US 12,280,310 B2
Virtual object control method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
Xun Hu, Shenzhen (CN); Jianmiao Weng, Shenzhen (CN); Yulin Wan, Shenzhen (CN); Shandong Su, Shenzhen (CN); and Yong Zhang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/530,382.
Application 17/530,382 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/079592, filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010328506.0 (CN), filed on Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072428 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/56 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/56 (2014.09) [A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A virtual object control method, applied to a terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a battle interface, the battle interface including a first virtual object, at least one second virtual object, and a first control, the first virtual object and the at least one second virtual object being located in a virtual world and belonging to different camps, and the first control being configured to control the first virtual object to use a virtual prop to change target attribute values of other virtual objects, the at least one second virtual object being configured to be presented in a default manner;
obtaining object information of the at least one second virtual object;
determining a target virtual object from the at least one second virtual object based on the object information;
in response to determining the target object from the at least one second virtual object, changing a presentation of the target virtual object from the default manner to a predetermined labeling manner;
receiving a first trigger signal acting on the first control, wherein the first control includes a first automatic control region and a first active control region adjacent to and contacting the first automatic control region, no intersection existing between the first automatic control region and the first active control region;
in response to a touch end position corresponding to the first trigger signal being located in the first automatic control region, determining that the first trigger signal meets an automatic control condition and controlling the first virtual object to use the virtual prop to change a target attribute value of the target virtual object; and
in response to the touch end position corresponding to the first trigger signal being located in the first active control region, determining that the first trigger signal meets an active control condition, identifying, among the at least one second virtual object, a target second virtual object mapped to the touch end position as the actively-selected virtual object; and controlling the first virtual object to use the virtual prop to change a target attribute value of the actively-selected virtual object,
wherein:
determining the target virtual object comprises: prior to the first trigger signal being received, in response to determining that the object information of a candidate virtual object in the at least one second virtual object meets a preset condition, determining the candidate virtual object as the target virtual object;
the target virtual object is changed to the predetermined labeling manner prior to receiving the first trigger signal.