US 12,145,067 B2
Virtual object control method and apparatus in virtual scene, device, and storage medium
Yulin Wan, Shenzhen (CN); Jianmiao Weng, 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. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,436.
Application 17/508,436 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/095072, filed on May 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010507412.X (CN), filed on Jun. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040582 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/58 (2014.01); A63F 13/56 (2014.01); A63F 13/573 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/58 (2014.09) [A63F 13/56 (2014.09); A63F 13/573 (2014.09)] 20 Claims
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1. A virtual object control method, comprising:
determining, by processing circuitry, a first search range in a virtual scene corresponding to a target skill to be performed by a virtual object in a virtual environment of a game, in response to receiving an operation on a target skill control, the first search range being greater than a maximum casting range of the target skill in the virtual scene;
searching the determined first search range for a target virtual object in the virtual scene, the target virtual object being a virtual object actable on by the target skill; and
controlling, when the target virtual object is determined by the processing circuitry to be within the first search range and outside the maximum casting range of the target skill, a first virtual object to cast the target skill in the virtual scene within the maximum casting range based on a position of the target virtual object in the virtual scene.