Rebirth of the Evil Life

"Second World" closed beta. (Sail Novel~Read Novel Online)

The first internal beta was in September 2004. At this time, there are still more than three months left before the official public beta of "War of the Worlds" on January 1, 2005. For the first closed beta test of "War of the Worlds", "Second World" has carried out all-round publicity early.

Domestically, using the comprehensive coverage of "Tencent", almost every QQ user online can see the news of the first internal beta of "War of the Worlds", while abroad, Lin Feng used his own "fsn-n" TV station, and " The Houston Chronicle conducted a comprehensive publicity campaign. This is also the first time in the history of games that an online game has been promoted on television on such a large scale, and it is only the first closed beta test of the game.

Early on, players around the world who are interested in "War of the Worlds" downloaded the client and are waiting for the first global closed beta of "War of the Worlds".

"Boss, how many people do you think will participate in the closed beta this time?" Wu Zhaopu asked Lin Feng rather nervously.

Although this time it was just an internal test and there was no profit or loss, Wu Zhaopu still looked nervous. After all, the number of players in the closed beta is related to the number of players in the future open beta. The greater the number of players in the closed beta, the greater the number of players in the open beta. This is directly proportional.

"Don't worry. Now the number of downloads of the internal beta client of "War of the Worlds" has exceeded 100 million times globally. I believe there must be a lot of internal beta players. Now I am not worried about whether there are enough internal beta players to meet our requirements. On the contrary I'm worried that there are too many closed beta players and our server can't load it!" Lin Feng said with a serious look.

For now, the reason for conducting this internal test is not only to test whether there are bugs in "War of the Worlds", but more importantly, to test how much data traffic of players can be carried when "War of the Worlds" activates the global Internet. This is directly related to the future of "War of the Worlds".

Currently, "Second World" has mobilized a total of 100 supercomputers for this internal test. Among them, the Shanghai headquarters has as many as 50 supercomputers to process various data and traffic from around the world. There are 3 stations in the Asian Japan branch, 2 stations in the Korean branch, 2 stations in the Taiwan branch, 1 station in Hong Kong, 15 stations in the European branch, 20 stations in the American branch, and 3 stations in the Australian branch, which have just been established. The African branch has 4 units.

These 100 supercomputers will be responsible for all data and traffic processing of this internal test of "War of the Worlds". 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 handle the data of "War of the Worlds". You know, if 100 million people really participate in this internal test, the data will be a huge astronomical figure. Especially once the national war test system is turned on, the data traffic will be huge enough to make any computer tremble. Of course, if computers could feel.

Of course, there is another important point in this test.

That is whether the performance of the player's computer can withstand the game graphics of "World War" and the requirements of the national war. After all, "War of the Worlds" is a first-person shooting online game, and its smoothness is the most critical. If the game isn't smooth enough, it won't be fun for all players. The screen is stuck one after another, who would be interested in playing it!

Therefore, this internal test is very important.

"But, boss, you chose a day that makes all the teachers in the country miserable." Wu Zhaopu suddenly joked.

Lin Feng shrugged helplessly. September 10th is Teachers' Day. I didn't deliberately choose this day to conduct the public beta test of "War of the Worlds". It was just a coincidence. I hope teachers in China won’t scold me! ——Lin Feng mourned silently.

Obviously, Lin Feng was absolutely criticized today. Originally, today is Teachers' Day, a holiday for teachers, which should be a happy day. On this day, schools will distribute various benefits to teachers, and some even organize tours to let teachers have a happy holiday. The students will also send greeting cards and say - thank you for your hard work, teacher.

This would have been a wonderful thing. But today, because of the internal beta of "War of the Worlds", many students gave their teachers no longer greeting cards, but "War of the Worlds" internal beta accounts. Originally, teachers have always opposed students playing games. After all, academics are the most important thing. Games, games, playing with things to lose one's spirit. As the saying goes, if a young man doesn't work hard, he will be miserable. Can he get a hundred percent score in playing games? Can I go to Tsinghua University or Peking University?

As a result, these teachers were still teaching in Chun Chun, but the students directly sent them to the game beta account. You said it was irritating or not. Especially today is Friday, which is the weekend. Originally, many schools planned to let teachers only attend classes for half a day, and then go on a short vacation together to have fun for two 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 usually don't like studying skipped class directly. As for those who were less courageous and not considered bad students in the eyes of the teacher, they wrote requests for leave.

As a result, there were 60 students in a class, 8 who skipped class, 16 had colds and fevers, 10 had relatives at home who were seriously ill, 6 whose parents had trouble with them, and three whose reasons were unknown. In the end, only 20 people were left in the huge classroom. . The empty space made the teacher who was about to go on vacation feel depressed. Of course, from a visual point of view, the remaining 20 people look better because they are all girls!

"If young people don't work hard, old people will be miserable. Remember, your efforts today will bring you countless rewards in the future. Compared with these students who skipped classes, you will definitely not regret staying in the classroom today. "The teacher said sternly.

The 20 girls nodded. Of course, I don’t know whether I agree with what the teacher said. Because a girl muttered that Lin Feng had bad grades and now he is the richest man in the world. Why do we learn so much? What's more, it's better for us girls to study well than to marry well!

Vomiting blood! ——The teacher immediately decided to take 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, the major Internet cafes were already full of people. Everyone's computers were all the same - blue sky and white clouds. Everyone turned on their computers, waiting for the first internal beta test of "War of the Worlds".

"I said 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 either. 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 gameplay can be more flexible. That would be the best." Said for the people of Brother Niu.

"That's for sure." A player on the side interjected, "Did you know that "World War" completely replicates the maps of major cities around the world, with a ratio of almost 1:1, so the map will be the largest game map in history. . This time we can play God without worrying about the size of the map. Maybe we will also worry about the size of the map. ”

Everyone nodded. But 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 that is. Even if these 300 cities are placed together, the map will shock players. What's more, in addition to cities, "War of the Worlds" also has various wilderness, deserts, mountains, lakes, and oceans. It can be said that the size of the map is unprecedented.

"You said that in this video players can create gods and control airplanes, tanks, and ships. Will we really be able to control these things by then?" A player who watched the game's promotional video murmured.

Everyone looked at the game promotion video with faces of approval. If the map of this game is beyond players' expectations, being able to control modern weapons such as aircraft, tanks, and ships is also another highlight that players are looking forward to. Think about it, in the sky, countless aircraft are engaged in fierce air battles, on the ground, tanks are carrying out fierce shelling, and in the water, ships look at each other from a distance and fire torpedoes at each other. What a spectacular scene it is.

Thinking about this scene, all the players were excited.

"There will be a national war! Do you think it will be possible to create a god and destroy the country as stated in the game? If it is possible, I will be the first to destroy Japan." A player said with a fist.

Civil war! ——All players look forward to it. This is what is most anticipated about "War of the Worlds".

Civil war! ——Is it really possible to create gods and have national wars?

It's all in War of the Worlds! ——When the bell rang at 9 a.m. on September 10, the login window for the internal beta of "War of the Worlds" flashed out on all computer screens.

All players enter their account and password as soon as possible. After all, this is a closed beta. Although "Second World" says there is no limit to the number of closed beta players, "World War" is, after all, a global interconnection, the first truly global interconnection. There is only one big area and no second area. All players play in one game server. This is unprecedented. Although "Second World" said that it has prepared 100 supercomputers for this internal test, who knows whether there will be too many players to log in, so everyone is trying their best to squeeze in as soon as possible. game.

As a burst of exciting and exciting music sounded, players finally entered this game that has been developed for nearly 3 years and has invested more than 1.5 billion US dollars.

The screen went black, and after 5 seconds, the game opening animation appeared.

The world's turmoil comes from my generation, and the years rush me as soon as I enter the world. The hegemony of the dynasty was talking and laughing, and it was more drunk than anyone in the world! He raised his sword while riding astride and swung the ghost rain, causing bones as white as a mountain bird to fly away in fright. Things in this world are like tides and people are like water. Only a few people in the world can return! In the rainy night, there are battles in all directions in the isolated city, and the sound of swords can be seen with plain sword energy.

The chivalrous bones have been missing for thousands of years, and the blue blood and red leaves are drunk by the autumn wind. What caught the eyes of all the players was this magnificent, yet deeply lamentable poem.

For a moment, all players felt the vigor and vigor of the battlefield, as well as the ruthlessness of the battlefield and the desolation behind it. Although the player's mood suddenly dropped, it undoubtedly planted the seeds for subsequent excitement.

Then there was a video of heavy artillery fire. Various fighter planes were soaring in the sky. Missiles roared away in the sky. Fighters were hit in the sky and exploded violently. On the ground, tanks one after another As it rumbled past, the ground trembled, the mountains and rivers trembled, and then the tanks roared with fierce artillery fire. Then one tank after another was blown up, and the entire land was filled with smoke, and there was thick smoke everywhere. At this time, soldiers in various uniforms rushed out from behind the tanks, roaring, yelling, and shouting, and rushed towards the enemy camp. A hand-to-hand encounter 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 "World War". At this moment, they had only one thought in their minds, to enter the game and participate in 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 the 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! Just now, Lin Feng was still laughing at Wu Zhaopu's reaction to seeing the number of online players, and also laughed at him for making such a fuss. Now Lin Feng knew why Wu Zhaopu was making such a fuss. The number of people online for any game in "Second World", even the casual entertainment game "Farm Frenzy" is far from being comparable to "War of the Worlds".

130 million people, my dear, what a shocking number this is. You know, this is just a closed beta! It's just a closed beta that can't save records and can't perfectly experience the game. It can actually attract 130 million players for internal testing. Obviously, as long as "World War" has no major bugs and the balance is good enough, then "World War" will undoubtedly become the most popular game in history. Remember, it’s a game, not an online game, it’s a game. It is the most popular game among online games and stand-alone games. As far as the number of players in the current closed beta test is concerned, it is only slightly less than the number of casual games in the history of games, such as "Tetris" and "Minesweeper".

130 million! Lin Feng exclaimed. I was secretly glad that I had asked Wu Zhaopu not to display the number of closed beta players of "World War" on the company's online number bulletin board. This was definitely a very wise choice. Otherwise, when everyone knows that "War of the Worlds" has 130 million closed beta players, they will probably be even more nervous.

Originally, the "Second World" is now full of soldiers, especially the "Fourth Game Development Department", the GM of "World War", and Cohen and others of "Cloud Computing". The strings are tight, for fear of making any mistakes. . If such shocking figures are announced again, their string will be broken.

"Keep it secret! This must be kept secret!" Lin Feng quickly ordered.

Wu Zhaopu nodded heavily. But there was a burst of joy in his eyes.

"Boss, I'm afraid this number will be even higher next year when the official open beta begins! Haha, you said, there will be hundreds of millions of people playing our games by then. If more than 500 million people play our games, my God, then every day our company They can earn tens of millions of dollars." Wu Zhaopu's eyes lit up when he thought about the bright future.

Lin Feng smiled. Yes, if 500 million people can really play the game, what a grand event "War of the Worlds" will be. But what’s more important now is the next step. Now many players are just in the wilderness, separated by a huge wilderness map. When all players enter the city later, that will be the key.

Compared with the real wilderness, the huge city is undoubtedly more real. This is a 1:1 imitation of the current city. The absolutely real city is one of the trump cards of "War of the Worlds".

run! Keep running! All players ran towards a light spot displayed on the radar. According to the display, this light spot is the gathering place for beta testers - the city. Of course, players from different countries and regions gather in different cities.

For example, Chinese players mainly play in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, and Wuhan; American players play in cities such as Washington, New York, and Los Angeles; and Japanese players play in cities such as Osaka and Tokyo.

As they ran, players began to see other players. And as he runs, there are more and more players in the game's field of vision. At first, you could only see a few players running together, and then you could see hundreds of players running in the same direction.

Spectacular! ——Just the scene of running in the wilderness is spectacular enough. But just when the player was having fun, the game screen suddenly became stuck.

Bruce Allen, who is responsible for monitoring supercomputers and game data, reported the bad news to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng frowned. Unexpectedly, hundreds of people appeared on the screen at this moment, and the player's screen began to freeze. But it’s no wonder that although “War of the Worlds” uses the most advanced 3D dynamic engine in the world (co-developed with the previous “Blizzard”), its graphics cannot match the “Unreal Engine 2” engine, but the smoothness and smoothness of the graphics In terms of hardware requirements, it is undoubtedly the best engine in the world.

But "War of the Worlds" is too "worldly". The entire wilderness is enough to accommodate a large-scale local war. Do you think such a large venue does not require high computer hardware? Therefore, as soon as hundreds of players appear in the player's field of vision, the player's computer can no longer load it and freezes.

"Use virtual screen technology!" Lin Feng ordered.

Virtual screen technology, which "Second World" developed based on the previous "virtual restoration" technology. It can blur the scene as much as possible while keeping the player's field of vision unchanged, reduce the number of polygons in the screen, and reduce the demand for the player's computer hardware. The technology is divided into three stages. However, for now, turning on the first stage will not affect the player's field of vision at all; turning on the second stage will cause fogging in the distant scene, which will affect the player's field of vision; once the third stage is turned on, the player can only see clearly the scene within 50 meters of the business scope. Any further away, it's all gray, seriously affecting the player's vision. Of course, there is also a "red vision". Once the player turns it on, he will only be able to see clearly the scene within ten meters, and will not be able to see anything else. However, the computer performance requirements are extremely low, and it can create a god to allow the player to use the best possible speed. Play the game at a smooth speed.

This is a typical sacrifice of image quality for speed!

Bruce Allen pressed the button and entered a set of numbers, and the "virtual screen technology" started. 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 creation. 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.