With the contract with DPD, the porting of the GAME OMNI version of Resident Evil is on the agenda.

According to the technical documentation provided by DPD, it is basically difficult for FPS games to be transplanted to GAME OMNI, and it is nothing more than to change some of the input information from the key mouse/handle to the Wanxiang treadmill and firearms simulator.

However, there have been some problems in other areas.

The biggest feature of GAME OMNI is that it can view the content from 360 degrees of full viewing, and for a game like Resident Evil, the horror experience will indeed be geometrically enhanced.

But this also means that more video messages should be output to the surround display, including 360-degree information around the player, and the picture cannot be abattered.

Moreover, some specific transition plots of "Residents" on the PC side also need to be modified, such as a scene in which the player walks forward, suddenly refreshes a zombie or zombie dog behind, and jumps up to scare the player to catch a surprise.

If it is in the field of view on the PC or the host, the player can not see the back, the monster refresh is completed in an instant, certainly will not be exposed; but if it is on the GAME OMNI, it is not ruled out that some forward players turn their heads back to look back, then there is a very low probability of filling - the player just saw a monster appear out of thin air.

Of course, these problems are also well solved, nothing more than to re-plan the monster's refresh position, as far as possible to let the monster appear outside the player's field of vision, and then run over.

The perspective of the game also needs to be changed.

The original is a shoulder perspective, which has many benefits, but the meaning of GAME OMNI is to let players experience the game from a first-person perspective.So, the GAME OMNI version of Resident Evil must be first-person.

But there is a special case, that is, when the player is attacked by the zombies, there will be special animations, such as falling to the ground, fighting back with a knife, death, etc., which are basically impossible to show from a first-person perspective.

Because the player is standing in reality, the screen shows a 360-degree horizontal orientation around the player.If the player is overthrown by the zombie, then his vision changes from looking in front of the sky, and if the whole picture changes, it will look very strange.

So the solution of the bell is that when this special animation occurs, such as when the player falls to the ground and is controlled by the zombies to fight back with a knife, the camera will automatically pull back, and the player is like a ghost suspended behind the character, see the action of the character to fight back, and then return to the first perspective after the action.

This feeling is basically similar to the first/third-person perspective switch in many games, which will not make players feel puzzled or unnatural, but will help the player's vision to remain stable and enhance the game experience.

The player's movement is still the same as the "Spear Law", that is, with the foot of the specific walking area to walk in this direction.

Bell is also considering a better way to move, but that means the transformation of the entire hardware, Bell is also impossible for DPD company to change the shape of the product for their own sake, can only wait for the bell to be able to do the hardware, and then consider the corresponding optimization plan.

This cooperation with GAME OMNI is also equivalent to Zhong Ming's exploration of FPS games, if it proves that it is indeed popular with players, then whether it is doing GAME OMNI or continuing to develop similar games, is an alternative path.

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On December 2, the demo version of Resident Evil is about to go live.

On this side of the studio, hurry up, there is no jump ticket.The version of GAME OMNI was also successfully ported and successfully pre-installed.

That is, every time you sell a GAME OMNI, players can find a demo version of Resident Evil on the machine.It may sound cruel, but for GAME OMNI, this is a good addition to the game library, after all, Resident Evil is currently the first zombie-themed horror game to be moved to GAME OMNI.

Online, many players are waiting for the demo version of Resident Evil to go online, and a small number of players who have purchased the GAME OMNI device are also looking forward to it.

After the global launch of GAME OMNI, the pre-sale sales reached about 100,000.Not too high, but not too low, better than the bell is expected.

Zhong Ming sold more than 10,000 pieces of VR equipment HTC Vive in the past life in 2016 the annual sales of 400,000 units, GAME OMNI sold more than this is a very normal thing.

Because Zhong Ming's previous life of the VR headset in fact, the experience is not good, playable content is very few, but the experience of GAME OMNI is relatively mature, whether it is mobile, shooting or the performance of the entire game screen, are not inferior to the PC side, and this thing can play "Gun God Road", which means that there will be more FPS games transplanted in succession, in any case, more than Zhong Ming's VR headset.

At noon, the old man started broadcasting.

After returning from the anchor game last time, Lao Jin also rose a wave of powder because of his excellent performance, after the game won the GAME OMNI was sent to, Lao Jin did not have to boast about the device with the audience in the live broadcast, and also played a few "Gun God Road" with this thing, but because GAME OMNI players can only match the GAME OMNI players, temporarily do not support the PC side of the "Gun God Road" interoperability, so the audience is relatively small.

The current GAME OMNI is still a device that tends to experience itself, and the effect of live broadcasting is more general.

At present, the more live broadcast method is the signal conversion, that is, the picture seen by the player is the front of the picture of the anchor, and the anchor will use the camera to shoot his own action, as a small window to show the audience.

This is not technically difficult, the only problem is how to determine the current direction of the anchor, this point GAME OMNI is not very perfect to solve, because the device does not have a headset, naturally can not determine which direction the anchor is now looking in - perhaps he is now moving forward but looking back at the same time, GAME OMNI can not distinguish.

Therefore, GAME OMNI can only estimate a general direction according to a certain algorithm, according to the player's movement direction, foot stamping position, muzzle pointing and other factors, and judging the position of the player's chest orientation, and the individual time there will be a picture of the anchor and the audience watching the picture that do not coincide.

However, after all, most people are used to looking at the front, turning their heads is a matter of an instant, so in most cases, this live broadcast program is still reliable.

Old King played two shots of Guns on the computer and looked at the time.

"Well, it's like the demo version of Resident Evil can be played, let's play that."

When he quit, he glanced at it, it seems that many anchors who bought GAME OMNI on the live broadcast site are preparing to broadcast "Resident Evil".

“I heard it was a horror game, exciting!”

"The zombie theme is not a special cold, but it should be okay to spend time with fun."

"I don't know how "Resident Evil" works on GAME OMNI, but playing horror games with this device...it should be particularly sour?"

"I'd like to see Kim pissed off."

“Is Kim pissed off?You want more, other anchors to play this may not adapt, but old Kim certainly will not, he uses GAME OMNI's gun method and key mouse is not much, the gun method is good to do what you want!" 」

Lao Jin used special software to connect the computer with GAME OMNI on the computer, and then pull an additional data line.Because the video transmitted on GAME OMNI is extremely accurate, if it is only connected wirelessly, it may cause the occasional phenomenon of the picture, or the use of data cable.

The game OMNI comes with a cable.

After all, the old gold entered the GAME OMNI, buckled the bracket between the waist on the Wanxiang treadmill, and slowly lowered the surrounding large screen.

There are only three games on the GAME OMNI, and the other two have been updated recently, except for Gunsault.The content of the demo version of "Resident Evil" has been downloaded in advance, but it is only now possible to enter and officially start playing.

In order to confirm the effect of the live broadcast, Lao Jin is used to wearing a bracelet to check the picture of his live broadcast room at any time.

Now the live broadcast room shows the old Kim in front of this screen, probably the original 360-degree surround screen to capture part, remove the aberration and stretching and put on a regular display device.Because it is not based on the old gold's vision to collect information, so the live broadcast between the screen is very stable, there is no jitter, which is a good news for the audience.

Like Zhongming in the past life of many anchors in the live VR game, the camera will follow the anchor's head violent shaking, especially some need to frequently turn around to see the game around, the anchor himself did not feel anything, but the audience was dangged want to vomiting, the live effect is very poor.

GAME OMNI is obviously much better in this regard.

Old gold took off the long gun simulator on the bracket, pulled the trigger against the big icon of the "biochemical crisis" game, and officially entered the game.

The capacity of the trial version is less than one-tenth of the official version, and normal players can basically clear the customs in about half an hour as long as they are not too handy.

After entering the game, old King finds himself in the game's landing scene.

Around the old gold is the main entrance of the Raccoon City Police Station, the roadside vehicles are burning with fire, and the sound of zombies in the distance comes, as if there is a zombie in the shadow in front of the right who is leaning over to eat human corpses.Surrounded by a full surround-style large screen and stereo sound, this atmosphere of terror came out in an instant.

Of course, this scene is a landing scene, it is absolutely safe, and the zombies will not come to attack the player, just to increase some atmosphere of terror.

"The atmosphere is doing well."

Old Kim couldn’t help but say a word.

He is not a loyal player of the horror game, just the horror game of fear + running, old gold is not particularly like, but if it is horror + shooting, then he prefers it.

Looking at the distance, you can also vaguely see the outline of the skyscrapers on the edge of the city, everything is hidden under the night, it should be a city with a brightly lit light, but at this time there are only a few lights, which looks like a dead city.

The demo option is also very simple, just start the game, the store and the options are three.

Old King used the long gun simulator to start the game and pressed the trigger.

The operation of this part of the outside is somewhat similar to the controller experience of many VR games, and the screen position pointed at the muzzle of the long gun simulator will have an obvious sign, which helps the player to be more accurate in this interface, just like the virtual line of the VR controller.However, the accuracy of the long gun simulator is too high, and it does not require any correction.

After entering the game, the surrounding scene gradually darkened, and a line of hints appeared on the screen in front of it, which seemed to be the pre-emotional supplement of the game.

“The new policeman, Leon S. Kennedy, had only intended to add one last gas and take a break at the gas station on the outskirts of the city, only to find himself surrounded by a large group of zombies.”

“Lyon, together with his new friend Claire Redfield, arrived at Raccoon City, but a sudden accident separated the two.”

“Lyon walked through the dangerous streets and finally reached the Raccoon City Police Station, but is he safe?”

Important: The story takes place in parallel spacetime and brings you into the game as much as possible, so that you can survive longer.

This precede is to briefly introduce the previous story to the player, because the demo version starts directly from the police station, and the players may be confused when they enter.When the official version is available, this plot will be displayed entirely in the way of game scene + CG, and this kind of blunt text prompt will no longer appear.

For this "important hint", the old gold did not pay too much attention to the heart, in his understanding, this should be a regular reminder of the game, probably means that there may be part of the game content is in the game world view self-consistent, but there is a difference with reality, so that players do not pick a thorn.

The game officially began, the camera first gave a Lyon back, and then pulled forward into the character's body, into the first-person perspective.

The old Kim turned around 360 degrees and looked around.

In the regular game mode, this operation mouse can be completed, but it is easy to forget where your original orientation is after turning around.But in GAME OMNI, because the player turns his head, the orientation of the body will not change, and it is more convenient and closer to the real situation in reality.

"The layout of this police station is a bit of a thorny one."

Old Kim Tucao said a word, because he saw that the hall of the police station was also too grand, and there was a statue directly opposite him.In fact, because in the plot, the police station was modified with a museum, but Lao Jin does not know this now.

A line appears on the screen: "You have not yet obtained a long gun weapon, please use a pistol."

Old Kim was speechless, so he had to hang the long gun and take the pistol simulator down and take it in his hand.

The pistol also has an accurate star on the screen, with several special interactive buttons on it to perform some specific operations.

Old Kim went to the front desk and picked up some bullets.He found a typewriter prompt to archive it, but he triggered the pun on as he walked over.

All these operations are done with the interaction button on the pistol simulator, as long as the quasi-star is roughly aimed at the scene elements to interact and then click the interactive button, the position of the button is slightly lower on the left side of the pistol handle, and it is convenient to press it with a thumb.

After the scene is triggered, the game will pull the perspective, so that the player can clearly see the current action of the character, after the end of the cutscene, will return to the first-person perspective.