Granted Patent B2

US 12,427,411 · App. 18/137,029 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Inventors: Lingyun Lin (Shenzhen, CN); Jinhao Yang (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited

A63F13/52A63F13/55A63F13/837A63F2300/8076

Abstract

Claims (73)

1. A displaying method, the method comprising:

displaying a virtual firearm in a virtual scene;

controlling the virtual firearm for continuous shooting in the virtual scene; and

displaying, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, at least one of a body recoil animation and a muzzle recoil animation of the virtual firearm, the body recoil animation being an animation in which a body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to a fluctuation curve in at least one direction of an X axis and a Y axis,

the muzzle recoil animation being an animation in which a muzzle of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the fluctuation curve with a root node of the virtual firearm as a center,

the X axis being a horizontal recoil direction of the virtual firearm, and

the Y axis being a vertical recoil direction of the virtual firearm.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising displaying the body recoil animation of the virtual firearm by:

displaying, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, the body recoil animation in which the body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to a sinusoid in at least one direction of the X axis and the Y axis.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein displaying, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, the body recoil animation in which the body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the sinusoid in at least one direction of the X axis and the Y axis comprises:

determining, according to a shot count corresponding to a current shot in the continuous shooting, a base amplitude of the virtual firearm and a recoil factor of the virtual firearm, the recoil factor being positively correlated with the shot count;

determining a first sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm; and

displaying the body recoil animation in which the body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the first sinusoid in the X axis direction.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

determining, during a current shot, a movement direction of the virtual firearm along the X axis; and

changing a sign of the first sinusoid when the movement direction of the virtual firearm along the X axis is inconsistent with a fluctuation direction of the first sinusoid.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein determining the first sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm comprises:

calculating a first product of the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor, the first product being taken as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the first sinusoid; or

taking the base amplitude of the virtual firearm as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the first sinusoid and the recoil factor as an angular velocity of the first sinusoid.

6. The method according to claim 2 , comprising displaying the body recoil by:

determining, according to a shot count corresponding to a current shot in the continuous shooting, a base amplitude of the virtual firearm and a recoil factor of the virtual firearm, the recoil factor being positively correlated with the shot count;

determining a second sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm; and

displaying the body recoil animation in which the body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the second sinusoid in the Y axis direction.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein determining the second sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm comprises:

calculating a second product of the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor, the second product being taken as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the second sinusoid;

or

taking the base amplitude of the virtual firearm as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the second sinusoid and the recoil factor as an angular velocity of the second sinusoid.

8. The method according to claim 2 , comprising displaying the body recoil animation by:

determining, according to a shot count corresponding to a current shot in the continuous shooting, a base amplitude of the virtual firearm and a recoil factor of the virtual firearm, the recoil factor being positively correlated with the shot count;

determining a first sinusoid and a second sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm; and

displaying the body recoil animation in which the body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the first sinusoid in the X axis direction and fluctuates according to the second sinusoid in the Y axis direction.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein determining the first sinusoid and the second sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm comprises:

calculating a first product of the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor, and taking the first product as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the first sinusoid; and

calculating a second product of the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor, and taking the second product as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the second sinusoid.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein determining the first sinusoid and the second sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm comprises:

taking the base amplitude of the virtual firearm as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the first sinusoid, and taking the recoil factor as an angular velocity of the first sinusoid; and

taking the base amplitude of the virtual firearm as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the second sinusoid, and taking the recoil factor as an angular velocity of the second sinusoid.

11. The method according to claim 1 , comprising displaying the muzzle recoil animation of the virtual firearm comprises by:

displaying, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, the muzzle recoil animation in which the muzzle of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to a sinusoid with a root node of the virtual firearm as a center.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the displaying, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, the muzzle recoil animation in which the muzzle of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to a sinusoid with a root node of the virtual firearm as a center comprises:

determining, according to a shot count corresponding to a current shot in the continuous shooting, a base amplitude of the virtual firearm and a recoil factor of the virtual firearm, the recoil factor being positively correlated with a shot count;

determining a third sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm; and

displaying the muzzle recoil animation in which the muzzle of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the third sinusoid with the root node of the virtual firearm as the center.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein determining the third sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm comprises:

calculating a third product of the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor, and taking the third product as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the third sinusoid;

or

taking the base amplitude of the virtual firearm as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the third sinusoid, and taking the recoil factor as an angular velocity of the third sinusoid.

14. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

determining a first muzzle position and a second muzzle position of the virtual firearm according to the muzzle recoil animation, the first muzzle position being a position where the muzzle of the virtual firearm being located at a current moment, and the second muzzle position being a position where the muzzle of the virtual firearm is located at a next moment; and acquiring a body position of the virtual firearm;

constructing a first vector of the body position pointing to the first muzzle position and a second vector of the body position pointing to the second muzzle position; and

determining an included angle between the first vector and the second vector as a rotation amount of the muzzle of the virtual firearm relative to the body of the virtual firearm.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, at least one of the body recoil animation and the muzzle recoil animation of the virtual firearm comprises:

displaying a basic animation of the virtual firearm performing the continuous shooting when a shot count of the continuous shooting is less than or equal to a count threshold, the basic animation being an animation of the body of the virtual firearm moving back and forth during the continuous shooting; and

superimposing at least one of the body recoil animation and the muzzle recoil animation on the basis of the basic animation of the virtual firearm performing the continuous shooting when the shot count of the continuous shooting exceeds the count threshold, and displaying a superimposed animation.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein program instructions, configured to, when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to perform steps comprising:

displaying a virtual firearm in a virtual scene;

controlling the virtual firearm for continuous shooting in the virtual scene; and

displaying, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, at least one of a body recoil animation and a muzzle recoil animation of the virtual firearm, the body recoil animation being an animation in which a body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to a fluctuation curve in at least one direction of an X axis and a Y axis,

the muzzle recoil animation being an animation in which a muzzle of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the fluctuation curve with a root node of the virtual firearm as a center,

the X axis being a horizontal recoil direction of the virtual firearm, and

the Y axis being a vertical recoil direction of the virtual firearm.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to display the body recoil animation of the virtual firearm by:

displaying, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, the body recoil animation in which the body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to a sinusoid in at least one direction of the X axis and the Y axis.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the program instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to display, in response to the virtual firearm performing one shot during the continuous shooting, the body recoil animation in which the body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the sinusoid in at least one direction of the X axis and the Y axis by:

determining, according to a shot count corresponding to a current shot in the continuous shooting, a base amplitude of the virtual firearm and a recoil factor of the virtual firearm, the recoil factor being positively correlated with the shot count;

determining a first sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm; and

displaying the body recoil animation in which the body of the virtual firearm fluctuates according to the first sinusoid in the X axis direction.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform steps comprising:

determining, during a current shot, a movement direction of the virtual firearm along the X axis; and

changing a sign of the first sinusoid when the movement direction of the virtual firearm along the X axis is inconsistent with a fluctuation direction of the first sinusoid.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the program instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the first sinusoid according to the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor of the virtual firearm by:

calculating a first product of the base amplitude of the virtual firearm and the recoil factor, the first product being taken as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the first sinusoid; or

taking the base amplitude of the virtual firearm as a maximum fluctuation amplitude of the first sinusoid and the recoil factor as an angular velocity of the first sinusoid.

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