Legend of the Planet Builder-Chapter 70 - Physics Engine

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Physics Engine

Chapter 70 -70: Physics Engine

“It’s okay, we’re going to make our own,” He Xingzhou started the project, saying, “We are going to create the most powerful physics engine on the market.”

“It needs to be able to simulate the movement of various objects, colors, and particle effects in the real world as authentically as possible, and it must be continuously upgradable, even for future stronger devices or technologies.”

Huang Zhijian said, “Mr. He, I used to work in game development, I don’t know about the physics engines in military research institutes.”

“But the gaming industry has several powerful physics engines, such as the Unreal series.”

“Many well-known games are made with it.”

“The War Machine series, Unreal Arena, Rainbow Six, Mass Effect, Sword Spirit, Gun God Chronicles, and so on, were developed with the Unreal 3 engine.”

“Its upgraded version, Unreal 4, has advantages like the skeletal animation system, hybrid controller, data-driven controller, physics controller, procedural animation controller, multi-level AI system, 3D sound source system, simulated physical collisions, compatibility with various operating systems, and so on.”

“For example, games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Peacekeeper Elite were developed with the Unreal 4 engine, which is one of the most advanced game engines in the gaming industry right now. And now their studio has introduced an even more advanced Unreal 5 engine.”

“Besides the Unreal engine, there are other engines like Frost, and not only in our country, these are the most used physics engines around the world.”

“Our Academy of Sciences’ physics engine is actually inspired by game physics engines as well,” said an expert from the Academy of Sciences, “The military simulation systems we designed, in a way, are also a kind of game.”

“Mhm.” He Xingzhou nodded, as he had already learned some information.

Most physics engines on the internet are open-sourced or licensed for use. Foreign companies have not imposed any restrictions in this area.

And there wasn’t much demand for this domestically, so no teams went out of their way to research it, making talents in this field hard to find.

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He Xingzhou’s research on the physics engine had already begun, starting with the most basic simulation of particle collisions, along with biological skeletons, movement, color, lighting, and so on.

It was a tedious and complicated process. During the research, He Xingzhou employed the artificial intelligence “Lumi” as an assistant.

She learned and grew while assisting the team with their work, greatly improving research efficiency.

He Xingzhou worked tirelessly, day and night, and in a blink of an eye, two months had passed.

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And there was only one month left until Lunar New Year.

During this time, the world seemed normal, yet at the same time, not normal at all.

In Shen Zhou, large-scale infrastructure activities were still underway, and those bustling cities were filled with construction sites.

And in some sparsely populated areas, people started to migrate.

In society, one after another, businesses authorized by Tower Research Institute announced new products.

Because of the advanced technology, these new products instantly became the hot picks of the industry. The capital market was also stirred up, with a large amount of foreign funds entering Shen Zhou to invest in these businesses and companies.

Even the market introduced a term called “Xingzhou Concept Stocks,” meaning that as long as the company’s stock was authorized to use technology developed by He Xingzhou, you just buy it and that’s it, it’s sure to rise!

As for the Xuanwu Plan, the outside world remained unaware. However, news reports occasionally mentioned Mutant Creatures, and countries began to pay attention to research in this field.

But they did not know that this was a global biochemical disaster; only some irrelevant environmental organizations came forward to call on everyone to protect the oceans and the ecological environment.

Of course, the nuclear waste water was still being discharged continuously.

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“Bro, I’ve already started winter vacation! When are you coming home?” On the phone, He Mengyao was talking to He Xingzhou.

She had enrolled in Jiangcheng University in central China after the college entrance examination and had already finished a semester of classes.

“Already?” He Xingzhou felt as if he was in a different world. Time had flown by, and it was nearly a year since the Xuanwu Plan was established!

“It depends. I might not come home for the New Year this year. If I have time, I’ll come back for New Year’s Eve,” said He Xingzhou.

“Ah…” He Mengyao sounded disappointed, “Okay, but you must come back, bro. I’ve missed you so much, it’s been so long!”

“Sure!” He Xingzhou hung up the phone and went to the physics engine research area.

“Mr. He, the framework is almost complete, just the last bit left. The physics controller you mentioned yesterday, we still haven’t figured out a solution,” Zhang Zhichao came over to report as soon as He Xingzhou arrived.

“Let me take a look.” He Xingzhou immediately started to tackle the problem; the physics controller is the program that connects the operating system to the physics engine and with this control system, various operations on the physics engine could be performed.

All day long, He Xingzhou was in front of the computer, constantly writing and modifying programs. By 8 o’clock in the evening, he finally finished coding the last physics controller for the physics engine.

“It’s done; mission accomplished!” He Xingzhou exclaimed.

“Is it finished?” The others gathered around eagerly. Here, they had no concept of finishing work for the day. The mission was urgent, and many people simply stayed in the institute to save time.

“It’s finished,” He Xingzhou said with a smile. “Lumi, use the previous materials and generate a demo video.”

“Generating… Demo video completed.” As Lumi spoke, a new video appeared on He Xingzhou’s computer, demonstrating their physics engine.

“Let’s watch,” He Xingzhou said.

“Let’s see!” Everyone watched tensely, focusing on the screen. It was the moment to test the fruits of their hard labor.

Before the physics engine was completely finished, no one knew what the final results would be, and now they could finally see the effects!

He Xingzhou played the video. After half a second of blackness, a faint glow appeared on the screen.

In the pitch-black night, someone lit a candle. In the cool breeze, the flickering candlelight illuminated a familiar face—it was Lumi’s character model, which here had been transformed into a three-dimensional figure.

The night sky, the candlelight, the darkness and light, and the changing expressions and shadows on Lumi’s face under the candlelight were all incredibly realistic. It was as if it was really happening in the real world!

Seeing this scene, Zhang Zhijian immediately exclaimed, “A jack-of-all-trades opening, this effect is simply divine!”

Keep in mind, this wasn’t some movie or carefully crafted content, everything in the image was generated by the computer!

The self-generated effects were comparable to real-life footage, and everyone’s eyes lit up as they continued to watch with rapt attention.