relieved: "Get the order!" ”

……

Then Adam went to Doug's side, and the four of them watched the display of the Athena2.0 engine, and when they saw the advantages of the picture rendering and physics engine, they praised it again and again, and left Ye Shenxi to chat with Doug.

These two places were originally Doug's proudest places.

Then let them talk, Ye Shenxi also has his own affairs, and he doesn't understand it very well......

I heard words come out of the mouths of those people from time to time: "Deferred Rendering, Forard Rendering, Translucent Object Processing, Diffuse, Uber Shader" and so on.

There's so much they can talk about.

"Tell me the results of the discussion when the discussion is over." Ye Shenxi said this and left.

Okay, okay, you talk, bother.

……

In the previous communication with Marchin, Ye Shenxi had already roughly described the current project, and many of his things were still being conceived at that time, but in fact, they are still ...... But there are also some things that have been decided a long time ago, such as the subject matter, and an open big world.

Adam: They came to help with the construction of this world.

Including the terrain, the scene of the representation, please, more than ten square kilometers of explorable areas, seamless indoor and outdoor maps are just the basics, there is also a need to have day and night alternates, of course, including various weather climates, rain, snow, wind, and even sandstorms These more complex expressions also need to be debugged as much as possible.

Ye Shenxi even wanted to realize the sandstorm in the desert outside the Saiwai.

This is an indispensable system for an open world.

Logically speaking, this system is relatively simple, that is, it is necessary to pre-make several basic weather templates, and then adjust the intensity of the parameters, such as rainfall, snowfall, wind direction, and strength, so as to control the weather changes, and the transition will be more natural.

Especially the wind, in this game, the wind will be an important element to manifest the climate. Based on Athena2.0's excellent physics engine, it can simulate the swaying effect of many objects in the game in the wind, according to different wind forces and directions, the hem of the character's clothes fluttering with the wind, weeds and trees, catkins and flowers, in the player's opinion, will be affected by the movement of the "air current".

Even the ripples on the surface of the water, the raft can also be affected by the movement of the wind when boating on the lake.

Another example is the effect of clothes getting wet with water, which requires a Shader, where the surface of the material will appear smoother, and at the same time, the reflectivity will be reduced, and the color will look darker.

There is also the fact that you step through a reed swing, and as you walk, the reeds are crushed or trampled over, and this collision judgment also needs to be implemented based on the Newtonian physics engine of Athena 2.0.

How natural these effects are, how real they are.

This is the world he wants, can such a world not keep players engaged? Can you not make them obsessed with it?

Of course, this is a very ideal situation and a goal, and it is normal that some ideas may be slowly abandoned due to objective factors such as technical reasons, cost resistance, and development cycle in the later implementation process.

Ye Shenxi's first planning of such a goal is naturally not blindly customized out of reality, of course, he is also considering the current technical strength of his own company, and then set a theoretical upper limit.

Whatever is supposed to be done, the initial goal must be set at a very high place, and it will be done towards that goal, even if the final effect is discounted, it will still be a shocking work. It's not like we set a goal of 50 points and then find out that we actually achieved it, but you didn't give it your all in the process.

……

Adam then went to Cao Ruoruo's art department, and today he is looking around like a curious baby, exploring the new world.

"What is this?" Adam's eyes widened, he stood behind Yang Shu, and pointed to a concept design of the scene that Yang Shu was drawing.

Of course, he knew that this was a scene in the game, but he had never seen such a magnificent ancient palace standing on a high mountain towering into the sky, and even in the painting, Adam felt the feeling of being overwhelmed by the heights.

But the clouds in the air are dotted, and it makes it impossible to tell whether it should be considered heaven or earth, whether it is a world or a fairyland.

There are also stone bridges connecting between several mountain peaks, which are also majestic and magnificent, and like a rainbow across the sky.

"This is the ...... of yours Xianxia world? He remembered the word now.

"Ah, yes." Yang Shu didn't raise his head.

"Wouldn't it be cold to live in a palace like this? So high in the place. ”

"It's cold, the person who asks the immortal question, don't you eat fireworks in the world......" It is estimated that Adam can't understand it, and Yang Shu also admires that he can translate the word fireworks in the world.

"Is there really such a mountain in China?"

"Yes." When Yang Shu was working, he didn't like others to disturb him, so he asked questions......

"What is this mountain called? I want to check it out, of course...... I mean that after the cooperation is over, I will go at my own expense when I am free. ”

"Shushan ......"

"Why is there a waterfall in the sky?"

"What flows down the mountain, but the mountain is covered by clouds......" Yang Shu frowned.

"Okay, I remember, Potato Hill...... Thank you" Adam silently remembered in his heart, although he didn't know how to spell it, Brother Gu might not be able to find it, but next time he could ask others, he could also see that this little art girl was a little impatient......

Immediately he was behind Cao Ruoruo, working on a character model, which was about to be sent to Salmon Studio in Seattle.

"Oh my God!" Another exclamation: "Is this the main character in the game?" ”

"Temporarily replaced, I'm not sure if it's the protagonist."

"How many sides are there? It looks very delicate. Adam asked about the number of polygons in the model, the more faces, the more detailed the performance in the game, and of course, the more hardware resources are used.

"30,000." Cao Ruoruo was not in the same mood as Yang Shu, and she answered with a little imperceptible pride.

"30,000!" Adam exclaimed again.

The Witcher 2, which they are developing themselves, has a model of about 20,000 polygons for the protagonist Geralt, which is 1.5 times that of the herring network!

Compared with other masterpieces of the same era, in the second half of this year, Naughty Dog's "Uncharted 2", which will only be released in October, has a Drake model of 37,000 polygons;

AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, HUGE HARD AGENT RELEASED, EPIC GAMES PRODUCED "GEARS OF WAR 2", THE PROTAGONIST MARCUS IS 40,000;

In the exclusive masterpiece "Ninja Dragon Sword 2" released in the middle XBOX360 of last year, the heroine Sonya reached 40,000, and I really can't see it, it is estimated that 35,000 are used in the chest......

Of course, these are all leaders in this area, and they are well-known to be veritable triple-A masterpieces.

It's also the much-anticipated Final Fantasy 13 at the end of the year, okay...... A bunch of protagonists, including Sister, none of them exceed 10,000.

The ambition of this project is obvious

"Mr. Adam, our project is initially expected to be launched in 2011, which will be a next-generation product, and at that time, it was estimated that 30,000 was not a very leading number." Cao Ruoruo explained.

Adam was a little embarrassed to hear this...... Do you want to call back and ask them to change Geralt, it will also be a 2011 product......

"Is it necessary to use such a detailed model when determining the technology and functions at an early stage?" Adam asked again.

"Of course we won't need to, but we need to ...... Practice ...... You know, it's the first time we've made such a big project ourselves. ”

"Okay......"

……

……

Ye Shenxi called Shan Jie to his office alone and showed him a document.

Just looked at the beginning, Shan Jie's face was shocked.

"What do you think?" Ye Shenxi asked.

"It's ...... Awesome ......" Shan Jie said such things with a bitter face.

Very powerful features, which naturally means that their development difficulty and workload.

"It's an interesting system, don't you think it's fun?"

"It's interesting......

"Be happy, we shouldn't let the NPC just stand there and be in charge of the protagonist coming over and explaining the task to him, or at most some other configured copywriting content to tell him what the world is like."

"I know ......"

"Every NPC should have their own life, they will come out to work during the day, the vendors will sell things, the soldiers will patrol, the three aunts and six mothers-in-law will discuss the recent short things in each family, and at night they will also go to the wine shop to drink and have fun, go to the Qinglou to listen to the little song and chat with the girl, and some will go home to sleep......"

“……”

"They're all real beings."

“……”

"I didn't let you write a lot of AI with different NPCs by yourself, you just need to make the functions and then find a lot of plans to configure them." At this stage, it can only be solved in this way, and in fact, it is still a method that relies on manpower.

"Huh......" is okay...... Shan Jie breathed a sigh of relief.

"But you'll have to get the config editor out first."

Shan Jie: "O(╥_╥)O"