JPH11144084A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (6)

1. An image generating device for generating an image at a given viewpoint in object space, comprising:
a storage means for storing first motion data for reproducing a state change of an object from a first state to a second state among a plurality of states, second motion data for reproducing a state change of the object from the first state to a third state among a plurality of states, and at least one third motion data for reproducing a state change of the object from the first state to at least one fourth state intermediate between the second state and the third state;
a reproducing means for reproducing the first, second and third motion data, which, when a situation occurs in which an object is changed to the third state while the first motion data is being reproduced and the object is being changed from the first state to the second state, performs a process of shifting from reproducing the first motion data to reproducing the third motion data , and then shifting from reproducing the third motion data to reproducing the second motion data ;
and image generating means for generating an image at a given viewpoint in the object space . In claim 1,
The circumstances that cause the object to change to the third state are:
An image generating device characterized in that an image is generated in response to at least one of a change in the player's operation data and a change in the game situation. In claim 2,
The object is
A character riding on a moving object traveling on a map in an object space,
The game situation is
An image generating device, characterized in that the image is at least one of a traveling situation of the mobile object and a situation of a map on which the mobile object is traveling. In any one of claims 1 to 3,
The storage means
storing a plurality of the third motion data;
The regeneration means
An image generating device which selects motion data to be reproduced from said plurality of third motion data based on gradual changes in at least one of the player's operation data and the game situation. In any one of claims 1 to 4,
The storage means
storing the first, second, and third motion data, each having the same number of playback frames, N frames;
The regeneration means
An image generating device characterized in that after reproducing the first motion data from the first frame to the Kth frame, the third motion data is reproduced from the (K+1)th frame to the Lth frame, and then the second motion data is reproduced from the (L+1)th frame to the Nth frame. 1. A computer-readable information storage medium for generating an image at a given viewpoint in object space, comprising:
a storage means for storing first motion data for reproducing a state change of an object from a first state to a second state among a plurality of states, second motion data for reproducing a state change of the object from the first state to a third state among a plurality of states, and at least one third motion data for reproducing a state change of the object from the first state to at least one fourth state intermediate between the second state and the third state;
a reproducing means for reproducing the first, second and third motion data, which, when a situation occurs in which an object is changed to the third state while the first motion data is being reproduced and the object is being changed from the first state to the second state, performs a process of shifting from reproducing the first motion data to reproducing the third motion data , and then shifting from reproducing the third motion data to reproducing the second motion data;
As an image generation means for generating an image at a given viewpoint in the object space,
An information storage medium that stores programs that make a computer function .