Team Transfer Skill Casting via In-Game Reminder Controls
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Solution Overview
Problem
In multiplayer battle games, the casting of team transfer skills is often unsuccessful when players disable their microphones or cannot use text chat, relying on universal social systems for communication, leading to skill failures.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for casting team transfer skills that utilize a reminder control interface to quickly transmit reminder information to teammates using touch operations, eliminating the need for speech or text-based communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the universal social system (speech/text chat) is used for team communication, then players can communicate team transfer skill requirements, but the skill casting fails when players disable microphones or cannot use text chat
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a reminder control as an intermediary communication mechanism within the game interface. This control acts as a mediator between players, allowing them to send reminders about team transfer skill casting without relying on voice or text chat systems. The reminder control is specifically designed to work within the game's UI framework, providing a reliable communication channel that functions regardless of microphone or text chat availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The reminder control enables players to independently communicate skill casting needs through a self-contained UI element. Players can actively send reminders to teammates about joining team transfer skills by interacting with the reminder control, which is integrated into the game interface. This self-service communication method does not depend on external communication systems, allowing players to autonomously coordinate skill casting even when voice or text chat is disabled.
2Ease of operation
If voice or text chat is required for team coordination, then players can discuss strategy, but the skill casting process becomes complex and fails under communication restrictions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the communication function from external systems (voice chat, text chat) and relocates it within the game interface itself. The reminder control is a standalone UI element that provides communication capabilities directly in the game, eliminating the need for players to switch between communication applications and game gameplay. This extraction simplifies the overall system by removing dependencies on external communication tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The reminder control serves multiple functions within the game interface: it communicates skill casting needs, coordinates teammate actions, and provides feedback about skill status. By designing a single UI element that handles multiple communication tasks, the patent reduces the overall complexity of the communication system while maintaining ease of operation for team transfer skill casting.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer device performs a method for casting a team transfer skill. The method includes: displaying a first virtual character in a virtual environment; initiating a reminder control for the team transfer skill in response to a cast operation for the team transfer skill by a user of the computer device; transmitting reminder information to at least one teammate virtual character in response to a trigger operation for the reminder control, the reminder information being configured for reminding the at least one teammate virtual character to become a transfer target of the team transfer skill; and casting the team transfer skill to a second virtual character meeting a transfer condition of the team transfer skill, the second virtual character being a teammate virtual character that becomes the transfer target of the team transfer skill.