JP4975720B2 - GAME PROGRAM, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND GAME DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game control technique in which teams battle each other in a game space.

Conventionally, many video game systems have been proposed. A system composed of a home-use machine and a television monitor, a business-use machine, a personal computer or a system composed of a workstation, a display, and an audio output device. Each of these systems includes a controller for operation by the player, a recording medium on which game program data is recorded, a CPU that performs control for generating sound and images based on the game program data, and an image generation A processor for generating sound, a processor for generating sound, a CRT monitor for displaying an image, and a speaker for outputting sound. When this type of game is viewed from the point of type, various games are known, and among these, a battle game is known in which a large number of characters are displayed on a CRT screen and played between teams. By the way, in such a battle game, the player's own character only performs an action in accordance with the game program in advance in response to an instruction from the controller. Patent Document 1 discloses that each character's movement is influenced by the motivation by giving each character an appropriate motivation according to the situation of the battle game performed between teams, and has a high realistic sensation close to an actual game. Game devices have been proposed. Specifically, by reflecting the team's motivation index and capten appropriate value, as well as the motivation information when a score is entered, the original ability of the player character is reflected in the game ability of each player character constituting the team. Coordinates and brings out the fun unique to team games.
JP-A-11-342263

  However, in Patent Document 1, the motivation information regarding the team situation such as the team's motivation index is uniformly reflected on all the player characters constituting the team, and does not correspond to individual player characters. Therefore, there are certain limits in terms of interest and game characteristics. The reflection factor is motivation information representing the team situation, and there is a similar limitation in that it does not take into account the influence between the player characters appearing in the game, particularly the situation during the game.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is simple and uniform to reflect the ability of each character constituting the team in relation to other characters, particularly in the game space during the game. The present invention provides a game program, a game control method, and a game apparatus that provide a game with high variability, interest, and realism, not a game.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a self-team composed of a plurality of characters that operates in the game space displayed on the display unit in response to an instruction from the operation member is moved to another team by a computer with a moving object interposed therebetween. In the game program for fighting, the parameter storage means for storing the ability parameters of each character of the own team, the character in the own team, and the game space of the attention character related to the moving object and other characters Direction setting means for setting the direction within the character, the other character whose direction matches the direction from the other character to the attention character is selected as a support character, and the ability set for the support character Said attention character based on parameters Support value generation means for generating a support value for the parameter, parameter adjustment means for adjusting the ability parameter of the attention character stored in the parameter storage means using the generated assistance value, and the adjusted ability parameter for the attention character The support value generating means determines for each other character whether or not the direction of the other character matches the direction from the other character to the attention character, Direction determination means for selecting all other characters whose direction and direction coincide with each other as support characters, and support for the attention character based on the size of the ability parameter set for each of the selected support characters Support value calculating means for calculating a value, wherein the direction determining means is the other key. A predetermined angle width is set according to the ability parameter of the other character with the lactor as the center, and the presence / absence of the match is determined by whether or not the attention character is included in the angle width. wherein a game program causing the computer to function.

In the invention described in claim 12, the self-team composed of a plurality of characters that operates in the game space displayed on the display unit in response to an instruction from the operation member is moved to another team by a computer with a moving object interposed therebetween. In the game control method for playing against, the parameter storage means stores the ability parameter of each character of the own team, and the direction setting means is a character in the own team, and the moving object The direction of the attention character concerned and the other character in the game space is set, and the support value generation means sets a predetermined angle width according to the ability parameter of the other character with the orientation of the other character as the center. , depending on whether include the noted character in the angle in the width direction of the other characters Determines whether or not coincides with the direction from said other character to the attention character for each of the other characters, as well as selecting all other characters and the said orientation direction is matched as supporting character, the A support value for the attention character is calculated based on the size of the ability parameter set for each selected support character, and parameter adjustment means is stored in the parameter storage means using the generated support value. adjust the ability parameters of interest character are, operation processing means, is characterized in that Ru is operated in accordance with the target character the adjusted capacity parameters.

In the invention described in claim 13, the self-team composed of a plurality of characters that accepts an instruction from the operation member and operates in the game space displayed on the display unit is moved to another team by a computer with a moving object interposed therebetween. A game device for playing against the game, parameter storage means for storing the ability parameters of each character of the team of the player, and the game of the character of interest in the team and the other character that is a character in the team Direction setting means for setting a direction in space, and the other character whose direction from the other character matches the direction from the other character to the target character is selected as a support character, and is set as the support character. The attention character based on the ability parameter Support value generating means for generating a support value for the target, parameter adjusting means for adjusting the ability parameter of the attention character stored in the parameter storage means using the generated support value, and the adjusted character for the attention character. Action processing means for moving according to the ability parameter , wherein the support value generating means determines for each other character whether or not the direction of the other character matches the direction from the other character to the attention character. Direction judging means for selecting all other characters having the same direction and the direction as support characters, and the attention character based on the size of the ability parameter set for each of the selected support characters. Support value calculation means for calculating a support value for the direction determination means, Mainly direction of characters, and sets a predetermined angular width in accordance with the ability parameter of the other character, to make a determination of whether the matching depending on whether include the noted character in the angle within the width It is a feature.

  According to these inventions, a computer controls the progress of a battle game that a self-team composed of a plurality of characters performs with another team using a moving object such as a ball object. Each character is arranged in the game space displayed on the display unit, and performs various actions according to instructions from the operation member. The parameter storage means stores the ability parameters of each character of the team. By the way, the direction in the game space is set by the direction operation means of the characters in the team, the attention character related to the moving object and the other characters. The orientation of each character may be set by a computer, or some characters, for example, other characters may be set in accordance with an instruction from the operation member. Then, the support value generating means selects the other character whose direction of the other character matches the direction from the other character to the attention character as the support character, and based on the ability parameter set for the support character, the attention character A support value for the target character is generated, the parameter adjustment unit adjusts the ability parameter of the attention character stored in the parameter storage unit using the generated support value, and the action processing unit adjusts the ability of the attention character to the adjusted character. Operated according to the parameters. Here, the adjustment of the ability parameter means, for example, that the ability of the attention character is improved. In the case of defensive in a baseball game, the running power for catching the ball increases, the accuracy of catching the ball ( Such as error avoidance) and throwing power (shoulder strength) to throw the ball toward the cage after catching.

  Therefore, the abilities of the characters that make up the team are adjusted in relation to other characters, particularly by reflecting the situation in the game space during the game, for example, the presence situation of the support character facing the target character. It is not a simple and uniform game, but a game that is rich in changeability, interest, and realism. Note that the direction of the other character coincides with the direction from the other character to the target character, from the standpoint of the target character, a situation in which the other team is being watched by and is cheered or boosted. It is reflected in the game.

Furthermore, according to this configuration, it is determined for each other character whether or not the direction of the other character matches the direction from the other character to the target character, and the direction and the direction are the same. All the other characters are selected as support characters, and the support value for the target character is calculated by the support value calculation means based on the size of the ability parameter set for each selected support character. Thereby, the action of the attention character is adjusted by the support value calculated based on the size of the ability parameter of the support character. Therefore, depending on the situation of the game, the attention character may be supported only by one other character, or may be supported by a plurality of other characters such as three or five. Even in the case of a scene, variations occur in improving the ability of the focused character depending on the position, posture, etc. of each character, and a more varied game is realized.

Furthermore, according to this configuration, by setting a predetermined angular width in the direction of the other character, the support character target is increased, an increase in the support value is expected, and the effect of adjustment becomes obvious.

Furthermore, according to this configuration, since the degree of increase in the ability of the target character as the support target depends on the ability parameter of the other character itself as the support character, a highly interesting game is provided. That is, the angle width varies depending on the ability parameters of other characters themselves, and when the ability parameter is large, the noticeable character can be covered, but when the ability parameter is small, the noticeable character cannot be covered. Even in the same game scene, different results and flows occur depending on the ability of each player character constituting the scene, so that a game with more variations can be realized.

According to a second aspect of the invention, according to claim 1, wherein the game program, the support value generating means calculates a distance in the game space between the other characters and the target character in each of the other characters A distance calculation unit is provided, wherein the support value calculation unit decreases the support value as the distance increases. According to this structure, since the increase / decrease in the support character used as a support object depends on the distance with an attention character, a highly interesting game is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game program according to the second aspect , the support value calculation means converts the magnitude of the ability parameter to a smaller value as the distance increases, and converts the support value into the converted value. It is calculated according to the size of the ability parameter. According to this configuration, when the distance to the target character is the same, a larger support value is obtained as the ability parameter is larger. That is, the greater the ability parameter, the farther the support value is affected. In addition, even if the direction of the other character is directed to the attention character, because the ability parameter of the other character is small or the distance is large, the influence of the both factors does not affect the attention character ( Support value is zero).

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game program according to any one of the first to third aspects, the direction setting means sets the direction of the other character in accordance with the rules of the battle game. According to this configuration, since the direction of the other character is automatically set, the degree of support depends on the computer.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game program according to the fourth aspect , the character has at least a face portion and a trunk portion whose direction is integrally set, and the direction setting means is the battle game. The normal direction of the front of the torso of the other character is set as the orientation in accordance with the above rule. According to this configuration, since the direction of the torso of another character is set as it is as the direction of the other character, the processing load is reduced. For example, when a player intends to support a certain attention character during the game, it is necessary to turn his operation character toward the attention character (turn his gaze). This situation should be faithfully reproduced on the game. Then, it is necessary to operate the controller 19 and the character configuration that can change the orientation of only the face of the character. However, in the conventional game, since such a correspondence is not made, a new design is required for the above specifications. According to the present claim, the normal line on the front of the torso of another character is used. Since the direction is set as the direction, a new design relating to the character operation is unnecessary, and the conventional operation can be used as it is. In other words, when the player intends to support a certain attention character, if the player's own operation character can be stepped (moved) in the direction of the attention character, the whole body of the operation character will be directed in that direction. Therefore, as a result, the normal direction of the front of the trunk is directed to the target character. That is, it is possible to realize a situation in which the direction of the other character is directed to the attention character with only one action without causing an increase in processing load based on a new character operation.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the game program according to any one of the first to third aspects, the direction setting means matches a movement direction of the other character that is moved in response to an instruction from the operation member. The direction is set as a direction. According to this configuration, since the direction of the other character is set by the player, the magnitude of the support value depends on the player.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the game program according to any one of the first to third aspects, the character has at least a face part and a body part whose direction is individually set, and the direction setting is performed. The means is characterized in that the front direction of the face portion of the other character that is changed in response to an instruction from the operation member is set as the orientation. According to this configuration, since the orientation of the face of the other character is set as the orientation of the other character, a situation close to a so-called boosting reality is created in which support can be obtained by entering the line of sight of the other character. .

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the game program according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, when the support value generating means has a plurality of ability parameters, an average value of each ability parameter is used for each other character. A support value is generated. According to this configuration, since the support value is generated based on the average value of the ability parameter of the support character, the average ability of the support character is reflected in the support value.

The invention according to claim 9 is the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the support value generation means calculates an average value of the support values of the support characters when the support characters are plural. A support value for the attention character is used. According to this configuration, since the support value of each support character is averaged and used as the support value for the attention character, the average ability of each support character is reflected as the support value. The average value substantially includes the total value.

A tenth aspect of the present invention is the game program according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, wherein the support status display unit displays information on the support value generated by the support value generation unit on a part of the display unit. As described above, the computer is caused to function. According to this configuration, the player can visually check the support status.

The invention according to claim 11 is the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 10 , wherein the battle game simulates a baseball game, and each character on the defensive side includes a pitcher, a catcher, an infielder, and It is grouped as an outfielder, and the support value generation means prohibits generation of support values for the other characters included in the same group as the target character. According to this configuration, support from groups other than the same group is reflected, so support based on the line of sight from the left and right sides is basically eliminated, and so-called supportive support is created.

According to the first, twelfth and thirteenth aspects of the present invention, the abilities of the characters constituting the team are reflected in relation to other characters, particularly in the game space during the game, for example, the attention character Therefore, it is possible to provide not only a simple and uniform game, but also a game that is rich in variability, interest, and realism.

Further, according to the first, twelfth, and thirteenth inventions, the action of the attention character can be adjusted by the support value calculated based on the ability parameter of the support character.

Furthermore, according to the inventions of claims 1, 12, and 13, by setting a predetermined angular width in the direction of another character, the number of support characters is increased, and the effect of adjustment is made clear through an increase in support value. Can be achieved.

Further, according to the inventions of claims 1, 12 and 13, since the degree of increase in the ability of the target character as the support target is made to depend on the ability parameter of the other character itself as the support character, Can be provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the increase / decrease of the support character to be supported is made dependent on the distance from the attention character, a highly interesting game can be provided.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the support value can be influenced farther as the capability parameter is larger.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the direction of the other character is automatically set, the degree of support can be made dependent on the computer.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the direction of the body of the other character is set as it is as the direction of the other character, so that the processing load can be reduced.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, since the player sets the direction of the other character, the magnitude of the support value can be made dependent on the player.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, since the orientation of the face of the other character is set as the orientation of the other character, it is possible to receive support by entering the line of sight of the other character, so to speak, a situation close to a boosting reality. Can be created.

According to the eighth aspect of the invention, since the support value is generated based on the average value of the ability parameter of the support character, the average ability of the support character can be reflected in the support value.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, since the support value of each support character is averaged to obtain the support value for the attention character, the average ability of each support character can be reflected as the support value.

According to the invention of claim 10 , the support status can be easily recognized.

According to the invention described in claim 11, by reflecting the support from a group other than the same group, the support based on the line of sight from the left and right sides is basically eliminated, and so-called boosted support can be realized. .

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a configuration of a game device according to the present invention. In the following description, a home video game apparatus configured by connecting a home video game machine to a home television as an example of the game apparatus will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and is similarly applied to a commercial video game apparatus with an integrated monitor, a personal computer that functions as a video game apparatus by executing a game program according to the present invention, and the like. be able to.

  The game device shown in FIG. 1 includes a home game machine (game machine body) 100 and a home television 200. The home-use game machine 100 has a configuration in which a computer-readable recording medium 300 on which a game program is recorded can be loaded. In a state where the recording medium 300 is loaded in the game machine main body 100, the game program is read as appropriate and the battle game is executed.

  A consumer game machine 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1, a bus line 2, a graphics data generation processor 3, an interface circuit (I / F) 4, a main memory 5, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 6, and an expansion circuit 7. , Parallel port 8, serial port 9, drawing processor 10, audio processor 11, decoder 12, interface 13, buffers 14 to 16, recording medium drive 17, memory 18, and controller 19. The home television 200 includes a television monitor (monitor) 21, an amplifier circuit 22 and a speaker 23.

  The CPU 1 is connected to the bus line 2 and the graphics data generation processor 3. The bus line 2 includes an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like, and includes a CPU 1, an interface circuit 4, a main memory 5, a ROM 6, a decompression circuit 7, a parallel port 8, a serial port 9, a drawing processor 10, an audio processor 11, and a decoder. 12 and the interface 13 are connected to each other.

  The drawing processor 10 is connected to the buffer 14. The audio processor 11 is connected to the buffer 15 and the amplifier circuit 22. The decoder 12 is connected to the buffer 16 and the recording medium drive 17. The interface 13 is connected to the memory 18 and the controller 19.

  The monitor 21 is connected to the drawing processor 10. The speaker 23 is connected to the amplifier circuit 22. In the case of an arcade video game apparatus, the monitor 21, the amplifier circuit 22, and the speaker 23 may be housed in one housing together with the blocks constituting the consumer game machine 100.

  When the video game apparatus is configured with a personal computer, a workstation, or the like as a core, the monitor 21 corresponds to a computer display. The decompression circuit 7, the drawing processor 10, the audio processor 11, and the like correspond to a part of program data recorded in the recording medium 300 or hardware on an expansion board installed in an expansion slot of a computer. The interface circuit 4, the parallel port 8, the serial port 9, and the interface 13 correspond to hardware on an expansion board mounted in an expansion slot of the computer. The buffers 14 to 16 correspond to the storage areas of the main memory 5 or the expansion memory, respectively.

  Next, each component shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The graphics data generation processor 3 functions as a coprocessor of the CPU 1. That is, the graphics data generation processor 3 performs coordinate conversion and light source calculation, for example, calculation of a fixed point format matrix or vector by parallel processing.

  The main processing performed by the graphics data generation processor 3 includes predetermined data based on the coordinate data, movement amount data, rotation amount data, and the like of each vertex in the two-dimensional or three-dimensional space of the image data supplied from the CPU 1. There are processing for obtaining address data of the processing target image on the display area and returning it to the CPU 1, processing for calculating the luminance of the image in accordance with the distance from the virtually set light source and the inclination with respect to the light source.

  The interface circuit 4 is used for an interface of a peripheral device, for example, a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball. The main memory 5 is constituted by a RAM (Random ccess Memory). The ROM 6 stores program data serving as an operating system for the video game apparatus.

  The decompression circuit 7 performs decompression processing on a compressed image compressed by intra coding in accordance with the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) standard for moving images and the JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) standard for still images. The decompression processing includes decoding processing (decoding of data encoded by VLC: Variable Length Code), inverse quantization processing, IDCT (Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform) processing, intra image restoration processing, and the like.

  The drawing processor 10 performs a drawing process on the buffer 14 based on a drawing command issued by the CPU 1 every predetermined time T (for example, T = 1/60 seconds in one frame).

  The buffer 14 is composed of, for example, a RAM, and is divided into a display area (frame buffer) and a non-display area. The display area is composed of a development area for data to be displayed on the display surface of the monitor 21. The non-display area is configured as a storage area for data defining the skeleton, model data defining the polygon, animation data for causing the model to move, pattern data indicating the contents of each animation, texture data, color palette data, and the like. .

  Here, the texture data is two-dimensional image data. The color palette data is data for designating a color such as texture data. The CPU 1 reads and records these data in advance in the non-display area of the buffer 14 from the recording medium 300 at once or divided into a plurality of times according to the progress of the game.

  The drawing command includes a drawing command for drawing a stereoscopic image using a polygon and a drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image. Here, the polygon is a polygonal two-dimensional virtual figure, and for example, a triangle or a quadrangle is used.

  A drawing command for drawing a stereoscopic image using polygons is polygon vertex address data indicating the storage position of polygon vertex coordinate data on the display area of the buffer 14, and the storage position of the texture to be pasted on the polygon 14 on the buffer 14. Is performed on each of the color address data indicating the storage position on the buffer 14 and the color data indicating the texture brightness.

  Among the above data, the polygon vertex address data on the display area is converted by the graphics data generation processor 3 by performing coordinate conversion of the polygon vertex coordinate data in the three-dimensional space from the CPU 1 based on the movement amount data and the rotation amount data. It is replaced with polygon vertex coordinate data in two dimensions. The luminance data is determined by the graphics data generation processor 3 based on the distance from the position indicated by the polygon vertex coordinate data after the coordinate conversion from the CPU 1 to the light source virtually arranged.

  The polygon vertex address data indicates an address on the display area of the buffer 14. The drawing processor 10 performs a process of writing texture data corresponding to the range of the display area of the buffer 14 indicated by the three polygon vertex address data.

  An object such as a character in the game space is composed of a plurality of polygons. The CPU 1 stores the coordinate data in the three-dimensional space of each polygon in the buffer 14 in association with the corresponding skeleton vector data. Then, when the character is moved on the display screen of the monitor 21 by an operation of the controller 19 to be described later, the movement of the character is expressed, or the viewpoint position of the virtual camera viewing the character is changed. In addition, the following processing is performed. That is, the CPU 1 obtains the graphics data generation processor 3 from the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon held in the non-display area of the buffer 14, the skeleton coordinates, and the rotation amount data. The movement amount data and the rotation amount data of each polygon are given. The graphics data generation processor 3 sequentially obtains the three-dimensional coordinate data after movement and rotation of each polygon based on the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertex of each polygon and the movement amount data and rotation amount data of each polygon.

  Of the three-dimensional coordinate data of each polygon thus obtained, horizontal and vertical coordinate data is supplied to the drawing processor 10 as address data on the display area of the buffer 14, that is, polygon vertex address data.

  The drawing processor 10 writes the texture data indicated by the texture address data assigned in advance on the display area of the buffer 14 indicated by the three polygon vertex address data. As a result, an object composed of a large number of polygons to which the corresponding texture is pasted is displayed on the display screen of the monitor 21.

  A drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image indicates vertex address data, texture address data, color palette address data indicating the storage position on the buffer 14 of color palette data indicating the color of the texture data, and luminance of the texture. This is performed on the luminance data. Among these data, the vertex address data is obtained by coordinate-converting the vertex coordinate data on the two-dimensional plane from the CPU 1 by the graphics data generation processor 3 based on the movement amount data and the rotation amount data from the CPU 1.

  In the above, the polygon data stored in the non-display area of the buffer 14 as the polygon data storage unit includes the vertex coordinate data of the polygon, the normal vector data of the vertex, the surface normal vector data, and other polygon properties. Stores data to be identified. When a character (including an object) is positioned on a game space that is a virtual three-dimensional space, each vertex coordinate data of each polygon constituting the character is subjected to enlargement / reduction processing, movement processing, and rotation processing, and the surface of each polygon. Similar processing is performed on the normal vector data. As a result, the direction in the game space of the surface normal vector of each polygon is determined. The direction of the surface normal vector of a specific polygon in the game space is used when determining the direction of a character to be described later.

  The audio processor 11 stores ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) data read from the recording medium 300 in the buffer 15. The ADPCM data stored in the buffer 15 becomes a sound source.

  Also, the audio processor 11 reads ADPCM data from the buffer 15 based on, for example, a clock signal having a frequency of 44.1 kHz. The audio processor 11 performs processing such as pitch conversion, noise addition, envelope setting, level setting, and reverb addition on the read ADPCM data.

  When the audio data read from the recording medium 300 is PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) data such as CD-DA (Compact Disk Digital Audio), the audio processor 11 converts the audio data into ADPCM data. Further, the processing for the PCM data by the program is directly performed on the main memory 5. The PCM data processed on the main memory 5 is supplied to the audio processor 11 and converted into ADPCM data. Thereafter, the various processes described above are performed, and sound is output from the speaker 23. As the recording medium drive 17, for example, a DVD-ROM drive, a CD-ROM drive, a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a flexible disk drive, a silicon disk drive, a cassette medium reader, or the like is used. In this case, as the recording medium 300, a DVD-ROM, a CD-ROM, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is used.

  The recording medium drive 17 reads image data, audio data, and program data from the recording medium 300 and supplies the read data to the decoder 12. The decoder 12 reproduces data from the recording medium drive 17, further performs error correction processing by ECC (Error Correction Code), and supplies the data subjected to the error correction processing to the main memory 5 or the audio processor 11.

  For example, a card-type memory is used as the memory 18. The card-type memory is used, for example, for holding various game parameters at the time of interruption in order to hold the state at the time of interruption when the game is interrupted.

  The controller 19 has a shape that can be gripped by the player, for example, a bar-shaped outer shape, and various operation portions are provided at appropriate positions on the surface.

  FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of the controller 19. The controller 19 may be integrated, but in the present embodiment, the controller 19 includes an operation member 19A and an operation member 19B. Operation members such as a button 192, a cross key 193, and a button 194 are disposed on one side surface of the long portion of the operation member 19A from the front end side, and a joystick 195 and the like are disposed on one side surface of the operation member 19B. An operating member is provided. Note that the controller 19 is simply referred to unless otherwise distinguished.

  The controller 19 is an operation device used by the player to input various operation commands, and sends an operation signal according to the operation of the player to the CPU 1. In addition to the interface 191, the controller 19 includes push-type buttons 192 and 194 as operation portions, a cross key 193 capable of detecting any of four directions (selection direction) by selective pushing, and a tilt in a 360 ° direction. An operating rod (joystick) 195 capable of detecting the direction and angle is provided. The interface 191 is configured by a circuit that transmits a wireless signal for proximity communication using, for example, infrared rays or radio waves, and converts an operation signal transmitted from the controller 19 into a wireless signal and transmits the wireless signal to the interface 13.

  The buttons 192 and 194 and the cross key 193 of the controller 19 are on / off switches that are turned on when pressed from the neutral position by an external pressing force, and return to the neutral position and turn off when the pressing force is released. Composed. The button 192 is used to give a command for a pitching instruction or a batting instruction in the baseball game to the CPU 1 as will be described later. The cross key 193 is used to give the CPU 1 a spear designation command for pitching or checking ball. The joystick 195 is used to give the CPU 1 a command for specifying a ball type, a pitching course, a hitting position, and a fielder movement direction.

  Next, a schematic operation of the above game device will be described. When the recording medium 300 is loaded in the recording medium drive 17, when a power switch (not shown) is turned on and the video game apparatus is turned on, the CPU 1 is based on the operating system stored in the ROM 6. The recording medium drive 17 is instructed to read the game program from the recording medium 300 to the main memory 5. As a result, the recording medium drive 17 reads image data, audio data, and program data from the recording medium 300 to the decoder 12. The read image data, audio data, and program data are subjected to error correction processing by the decoder 12 for each data.

  The image data is subjected to error correction processing by the decoder 12 and supplied to the decompression circuit 7 via the bus line 2. The image data that has been subjected to the above-described decompression processing by the decompression circuit 7 is supplied to the drawing processor 10 and written into a non-display area of the buffer 14 by the drawing processor 10. The audio data is subjected to error correction processing by the decoder 12 and written to the buffer 15 via the main memory 5 or the audio processor 11. Program data that has been subjected to error correction processing by the decoder 12 is written into the main memory 5.

  Thereafter, the CPU 1 advances the video game based on the game program stored in the main memory 5 and the content instructed by the player using the controller 19. That is, based on the content that the player instructs using the controller 19, the CPU 1 appropriately controls the change of the game situation, the image processing control, the sound processing control, the internal processing control, and the like based on this.

  As image processing control, for example, the calculation of the coordinates of each skeleton or the calculation of the vertex coordinate data of polygons from the pattern data corresponding to the animation instructed to the character, the obtained three-dimensional coordinate data and the graphics data of the viewpoint position data Supply to the generation processor 3, issue of a rendering command including address data and luminance data on the display area of the buffer 14 obtained by the graphics data generation processor 3 are performed.

  As control of audio processing, for example, issue of an audio output command to the audio processor 11, specification of level, reverb, etc. are performed. As control of the internal processing, for example, calculation according to the operation of the controller 19 is performed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a game image displayed on the monitor 21 in the game apparatus. First, the outline | summary of the baseball game played between virtual teams using this game device is demonstrated. In the baseball game executed in the present invention, generally, two players hold the controller 19 and issue operation instructions, respectively, so that the attacking side and the defensive side are alternately handled to obtain a score. This is a battle game in which a predetermined number of innings are executed for a defensive action for not giving a score and a defensive action for not giving a score, and a total of the points obtained in each inning compete for victory or defeat. Note that one of the players is regarded as a player of a virtual team controlled by a computer, and a defensive action is performed by each defensive player character (a pitcher character or a fielder character) when defending, and each attacking player character during an attack A mode in which a single player plays a battle game in the form of a CPU battle may be performed by executing an action of a batter character or a runner character. Thus, in the baseball game, two teams battle each other. Each team is composed of at least nine player characters. It is preferable from a realistic viewpoint that a predetermined number of player characters are prepared so as to be able to change in consideration of pitcher substitution, substitution and substitution.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the baseball game is played in a baseball field set as a virtual three-dimensional game space, and the basic composition of the game image before throwing is immediately behind the home base, that is, Usually, a virtual camera is set at the position of the catcher on the defensive side, and the line of sight is directed to the pitcher side with a required angle of view (field frame) similar to the conventional one. The fielder character on the defensive side is positioned at a predetermined position for each fielder according to the baseball rules before the pitching by the pitcher character.

  In this baseball game, the pitcher character 71 throws the ball object 72 toward the home base, and the batter character 73 returns the ball object 72 with the bat object 74. Fielder characters 75, 75,... Are assigned to each position. The meat cursor 80 indicates an area where the bat object 74 hits the ball object 72. The support level mark 90 displayed at an appropriate position on the monitor 21 will be described later.

  Each player character is composed of a large number of polygons as is well known, and is roughly divided into a portion corresponding to a face (head) 731 and a trunk 732 as illustrated in the batter character of FIG. A portion corresponding to the arm portion 733, and a portion corresponding to the leg portion 734. In the present embodiment, in consideration of the processing load, as will be described later, the direction of the character is processed so that the face portion 731, the torso portion 732, and the leg portion 734 are integrally set or instructed. The The direction and movement direction of the character is based on, for example, the surface normal vector data of a predetermined polygon that forms the front center portion of the torso 732, or the surface normal of the polygon that forms the part corresponding to the eye of the head The vector is referenced. By performing the process of matching the surface normal vector with the instructed direction and the moving direction, the character can be in a state where the entire body is directed in the moving direction as in the actual case.

  In the present embodiment, a pitching course and a ball type (for example, a straight ball and various changed balls) are set by the player at the time of defense. A plurality of sphere types are set in advance for setting the sphere type. For example, a desired sphere type can be specified using the cross key 193. An instruction to start pitching is made by, for example, a button 192.

  The pitching course can be set in a direction in which the joystick 195 is tilted after the ball type is set and before the ball object 72 passes over the home base. The pitching course is set according to the tilt direction of the joystick 195.

  On the other hand, the player on the attacking side operates the joystick 195 of the controller 19 to move the meet cursor 80 on the screen, and presses the button 192 to instruct hitting. The player on the attacking side reaches the home base while gazing at the ball object 72 that he or she is expecting, or watching the moving ball object 72 after a pitch or predicting a trajectory change due to a changing ball. When the button 192 is pressed, the ball object 72 can be hit back. When the ball object 72 is hit back, the hitting speed and direction of the ball object 72 are calculated by the CPU 1 according to the hit position and hit timing of the ball object 72 and the bat object 74. An action in accordance with the rules of the baseball game is instructed by the character from the CPU 1, thereby realizing the development that simulates baseball. On the other hand, when at least one of the position of the meat cursor 80 and the hitting timing is deviated when the ball object 72 passes on the home base, the ball object 72 is idle. When the button 192 is not pressed (no hitting instruction is given), it is postponed.

  In addition, a characteristic part of the present invention is set in advance for each player character between player characters including a pitcher character and a fielder character on the defensive side of the baseball game, in which the players making up the team are simultaneously appearing in the game. The baseball-related ability can be adjusted (varied) under predetermined conditions. More specifically, when attention is paid to one notable player character, the ability of the notable player character is adjusted depending on whether or not other player characters other than the notable player character are facing the notable player character. I have to. For example, until the pitching, most of the player characters face the pitcher character as the attention player character, and the pitcher character can be affected by the ability parameters of these player characters and the ability can be increased. Further, in the defense after hitting, the player character who wants to catch the ball object 72 is set as the attention player character, and when the player character is facing the direction of the attention player character, the ability of these player characters Under the influence of the parameters, the defense ability of the player character of interest is improved. On the other hand, other player characters that are not involved in improving the ability of the notable player character and conditions therefor are also set in advance. As a result, the adjustment (fluctuation) of the ability of the notable player character is not uniform but rich in variability.

  Then, the operation from the player on the pitcher side is permitted, for example, from the point when the designation operation of the ball type is permitted until the end of the series of processes after the hitting, is processed as one sequence (one play), In accordance with the result, the baseball game up to the strike count, the ball count, the outcount, and the predetermined number of innings proceeds.

  Next, main functions of the game device when a baseball game is played using the video game device configured as described above will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a portion related to the present invention in the game apparatus shown in FIG.

  The CPU 1 executes the game program stored in the main memory 5 (program storage unit 51), thereby acquiring the operation unit received from the controller 19 as a digital signal. It functions as a game progress control unit 102 that controls based on (a part of the game program) and an image display control unit 103 that displays various game images along the game progress on the monitor 21.

  In addition, the CPU 1 executes a game program stored in the main memory 5 to perform a pitch type, a pitching course setting, and a pitching start operation in accordance with an instruction from the controller 19 with respect to the pitching mainly on the defensive side. The processing unit 104 is equipped with an attack processing unit 105 for setting a meet position (specifying the position of the meet cursor 80) and performing a hitting operation in accordance with an instruction from the controller 19 with respect to the batting mainly on the attacking side. Processing for calculating the hitting result based on the instruction and, for example, dynamically calculating the hitting speed and hitting direction of the ball object 72 when the bat object 74 hits the ball object 72 (not swinging or not seeing off). , Where there is a player character and runner on the defensive side The function as a result processing unit 111 that executes a process of rendering in accordance with baseball rules.

  The clock unit 112 performs a time measuring operation. The communication processing unit 113 performs processing when the game device exchanges game information with other game devices via a network. The communication processing unit 113 is used in a mode in which two players operate the respective game devices and the controller 19 and exchange operation information with each other to execute the same battle game in the same game space.

  Further, the CPU 1 executes a game program stored in the main memory 5 to control the ball object 72 that is a defensive player character and is associated with the ball object 72 that is a moving object, that is, the ball object 72. The player character having the highest control possibility is set as the attention player character, the direction setting unit 106 for setting the direction in the game space of other player characters other than the attention player character, and the orientations of the other player characters are , A direction determination unit 107 that determines for each other player character whether or not the direction from the other player character to the target player character is the same, and a game space from the other player character to the target player character Distance calculation unit 108 that calculates the distance for each other player character, and orientation determination The other player character for which the determination by 107 is affirmed is set as the support character, and the attention player character is determined according to the level of the ability parameter set in the support character according to the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit 108. Functions as a support value calculation unit 109 that calculates a support value for performing support for the player, and a parameter adjustment unit 110 that uses the calculated support value to set the ability parameter of the noted player character to increase. Here, the direction determination unit 107, the distance calculation unit 108, and the support value calculation unit 109 constitute a support value generation unit.

  The CPU 1 includes an image storage unit 141 that stores various image data captured from the storage medium 300, and an ability parameter that indicates the ability of each player character of the team on both the self player side and both teams appearing in the baseball game. It is connected to a buffer 14 having a player data storage unit 142 for storing data. Each player character acts with the ability defined by the ability parameter. For example, if the value 128 is set for the “power” with respect to the maximum value 255, the swing speed at the time of hitting the batter will be half of the maximum, so the speed of the hit ball and the flight distance will also have an effect. Will receive.

  Table 1 shows an example of the relationship between the type of ability preset for the player character and the parameter value.

  In Table 1, the vertical direction indicates the type of ability, and the horizontal direction indicates the size (high / low) of the parameter. G to A represent rank divisions. For example, in the “running power” parameter, “1 to 3” is set to G rank (very slow), the rank is increased as the parameter is sequentially increased, and the maximum is “14 to 15” and A rank (very fast). “Meet” and “power” shown in Table 1 are abilities related to hitting, while “running power”, “shoulder strength”, “defense power”, and “error avoidance” are abilities related to defense. “Running power” represents the speed of chasing after hitting a ball in the field of defense as well as the runner. “Shoulder strength” indicates the speed of return ball and long throwing performance in defense. “Defensive power” represents the breadth of the defensive range. “Error avoidance” represents an error occurrence probability in the defense. Although not shown in Table 1, other types, for example, the ability of “ball control power”, “ball speed”, and “bending of the changing ball” at the time of pitching are also employed as appropriate.

  The pitching processing unit 104 receives an instruction signal from the controller 19 by the acquisition unit 101 and performs a ball type setting, a pitching course setting, and a pitching start instruction, and the ball object 72 thrown by the pitcher character 71 is the ability of the pitcher character 72. The trajectory until passing over the home base is calculated using the parameters, and the position information of the ball object 72 is sequentially set in the time direction in the game space according to the calculated trajectory (for each frame period). The moving process is performed. The image display control unit 103 displays the ball object 72 on the monitor 21 based on the position information for each frame period obtained by the trajectory calculation.

  The batting processing unit 105 receives an instruction signal from the controller 19 and instructs the batter character 73 to perform the batting motion, that is, a swing motion in which the bat object 74 virtually passes the meat position (area). Are processed using the ability parameter of the batter character 73.

  The result processing unit 111 determines whether or not the bat object 74 has hit the ball object 72, and when determining that it has hit, the hitting speed is related to the passing position of the ball object 72 with respect to the meat cursor 80 at the time of hitting designation. What is necessary is just to calculate more. The trajectory calculation of the hit ball may use an approximate equation that follows the normal equation of motion. In this case, as an aspect in which a random number generator (not shown) is provided, and at least one of a position blur for a set pitching position and a position blur for a specified hitting position is added using a random number generated by the random number generator. Also good. For example, the blur amount and blur direction may be set in accordance with the random value. Note that the position fluctuation with respect to the pitching position is reflected as “controlling power” among the types of ability.

  Then, the result processing unit 111 calculates the trajectory of the hit ball object 72 and sequentially sets the position information of the ball object 72 on the game space according to the calculated trajectory (for each frame period). Moving processing. Then, the image display control unit 103 sets the ball object 72 based on the position information for each frame period obtained by the trajectory calculation, the coordinate position information of each object such as the ground, each fence, and the outfield fence that constitutes the baseball field. Corresponding information is displayed on the monitor 21. In this embodiment, the hitting speed reflects whether the ball object 72 hits the bar-shaped bat object 74 at a right angle, the amount of deviation from the center of the cursor, and the player parameters “meet”, “power”, and other parameters. Is calculated. In the present embodiment, the hitting direction is calculated by reflecting the amount of vertical displacement from the center of the meet cursor 80 in the up and down direction and reflecting the delay in swinging and rushing in the left and right direction.

  In addition, as the hit result processing by the result processing unit 111, the movement of each player character on the defensive side accompanying the hit (the process of following the hit ball, the catching process, the returning ball process, the relay process, etc.) and the runner are present Is executed in accordance with the rules of baseball, and the image display control unit 103 is instructed to display effects.

  The direction setting unit 106 sets the direction in the game space of player characters other than the player character of interest, and executes corresponding processes before and after the hit. Before hitting, the defensive side is placed (positioned) in a predetermined position according to the baseball rules. FIG. 5 is a plan view schematically showing the arrangement of the defensive player characters before hitting. In FIG. 5, the baseball field is composed of an inner infield region 701 and an outer outer field region sphere 702 with a diamond as a boundary. The pitcher character 71 is a pitcher mound, the catcher character 76 is behind the home base, and the other player characters 75, 75... Are Uchino's “first base”, “second base”, “shooter (short). ) ”,“ Sanjute (third) ”and“ Left ”,“ Center ”and“ Right ”in the outfield.

  Before hitting, the position and orientation of each player character are preset in the game progress control unit 102 as defaults. Note that a random number may be generated for each player character using a random number unit, and at least one of the position and orientation may be randomly changed with respect to the default according to the random number value, or the batter character 73 standing at the bat If the ability parameter of “power” is high according to the rules of baseball according to the ability parameter, for example, a predetermined position change may be performed so as to be slightly behind the default. In the example of FIG. 5, the pitcher character 71 and the other player characters are almost facing the catcher character 76. In addition, the player characters 75 of “second baser”, “rider”, “left”, “center”, and “right” are almost facing the pitcher character 71. As described above, the direction of the player character can be obtained by using the surface normal vector data of a predetermined polygon assigned to the front side center of the trunk 732. The surface normal vector data may be processed using only two-dimensional data on a horizontal plane from the viewpoint of reducing the processing burden among the three dimensions.

  The direction determination unit 107 performs selection of the notable player character and determination of whether or not the remaining (other) player characters excluding the notable player character are facing the notable player character. First, the attention player character is a pitcher character 71 before hitting, until after catching, catching the ball, further returning as needed, until the hit is confirmed (at the end of one sequence) , And are determined in accordance with the control prediction of the ball object 72, respectively.

  After hitting, the CPU 1 selects a player who is likely to control the ball object 72 as a notable player character, and applies an instruction from the controller 19 to the selected notable player character. For example, if the ball object 72 is a flying ball in the center direction, the control prediction process selects the “center” player character 75, and if the ball object 72 is second goro, selects the “second base” player character 75 and uses the catcher fly. If there is, the catcher character 76 is selected. Further, in the dominance prediction process, when the player character 75 supplementing the ball object 72 returns to a predetermined basket, after the return ball process, a player character that catches the returned ball object 72 is selected next. As described above, the attention player character may be one player character or a plurality of player characters in addition to the pitcher character 71 in one sequence.

  The direction of the other player characters excluding the notable player character is not one direction of the surface normal vector, but in this embodiment, has a certain angle range centered on the vector direction. As shown in FIG. 5, each player character 71, 75, 76 has a predetermined shape, for example, a fan-shaped (arc-shaped) mark 70 (hereinafter referred to as a relevance degree mark) 70. The relevance mark 70 is shown for convenience of explanation, and may be displayed during the game, but is not displayed in the present embodiment. In addition, the size of the fan-like relevance mark varies depending on each player character because it is based on Table 2 to be described later (for example, the influence of the catcher in the case of Table 2 affects everyone other than yourself) Since the fan-like relevance mark covers the entire mound), if reflected in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 to be described later, a plurality of fans overlap and become difficult to see. Only shown. Actually, the angle width and length (arc radius) of these relevance marks 70 are set according to the contents of predetermined or all player parameters, respectively. In this embodiment, the angle width is determined by the size or rank of the ability parameter of “defense ability”, and the length is determined by the average value of all ability parameters or the average value of ranks. The average rank value may be calculated by replacing rank A with “7” and rank G with “1”. When the average value of the ranks is adopted, the difference in the numerical scale of each ability parameter (because there are different values such as the maximum value 15 and the maximum value 255 depending on the type of ability) can be absorbed.

  When the attention player character is determined, the direction determination unit 107 determines whether or not the attention player character is included in the angular width of the relevance mark 70 of the other player character for each of the other player characters. .

  The distance calculation unit 108 calculates a distance in the game space from another player character to the noted player character for each other player character. The calculated distance is used for processing in the support value calculation unit 109.

  The support value calculation unit 109 first sets another player character for which the determination by the direction determination unit 107 is affirmed as a support player character, and then supports the player according to the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit 108. In accordance with the level of the ability parameter set for the character, in the present embodiment, a support value for supporting the attention player character is calculated according to the length of the relevance mark 70 described above. With regard to the magnitude of the distance, support may be provided if the distance is less than the predetermined distance, and support may be provided if the distance is greater than the predetermined distance, or the influence may be set in stages.

  In this embodiment, the distance is roughly set in relation to the distance between positions (four groups of pitcher, catcher, infielder, and outfielder). Table 2 shows this relationship.

  In Table 2, the degree of influence for support based on the relationship with the distance is, for example, a position where the catcher and the infielder have an influence in the case of a pitcher, and outfielders farther than that are excluded. The catcher and the infielder have a greater influence because the catcher is closer. The infielder is considered to be a position where the pitcher and catcher have an influence, and the outfielder farther than that is excluded. The pitcher and catcher have a greater influence because the pitcher is closer.

  Outfielders are considered to be affected by all pitchers, catchers and infielders. The degree of influence is in order of distance. For example, “Light” is in the order of approximate distances such as First and Second> Short> Pitcher> Third> Catcher.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the distance is calculated in advance in light of each defensive position in actual baseball in consideration of reducing the calculation burden, instead of the method of actually calculating each time during the game. The calculation is performed, and the result is treated as being generally corresponding to the distance between the grouped (default) positions as shown in Table 2. This method is particularly effective before hitting, but since the defensive range does not change greatly even after hitting, Table 2 is adopted in this embodiment. The distance calculation unit 108 determines whether or not the player character is divided into the same position as the attention player character. If the determination is affirmative, the distance calculation unit 108 excludes it from the distance calculation target and prohibits the calculation of the support value. ing.

  For example, in the case of “light”, for example, 100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, and 20% are set corresponding to first and second> short> pitcher> third> catcher. That's fine.

  The parameter adjustment unit 110 synergizes the support player character obtained by the support value calculation unit 109, the length of the relevance mark 70 of each support player character based on Table 1, and the influence level of each support player character based on Table 2. Each support value of each support player character calculated and calculated for each support player character is summed up to obtain a support value for the noted player character. The support value is related to the ability parameter of the player character of interest, for example, a coefficient for multiplication or adjusted as an addition value. The effect of the support value is to increase the ability parameter of the noted player character to a predetermined range, for example, up to about 50%. For example, when a catcher fly occurs and a catcher character is selected as an attention player character, the probability of default “defense power” and “error avoidance” is increased to, for example, about 50% at the maximum.

  In this embodiment, the ability parameter of the attention player character is set to be larger than the default value. However, a threshold value is provided for the summed support value, and the default value is reduced below the threshold value. It may be involved in the direction of increasing the default value if the threshold value is exceeded. In this way, the support value greatly depends on the ability parameters of other player characters, so that game characteristics exist in terms of which player character among the player characters of the team members appears in the game.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing an example of the arrangement at a certain point on the defensive side after the hit. In FIG. 6, the support value calculation unit 109 assumes that a second goro has been hit as a hit result. The direction determination unit 106 selects “second” as the attention player character, obtains the direction of other player characters, creates the relevance level mark 70, and selects the support player character from the information of the relevance level mark 70. From Table 2, the support player characters are the pitcher character 71 and the catcher character 76. Therefore, the default ability parameter of “second” increases depending on the support value obtained from the length of the relevance mark 70 of the pitcher character 71 and the catcher character 76 and the influence degree of Table 2. . As a result, in the “second”, in the ball hitting process, each ability parameter of “running ability”, “defense ability” “error avoidance” and “shoulder strength”, which are related abilities, is increased, that is, the action following the hit ball, the catch action The probability that the batter character 73 is out, for example, at a glance can be improved as a result by improving the return ball motion.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the “overall process” of the battle game executed by the game program of the CPU 1. First, in step S1, the CPU 1 performs initial settings for starting the game. For example, the battle team selected by both players and the display of the player list on the monitor 21 are displayed. Next, image data of the game space, each character, each object, etc. is read and displayed on the monitor 21 (step S3).

  In this state, a sequence is started (step S5), and then a battle process is executed (step S7). Upon completion of the result process, a sequence end process is performed (step S9). Then, it is determined whether or not the result of this sequence is a strike (step S11). If not, the process returns to step S5 to execute a sequence for the next pitch. On the other hand, if it is a triple strike, it is determined whether or not it is 3 out (step S13). If it is not 3 out, the batter character of the next batting order is set (step S15), and the process proceeds to the next sequence (step S5). . On the other hand, if it is 3 out in step S13, it is determined whether or not it is a game set (step S17). If it is not a game set, an offense / defense replacement process is executed (step S19), whereas if it is a game set, a game end process is executed (step S21).

  8 and 9 are flowcharts of “matching process” executed by the CPU 1 based on the game program. First, the position (defense position) of each player character before the defensive pitch is set (step S31). Next, after calculation of the support value for the pitcher character 71 is performed as “pre-throwing processing” to be described later with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, the ball based on the operation instruction content from the controller 19 operated by the defensive player. A pitching process is executed by specifying a seed, a pitching course and a pitching start instruction (step S33). Next, the batting process is executed by performing the meet position and batting instruction based on the operation instruction content from the controller 19 operated by the batter player (step S35). The meeting position may be designated before the pitching course or the pitching start instruction. When the hitting process is completed, the hitting process related to the hit ball is started (step S37). As described above, the batting process is an operation process including a ball striking process and movement and action of each player character on the defensive side. The operation of the player is basically controlled by the CPU 1 according to the baseball rules. The action is, for example, a catching action or a throwing action.

  On the other hand, the player character that is most likely to catch the ball is selected as the attention player character from the up / down / left / right directions and the hitting speed of the hit ball object 72 and the position information of each player character (step S39). For example, the player character 75 of “second” is the focused player character if it is a goro that has passed immediately to the left of the pitcher character 71, and the player character of “center” if it is a flying ball in the “center” direction. 75 is the noted player character. Note that the selection of the player character of interest may be automatically performed by the CPU 1 as described above. In an aspect in which the player can designate using the controller 19, the player character designated by the operation of the controller 19 is selected. The aspect made into an attention player character may be sufficient. Alternatively, the CPU 1 may transfer the attention player character's motion to the player.

  Next, the relevance mark 70 is generated for all other player characters from the ability parameters of other player characters than the notable player character (step S41). The relevance level mark is composed of an angle width based on the direction of the player character and a length corresponding to the relevance level. Specifically, the angle width is set from the ability parameter of “defense ability”, and the length is set from the average value of each ability parameter. The overall shape of the relevance mark is assumed to be a sector in this embodiment. Here, regardless of the player character of interest and other player characters, all player characters are directed toward the ball object 72. The same is true for baseball in the real world, but it is necessary to recognize the position of every play since it involves the ball object 72 especially after hitting.

  Next, a determination is made for each player character as to whether or not the noted player character is included in the relevance mark set for the other player character (step S43). This determination is determined from the angle width in the game space and the position information of the noted player character. If this determination is denied, the process exits this flow. On the other hand, if this determination is affirmed, the distance between the other player character and the noted player character affects the noted player character. Is determined (step S45). If this determination is denied, the present flow is exited. On the other hand, if this determination is affirmed, the other player character is selected as a support player character, and the length of the relevance mark 70 is The support level is calculated and set using the influence level shown in Table 2 as a coefficient (step S47).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the processing for all the other player characters has been completed (step S49). If there are remaining player characters as other player characters, the next other player character is set (step S51) and Steps S43 to S47 are repeated to select a support player character and set a support value. For example, when there are two support player characters, the total of the support values of the two players is set as the final support value. On the other hand, if the processing for all other player characters is completed, the process proceeds to step S53.

  In step S53, the sum of the support values of each support player character is calculated, and the calculated sum value is set as a support value for the noted player character. The selected support player character and the set support value are written in a support information storage unit that is a predetermined storage area of the player data storage unit 142 of the buffer 14.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not one sequence has been completed (step S55). If one sequence has not been completed, the process returns to step S39 to select the next player character of interest. To S53 are repeatedly executed. On the other hand, when one sequence is completed, the support value is reset (step S57), and this flow is terminated.

  FIGS. 10 and 11 are flowcharts of “pre-throwing processing” executed by the CPU 1 based on the game program. First, a process of setting a pitcher character as an attention player character is performed (step S71), and then a relevance mark generation process for each player character of a catcher and an infielder selected as another player character according to Table 2 Is executed (step S73). Next, a determination is made for each player character as to whether or not the pitcher character 71 is within the angle range set for the other player characters (step S75).

  Subsequently, in steps S77 to S83, processing similar to that in steps S47 to S53 is executed. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not pitching has been completed (step S85). If pitching has been completed, the support value set for the pitcher character 71 is reset (step S87).

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart of “support value adjustment processing” executed by the CPU 1 based on the game program. First, it is determined whether or not a support value exists (step S101; step S55). If there is no support value, the support value is reset and a default ability parameter is set for the noted player character (step S103). ), The default operation, that is, movement and action processing are controlled (step S107). On the other hand, if the support value exists, the support value is added to the default ability parameter for the focused player character (step S105), and the action, that is, movement or action is performed with the game ability improved from the normal level. Processing is controlled (step S107).

  In addition, the following aspects are employable for this invention.

(1) The image display control unit 103 performs display processing of the assistance level mark 90 shown in FIG. The support level mark 90 notifies whether or not the focused player character is currently receiving support from other player characters. That is, the support level mark is displayed as shown in FIG. 4 when the support value is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, and is prohibited from being displayed when the support value is less than the threshold value. Thereby, the player can recognize the support situation. Alternatively, the support values may be divided into a plurality of stages in stages, and displayed in a notification form, for example, different colors, sizes, and shapes for each section. As a result, the support status can be notified in more detail. Further, in an aspect in which the CPU 1 automatically selects a player character of interest, a predetermined mark may be displayed corresponding to a predetermined position of the player character of interest in order to make the selection state easily visible to the player.

(2) Although the present invention has been described with a baseball game, the present invention is not limited to this, and a game between teams in which a predetermined position (formation) is set in advance, such as soccer, rugby, volleyball, tennis, The present invention can be similarly applied to doubles of table tennis, and further applicable to a battle game between teams in which no position is set, for example, a dodge ball. The moving body object 72 may be any object that simulates a moving body (for example, a badminton shuttle) employed in a game in addition to a ball.

(3) The present invention relates to a game form performed by using two controllers 19 by one game device (one monitor 21), or a computer battle game in which an opponent team controls each player character by a computer. Applicable to form. Moreover, it is applicable also to a remote battle | competition game, when each player uses each game device and delivers game information mutually via a communication means. In other words, in the case of a baseball game, 18 players are in charge of operating instructions for the actions of each player character in a common game space, and send and receive operating instruction information between the previous game apparatuses via the network (ad hoc communication). System). In this aspect, the movements and orientations of all player characters will depend on the player operation, and each player may affect the game progress and game results depending on which player character in the team is responsible. An interesting fighting game can be provided.

(4) In the “pre-throwing process” of FIGS. 10 and 11, the distance calculation unit 108 treats the position classification in Table 2 as equivalent to the distance in the aspect in which positions are set in advance based on Table 2. However, even before the pitching, each position may be finely adjusted by the batter character's ability parameters, inning, outcount, and the like. In this case, it is good also as a mode which calculates the information of selection of a support player character and the relevance mark 70 from the position of each player character, without using Table 2 similarly to after a hit, before throwing. On the contrary, even after hitting, it is possible to use the table 2 to calculate the support player character selection and the relevance mark information. Such processing can be similarly applied to the orientations of other player characters.

(5) The target player character is a pitcher character, a player character that catches the ball object 71, and whether or not there is a relay when returning the caught ball object to a predetermined basket (for example, back home). The relay player character when relaying is also targeted.

(6) The angular width of the relevance mark 70 set for players other than the notable player character is not limited to the ability parameter of “defense ability”, and other or a plurality of predetermined abilities may be adopted. Or it is good also as a variable type which employ | adopts the capability according to this game situation according to game situations, such as pitching, catching, and a relay. Alternatively, the setting of the angle width may be constant among the player characters.

(7) Although the support value is based on the average value of all ability parameters, the present invention is not limited to this, and various methods such as focusing only on a predetermined ability can be adopted. Furthermore, as described above, a variable type that adopts the ability according to the game situation may be adopted according to the game situation.

(8) In the present embodiment, the support information (support value) is reset at the end of one sequence. However, even within one sequence period based on the time-lapse information from the clock unit 112 shown in FIG. The support information may be deleted when a predetermined time has elapsed since the support information was written. According to this, the support information can be used from the time of writing to a predetermined time, while the written support information is invalidated after the predetermined time has elapsed. Further, although the support value is switched from the valid state to the invalid state using the clock unit 112, the support value may be continuously or gradually decreased in a plurality of stages as time passes in one sequence.

(9) In this embodiment, the direction of the player character is set based on the torso 732. However, in a more realistic aspect in which the torso 732 and the face 731 can be individually operated, You may employ | adopt the surface normal vector of the predetermined polygon which comprises the center site | part of the face part 731, Preferably the site | part of an eye.

(10) In the present embodiment, if another character is set as a support player character and the direction and direction of the support player character covers the attention player character, it contributes to the improvement of the ability of the attention player character. However, instead of always improving the capability, a variation that reduces the capability may be included. That is, for only certain other player characters, when the direction and direction cover the player character of interest, the ability parameter of the player character of interest may be set to decrease. In this case, the following cases can be adopted. That is, (i) the compatibility of all players in one team is prepared as a compatibility parameter in a table in the memory, and if the compatibility parameter is negative, the above settings are made (plus the case where compatibility is good) The negative value is a negative value, and the larger the absolute value, the greater the compatibility of the compatibility). (Ii) For each game, an unlucky player who is not attached is randomly set by the CPU 1, and if the direction and direction of the unlucky player covers the attention player character, a negative influence is given to the attention player character. . According to the above embodiment, the more players who cover the noted player character, the more the ability is not improved, and a more varied game can be realized.

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of a structure of the game device which concerns on this invention. It is an external view which shows an example of a controller. It is a functional block diagram of the part with which this invention relates among the game devices shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed an example of the game image displayed on a monitor in a game device. It is a top view which shows roughly each arrangement | positioning of the player character of the defensive side before a hit | damage. It is a schematic plan view which shows an example of arrangement | positioning at the time of the defensive side after a hit | damage. It is a flowchart which shows the "whole process" of the battle | competition game performed with the game program of CPU. It is a flowchart of the "matching process" which CPU performs based on a game program. It is a flowchart of the "matching process" which CPU performs based on a game program. It is a flowchart of the “pre-throwing process” executed by the CPU based on the game program. It is a flowchart of the “pre-throwing process” executed by the CPU based on the game program. It is a flowchart of "support value adjustment process" which CPU performs based on a game program.

1 CPU1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Acquisition part 102 Game progress control 103 Image display control part (support status display means)
104 Throwing processing unit (motion processing means)
105 Stroke processing unit (motion processing means)
106 Orientation setting unit (orientation setting means)
107 Direction determination unit (direction determination means, support value generation means)
108 Distance calculation unit (distance calculation means, support value generation means)
109 Support value calculation unit (support value calculation means, support value generation means)
110 Parameter adjustment unit (parameter adjustment means)
111 Result processing unit (operation processing means)
112 Clock unit 113 Communication processing unit 14 Buffer (parameter storage means)
142 player data storage unit 19 controller (operation member)
21 Monitor 70 Relevance mark 71 Pitcher character
72 Ball object (moving object)
75 Player Character (Character)
76 catcher character
90 Support level mark

Claims (13)

In a game program for accepting an instruction from an operation member and operating in a game space displayed on a display unit, a self-team composed of a plurality of characters is played against another team by a computer with a moving object interposed therebetween,
Parameter storage means for storing the ability parameters of each character of the team;
Orientation setting means for setting the orientation of the character in the team of interest and the attention character related to the moving object and other characters in the game space;
The other character whose direction from the other character matches the direction from the other character to the target character is selected as a support character, and a support value for the target character is determined based on an ability parameter set for the support character. Support value generation means for generating,
Parameter adjustment means for adjusting the ability parameter of the attention character stored in the parameter storage means using the generated support value;
Action processing means for causing the noted character to move according to the adjusted ability parameter ,
The support value generation means determines, for each other character, whether or not the direction of the other character matches the direction from the other character to the attention character, and the direction and the direction match. Orientation judging means for selecting all other characters as support characters;
Support value calculating means for calculating a support value for the attention character based on the size of the ability parameter set for each selected support character;
The orientation determination means sets a predetermined angular width according to the ability parameter of the other character, with the orientation of the other character as the center, and the match according to whether or not the attention character is included in the angular width It is characterized by determining the presence or absence of
A game program for causing the computer to function. The support value generation means includes distance calculation means for calculating a distance in the game space between the other character and the attention character for each other character, and the support value calculation means has a large distance. The game program according to claim 1 , wherein the support value is decreased. The support value calculating means converts the capacity parameter into a smaller value as the distance increases, and calculates the support value according to the converted capacity parameter. Item 3. A game program according to item 2 . The orientation setting means, a game program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that to set the orientation of the other character in accordance with the competition game rules. The character has at least a face portion and a torso portion that are integrally set in an orientation,
The game program according to claim 4 , wherein the direction setting means sets the normal direction of the front of the torso of the other character as the direction according to the rules of the battle game. The orientation setting means, according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that setting the orientation in the direction that coincides with the moving direction of the another character which is moving by receiving an instruction from said operating member Game program. The character has at least a face portion and a torso portion whose direction is individually set,
The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the orientation setting means sets the front direction of the face of the other character that is changed by receiving an instruction from the operation member as the orientation. . The support value generating unit, when the ability parameter is more, the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that to produce a support value for each of the other character from the average value of each ability parameter . The support value generating unit, when the support character is plural, according to the average value of the support values of the respective supporting character to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the support factor for the target character Game program. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , which causes the computer to function as support status display means for displaying information on the support value generated by the support value generation means on a part of the display unit. The battle game is a simulation of a baseball game, and the defensive characters are grouped as pitchers, catchers, infielders and outfielders,
The support value generating means, a game program according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that prohibiting generation support value for the other characters included within the target character and the same group. In a game control method of accepting an instruction from an operation member and operating in a game space displayed on a display unit, a self-team composed of a plurality of characters is played against another team by a computer through a moving object,
The parameter storage means stores the ability parameters of each character of the own team,
The direction setting means is a character in the team of the player, and sets the direction of the attention character related to the moving object and other characters in the game space,
The support value generation means sets a predetermined angular width according to the ability parameter of the other character with the orientation of the other character as the center, and whether or not the attention character is included in the angular width, It is determined for each other character whether or not the direction of the other character matches the direction from the other character to the attention character, and all other characters whose direction and the direction match are used as support characters. with selected, calculates the assist value for the target character based on the size of the selected capability parameters set in the assist character was,
The parameter adjustment means adjusts the ability parameter of the attention character stored in the parameter storage means using the generated support value,
Game control method operation processing means, characterized in that Ru is operated the target character in accordance with the adjusted capacity parameters. In a game device that accepts an instruction from an operation member and operates in a game space displayed on a display unit, and a self-team composed of a plurality of characters is played against another team by a computer with a moving object interposed therebetween,
Parameter storage means for storing the ability parameters of each character of the team;
Orientation setting means for setting the orientation of the attention character and other characters in the game space that are characters in the team of the self and related to the moving object;
The other character whose direction from the other character matches the direction from the other character to the target character is selected as a support character, and a support value for the target character is determined based on an ability parameter set for the support character. Support value generation means for generating;
Parameter adjustment means for adjusting the ability parameter of the attention character stored in the parameter storage means using the generated support value;
Action processing means for moving the noted character according to the adjusted ability parameter ,
The support value generation means determines, for each other character, whether or not the direction of the other character matches the direction from the other character to the attention character, and the direction and the direction match. Orientation judging means for selecting all other characters as support characters;
Support value calculating means for calculating a support value for the attention character based on the size of the ability parameter set for each of the selected support characters;
The orientation determination means sets a predetermined angular width according to the ability parameter of the other character, with the orientation of the other character as the center, and the match according to whether or not the attention character is included in the angular width A game device characterized by determining the presence or absence of a game.

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