Chapter 408 The unsolved mysteries after unpacking
“Oh? A video of unpacking appeared so quickly?
“These people are quite fast. ”
Gu Fan was indeed a little surprised.
In fact, there is a high probability that all popular games will be unpacked, it’s just a matter of speed. Like the previously popular “Ascension”, it is also It was unpacked one month after its release, and a technical UP owner specially analyzed the specific mechanism of switching between the two worlds of the game
But generally speaking, the more popular the game is, the faster it will be unpacked.
After all, there are only a few boss-level players who are capable of unpacking. The game must be popular enough to enter their field of vision and make them willing to spend time and energy to do this.
But strictly speaking, there is still a certain gap between the popularity of "Heartbeat Dreamland" and its soaring popularity at that time.
I didn’t expect that unpacking the video would come faster.
Gu Fan looked at the UP owner who posted the video. His name was "Dongshengjun". Judging from the content of previous videos, he seemed to be an UP owner who specialized in unpacking games.
Of course, from a strict legal sense, unpacking the game program is actually an infringement. If the game manufacturer insists on pursuing it, and the unpacking game program leaks certain business secrets, such as the next version of the operating activities or If the update content is exposed, there is a possibility of lawsuits.
But generally speaking, most game companies don't particularly care about this, and they won't really take unpacked players to court because of this.
If it is an online game, players will reveal the big event of the next version through unpacking, which will really make the manufacturer a little annoyed. However, if it is a stand-alone game, even if it is unpacked, it will not be a big deal. The destructive effect will help players better understand the game mechanics, or increase the popularity of the game in disguise.
So the vast majority of stand-alone game manufacturers turn a blind eye to this kind of unpacking behavior.
These UP owners are also very smart. Most of the games they unpack are foreign games, especially stand-alone games. Even if they unpack some domestic mobile games and online games, they will deliberately avoid including them in the video content. Related content for the next version appears here.
So in general, this type of unpacking videos have always existed on the Internet and have a fairly fixed audience.
To put it bluntly, many players still have this kind of curiosity to get to the bottom of things. For video creators, this can be regarded as a quite unique ecological niche.
Just looking at the release dates of these videos, Gu Fan keenly discovered a small problem.
Obviously, most of the unpacking videos released by this UP owner were about three months to half a year after the game was released.
Why did you choose this time node?
On the one hand, it is because the UP owner needs to accumulate popularity, so that after a period of time after the game is released, players have completed the game, or even got tired of playing it, and then watch the unpacking video to achieve a better effect and avoid spoilers; on the other hand, On the one hand, it is naturally to avoid legal risks as much as possible.
But the unpacking video of the game "Heartbeat Dreamland" obviously does not conform to this time pattern and is too fast.
In fact, so far, let alone the so-called "true ending", many players have not even reached the third stage of the second female character's favorability, let alone all the characters in the game. Favorability and illustrations are all unlocked.
Publishing the unpacking video under such circumstances does not conform to the consistent thinking of this UP owner from a time point of view.
However, this can only be regarded as a small doubt, and it does not explain too many problems. What if this UP owner just likes "Heartbeat Dreamland" more and unpacks it without thinking too much? It's not impossible.
Judging from the previous videos, this UP owner named Dongshengjun should have a good technical level. He has unpacked some classic games from major manufacturers, and he has even managed to unpack some console games.
Many details after unpacking are also dug into quite deeply.
For such a technology expert, unpacking is not a particularly difficult task. The reason for unpacking it three to six months ago was not a technical problem, but due to other considerations.
But no matter what, we still have to watch the follow-up development to figure out why he is anxious to unpack "Heartbeat Dreamland" this time.
Zhou Yang clicked on the video and started eating while watching it.
At this time, Gu Fan's cell phone dinged twice. It was a message from the partner of the figure.
"Mr. Gu, if there are no problems, you can post the event page today and then officially put it into production! It is expected that mass production of ready goods will be available within this week."
Gu Fan looked at it Look, what the partner sent is a promotional page for the new Elrios figure.
Compared with the previous promotional page, there have been a lot of changes, mainly using eye-catching elements to mark the words "second generation", "upgraded model" and so on. The gorgeousness of the promotional page is also compared to It has been significantly improved compared to before, using more magnificent decorative elements.
But obviously, this is all fraud.
In fact, the second-generation Arios figure is marked with "increased price but not increased quantity". While the price has increased significantly, the contents inside have basically remained unchanged.
The size, material, etc. have not been updated, but some elements have simply been changed and the color has been changed, and a rechargeable interface has been added.
For manufacturers, these changes are simply not too simple, which is why they can be mass-produced and sold at the speed of light so quickly.
The promotional page is obviously designed to deliberately mislead players.
The players took a look and thought, oh, the price has increased so much? And judging from the changes on the promotional page, this is definitely a big upgrade!
The 399 figures are already like this, so the 699 figures are still not allowed to take off?
The previous 399 figure was actually a limited edition and had already been sold out. It was completely prepared to coincide with the release of the "Dreamland" game. In fact, every figure is sold at a loss, just to scare players and collect negative emotions.
Later, players wanted to buy it, but it was no longer available.
On second-hand trading websites, because the quality of this piece of junk is good, the quantity is small, and it is out of print, the price can easily reach thousands of yuan, and it is difficult to buy.
This 699 upgraded version, even though many players may realize that it will be available in unlimited quantities and will not become an absolute financial product like the first version, due to inertia, many people will still buy it in the first batch Just snapped it up.
And this figure's trap is obviously prepared for these people.
Gu Fan immediately replied: "No problem, send it!"
Then he sent a message to the company's relevant personnel, asking them to cooperate in publicity activities and send the previous generation The promotional materials for the figures have been completely updated.
Then, Gu Fan put away his phone and continued to watch the unpacking video of "Heartbeat Dreamland".
At this time, about a third of the video has passed, but Gu Fan watched it one after another, and there was nothing particularly exciting in the front.
Still the same as most unpacking videos.
For example, the UP owner analyzed in detail how the face change of Arvette Beach was realized, the model details of these characters, as well as the switching mechanism between love content and horror content in the game, etc.
Basically, it’s all content that has been discussed by players before, but with more details.
But soon, as the video entered the later stages, the unpacked content became more and more exciting.
Especially this so-called "true ending".
"But dear viewers, the UP host also discovered some unsolved mysteries during the process of unpacking. For example, the "GM Panel" in the "True Ending".
"We all know that through By using AI to raise Gu, we can train Arios to become a real savior, and then use her authority to activate the GM panel and directly adjust various parameters in the game.
“Many players regard this as official mercy, just like the infinite rocket launcher given after clearing some horror games. It allows players to enjoy themselves as much as they want after suffering, and to enjoy their favorite experience in the later stages. Game content.
“I thought so before, but after unpacking it, I was confused.
“Because I really didn’t find any interface to call this GM panel in the game!
"And the name of this panel in the editor is called 'GM Tool for Testing'. If you look carefully, you will find that the art resources in this interface seem to be just makeshift, with a lot of stretching and burrs...< br>
“So, how is this GM panel called into the game? I have never understood this.
“That’s why I wrote on the cover of the video: The true ending does not seem to exist in the game code? This is a suspicion and a guess. I still don’t know how Nitian calls this. panel and put it into the true ending of the game.”
In order to prevent players from not understanding it, UP owner Dong Shengjun also explained some professional knowledge, such as the name of the panel in the editor. It is taken at will by the developer in the editor, just to facilitate their own memory, and will not be displayed in the game. It can only be seen when unpacking it. For example, the art resources of the serious interface should have special UI art to adjust. Formal resources, there is no reason for stretch, burrs, etc. This is a very unprofessional performance for an experienced game company.
Basically the same content as what Gu Fan originally gave Lilith.
However, Dong Shengjun did not explain in detail how this panel is called and how many endings related to fake-AI are played. It's obviously not that he doesn't want to say it, but that he really doesn't know.
These contents are directly related to fake-AI, and the inside story is very complicated. After all, the time for Dongshengjun to unpack is still very short, so it is normal that he cannot study these contents.
Even top programmers need to study for at least three to five days if they want to thoroughly understand these problems.
Soon, the video finished playing.
But unlike the previous unpacking videos, the audience felt they understood it after watching the previous video, but after watching this video, the audience felt even more confused!
More doubts!
While the number of views of the video is increasing rapidly, questions from players in the comment area are also increasing.
“What? This GM panel actually doesn’t have any code to call, how is it possible!”
“I don’t understand it very well. This means that the GM panel is actually just the developer’s game. Test tool? Not official game content? ”
"No way. I read the analysis on Shaowan Game Network before. The emergence of this true ending is reasonable. Even without this true ending, the game would be incomplete!"
"Isn't it designed? I don't believe it! It couldn’t be that the God of Code showed up, right? The code itself generated a true ending? , there are many "weird rumors" in the video, which make it difficult for most players to accept it at the first time.
After all, this kind of thing sounds a bit fanciful.
But in this matter, the average player has no say. Whether it is in the code or not, it is up to the program experts to study the code line by line after unpacking it and speak with facts.
This video quickly caught up with the popularity accumulated before "Heartbeat Dreamland" and had a profound impact.
The players quickly started their own research!
Some of them are discussing on the forum, and some are sharing their new discoveries on video websites. In short, everyone has only one goal, which is to figure out how this GM panel is called!
Including the true ending and how it was achieved.
Which part of this was written by the production staff of Nitiantian, and which part appeared accidentally.
If nothing unexpected happens, this debate will last for a long time, ranging from three days to a week.
Zhou Yang was a little stunned: "Mr. Gu, this... the players actually analyzed it seriously!"
In fact, during the development process of "Heartbeat Dreamland" , Zhou Yang had had private discussions with Gu Fan.
As for how to achieve the true ending of "Heartbeat Dreamland", Zhou Yang was not sure at first.
If you want to use code to achieve this true ending, it will obviously be easier and the workload will be greatly reduced.
But if you want to use AI to achieve this ending without anyone noticing, it will be much more troublesome and the risk will be much higher.
Zhou Yang initially tended to directly use part of the code to assist in achieving it. After all, Mr. Li might not be able to dig into it, right? What's more, Mr. Li doesn't understand coding, so it shouldn't be difficult to fool him.
But Gu Fan insisted repeatedly that he must use AI to achieve this without anyone noticing, and he must not leave any evidence in the code.
As for how to use AI to achieve this?
Obviously, only through repeated initial training can the AI adopt the same handling method with a high probability when it encounters a specific situation.
The advantage of this is that fake-AI itself is a black box state. It itself is composed of a large amount of code and decisions. It is very simple to call up a result, but it is difficult to figure out why it does what it does. It's hard.
Just like the top AI playing Go, you can only know that the move it makes is the optimal solution, but you can’t tell why it is the optimal solution.
You can only memorize and remember.
Any attempt to crack the thinking behavior of AI is doomed to fail. Even the strongest programmer can't do it.
Obviously, Gu Fan used this method to seal the deep ending of the game in the black box of AI, leaving no trace of evidence behind.
Even the development team of fake-AI couldn’t find any flaws.
Zhou Yang couldn't help but said in surprise: "Mr. Gu, did you predict from the beginning..."
Gu Fan shook his head: "No, I just wanted to be more safe."
Is it possible that Lilith was deceived directly without further investigation? Of course this is also possible.
Is it possible for players not to unpack it and not delve into how to achieve the true ending? It's also possible.
But Gu Fan had to consider this possibility that Lilith and the players had studied in detail, and put more effort and turns in the development to nip this danger in the bud.
At present, safety is still left to those who are prepared.
Gu Fan does not need to continue to pay close attention to this matter for the time being, because there is a high probability that they will not be able to find any flaws.
After all, these unpacking UP owners are just a hobby, and Gu Fan is risking his wealth and life.
How did you say that? Never use your own interests and hobbies to challenge someone else's job, not to mention that Gu Fan is not just a job.
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Soon, as the second batch of Arios figures officially started pre-sale, discussions among online players also increased rapidly.
Although there are many doubts on the promotional page, this obviously cannot extinguish the enthusiasm of players.
Most players have only one attitude: buy! Just buy it and that’s it!
Although some players have raised questions, in the face of rising consumer enthusiasm, these questions have not attracted too many players' attention.
“This second batch of figures doesn’t have a single rendering?”
“There isn’t even the first batch. Aren’t they all open blind boxes? Anyway, no matter what kind of pose it is. , they shouldn’t be too bad.”
“Yes, judging from the first batch of figures, it’s just the poses that are different. The three poses are all beautiful and have their own merits, nothing special. ”
“What if you want to collect all three types?”
"What are you dreaming about? It's good to grab one, but why don't you go to heaven if you grab three?"
"Why is the price so expensive!"
"It's not bad, in fact, one generation It was originally sold at a loss. This time the price has been upgraded, so the figure should also be upgraded."
"Is it a bigger size or a more beautiful shape? At least a few sets of clothes need to be changed, right? There is nothing written on the page, which is really worrying.”
“It’s okay. Judging from the situation of the generation, it is definitely not wrong to buy cheap money. Mental damage is paid.”
"Place an order and your slowness will disappear!"
"I vaguely feel that the second batch of figures will definitely not be as conscientious as the first batch of figures, but it doesn't matter, as long as there are slight changes, Even if the size is larger, the price is still a good deal!”
Players rushed to tell each other, and the news of the new figures spread quickly, and the first batch of stocks was sold out at a lightning speed.
The first batch will be officially shipped five days later. During this period, the manufacturer will continue to produce. If you do not catch up with this batch, you will have to wait for the schedule later.
(End of this chapter)