US 12,390,731 B2
Position prompt method and apparatus for virtual object, terminal, and storage medium
Jianfeng Lian, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,379.
Application 18/314,379 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/091765, filed on May 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110620718.0 (CN), filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0321539 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/5378 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/5372 (2014.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01)
CPC A63F 13/533 (2014.09) [A63F 13/5372 (2014.09); A63F 13/5378 (2014.09); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A position prompt method for a virtual object, performed by a terminal controlling a controlled virtual object, the method comprising:
displaying a virtual environment map and an object identifier corresponding to a first virtual object, the first virtual object and the controlled virtual object belonging to different camps;
in response to a drag operation on the object identifier onto the virtual environment map, transmitting a position prompt message to a second virtual object, the position prompt message comprising a target object position associated with the first virtual object, the target object position corresponding to an ending position of the drag operation on the virtual environment map, and the second virtual object and the controlled virtual object belonging to the same camp.