JP2004195165A - Video game device, recording medium, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology to visibly display a variety in status information on shooting in a video game device in which a sight is displayed to an enemy character operated in a virtual space and shooting is performed. <P>SOLUTION: Status information on shooting is collected, the shape of the sight is determined by the status information collected, the status information collected is arranged and displayed by characters to form the shape. Characters of the status information collected is counted and the shape of the sight is determined. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a video game apparatus that displays an aim for an enemy character operated in a virtual space and performs shooting, a recording medium storing a program, and a program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Such conventional video game devices generally display a circular or cross-shaped aim, but the missile symbols are arranged in a ring shape and the inside of the symbol row is used as the aim to launch the missile. In some cases, the number of fired symbols is replaced with the fired symbols (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, there is a technique in which a normal aim is used and the remaining number of missiles is displayed near the periphery of the aim where the player's line of sight concentrates, so that shooting state information can be easily seen (for example, see Patent Document 2).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-8-155146 (paragraphs 0071-0087, FIG. 8)
[Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent No. 3219735 (paragraphs 0029-0035, FIG. 4)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in Patent Document 1, the remaining number of missiles can be displayed by the standard itself, but other shooting state information cannot be displayed. In Patent Document 2, state information is displayed near the vicinity of the aim. However, if a plurality of pieces of state information are displayed, the aim and the state information are congested, and the visibility is lowered.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of these points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of displaying various state information of shooting with improved visibility.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first means of the present invention is a video game apparatus for performing shooting by displaying an aim between characters operated in a virtual space, the collecting means collecting the shooting state information, and collecting by the collecting means Determining means for determining the shape of the sighting based on the state information obtained, and aiming display for displaying the shooting state information collected by the collecting means in characters so as to form the aiming shape determined by the determining means And a video game device.
[0007]
According to this means, it is possible to display various state information with improved visibility by arranging shooting state information in characters and forming an aim.
[0008]
Here, the shooting state information means the distance to the enemy, the altitudes, speeds, moving directions, models, equipment, passengers, etc. of both allies.
[0009]
According to a second means of the present invention, in the first means, the determining means determines the shape of the aim according to the number of types of state information collected by the collecting means.
[0010]
According to this means, the shape of the aim changes, and it is possible to make it easy to visually recognize the type of state information to be grasped.
[0011]
The third means of the present invention further comprises counting means for counting the number of characters of the state information collected by the collecting means in the first means, and the determining means is the aiming device based on the number of characters counted by the counting means. This determines the shape.
[0012]
According to this means, even state information with a large number of characters can be displayed with ensuring visibility without congesting with the image.
[0013]
According to a fourth means of the present invention, there is provided a collecting means for collecting state information of the shooting, a state information collected by the collecting means, and a video game apparatus for performing aiming and shooting between characters operated in a virtual space. A sighting means for determining the shape of the sighting by means of, and an sighting display means for arranging and displaying shooting state information collected by the collecting means by characters so as to form the shape of the sighting determined by the determining means This is a recording medium that can be read by a video game device in which a program for causing the program to be recorded.
[0014]
By storing in a recording medium, it is possible to distribute only the program. As the recording medium, any medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a game cartridge, a memory card, a magnetic disk, and a magnetic tape can be used.
[0015]
According to a fifth means of the present invention, there is provided a collecting means for collecting the shooting state information, a state information collected by the collecting means, and a video game device for performing aiming and shooting between characters operated in a virtual space. A sighting means for determining the shape of the sighting by means of, and an sighting display means for arranging and displaying shooting state information collected by the collecting means by characters so as to form the shape of the sighting determined by the determining means It is a program to make it.
[0016]
The program can be distributed over a network to a video game device having a communication function.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a state in which the video game apparatus of the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 5 (hereinafter simply referred to as “display 5”).
[0018]
The game machine body 1 is provided with a DVD-ROM (Digital Video Disc-ROM) 2 (not shown) in a DVD-ROM drive 2a, and provides a game program and game data. Further, a controller 3 as an external input device and a memory card 4 as an external storage device are connected.
[0019]
The display 5 provides the player with the display symbol output from the game machine main body 1 as a display image, and the speaker 6 provides the player with the audio symbol as sound, and a television receiver for general home use can be used.
[0020]
The controller 3 has various operation buttons. Left, right, and left / right direction keys 7 are provided on the left side of the controller 3 as viewed from the plane direction, and are used to move the character in the corresponding direction by pressing the corresponding direction key 7 and to move the cursor on the selection screen. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller 3, there are a circle button 8 and a cross button 9, which are used for decision input and cancellation input, respectively. Further, the □ button 10 and the Δ button 11 are used for inputting a specific command. In the central part of the controller 3, there are a start button 12 for pausing and restarting the game, a select button 13 used for switching the screen, and analog sticks 14 and 15 used for character movement.
[0021]
FIG. 2 shows a hardware block of the video game apparatus of the present invention. The video game apparatus includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, an image processing unit 24, an audio processing unit 26, a DVD-ROM (Digital Video Disc-ROM) reading unit 27, an interface unit 28, and the like via an internal bus 20. ing.
[0022]
The CPU 21 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 22 as a main storage device, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 23 in which programs such as an operating system for managing the image processing unit 24, the audio processing unit 26, and the like are stored. Is connected. The CPU 21 also includes an oscillation circuit that generates a clock signal and a frequency dividing circuit that divides the clock signal and uses it as a timing signal.
[0023]
The image processing unit 24 decodes the compressed and encoded image data read from the DVD-ROM 2, performs coordinate calculation, rendering, shading, and the like, and stores them in the frame buffer 25. The stored image data is converted from digital to analog in accordance with a drawing command output from the CPU 21 and displayed on the display 4.
[0024]
The audio processing unit 26 converts the sound data of the DVD-ROM 2 read by the DVD-ROM reading unit 27 into analog data and outputs the analog data from the speaker 6. In addition, the sound processing unit 26 generates sound effects and music data according to instructions from the CPU 21, converts them into analog data, and outputs them to the speaker 6.
[0025]
The DVD-ROM reading unit 27 reads game programs and data from the DVD-ROM 2, and the read programs and data are recorded in the RAM 22. The read sound data is sent to the sound processing unit 26 via the internal bus 20.
[0026]
The interface unit 28 is detachably connected to a controller 3 for inputting instructions from the player and a memory card 4 as an external storage device for storing game setting data and the like.
[0027]
Here, the game stored in the DVD-ROM 2 is a video game in which an enemy character operated in a virtual space is shot by aiming from the player character.
[0028]
The game of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 3 illustrates a shooting screen of the player character 41 and the enemy character 42 displayed on the display 5. The aim 51 displayed at the top of the screen is composed of characters in which the state information of the altitude, distance, and speed of the enemy character 42 is radially arranged at equal angles from the top. The player attacks the player character 41 by maneuvering the player character 41 so that the aim 51 is aligned with the enemy character 42 and launching a missile or the like equipped.
[0029]
FIG. 4 illustrates the aim 52 when the number of state information increases. The moving direction of the enemy character 42 is added as state information, and the aim 52 is composed of characters arranged in a cross shape.
[0030]
FIG. 5 illustrates the aiming 53 when the number of characters in the state information is large. When the number of characters exceeds a predetermined value as in the case where the distance to the enemy character 42 in the figure is displayed to a decimal point or less, it is displayed as a bent character string to limit the display range of the aim.
[0031]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the above processing. With the shooting screen displayed, the coordinate values of the X, Y, and Z axes of the player character 41 and the enemy character 42 are read (101). When Δt time has elapsed (102), the coordinate values of the player character 41 and the enemy character 42 are read again (103).
[0032]
If the state information to be displayed is not designated (104), the altitude and speed of the enemy character 42 are defaulted from the coordinate values of the enemy character 42 around Δt time, and the distance between the two is defaulted from the coordinate values after both Δt times. It is calculated as state information (201).
On the other hand, if the state information to be displayed includes designation of the traveling direction of the enemy character 42 (104), the state information is calculated in addition to the default state information described above (105).
[0033]
An arrangement angle for arranging the state information radially is calculated based on the number of state information to be displayed (106). The calculated number of characters of each status information is counted (107), and if there is status information exceeding the set value (108), the status information is determined to be a bent arrangement shape (109). On the other hand, if there is no state information exceeding the set value (108), step 109 is skipped. Each state information is displayed with the calculated arrangement angle and the decided arrangement shape (110).
[0034]
Steps 101 to 110 are repeated until shooting is completed (111).
[0035]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the aiming is displayed based on the state information, thereby providing a shooting screen with high visibility as compared with the method in which the aiming and the state information are separately displayed. be able to.
[0036]
It should be noted that the arrangement position, character size, display color, and the like of each state information may be changed according to importance and player preference.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, there is provided a technique capable of displaying various state information of shooting with improved visibility in a video game apparatus that displays and shoots an enemy character operated in a virtual space. can do.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centering on a game machine body. FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the aiming. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the aiming. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.
1 Game console 2 DVD-ROM
3 Controller 41 Player character 42 Enemy character 51, 52, 53 Aiming

Claims (5)

A video game device for displaying and aiming between characters operated in a virtual space,
A collecting means for collecting the shooting state information;
Determining means for determining the shape of the aim according to the state information collected by the collecting means;
A video game apparatus comprising: aiming display means for arranging and displaying shooting state information collected by the collecting means by characters so as to form an aiming shape determined by the determining means. The video game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines the shape of the aim according to the number of types of state information collected by the collection unit. Further comprising a counting means for counting the number of characters of the status information collected by the collecting means,
2. The video game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining means determines the shape of the aim according to the number of characters counted by the counting means. A video game device that displays and shoots between characters operated in a virtual space,
A collecting means for collecting the shooting state information;
Determining means for determining the shape of the aim according to the state information collected by the collecting means;
Aiming display means for arranging and displaying shooting state information collected by the collecting means in characters so as to form the aiming shape determined by the determining means,
A recording medium that can be read by a video game apparatus in which a program for causing the program to function is recorded. A video game device that displays and shoots between characters operated in a virtual space,
A collecting means for collecting the shooting state information;
Determining means for determining the shape of the aim according to the state information collected by the collecting means;
Aiming display means for arranging and displaying shooting state information collected by the collecting means in characters so as to form the aiming shape determined by the determining means,
Program to function as.

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