Virtual Vehicle Landing Control With Timed Boost Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
In vehicle racing-type computer games, the control of virtual vehicles after slipping from a flying state to landing is simplistic, leading to poor authenticity and user experience.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a landing speed-up trick by releasing the throttle upon landing and performing a specific operation for the throttle control within a certain duration to gain additional power, simulating real-world vehicle dynamics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the virtual vehicle uses a simplistic control manner after landing, then the device complexity is reduced, but the authenticity and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The control system dynamically adjusts vehicle behavior based on operational state. After landing, the system automatically applies deceleration logic for a specific duration, then transitions to normal acceleration control. This dynamic state-based control adds authenticity without requiring complex manual intervention from the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary deceleration action automatically upon landing before the user can accelerate. This preliminary action simulates real-world vehicle physics where momentum and friction cause automatic deceleration after airborne movement, enhancing authenticity without adding complex user-operated controls.
2Speed
If the virtual vehicle immediately accelerates after landing, then the response time is reduced, but the physical realism deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies a cushioning deceleration effect immediately after landing for a predetermined duration. This beforehand cushioning simulates the physical reality of vehicles transitioning from airborne to ground state, where friction and momentum create a natural deceleration period before full acceleration can be applied, thereby maintaining physical realism.
3Power
If additional power is provided during landing, then the vehicle performance is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies additional power periodically and selectively - specifically during the transition phase after landing when the vehicle switches from deceleration to normal acceleration mode. This periodic application of enhanced power lasts only for a predetermined duration, providing performance improvement during the critical transition window while limiting overall energy consumption compared to continuous power application.
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AI summary
A virtual vehicle control method, apparatus, terminal device, and storage medium are provided. The method includes: displaying a virtual vehicle in a flying state, the flying state being a state in which the virtual vehicle is not in contact with a ground of a virtual environment; controlling the virtual vehicle to change from the flying state to a landing state in which the virtual vehicle is in contact with the ground of the virtual environment; controlling the virtual vehicle to move forward at a decelerating rate when the vehicle is in a throttle released state at a landing moment at which the flying state is changed to the landing state; and within a first duration counted from the landing moment and in response to detecting an operation for charging prior to detecting a first operation for controlling the virtual vehicle to accelerate, controlling the virtual vehicle to move forward at an accelerating rate with an additional power.