KR20020071499A - The Method of Mask Code Management System for Online Games - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mask code management method is provided to selectively add an access user management function in a game field for offering a pleasant online game environment to game players and reducing a network traffic load. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises steps of giving a proper mask code to a new access user by searching for a guild code, a level and an attribute of the new access user, enabling the user to enter a game field and participate in an online game in a state that the mask code is allocated at the user, receiving variously set information and basic information, for example, a total number of access users, from the game field for constructing a mask code menu appropriate for the characteristics of the online game field, reflecting the received information on the mask code menu, recovering the mask code from the user to leave the online game, and adding the recovered mask code to the mask code menu. The mask code menu can be variously established according to the game characteristics. For example, the game players can be grouped according to the level, sex or age by searching for the level, sex or age in a user data code of the users accessing the game field, and giving the mask code to the accessing users. So it can prevent a game player from being killed unfairly in the online game.

Description

The method of mask code management system for online games

The present invention by adding a mask coat management function to the recently emerging online game service to create a more comfortable game environment for users than the existing online game and to the online game service provider it was difficult to try due to the characteristics of the online game The present invention relates to a method of realizing a technology that enables various attempts to improve gameability and reduces a burden on a network environment.

An online game refers to a game type in which a game server and a user (client) are connected through a network environment such as the Internet to simultaneously provide the same environment to game users who are far from each other. Due to the appeal of online games, the number of online game users has recently increased. However, compared to games without other online features, online games (e.g., MMORPG-Massively Multi Online Role Playing Games) where many users connect to the game server and play games at the same time, the gael environment is not clean. Service providers have to pay attention to network traffic between server and client when there are many users. In the existing online game server, the maximum number of users is determined in advance, and when the number of users exceeds a certain amount of time, the user who tries to connect to another game server or blocks the connection is blocked in order to maintain the game environment and prevent server down. In addition, in the case of MMORPG, when most users are gathered in a field in the game server, the game environment will not only be greatly deteriorated from the user's point of view, but the service provider will be unable to predict the demand. From then, there was a limit to the effort to improve the gameability compared to other games.

The present invention provides game users with a more comfortable game environment than the existing online game environment by selectively adding a visitor management function in a game pulse called mask code management to existing online games as the game seeks. The goal is to reduce the burden on the network traffic environment for providers and to enable various gameplay enhancements that were difficult to try because of the many unpredictable concurrent users for online game publishers.

1 is a schematic diagram showing the difference between the existing online game and the online game of the mask function

2 is a schematic diagram showing the effect of the mask code function on the online gaming environment

3 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the role and information processing of the mask code management system

4 is a basic manner in which a mask code is distributed to a field entrant.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an instruction processing when a guild situation occurs under a mask code system.

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100: common online game server

110: Online game server with Mask

200: general online game field

220: Online game field with mask code management

300: regular online game users

330: Online game user with Mask Code

400: mask code management system

500: Mask code classified in field

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adds a mask code management function to an existing online game. Mask code is a code assigned by the mask code management system programmatically to classify and classify the users in the game field by the maximum number of connected users, P, which means an appropriate number of users set up to provide a pleasant game environment. It is called a mask code in the sense that it hides the rest of the users. Visitors can only see users who are wearing the same kind of mask code and can interact (battle, chat, exchange items, etc.). In addition, since the same game environment should be provided to accessors of the same code, NPC (None Player Character) and game background should be classified by code. One game server manages several game fields, and each field may have a comfortable game environment or an appropriate number of accessors to achieve gamers' intended game characteristics. For example, if there are 100 people in a space that is suitable for about 20 people, it makes sense. The maximum number of connected users in the field is P, which is a little over the appropriate level of access for each code, so that each field in the server maintains a range of 0 <N 1 ≤ P to maintain a pleasant environment. A number N of connections not exceeding the number of associated connections P is required.

Using a field in the game server as an example, assuming that the game planner has set the maximum number of connected users to P = 20, and that there are actually 105 active users in that field, the mask code management system will use six mask codes A, Prepare B, C, D, E, and F. Since P = 20, prepare 20 pieces for each of 6 mask codes from A to F. That is, if 6 types and 120 mask codes are distributed to 105 users in order from code A to F, 100 users who received 5 codes of A to E and 5 remaining users receive F codes and 15 F codes remain. . The remaining 15 sub-codes are distributed to the user who enters the new field, and the code that has been distributed from the field leaver is recovered and distributed to the user who enters the new field again. In this case, there are 105 accessors in the actual field, but a user with codes A through E feels like 20 people in the field, and only 5 users with code F are visible in the field. In addition, the information coming and going between the server and the client only needs the same code, reducing network traffic by one-fifth. As an example for explaining the concept of the present invention, the mask code is sequentially distributed to the user who enters a new field without any setting. In addition, the online game environment provides a guild environment for grouping users, and the battle between user groups of guilds is common in online games (especially MMORPG). In an online game environment in which a mask code function is added, a user has a guild code according to a mask code designated by a mask code management system of an arbitrary field and whether the user belongs to a guild. The guild code is a code assigned to the guild subscriber for the case where a larger number of users are engaged in the guild battle in the field where the maximum number of connected users is set. This is used by the mask code management system to write the guild war code when a guild war occurs. In the case of guild members, if the same guild members play their games in different fields, they are in different fields, so they are not related to the maximum number of connected users. A chat environment will be provided. In addition, if the same guild members play their games in the same field, they must be given the same kind of mask code, and the mask code management system treats the same guild members as any one. In other words, if there is a user who matches the guild code in the field, the same mask code is distributed to the same user. Even if the mask code is distributed by the maximum number of associated users P, an exception is applied to 0 <N ≤ P for the same guild person. And distribute the same mask code in excess, otherwise the fields may only be filled with the same guild, or a different environment may be provided for the same guild in the same field, causing confusion. In addition, if there is a battle between different guild members who are given the same mask code within the field, the Marks Code Management System considers this as a guild war and searches for the guild code of each user who participated in the battle, regardless of how many. Create a guild war code by compositing, and add all guild war codes to all combatants without removing the mask code given by the existing field. In other words, the guild battle participants in the field where the first guild battle took place have both the mask code and the guild battle code of the field, and the guild battle participation code is not distributed to the new guild battle field from other regions. At the moment of intention to participate in the guild war, only the guild war code is given. That is, from that moment, it is separated from the existing mask code environment and affects only the guild battle participants, and it is possible to interact with each other if the guild battle code is the same without the mask code. Users assigned a pre-guild code are not limited by the maximum number of associated users in that field and the rule 0 <N ≤ P is ignored. Anyway, the number M accessible to the entire server is limited, and P is set within a range smaller than M. Therefore, even if the P is exceeded in the existing online game service experience, there is no technical problem. Therefore, the special situation of guild wars may apply exceptions unlike normal gameplay. Another way to provide a guild warfare environment is to create a guild war field in the game server where no mask code is applied. Also, even if they are not in the same guild, online game users may want to make an appointment offline and access the game together to play together. In this case, if the corresponding ID is searched and registered, the mask code management system recognizes these associations and always gives the same mask code on the same field even if they are not the same guild in. In conclusion, the mask code is selectively applied according to the characteristics of each field to improve the gameability, and it is desirable to set an exception to the maximum number of connected users P when a special situation occurs in the online game environment.

The features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a difference between an existing online game server and an online game server having a mask code management function. The online game server manages several fields in the game that it provides. That is, the user accesses the game server and enjoys the game in various game fields according to the game progress. In particular, in the case of MMORFG, one of the online game fields, various game fields are prepared to provide various activities for users. The maximum number of users who can connect to a game server is determined by the performance of the server. Let M be the number. In addition, if the total number of users in one field among the various fields of the server is X, and the maximum number of connected users set in the field to give a mask code is P, their size relation is P <X≤M. Also, if the type of mask code to be prepared by the field to which the mask function is applied is S, S> X / P. For example, if you look at field C in Figure 110, field C is 9 and P = 2, so S> 4.5, and the number of mask codes is an integer, so once field C is A, B, C, D, E Two mask codes of 5 are prepared and assigned to each user, and one mask code E remains.

2 is a schematic diagram showing the positive effect of the mask function on the online game environment in comparison with a general online game, A is a case of a general online game, B is a case of a mask code type online game. In A, six players are in the field and are not classified by the mask code, so six people can interact with each other and therefore must be provided with the same game environment. That is, for three of the six clients shown in the figure, the information coming and going between the server and the client includes information for all six users. The same is true for the remaining three clients, which are not shown in the picture. If there are thousands of users in the field, not only will the network traffic deteriorate, but the user will also see a lot of other users in the monitor, which can disrupt the game, making the gaming environment poor. On the other hand, in the case of B, 6 users in the game field are classified into 2 mask codes L, M, and N assigned by the mask code management system, and the other types of code users are not visible to each other and cannot be interacted with. Therefore, in this case, only the information coming and going between server and client is related to the same mask code, so network traffic is reduced by 1/3 compared to A. In addition, each user is provided with a pleasant game environment because only the maximum number of associated users P = 2 is set. Even though a large number of other users are newly connected, the mask code management system increases and distributes the types of mask codes. Since the user's game environment and network traffic are maintained at a constant level, the mask code function increases the maximum number of users M allowed by the server. This is because the limited number of access to the existing online game server is also caused by the internal calculation limit of the client's commands, but the more the number of accessors, the more the network traffic between all clients and servers increases. . Reducing the burden on the mask code management system, however, is the network traffic between the server and the client and does not mean that the server has less work to do.

3 is a flow chart showing a preferred embodiment of the role and information processing of the mask code management system with a setting function in the actual online game progress. In the process of A, the mask code management system retrieves information such as guild code, level, property, etc. from the user who enters the field and assigns the appropriate mask code from the mask code menu prepared in advance. Enter and participate in the game.

You can think of how to search for new entrant information of mask code management system based on online game user information or user information code that is pre-DBd and variously set according to game characteristics pursued by each game and field. Can be. For example, to prevent unfair player killing (PK), retrieving the level of new entrants and distributing mask codes by user level can prevent unfair play and only tie users of the same sex or age groups in the field. If present, search for the information code of the user entering the field and assign the appropriate mask code. Other conditions can also be designed to influence mask code menu creation in various ways, depending on the gameability of the game field. In addition, in the process B, the mask code management system receives various basic information such as the total number of users and the total information set in order to create a mask code menu suitable for the intended game characteristics in the field, and reflects it in the mask code menu creation. Step C is to retrieve the mask code from the user leaving the game play in the field and add it back to the mask code menu.

4 shows three basic ways in which the prepared mask code is distributed to the field entrant. If the total number of connected users in the field is X = 14 and the maximum number of associated users is set to P = 4, the numbers inside the code are the entrants in order. X is an example of handing out one type of mask code to the entrants on a first-come, first-served basis, and Y is handing out different codes to the entrants in turn, and Z is a combination of X and Y. This code divides the code of N by any set number N where 0 <N <P and then distributes the other codes. The above three cases are preferred embodiments of the method of distributing mask codes.

FIG. 5 is a command processing flowchart for a case in which a guild war situation that normally occurs in an online game environment occurs in a field managed by a mask code management system. Online games, especially MMORPGs, provide a guild environment in which users gain access, and guild battles between user groups and group battles are common. However, such a situation may easily generate a situation in which a maximum number of connected users P is set on a game field to which a mask function is applied, and thus shows a preferred embodiment of a solution thereto. In the process of A, when the first guild war starts, the mask code management system considers the guild war when a battle between users of different guild codes occurs and creates a guild war code by searching and combining the guild codes of the combat participants. For example, assuming that a mask code of a is set to P = 5, and there is a group of users with the same kind of mask code of a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5, it belongs to a2 and guild G in guild K. When a battle occurs between a3s, the mask code management system regards this as a guild battle between guild K and guild G, and forms a guild war code KG that combines guild codes K and G to belong to guild K or guild G in mask code a. Give all users a guild war code KG. At this time, the existing mask codes a2 and a3 are not removed. If you suddenly remove the mask code and replace it with a guild war code, there is an unnatural situation where only two users a2 and a3 remain in the field as soon as the guild war starts. The process of B is a case where a new guild is added before the guild already in progress. For example, in the situation A above, both guilds between a2, a3 guild K, and guild G are started, and a user with mask code a4 belongs to guild P. If you participate in the battles of a2 and a3, the mask code management system will search for and combine the guild code of the user who is fighting again to create a new guild war code KGP, remove the existing guild war code, and attach the new guild war code KGP. . At this time, the mask code a is maintained. Guild battle code can be described as a combination of all the guild code of the users involved in the battle. For example, if five guilds have a guild K, G, P, N, or O guild, the five-digit guild war code, KGPNO, is equally distributed to all users in combat, and other guild war codes or mask codes for other fields It is isolated from the user. In the process C, when the guild battle progresses, the same guild member who is connected to another field is requested to join the battle. If the message recipient participates in the guild battle, the user removes the mask code assigned from the existing field and the guild battle code. If the message recipient refuses to participate in the guild battle, the existing mask code is retained. If the player wants to participate in the guild battle after personal play ends, the existing code is also removed and the guild battle code is assigned. The situation in D represents the case where the first guild field moves from one field to another. In this case, the mask code assigned by the first field is removed and the new field is not given a mask code. The reason is to prevent the constantly increasing situation of the participation in the guild war. Another way to do this is to limit the number of different guild members from being distributed to one kind of mask code in the first place. E process is the end of the guild war, the mask code management system can determine the end of the guild war, such as the guild prevailing rule or the time passed after the battle is stopped, in which case the guild war code from all users who participated in the guild war Remove and give a new mask code for each field to the guild match participant who may be in each other field.

As described above, the present invention provides a more comfortable game environment with a limited number of users by adding a mask code management function to an existing online game, and reduces the burden of the network traffic environment to an online game provider, It will provide a way to realize various game characteristics which were difficult to realize in online games, especially MMORPG.

The inventive concept and the preferred embodiments will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, and may be modified and modified in various ways. Accordingly, all changes that come within the meaning or range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.

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In order to maintain a comfortable game environment in the online game field, an appropriate maximum number of associated users P is set, and the total number of connected users X in the field is divided by P to make a larger number of mask code groups and then each mask By generating P number of mask codes for each code group and assigning them to field entrants, it is possible to isolate different mask code groups and their elements such as NPCs and game backgrounds by group. The concept and method of the Mask Code Management System that manages and controls the field environment of an online game by retrieving mask codes from an online game. The method according to claim 1, The mask code management system creates a mask code menu according to various setting information reported from the game server, retrieves information code or user DB from field entrants, extracts the set information, and assigns the appropriate mask code accordingly. Concepts and ways to distinguish field entrants by direction The method according to claim 1, 2, In an online gaming environment with mask code management, to ensure interaction between individuals or groups of users, pre-negotiated users or guilds belonging to the same guild are always associated when playing in the same field. The concept and method of giving the same kind of mask code ignoring the maximum number of connected users P set in the The method according to claim 1, 2, 3, The guild war code given to the guild subscriber to support the guild war in the game field managed by the mask code management system and the guild war code synthesized from the guild war when the guild war occurs and redistributed to the guild war participants, and in this case, the maximum associated accessor set in the field. The concept and method of ignoring the number P and associating guild war participants with the same kind of guild war code.