Game Direction Indicator for Large Map Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Players in games with large maps often get lost due to unfamiliarity with the game map, and existing automatic pathfinding solutions can result in poor player experience when manual control is interrupted.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method and apparatus that provides a direction indicator on a mobile terminal's GUI, allowing players to determine the direction to a marking location in the game scene, using received location information and generating a graphical identifier corresponding to the direction information, which is not affected by the distance between the marking location and the virtual character.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If automatic path finding is used to help players navigate large game maps, then players can reach destinations without getting lost, but the system must maintain complete control of virtual character movement which prevents players from manually interrupting the path finding
Solution Approach 1:
The navigation system is segmented into multiple functional components: automatic path finding module, direction indicator module, and graphical identifier module. This allows the system to provide automated navigation assistance while simultaneously preserving manual control capabilities, resolving the contradiction between reliability and ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
Direction indicators and graphical identifiers serve as intermediary elements between the automatic path finding system and the player. These indicators provide navigation guidance without forcing complete system control, allowing players to manually interrupt or adjust the path finding as needed
2Measurement precision
If precise location marking is implemented to indicate direction to destinations, then navigation accuracy is improved, but the system complexity increases due to complete control requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential navigation information (direction and distance) from the complex path finding system and presents it through simplified visual indicators. This separates the computational complexity from the user interface, maintaining measurement precision while reducing perceived device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Graphical identifiers are generated as visual copies or representations of the destination location and direction information. These graphical copies provide accurate directional guidance without requiring the underlying complex control systems to be directly manipulated by the player
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: marking location information sent by a network side is received, the marking location information at least including location information of the game scene; an marking location is determined in a game scene according to the location information of the game scene, and direction information of the marking location is acquired; a direction indicator is provided on the GUI, the direction indicator including a direction identifier for identifying a direction; and at a position corresponding to the direction identifier corresponding to the direction information, a graphical identifier corresponding to the direction information of the marking location is generated.