US 12,303,781 B2
Virtual object control method and apparatus, terminal, and storage medium
Jiacheng Wei, Shenzhen (CN); Xun Hu, Shenzhen (CN); and Shandong Su, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/501,024.
Application 17/501,024 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/090301, filed on Apr. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010408457.1 (CN), filed on May 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032183 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/426 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/5378 (2014.01); A63F 13/822 (2014.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC A63F 13/426 (2014.09) [A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/533 (2014.09); A63F 13/5378 (2014.09); A63F 13/822 (2014.09); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); A63F 2300/638 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A virtual object control method, the method comprising:
obtaining a skill type of a skill in response to a first touch user operation on a skill control;
displaying, in response to determining that the obtained skill type of the skill is a target skill, a castable region of the skill in a virtual scene according to a position where a controlled virtual object is located and a casting range of the skill, the target skill being a skill that supports selecting a casting position based on a second touch user operation;
displaying a casting countdown of the skill in the virtual scene in response to the skill being the target skill; and
controlling, during the casting countdown and in response to the second touch user operation in the castable region, the controlled virtual object to cast the skill at the casting position on which the second touch user operation is performed.