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Method for moving grouped characters, recording medium and game device

  • US 6,525,736 B1
  • Filed: 08/03/2000
  • Issued: 02/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for moving grouped characters where a plurality of characters which are displayed on a three-dimensional virtual space and in which a leader is included form a group and the grouped characters are moved towards a predetermined target point, comprising the steps of:

  • calculating a first acceleration for moving a character away from another character when the another character exists within a predetermined first region for the character, and a second acceleration for matching the character with moving speed and direction of another character which is moving so as to follow the leader when the another character exists within a predetermined second region for the character, respectively; and

    calculating a position of the character on the three-dimensional virtual space on the basis of summed acceleration obtained by summing the calculated first and second accelerations for each of x, y and z components on the three-dimensional virtual space within a predetermined time.

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