Image generation method, program, and information storage medium

1. A method of generating an image, comprising:

performing a motion processing which causes a model object to perform a motion, the model object being formed of part objects;

selecting a part object among the part objects;

disposing the model object at such a height that the selected part object is in contact with a surface of a landform;

changing a shape of the model object specified by the motion processing depending on a shape of an uneven landform; and

generating an image within an object space at a given viewpoint.

2. The method as defined by claim 1 , further comprising:

disposing the model object at such a height that one part object to be located on a lower surface of the landform among the part objects is in contact with the surface of the landform, and changing the shape of the model object so that another of the part objects is brought into contact with the surface of the landform when the other of the part objects sinks under the surface of the landform due to the disposition of the model object.

3. The method as defined by claim 2 , further comprising:

selecting candidate part objects among the part objects within a given range of height from a part object located at the lowest position in the shape of the model object specified by the motion processing, and disposing the model object at such a height that one of the selected candidate part objects to be located on a lowest surface of the landform is in contact with the surface of the landform.

4. The method as defined by claim 1 further comprising:

changing a disposing height of the model object depending on a height of the landform; and

changing an orbit of air movement depending on the height of the landform at a position of the model object even when the model object is in an air moving state.

5. The method as defined by claim 1 , further comprising:

changing a disposing height of the model object depending on a height of the landform;

changing the disposing height of the model object depending on the height of the landform at a position in which a part object is disposed when the model object is in a normal moving state in which the model object is moving with the part object in contact with a surface of the landform; and

fixing a judgment point for determining the disposing height of the model object at a representative point of the model object when the model object is in an air moving state, and changing the disposing height of the model object depending on the height of the landform at a position of the representative point.

6. The method as defined by claim 1 , further comprising:

changing a disposing height of the model object depending on a height of the landform; and

changing the disposing height of the model object with a rate of change lower than a rate of change for height of the landform.

7. The method as defined by claim 1 ,

wherein the model object is a character in a game,

the method further comprises:

changing a disposing height of the model object depending on a height of the landform; and

increasing the disposing height of the model object so that a hip part object of the model object is brought into contact with the surface of the landform when the model object is disposed at a height obtained based on the height of the landform and the hip part object sinks under the surface of the landform.

8. The method as defined by claim 7 , further comprising changing the shape of the model object so that a height of the part objects other than the hip part object are lower than a height of the hip part object.

9. A method of generating an image, comprising:

changing a disposing height of a model object depending on a height of a landform;

performing a motion processing which causes the model object to perform a motion;

generating an image within an object space at a given viewpoint; and

changing an orbit of air movement depending on the height of the landform at a position of the model object even when the model object is in an air moving state;

wherein a time required to complete the orbit after changing the orbit is dependent upon the time required to complete the orbit had the orbit not been changed.

10. A method of generating an image, comprising:

changing a disposing height of a model object depending on a height of a landform;

performing a motion processing which causes the model object to perform a motion;

generating an image within an object space at a given viewpoint;

changing the disposing height of the model object depending on the height of the landform at a position in which a part object is disposed when the model object is in a normal moving state in which the model object is moving with the part object in contact with a surface of the landform; and

fixing a judgment point for determining the disposing height of the model object at a representative point of the model object when the model object is in an air moving state, and changing the disposing height of the model object depending on the height of the landform at a position of the representative point.

11. A program recorded on a computer readable information storage medium for a computer to realize:

a motion processing which causes a model object to perform a motion, the model object being formed of part objects;

a processing which selects a part object among the part objects;

a processing which disposes the model object at such a height that the part object is in contact with a surface of a landform;

a processing which changes a shape of the model object specified by the motion processing depending on a shape of an uneven landform; and

a processing which generates an image within an object space at a given viewpoint.

12. The program as defined by claim 11 ,

wherein the model object is disposed at such a height that one part object to be located on a lower surface of the landform among the part objects is in contact with the surface of the landform, and the shape of the model object is changed so that another of the part objects is brought into contact with the surface of the landform when the other of the part objects sinks under the surface of the landform due to the disposition of the model object.

13. The program as defined by claim 12 ,

wherein candidate part objects are selected among the part objects within a given range of height from a part object located at the lowest position in the shape of the model object specified by the motion processing, and the model object is disposed at such a height that one of the selected candidate part objects to be located on a lowest surface of the landform is in contact with the surface of the landform.

14. The program as defined by claim 11 ,

wherein a disposing height of the model object is changed depending on a height of the landform, and

wherein an orbit of air movement is changed depending on the height of the landform at a position of the model object even when the model object is in an air moving state.

15. The program as defined by claim 11 ,

wherein a disposing height of the model object is changed depending on a height of the landform,

wherein the disposing height of the model object is changed depending on the height of the landform at a position in which a part object is disposed when the model object is in a normal moving state in which the model object is moving with the part object in contact with a surface of the landform, and

wherein a judgment point for determining the disposing height of the model object is fixed at a representative point of the model object when the model object is in an air moving state, and changing the disposing height of the model object depending on the height of the landform at a position of the representative point.

16. The program as defined by claim 11 ,

wherein a disposing height of the model object is changed depending on a height of the landform, and

wherein the disposing height of the model object is changed with a rate of change lower than a rate of change for height of the landform.

17. The program as defined by claim 11 ,

wherein the model object is a character in a game,

wherein a disposing height of the model object is changed depending on a height of the landform, and

wherein the disposing height of the model object is increased so that a hip part object of the model object is brought into contact with the surface of the landform when the model object is disposed at a height obtained based on the height of the landform and the hip part object sinks under the surface of the landform.

18. The program as defined by claim 17 ,

wherein the shape of the model object is changed so that a height of the part objects other than the hip part object are lower than a height of the hip part object.

19. A program recorded on a computer readable information storage medium for a computer to realize:

a processing which changes a disposing height of a model object depending on a height of a landform;

a motion processing which causes the model object to perform a motion: and

a processing which generates an image within an object space at a given viewpoint,

wherein an orbit of air movement is changed depending on the height of the landform at a position of the model object even when the model object is in an air moving state; and

wherein a time required to complete the orbit after changing the orbit is dependent upon the time required to complete the orbit had the orbit not been changed.

20. A program recorded on a computer readable information storage medium for a computer to realize:

a processing which changes a disposing height of a model object depending on a height of a landform;

a motion processing which causes the model object to perform a motion: and

a processing which generates an image within an object space at a given viewpoint,

wherein the disposing height of the model object is changed depending on the height of the landform at a position in which a part object is disposed when the model object is in a normal moving state in which the model object is moving with the part object in contact with a surface of the landform, and

wherein a judgment point for determining the disposing height of the model object is fixed at a representative point of the model object when the model object is in an air moving state, and changing the disposing height of the model object depending on the height of the landform at a position of the representative point.