KR100834090B1 - Game user's action reflecting system and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for reflecting a game user's behavior and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a client terminal connected to a login server through a communication network and connected to a game server interoperating with the login server, and a user connected to the client terminal. The information of the elements constituting the world in the game to be executed by using a connection, its position and details are recorded in real time to the DB server as world data, but the user is affected by the world data while the game is in progress through the game server. A game that records the world log data in a log form in the world DB, and merges the world log data recorded in the world DB when the user takes an action that cancels the world log data. The server and the elements that make up the world in the game, their location Converts the world data in which details are recorded and the world DB in which the world log data is recorded and the world log data recorded in the world DB when the user takes an action affecting the world data while the game is in progress And a patch generator for generating a DB patch and distributing the generated DB patch to the game server.

Description

Game user's action reflecting system and the method

1 is a schematic overall block diagram of a game user's behavior reflection system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram illustrating that world log data is recorded in a world DB in a system for reflecting a behavior of a game user according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram illustrating that the world log data recorded in the world DB is converted into a patch generator and generated as a patch in a game user's behavior reflection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating that a DB patch generated by a patch generator is distributed to a game server through a patch server in a system for reflecting a behavior of a game user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of reflecting behavior of a game user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view illustrating interaction between elements of an object in a world changed by a DB patch generated by a world and data changed by the world log data and a patch generator in the method of reflecting a game user's behavior according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a reference for explaining that the result of the operation is continuously left.

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110: client terminal 120: login server

130: game server 140: world DB

150: patch generator 160: patch server

The present invention relates to a system and method for reflecting the behavior of a game user, and more particularly, in the online game based on a wired or wireless Internet, when a game user takes an action affecting the world while the game is in progress, the game server logs this. Record the world log data in the form of world log data, and if the user takes an action that cancels the world log data, merge the world log data recorded in the world DB, and record the world log data. The DB log is generated by converting the world log data in the patch generator, and the generated DB patch is distributed to the game server and provided to the game users so that the game user changes the world in which he / she is active. The system and method of reflecting the behavior of game users that can remain in the world in the game permanently It is about.

With the rapid spread of network infrastructure, online games at home and abroad have continued to grow.

However, the reality is that quality lags far behind quantitative growth.

The name has not been clearly standardized yet, but in terms of technical and content aspects of online games, there are two general categories.

The first is mainly P2P games using local network environment or turn-based network games, not real time using internet environment. For example, Blizzard's StarCraft or CCR's Fortress.

These games are mainly about 8 or more users can proceed in the same space at the same time at the same time, using a relay server of the Battle.net server type to be in charge of contact and game information between each other before and after the game.

Real-time strategy simulation that can best utilize the characteristics of the local network environment, action-packed FPS (First Persion Shooting) network games, and arcade turn-based network games are the mainstream.

The second type is MMOG (Massive Multiple Online Game), which uses the internet environment to play games by accessing virtual online world by thousands and tens of thousands of people at the same time. It is a game that embodies the basic world view and lifestyle that can be understood in the world in the online virtual world.

NCsoft's Lineage is a good example.

The origin of these games can be found in Table Role Playing Game (TRPG), a game in which game players rolled dice while making faces and looking at each other on the table.

The TRPG has developed into a computer role playing game (CRPG), a multi user dungeon (MUD) game, etc., which play a text-based game on a computer according to the development of computer technology and network environment. (Multi User Graphic game).

In addition, with the development of network technology and the expansion of network infrastructure, it has evolved into a Massive Multiple Online Game (MMOG) where more people can play at the same time, and today's Massive Multiple Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) and Massive Multiple (MMOFPS) Various genres of MMOG games have appeared, such as Online First Persion Shooting Game.

This type of game is based on a massive, well-structured worldview, server stability that can enable hundreds of thousands of simultaneous access services, and gamers based on 2D / 3D client technology to make the virtual world online more realistic. Was being serviced to.

However, while many MMOG games are available and under development, the quality development is still in its infancy compared to its quantitative growth.

In addition, in the arbitrary world view and contents, many current MMOG games are focused on violent and aggressive gameplay such as simple hunting, item acquisition, and combat, and are gradually increasing due to simplification of game motive and low degree of freedom. The situation does not satisfy the various needs of game users.

It ensures the freedom of the game to allow users to expand the interaction in the game from interaction and destruction-oriented interactions to interaction with nature. In addition, the user's actions in the world within the online game must be able to change the world in the game and leave the results permanently to meet the positive needs of the basic society.

However, so far, the behavior of users in online games has not been reflected in the world, and in the current online game, when a large number of users have influenced the world, if the behavior of the users is reflected in the world, the change of the world is In addition to the frequent preservation of enormous amounts of data, there was also the burden of transmitting this information to all users.

Also, in online games, the interaction between the player's character and the game's background is small and limited, and even with such interactions, it only describes a temporary change and does not represent a permanent change as in the real world. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention for solving the above-described problems, when a game user takes an action that affects the world while the game is in progress, the game server records it in the world DB as a log data in the world DB, the user the world In the case of taking an offset action on the log data, the world log data recorded in the world DB is merged, and if the user's client terminal is continuously connected to the game server, the world changed in real time can be checked in the game. In addition, the DB patch generated by the patch generator is distributed to the game server and provided to the game users so that the user can receive the DB patch and check the changed world even if the user proceeds to the game again before the world in the game is changed. And the result remains permanent, ensuring a wide range of degrees of freedom for the game. Furthermore, by inducing the wider range of interaction toward interaction and harmony with nature in the confrontation and destruction-oriented interactions of current online games, game users who can satisfy the basic social positive desires in online games, virtual worlds, To provide a behavior reflection system and method thereof.

In order to achieve the above object, a game user's behavior reflecting system and method thereof according to the present invention include a client terminal connected to a login server through a communication network and connected to a game server interoperating with the login server, and a world DB. 140, The information constituting the world in the game executed by the user connecting by using the client terminal, the position of the element and the details of the element is recorded in the world DB as world data in real time, and the user records the game server. If the action taking the influence of the world data during the game progress is recorded in the world log data in the log form in the world DB, and if the user takes action to cancel the world log data is recorded in the world DB And a game server for merging the world log data, and a patch generator for converting the world log data recorded in the world DB to generate a DB patch and distributing the generated DB patch to the game server.

In addition, when the value of a part of the metadata of each object in the game is changed according to an external event such as a user's action or time flow in the world in the game, the world data is sent to the world DB. It is characterized by being recorded as log data.

The game server may record only the world log data of the final state of the corresponding entity in the world from which duplicate changes among the world log data recorded in the world DB are removed to the world DB.

The patch generator may be configured to periodically delete the world log data recorded in the world DB.

The patch generator may generate a DB patch by converting the world log data recorded in the world DB, but may delete a patch having a log offseting the DB patch currently generated among the already generated DB patches. do.

In addition, the game user behavior reflection system according to the present invention, DB patch generated by the patch generator 150 is characterized in that distributed to the game server 130 via the patch server 160.

In addition, the game server is characterized in that the world that is changed in real time can be confirmed in the game, if the world log data recorded in the world DB is continuously connected to the client terminal of the user.

In addition, the system for reflecting the behavior of a game user according to the present invention includes a world changed by a world log data recorded in real time in a world DB and a world element changed by a DB patch generated by a patch generator. The result of the interaction is left unchanged unless the behavior of is to cause the individual elements of the modified world to be tampered with.

In addition, the game user's behavior reflection system according to the present invention, when the client terminal of the user connects to the game server and proceeds with the game before the world in the game is changed, the user terminal of the user from the game server to the DB A patch is provided.

In addition, the method of reflecting the behavior of the game user according to the present invention comprises the steps of (a) a user connecting to a login server through a communication network using a client terminal, and a game server interoperating with the login server; (C) recording, by the client terminal, information on an element constituting a world in a game executed by being connected to the game server, the position of the element, and details of the element in real time as world data; The user accesses the world data while playing a game through the game server. When taking an affecting action, the game server records it as a world log data in a log form in the world DB, but when the user takes an action that cancels the world log data, the world log recorded in the world DB (D) converting the world log data recorded in the world DB into a patch generator to generate a DB patch; and (e) the patch generator. And a DB patch generated at is distributed to the game server.

In addition, in the step (c), if a value of some of the metadata of each object in the game is changed according to an external event such as a user's action or time flow in the world in the game, the world may be set via the game server. The data is recorded as world log data in the world DB.

In the step (c), only the world log data of the final state of the object in the world from which the overlapping change among the world log data recorded in the world DB is removed is recorded in the world DB. do.

In the step (c), if the world log data recorded in the world DB is continuously connected to the client terminal of the user, the world changed in real time can be confirmed in the game.

In the step (d), the patch generator periodically deletes the world log data recorded in the world DB.

In addition, in the step (d), the DB patch is generated by converting the world log data recorded in the world DB, but among the already generated DB patches, a patch having a log offseting with the currently generated DB patch is deleted. It features.

In the step (e), the DB patch generated by the patch generator 150 is distributed to the game server 130 via the patch server 160.

In addition, the method of reflecting the behavior of the game user according to the present invention includes a world that is changed by the world log data recorded in the world DB in real time, and each element of the object in the world that is changed by the DB patch generated by the patch generator. The result of the interaction is continuously maintained unless the user's action is an action that can cause each element of the changed world to be tampered with.

In addition, the method of reflecting the behavior of a game user according to the present invention, when the client terminal of the user connects to the game server and proceeds the game before the world in the game is changed, the user terminal of the user from the game server to the DB A patch is provided.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the game user behavior reflection system and method according to the present invention.

1 is a schematic overall block diagram of a game user's behavior reflecting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a world log data in the game user's behavior reflecting system according to an embodiment of the present invention in the World DB It is a block diagram for explaining what is recorded.

1 and 2, the game user's behavior reflection system according to the present invention includes a client terminal 110, a login server 120, a game server 130, a world DB 140, and a patch generator 150. And patch server 160.

The client terminal 110 is a personal computer and a notebook that can play online games by connecting to the game server 130 through the login server 120 through a wired or wireless internet communication network, but is a multimedia mobile phone based on a wired or wireless communication. (portable telephone), PDA, PSP and the like may also be possible.

The login server 120 is preferably a general login server 120 that interconnects the user to the game server 130 through the client terminal 110.

Game server 130 is a general online consisting of a variety of modules that allow the user to connect through the client terminal 110 to run the game, the overall program for the progress of the executed game, etc. and the various components of the game control and support It is preferable that the game server 130 of the game.

In addition, the game server 130 is a real-time information on the elements constituting the world in the game, the position of the elements and the details of the elements executed by the user connected via the login server 120 using the client terminal 110 in real time. Then, the data is recorded in the world DB 140 as world data.

In addition, when the user takes an action affecting the world data while the game is in progress through the game server 130, the game server 130 records this as world log data in a log form in the world DB 140.

That is, the entities existing in the world in the game have various kinds of metadata for each kind, and the information of the elements constituting the world, the position of the elements, and the details of the elements are also various kinds of metadata. Is present.

Similar objects or elements have common metadata, and unrelated entities have different kinds of metadata.

All metadata values are internally expressed numerically, and external events about user behavior in the world, the passage of time, etc., change the value of some of the entity's metadata, that is, actions that affect the world data. When the user takes the game server 130 is recorded in the world DB 140 as world log data in the form of a log.

For example, there are a number of objects in the game, and each of these objects has actions that the user's character can take. If there is a faucet in the world, the action of the user's character turning it on or locking it is a game program. It is one of the predetermined actions in the game, and whenever the user's character performs such an action, the game server 130 records the world log data in the form of a log in the world DB 140.

The game server 130 also records the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 when the user takes an action canceled with respect to the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 in the world in the game. Merge

That is, the more users and the more objects, the greater the number of logs and the more unnecessary logs. For example, if a user's character plays the faucet, and after another user's character locks the faucet, Since it is returned to the initial state, in this case, it is said that merging the two logs is that the two logs recorded in the world DB 140 are deleted.

Therefore, the game server 130 causes only the world log data of the final state of the object in the world from which the duplicate change among the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 is removed is recorded in the world DB 140. .

The world DB 140 records the world data in which the elements constituting the world in the game, the positions of the elements, and the details of the elements are recorded in real time as the user progresses the game through the game server 130.

In addition, if the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 is continuously connected to the client terminal 110 of the user, the world changed in real time can be confirmed in the game.

In addition, as described above, when the user takes an action affecting the world data while the game is in progress, the world log data is recorded by the game server 130.

3 is a block diagram illustrating that the world log data recorded in the world DB is converted into a patch generator and generated as a patch in a game user behavior reflection system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. A block diagram for explaining that a DB patch generated by a patch generator is distributed to a game server through a patch server in a system for reflecting a game user's behavior according to an embodiment.

3 and 4, the patch generator 150 converts the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 to generate a DB patch.

At this time, the patch generator 150 periodically deletes the world log data recorded in the world DB 140. As the number of objects whose state has changed increases, information to be transmitted to the users accessing the game gradually increases. As the amount of this information increases, the user may feel as if the game has a lag because it may affect the transmission of information related to the actual game.

Therefore, in order to suppress this, the patch generator 150 periodically deletes all contents recorded in the world DB 140 and converts them into a file that can be patched to generate a DB patch, and the patch generator 150 generates the patch. Distribute the patch to the game server (130).

In this case, the patch generator 150 merges the patch having a log that is offset with the currently generated DB patch among the DB patches already generated in the above manner.

In other words, not only is it a waste to patch all changes to the objects in the world and send them to the user?

Therefore, in the process of grouping patches, unnecessary changes are eliminated, and only the final state of the object is recorded to access the game server 130 for a long time. In order to prevent the cumulative increase, merging with previously created patches keeps a minimal list of object changes to inform the user.

The patch server 160 distributes (transmits) the DB patch generated by the patch generator 150 to the game server 130 in real time.

When the user's client terminal 110 connects to the game server 130 and proceeds with the game before the world in the game is changed, the DB patch is applied from the game server to the user's client terminal 110. Is downloaded.

In this way, the world changes by the user to download the DB patch converted and generated by the patch generator 150 and the world that is changed by the world log data recorded in real time in the world DB (140) is the user's behavior The result of the interaction remains unchanged unless one acts to turn each of the elements of the modified world into a random manner.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of reflecting a behavior of a game user according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a world and patch generator changed by world log data of a method of reflecting behavior of a game user according to an embodiment of the present invention. This is a reference diagram for explaining that the result of the interaction of each element of the object in the world that is changed by the DB patch generated and converted by the continually remains.

5 and 6 will be described in detail the method of reflecting the behavior of the game user according to the present invention.

First, the user connects to the login server 120 through a wired or wireless Internet communication network using the client terminal 110, and accesses the game server 130 interoperating with the login server 120 (step S210).

Then, after the client terminal 110 is connected to the game server 130, the game server 130 is the world data in real time information of the elements constituting the world in the game to be executed, the position of the elements and the details of the elements in real time. The program is recorded in the world DB (step S220).

Then, when the user takes an action that affects the world data while the game is in progress through the game server 130, the game server 130 records this as a world log data in log form in the world DB, but the user In the case of taking a counter action with respect to the world log data, the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 merges.

That is, as described above, the entities existing in the world in the game have various kinds of metadata (Meta data) for each kind, and the information on the elements constituting the world, the position of the elements, and the details of the elements also vary. There is a kind of metadata, and similar objects or elements have common metadata, and unrelated objects have different kinds of metadata.

Therefore, all metadata values are internally expressed numerically, and external events about user behavior in the world, the passage of time, etc., change the value of some of the entity's metadata, that is, affect the world data. When the user takes an action, the game server 130 is recorded in the world DB 140 as world log data in log form.

Subsequently, when the user takes an action canceled with respect to the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 in the world in the game, the game server 130 returns the world log data recorded in the world DB 140. Merge.

That is, the game server 130 records only the world log data of the final state of the corresponding object in the world from which duplicate changes among the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 are removed (in the world DB 140). Step S230).

Next, the DB patch is generated by converting the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 in the patch generator 150.

In the patch, the patch generator 150 periodically deletes the world log data recorded in the world DB 140. As the number of objects whose state is changed increases, information to be transmitted to the users who access the game gradually increases. Increases.

At this time, the user may feel as if a lag occurs in the game because the amount of this information may increase and affect the transmission of information related to the actual game.

Therefore, in order to suppress this, the patch generator 150 periodically deletes all the contents recorded in the world DB 140 and converts the DB patch into a file that can be patched (step S240).

Next, when the DB patch is generated, the patch generator 150 distributes the generated DB patch to the game server 130.

In this case, the patch generator 150 merges the patch having a log that is offset with the currently generated DB patch among the DB patches already generated in the above manner.

That is, as described above, it is not only wasteful to bundle all the changes of the objects in the world in a patch and transmit them to the user.

Therefore, in the process of grouping patches, unnecessary changes are eliminated, and only the final state of the object is recorded to access the game server 130 for a long time. This is to keep the list of object changes to inform the user through merging with previous patches to prevent the cumulative amount from increasing.

Subsequently, the DB patch generated through the patch generator 150 is distributed (transmitted) in real time to the game server 130 via the patch server 160.

And, before the world in the game is changed, when the user's client terminal 110 connects to the game server 130 and proceeds with the game, the user sends the DB from the game server to the client terminal 110 of the user. The patch is downloaded.

In this way, the world changes by the user to download the DB patch converted and generated by the patch generator 150 and the world that is changed by the world log data recorded in real time in the world DB (140) is the user's behavior The result of the interaction is to be kept continuously unless the act of turning each element of the changed world is done (step S250).

The present invention is not limited to the above-described preferred embodiments, and any person having ordinary knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily be modified without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

According to the present invention as described above, when a game user takes an action that affects the world while the game is in progress, the game server records it in the world DB as log world log data, and the user records the world log data. In the case of taking countermeasures, the world log data recorded in the world DB is merged, and if the user's client terminal is continuously connected to the game server, the world that is changed in real time can be checked in the game. The DB patch generated in the game server is distributed to the game server and provided to the game users, even if the user plays the game again before the world in the game is changed, the user is provided with the DB patch to check the changed world. The result remains permanent, ensuring wider freedom of the game and better Reflects the behavior of game users who can satisfy basic social positive desires in online games, which are virtual worlds, by encouraging them to expand the range of interactions and interactions with nature in the confrontation and destruction-oriented interactions of current online games. A system and method can be provided.

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A client terminal 110 connected to the login server 120 through a communication network and connected to the game server 130 interoperating with the login server 120; World DB 140; The information constituting the world in the game executed by the user using the client terminal 110, the position of the element and the details of the element are recorded in the world DB 140 as world data in real time. When a user takes an action that affects the world data while the game is in progress through the game server 130, the user records the log data as world log data in a log form in the world DB 140, and the user records the world log data. A game server 130 for deleting the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 and the world log data canceled in the world log data when taking an offsetting action; And A patch generator 150 for generating a DB patch by converting the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 and distributing the generated DB patch to the game server 130; Game user behavior reflection system comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the game server 130, When the value of some of the metadata of each object in the game changes in accordance with an external event such as a user's action or time flow in the world in the game, the world data is recorded as world log data in the world DB 140. Game user behavior reflection system, characterized in that. According to claim 1 or 2, The game server 130, Only the world log data of the final state of the object in the world from which the duplicate change among the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 is removed is recorded in the world DB (140) of the user Behavior reflection system. The method of claim 1, wherein the patch generator 150, And periodically deleting the world log data recorded in the world DB (140). The method of claim 1 or 4, wherein the patch generator 150, The DB user is generated by converting the world log data recorded in the world DB 140, but among the already generated DB patches, the patch having a log offseting with the currently generated DB patch is deleted. Behavior reflection system. The method of claim 1, The DB patch generated by the patch generator 150 is distributed to the game server 130 via a patch server 160, the game user behavior reflection system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the game server 130, If the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 continues to be connected to the client terminal 110 of the user, the world that changes in real time can be identified in the game. . The method of claim 1, Each element of the world changed by the DB patch generated by the patch generator 150 and the world changed by the world log data recorded in real time in the world DB 140 may be changed. Unless the behavior of the element is to be turned away, the result of the interaction is the game user's behavior reflection system, characterized in that it is continuously left. The method of claim 1, When the client terminal 110 of the user connects to the game server 130 and proceeds with the game before the world in the game is changed, the DB patch is applied from the game server 130 to the client terminal 110 of the user. A behavior reflection system of a game user, characterized in that provided. (a) a user accessing a login server 120 through a communication network using a client terminal 110 and accessing a game server 130 interoperating with the login server 120; (b) World DB 140 as the world data in real time the information of the elements constituting the world in the game that the client terminal 110 is connected to the game server 120 and executed, the position of the elements and the details of the elements in real time. Recording); (c) When the user takes an action affecting the world data while the game is in progress through the game server 130, the game server 130 records it as world log data in log form in the world DB 140. When the user takes an action canceled with respect to the world log data, deleting the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 and the world log data offset to the world log data; (d) converting the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 by the patch generator 150 to generate a DB patch; And (e) distributing the DB patch generated by the patch generator 150 to the game server 130; Method of reflecting the behavior of the game user comprising a. The method of claim 10, wherein step (c) comprises: When a value of some of the metadata of each object in the game is changed according to an external event such as a user's action or time flow in the world in the game, the world data is stored in the world DB through the game server 130. And 140) recorded as world log data. The method of claim 11, wherein step (c) comprises: Only the world log data of the final state of the object in the world from which the overlapping change among the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 is removed is recorded in the world DB 140. How to reflect behavior. The method of claim 10, wherein step (c) comprises: If the world log data recorded in the world DB 140 is continuously connected to the client terminal 110 of the user, the world changing in real time can be confirmed in the game, the method of reflecting the behavior of the game user . The method of claim 10, wherein step (d) And the world log data recorded in the world DB (140) is periodically deleted by the patch generator (150). The method of claim 10, wherein step (d) Generates a DB patch by converting the world log data recorded in the world DB 140, the patch having a log that is mutually offset with the currently generated DB patch among the DB patches already generated is deleted. How to reflect behavior. The method of claim 10, wherein step (e) The DB patch generated by the patch generator 150 is distributed to the game server 130 via a patch server 160, the game user's behavior reflecting method. The method according to claim 10 or 13, Each element of an object in the world that is changed by a DB patch generated by the world and data that is changed by world log data that is recorded in real time in the world DB 140 and generated by the patch generator 150 has the changed behavior of the user. Method of reflecting the behavior of the game user, characterized in that the result of the interaction is continuously left unless the behavior of each element of the world is to be turned free. The method according to claim 10 or 16, When the client terminal 110 of the user connects to the game server 130 and proceeds with the game before the world in the game is changed, the DB patch is applied from the game server 130 to the client terminal 110 of the user. Method of reflecting the behavior of the game user, characterized in that provided.

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