Chapter 1548: "World War" Internal Test
“Second World” internal test. (Qihang Novels~Read Novels Online)
The first internal test in September 2004. At this time, there were more than 3 months before the official public test of “World War” on January 1, 2005. For the first internal test of “World War”, “Second World” carried out comprehensive publicity early.
In China, using the comprehensive coverage of “Tencent”, almost every QQ user can see the news of the first internal test of “World War” when they go online, and abroad, Lin Feng used his own “fsn-n” TV station and “Houston Chronicle” to carry out comprehensive publicity. This is also the first time in the history of games that an online game has been promoted on TV on such a large scale, and it is only the first internal test of the game.
Early on, players around the world who are interested in “World War” downloaded the client and waited for the first global internal test of “World War”.
“Boss, how many people do you think will participate in the internal test this time?” Wu Zhaopu asked Lin Feng a little nervously.
Although this is just an internal test, there is no gain or loss, but Wu Zhaopu still looks nervous. After all, the number of internal test players is related to the number of players in the future public test. The more internal test players there are, the more players there will be in the public test. This is directly proportional.
"Don't worry. Now the number of global downloads of the "World War" internal test client has exceeded 100 million times. I believe there must be a lot of internal test players. Now I am not worried about whether there are enough internal test players and whether we can meet our requirements. On the contrary, I am worried that there are too many internal test players and our servers cannot bear the load!" Lin Feng said with a serious look.
For now, the reason for this internal test is not only to test whether there are bugs in "World War", but more importantly, to test how much player data traffic can be carried when "World War" starts global interconnection. This is directly related to the future of "World War".
At present, for this internal test, "Second World" has mobilized a total of 100 supercomputers. Among them, there are as many as 50 supercomputers in the Shanghai headquarters to process various data and traffic from all over the world. The Asian Japanese branch has 3, the Korean branch has 2, the Taiwanese branch has 2, the Hong Kong branch has 1, the European branch has 15, the American branch has 20, the Australian branch has 3, and the newly established African branch has 4.
These 100 supercomputers will be responsible for all data and traffic processing for the internal test of "World War". According to theoretical data, 100 supercomputers are enough to calculate the birth and destruction of the universe. But in Lin Feng's opinion, it may not be enough to process the data of "World War". You know, if there are really 100 million people participating in this internal test, then the data will be a huge astronomical figure. Especially once the national war test system is turned on, the data flow will be huge enough to make any computer tremble. Of course, if the computer has feelings.
Of course, there is another very important point in this test.
That is the performance of the player's computer, whether it can withstand the game screen of "World War" and the requirements of the national war. After all, as a first-person shooter online game, the fluency of "World War" is the most critical. If the game is not smooth enough, then all players will not have fun playing. Who would be interested in playing if the screen is stuck!
So, this internal test is crucial.
"But, boss, you chose a day that makes all the teachers in China feel annoyed." Wu Zhaopu suddenly joked.
Lin Feng shrugged helplessly. September 10th is Teacher's Day. I didn't choose this day to conduct the public test of "World War". It was just a coincidence. I hope the teachers in China won't scold me! ——Lin Feng mourned silently.
Obviously, Lin Feng is absolutely criticized by thousands of people today. Originally, today is Teacher's Day, the holiday for teachers, and they should be happy. On this day, the school will give teachers various benefits, and some even hold tours to let teachers have a happy holiday. And students will also send greeting cards and say - Teacher, you have worked hard.
This should be a very beautiful thing. But today, because of the internal test of "World War", many students no longer gave teachers greeting cards, but "World War" internal test accounts. Originally, teachers have always opposed students playing games. After all, academic studies are the most important. Games, games, playthings are debilitating. As the saying goes, if you don't work hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old. Can you get 100 points in games? Can you get into Tsinghua University or Peking University?
As a result, these teachers are still teaching, but students directly send their game beta accounts. Isn't it infuriating? Especially today is Friday, which is the weekend. Many schools originally planned to let teachers only teach half a day, and then go on a small vacation together, playing for 2 and a half days. Perhaps because of this, many students got the news. As a result, at 9 o'clock in the morning, those students who don't like to study usually skipped classes directly. As for those who are more courageous and are not considered bad students in the eyes of teachers, they wrote a note to ask for leave.
As a result, there were 60 students in a class, 8 skipped classes, 16 had colds and fevers, 10 had relatives who were seriously ill, 6 had parents looking for them for something, and 3 had unknown reasons. In the end, there were only 20 people left in the huge classroom. The empty classroom made the teacher who was going on vacation feel depressed. Of course, from a visual point of view, it looks better to have only 20 people left, because they are all girls!
"If you don't work hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old. Remember, your efforts today will bring you countless rewards in the future. Compared with these students who skipped classes, you will never regret staying in the classroom today." The teacher said sternly.
20 girls nodded. Of course, as for whether they agreed with the teacher, I don't know. Because one girl muttered - Lin Feng didn't do well in grades, but now he has become the richest man in the world. Why do we have to study so much? Besides, it's better for us girls to marry well than to study well!
Vomiting blood! - The teacher immediately decided to take a leave and go on vacation to have a happy Teacher's Day. Otherwise, he might be angry at the end of the day.
At this time, all the major Internet cafes were already full of people. Everyone's computer was the same - blue sky and white clouds, everyone turned on the computer, waiting for the first internal test of "World War".
"Brother Niu, what kind of game do you think "World War" will be? Ever since "Second World" announced the development of "World War", I have been looking forward to it! I have been waiting for almost 3 years." A man said with a cigarette in his mouth.
"I don't know. But I know that a game that costs 1.5 billion US dollars will definitely be a good game. I just hope that the map can be bigger and the game can be more free, that would be the best." The man called Brother Niu said.
"That's for sure." A player on the side interrupted, "Do you know that "World War" completely copies the maps of major cities around the world, with a ratio of almost 1:1, so the map will be the largest game map ever. This time we can play with confidence, and we don't have to worry about the map being small. Maybe we will worry about the map being too big."
Everyone nodded. However, for this kind of game, the bigger the map, the better.
According to the official information released by "Second World", "World War" has produced maps of more than 300 cities around the world. 300 cities, what a spectacular number, even if these 300 cities are placed together, the map will shock the players. What's more, in addition to cities, "World War" also has various wildernesses, deserts, mountains, lakes, and oceans. It can be said that the size of the map is absolutely unprecedented.
"You said that in this video, players can create gods to control airplanes, tanks, and ships. Will we really be able to control these things then?" A player who was watching the game promotional video murmured.
Everyone looked at the game promotional video and agreed with it. If the map of this game is what players are looking forward to, being able to control modern weapons such as airplanes, tanks, and ships is another highlight that players are looking forward to. Just think about it, in the sky, countless planes are engaged in tragic air battles, on the ground, tanks are carrying out fierce artillery fire, and in the water, ships are facing each other from a distance and firing torpedoes at each other. What a spectacular scene that is.
Thinking about this scene, all players are excited.
"There is also a national war! You say, can you really create gods and destroy countries as the game says! If so, I will be the first to destroy the little Japan." A player said with a fist.
National war! ——All players are looking forward to it. This is the most anticipated thing about "World War".
National war! ——Can you really create gods and have national wars?
Everything is in "World War"! ——When the clock struck 9:00 a.m. on September 10, all computer screens simultaneously flashed the login window of the internal test of "World War".
All players entered their accounts and passwords at the first opportunity. After all, this is an internal test. Although "Second World" said that there is no limit on the number of internal test players, "World War" is a global interconnection after all, the first truly global interconnection. There is only one large area, no second area, and all players play the game in one game server, which is unprecedented. Although "Second World" said that 100 supercomputers have been prepared for this internal test, who knows whether there will be too many players to log in at that time? Therefore, everyone desperately squeezed and tried to squeeze into the game as soon as possible.
With a burst of exciting and passionate music, the players finally entered this game that has been developed for nearly 3 years and invested more than 1.5 billion US dollars.
The screen went black, and 5 seconds later, the game opening animation appeared.
The world's winds and clouds are created by our generation, and time urges us once we enter the world. The imperial hegemony is in the midst of laughter and chat, which is not as good as a drunkenness in the world! Raising a sword, riding a horse and waving ghost rain, the bones are like mountain birds flying in surprise. The world is like tides and people are like water, but I can only sigh that few people return to the rivers and lakes! Night rains in all directions fight in lonely cities, and at dawn, swords are heard.
The chivalrous spirit has been lost for thousands of years, and the red leaves are drunk in the autumn wind.——What caught the eyes of all players was this magnificent, yet sighing poem.
For a moment, all players experienced the vigorous battlefield, the ruthlessness of the battlefield, and the desolation behind it. Although the players' emotions suddenly became low, it undoubtedly planted the seeds for the subsequent excitement.
Then a video of artillery fire, all kinds of fighter planes soaring in the sky, missiles whistling away in the sky, and fighter planes being hit in the sky and making violent explosions; on the ground, tanks rumbled past, the earth trembled, the mountains and rivers trembled, and then the tanks made a fierce roar of artillery fire, and then tanks were blown up one by one, and the whole earth was filled with smoke, and thick smoke was everywhere. At this time, soldiers in various uniforms rushed out from behind the tanks, roaring, shouting, and rushing towards the enemy camp. A close combat was inevitable.
On the other side, in the sea. One ship after another launched various torpedoes, competing with the imperial ships for sea control. Under the sea, submarines swim around like ghosts, looking for the best opportunity to attack. And deep in the ocean, aircraft carriers lined up in a row, launching the most brutal battle in the depths of the ocean.
"World War" - four big characters flashed in front of all players.
Fight for justice! Fight for your ideal! Fight for the mission! ——The three parallel sentences in the picture aroused the voices of all players. At this moment, whether it was an Internet cafe or a user's home in the community, unprecedented roars broke out.
All players were affected by the opening animation of the closed beta of "War of the Worlds". At this moment, they had only one thought in their minds, to enter the game and participate in the World War. Go back to the war era that made all men tremble with excitement, and go protect your home and country! Go and expand your territory! Go and achieve immortality for all eternity!
After the game's overly long animation ends, the player enters the game directly. Since it is an internal beta version, there are no more complex and cumbersome options like the public beta version. Players only need to simply select a few options. For example, choose an assaulter or a sniper, which weapon to specialize in, which vehicle to specialize in, a tank, an airplane, or a ship, etc. These are the simplest choices.
Then, the screen went black and the hard drive started reading frantically.
After a full minute, the screen flashed again, and players appeared on the corresponding map based on their nationality and login location.
"Is this a game?" After entering the game, the players were stunned.
Players have played many 3D games. Whether it is a stand-alone game or an online game, players have played it many times. For game maps, they are all very familiar. But at this moment, they were all stunned. I was fooled just because of a game map. This is not because the players are ignorant, but because this map is so shocking.
wilderness! All players are born in the wilderness. But this wilderness is not the kind of wilderness in ordinary games, but a wilderness like the real world. Depending on where you are, the environment the player is in is different, but one thing is the same - reality.
Players on the plain can see a flat green space, but the green space here is not completely flat like other games. It has undulations and bumps. It is only relatively flat, not an absolute plain like other games. And it's not all grassland, there are all kinds of trees, and they are all familiar trees. And there are various roads, giving people the feeling that they are not far from their side.
And some are at the beach. The vast ocean in the distance, the jagged rocks, and the noisy waves make the player feel like they are right at the beach.
As for the players on the high mountains, they were even more shocked. The misty clouds in the distance, the big trees in the sky, and the rugged mountain roads all make players wonder whether they are playing a game or reading a National Geographic travel magazine.
Environment - full marks! ——All the players sighed in their hearts. Of course, I didn’t forget to add one sentence in my mind – it’s only a private beta.
At this time, as all players enter the game, the entire "Second World" enters the highest alert state, and all those who can create gods are mobilized to monitor any possible abnormalities in "World War".
"Finally closed beta, finally closed beta!" Minwu-Lee, the "Fourth Game Development Department Director" responsible for developing "World War" (a typo in the previous chapter, Jade Raymond should be the "Fifth Game Development Department" Minister" instead of "Director of the Fourth Game Development Department") shivered nervously.
This game took nearly three years of his game development team. Not only does his game development team have the largest number of people in the "Second World" game development department, it also has the most funds allocated. If it fails to succeed, then their game development department will be shameless. Therefore, although this was only an internal test, Minwu-Li was still extremely nervous.
"Minwu, don't be too nervous. Believe in your own strength!" Lin Feng said with a smile.
"Lin, think about it, all the players around the world are playing on the same server, how can I not be nervous? Think about it, hundreds of millions of players around the world are playing on the same game server, and if there is a slight bug, it will affect players around the world. This is not Just kidding." Minwu-Li walked around. It was already in internal testing. He could no longer change anything. He could only pray and hope that there would be no serious bugs.
Of course, perhaps we should also pray that players can find some bugs so that it can be perfect during the official open beta.
Lin Feng smiled. But Minwu-Lee is justified in being nervous. For "War of the Worlds", who in the whole company would not be nervous. Anyone who invests more than 1.5 billion US dollars in a game would be nervous if it were used by another company to develop at least the second world. Even Lin Feng, who has a fortune of over 100 million yuan, is equally nervous. .
However, what Lin Feng is worried about is not money, but whether the game can provide a realistic enough world war battlefield for all players.
"Mr. Wu, how many closed beta players are there in the game now?" Lin Feng asked.
Wu Zhaopu entered a set of numbers on the keyboard. After a few seconds, Wu Zhaopu was stunned. His eyes were almost as big as Zhao Wei's. It took him a long time to recover, and then he quietly told Lin Feng, the boss, that at this moment, in "War of the Worlds" There are more than 130 million test players worldwide.
Boom! Lin Feng was just laughing at Wu Zhaopu for his big reaction to the number of online players, and a little bit laughing at him for making a fuss. Now Lin Feng knew why Wu Zhaopu was making a fuss. "Second World" has more online players than any other game, even the casual entertainment game "Farm Frenzy" is far from being comparable to "World War".
130 million people, my goodness, what a shocking number. You know, this is just an internal test! An internal test that cannot save records and cannot perfectly experience the game. It can actually attract 130 million players for internal testing. Obviously, as long as "World War" is not re-**uged and the balance is good enough, then "World War" will undoubtedly become the most popular game in history. Remember, it is a game, not an online game, it is a game. It is the most popular game among online games and stand-alone games. In terms of the current number of internal test players, it is only more than a few casual games in the history of games. Small games, such as Tetris and Minesweeper, have fewer players.
130 million! Lin Feng exclaimed. He was secretly glad that he had asked Wu Zhaopu not to display the number of internal test players of World War on the company's online player bulletin board. This was definitely a very wise choice. Otherwise, when everyone knew that World War had 130 million internal test players, they would probably be even more nervous.
Now the Second World was already on high alert, especially the Fourth Game Development Department, the GM of World War, and Cohen of Cloud Computing. They were all very nervous, fearing that there would be a little mistake. If such a horrifying number was announced, their string would break.
"Keep it secret! This must be kept secret!" Lin Feng hurriedly ordered.
Wu Zhaopu nodded heavily. But there was a burst of joy in his eyes.
"Boss, I'm afraid that this number will be even higher when the official public beta is launched next year! Haha, you said, there will be hundreds of millions of people playing our game by then. If more than 500 million people play our game, my God, then our company can make tens of millions of dollars every day. "Wu Zhaopu's eyes lit up when he thought of the bright future.
Lin Feng smiled. Yes, if there are really 500 million people playing the game, what a grand occasion "World War" will be. But what is more important now is the next step. Now many players are just in the wilderness, and the huge wilderness map separates all the players. When the players enter the city later, that will be the key.
Compared to the real wilderness, the huge city is undoubtedly more real, which is a 1:1 replica of the current city. And the absolutely real city is one of the killer features of "World War".
Run! Keep running! All the players ran towards a light spot displayed on the radar. According to the display, this light spot is the gathering place of the internal test players - the city. Of course, the cities where players gather are different according to different countries and regions.
For example, Chinese players mainly hit in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Wuhan, etc.; American players are in cities such as Washington, New York, Los Angeles, etc.; Japanese players are in cities such as Osaka and Tokyo.
As they ran, the players began to see other players. And as they ran, the players in the game field of vision There were more and more. At first, only a few players could be seen running together, and then hundreds of players were running in one direction.
Spectacular! -- Just running in the wilderness was spectacular enough. But just when the players were drooling, the game screen suddenly -- stuck.
Bruce Allen, who was responsible for monitoring the supercomputer and game data, reported the bad news to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng frowned. Unexpectedly, at this moment, only a few hundred people appeared on the screen, and the player's screen began to freeze. But this is no wonder. Although "World War" uses the world's most advanced 3D dynamic engine (co-developed with "Blizzard" before), it cannot compare with the "Unreal 2" engine in terms of picture smoothness and hardware requirements, but it is undoubtedly the best engine in the world in terms of picture smoothness and hardware requirements.
But "World War" is too "world", the entire wilderness is enough to accommodate a large-scale local war. You say that such a large venue has high requirements for computer hardware. Therefore, as soon as hundreds of players appeared in the player's field of vision, the player's computer could no longer bear the load and the phenomenon of freezing appeared.
"Use virtual screen technology! "Lin Feng ordered.
Virtual screen technology, this is the "Second World" developed based on the previous "Virtual Restoration" technology. It can make the scene as blurry as possible while keeping the player's field of view unchanged, reduce the number of polygons in the picture, and reduce the demand for the player's computer hardware. The technology is divided into three sections. However, at present, turning on the first section does not affect the player's field of view at all; turning on the second section will cause fogging in the distant scene, which will affect the player's field of view; once the third section is turned on, the player can only see the scene within 50 meters of the business range, and it will be gray and hazy further away, which seriously affects the player's field of view. Of course, there is also a "red field of view". Once the player turns it on, he can only see the scene within a range of ten meters, and he will not be able to see anything in the rest of the place, but the computer performance requirements are extremely low, and it can make the player play the game at the smoothest speed.
This is a typical sacrifice of image quality in exchange for speed!
Bruce Allen pressed the button and entered a set of numbers, and the "Virtual Screen Technology" was activated. Just when all the players were about to curse, the screen became smooth again. All the players cheered. You know, just after entering "World War" for a short while, all the players have been shocked by its screen. Although it is only an internal test screen, all the players have already recognized and are very satisfied. But if the screen becomes stuck and stuck because of this, then for this first-person shooter online game, smoothness is always the first priority.
At this time, a line of words appeared on the screen-Virtual Screen Technology, players can freely choose the level of God. The default level is 1, with a total of three levels plus a red level.
Seeing this line of words, the player immediately opened the system options and set the screen. Most players still remain at level 1, and only a few players choose level 2 because their computers are too bad. As for level 3, no player has chosen it yet. The red level is even more of a luxury at present.
Seeing the data feedback report, everyone in the "Second World" breathed a sigh of relief.
"Minwu, not bad!" Lin Feng gave a thumbs up.
Such an excellent game engine is worth being proud of.
Minwu-Li also breathed a sigh of relief. But for him, this is just the first level.
The second level is - action! "World War" is not just a shooting online game. Since it also allows players to create gods to drive tanks, planes, ships, and assassinate and sneak attack, the action judgment of the characters is extremely strict. Therefore, the "ergonomic physics system" developed by Jade Raymond was added to "World War" and widely used in "World War".
Although this "ergonomic physics system" brings a completely different experience to "World War", it makes "World War" more colorful, but at the same time, it also requires higher control requirements for players and computer performance.
"Turn on the 'ergonomic physics system'!" Bruce Lee continued to open the second test project of the internal test - action - on the supercomputer terminal after getting a signal from Lin Feng.
As Bruce Lee turned on the "ergonomic physics system", a line of words appeared on all players' computers - Ergonomic physics system, players will be able to freely perform any action within the range of human physics kinematics, including climbing, running, jumping, rolling, etc. Detailed operation commands are detailed.
All players were slightly stunned, and then immediately called up the relevant commands, and immediately saw the command items for rolling, running, jumping, and climbing.
"Haha, see, I climbed up the tree!" A player shouted excitedly.
You know, whether in online games or stand-alone games, most of these trees and grasses in the wilderness are decorations and have no use. This is to reduce the difficulty of development. But one player tried it and actually climbed up. This is a good place for an ambush. Watching the players running by one by one under his feet, if he had a gun in his hand at this time, he could ambush them.
"Hey, I can roll!" Another player shouted.
"What's that? I can also roll sideways!" A great man next to him said disdainfully.
Staring! ——The player who was bragging just now was immediately dumbfounded. He had seen this action command before, but it was too complicated, so he ignored it and chose a simpler one. As a result, the talented person next to him actually played it out directly. It was amazing.
However, the players admired the developers of "World War" more. They were able to develop such an amazing system. Not to mention first-person shooter games, even many simple action games cannot achieve such an effect.
However, after turning on the "ergonomic physics system", the price paid was that the player's "virtual screen" settings all dropped a level. There was no way. At this moment, there were more players in the screen, and nearly a thousand people were doing all kinds of strange actions at the same time, which required higher computer performance. Fortunately, for now, the server and 100 supercomputers are still in a very idle state.
It seems that at most four or five projects can be tested today! ——Minwu-Li is neither satisfied nor disappointed with the current result. In short, for now, the player's computer performance is still the key.
Now we just have to wait for the player to finally enter the city and conduct the third test.