Chapter 433: Chapter 270: Online Dating Now Requires a Car and a House!

Li Qizhen achieved his goal as he wished.

Unfortunately, Ba did not reward him with a promotion or pay raise for his achievement, only lightly patted his shoulder and praised him for his good work.

What does this amount to?

What he wanted was not a pat on the shoulder for encouragement, but a promotion and pay raise, damn it!

Chen Ba was unaware of Li Qizhen’s resentment; at this moment, he was carrying Li Qizhen’s ideas back to the office, pondering how to implement the so-called "injury" determination.

This needs to be done quickly!

As everyone knows, "Star Emperor 2" is a project that isn’t lacking in funds; in terms of financial resources, it might even be more abundant than many AAA game projects.

Precisely because of the ample funds, support in all aspects is relatively well-positioned, and since it’s a sequel, the development progress of this project is very smooth!

The result of the smooth progress is naturally an accelerated development cycle; a game that wasn’t scheduled to meet players so soon may be released around Christmas this year.

"What a hassle..."

After glancing at the calendar on the office desk, Chen Ba furrowed his brow.

Li Qizhen’s idea has disrupted the development plan he originally crafted and interrupted the established schedule.

If this "injury" determination mechanism needs to be made and added to the game, the development cycle of "Star Emperor 2" will be delayed by at least a quarter.

That’s a rather optimistic statement!

In fact, considering the complexity of this "injury" determination mechanism, trying to complete it within a quarter might be a bit ambitious.

Six months might not even suffice.

During the discussion, at most it was just a theoretical talk; once the actual implementation begins, and coding around this core mechanism starts, many unexpected issues arise.

Initially, it didn’t seem apparent, but after calming down and thinking it over carefully, Chen Ba had to admit that with Tianba Studio’s current game development capabilities, it’s tough to achieve the effect he and Li Qizhen discussed.

The hope is exceedingly slim!

Unless he’s willing to spend a year or two refining this game, otherwise, in the short term, the "injury" mechanism absolutely can’t be accomplished.

"One or two years is too long!"

After pondering briefly, Chen Ba decided to open the long-unseen system interface to see if there was a solution.

If there is one, then everyone will be happy!

If even the Iron Fool System doesn’t have a suitable solution, then this novel "injury" determination mechanism can only be released as part of a subsequent DLC or major update.

Fortunately!

Although the Iron Fool System cannot speak, it has never betrayed Chen Ba’s trust; regardless of how tricky the task or problem is, it always comes up with a solution.

This time is no exception.

The Iron Fool System’s solution thought process is rather simple and straightforward, and the code it provides isn’t only for the game but includes a whole set of motion-sensing peripheral device driver programs.

"Whoa, thorough service!"

Chen Ba never expected that this time, besides providing code, the system even includes a hardware driver program that can be deeply linked with the game.

This thing even writes drivers?

Impressive, truly impressive!

Chen Ba admired it immensely, genuinely not expecting the system not only to be adept at code writing and game optimization but also at writing hardware drivers.

Speaking of which...

Can the driver program written by the system really be used? Even if it can be used normally, how does its effectiveness compare to a manufacturer-written driver?

With curiosity, Chen Ba took this driver program to Mirage Electronics headquarters to let the test engineers assess its reliability and stability.

"President Chen, the driver is fine!"

The engineer quickly gave an authoritative judgment; the driver program is excellent, and no problems were found during testing.

Most importantly...

This driver program seems more advanced and user-friendly than the version they developed. The hardware that was originally lackluster became invigorated as if on steroids once this driver was installed.

"Steroid driver?"

"You could say that. After installing the driver, the hardware does indeed work well, and its support and adaptability for specific games are higher," the engineer explained.

What he refers to as "specific games" is "Star Emperor 2."

This is very normal, after all, the set of motion-sensing gaming devices developed by Mirage Electronics is itself a dedicated peripheral for "Star Emperor 2," so its higher adaptability to the game is to be expected.

However, with the same hardware configuration, the performance levels are noticeably different after installing different versions of driver programs.

To put it bluntly, it’s like two mobile phones with similar hardware configurations, one installed with iOS and the other with Android, and the experiences are completely different.

"I don’t quite understand hardware..."

Chen Ba furrowed his brows and said, "I just want to know one thing, and that is whether this driver is more user-friendly than the one you wrote?"

"Correct!"

"When testing other games, there’s not much difference between the two versions of the drivers. But if it’s for the game ’Star Emperor 2,’ the driver you provided should be more user-friendly!"

"You haven’t tested ’Star Emperor 2,’ so how did you arrive at that conclusion?" Chen Ba asked curiously. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The engineer used for testing only some common motion-sensing games and internal test software available on the market. Naturally, "Star Emperor 2" is also included, but it’s a rather crude and simplistic demo.

Just from a demo, what makes the engineer determined that there is a huge difference between the two versions of drivers?

"The code says it all!"

The engineer said with a wry smile, "President Chen, didn’t you bring this driver program? Haven’t you looked at the code yourself?"