US 12,440,758 B2
Virtual object control method and apparatus, terminal, storage medium, and program product
Weijian Cui, Shenzhen (CN); Meng Qiu, Shenzhen (CN); Boyi Liu, Shenzhen (CN); Cong Tian, Shenzhen (CN); Dancheng Zou, Shenzhen (CN); Yu Deng, Shenzhen (CN); and Jingjing He, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,849.
Application 18/204,849 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/122479, filed on Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202111221286.2 (CN), filed on Oct. 20, 2021; and application No. 202111653411.7 (CN), filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0321537 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/52 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/56 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/533 (2014.09) [A63F 13/42 (2014.09); A63F 13/52 (2014.09); A63F 13/56 (2014.09)] 17 Claims
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1. A virtual object control method performed by a terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a virtual environment picture and an attack control, the virtual environment picture containing a virtual object, and the attack control being configured to trigger the virtual object to attack;
in response to a first trigger operation on the attack control, displaying an action control adjacent the attack control, the action control being configured to trigger the virtual object to perform a non-attack action, wherein the displaying an action control adjacent the attack control comprises:
choosing, among a plurality of action control modes corresponding to different action controls, an action control mode and an associated action control; and
displaying the action control associated with the chosen action control mode adjacent the attack control; and
in response to a second trigger operation on the action control, controlling the virtual object to perform a first action according to the action control while performing attacks according to the attack control.