Chapter 408 Unsolved mysteries after unpacking


    “Oh? A video of the unpacking appeared so quickly?


    “These people are quite fast.”


    Gu Fan was indeed a little surprised.


    In fact, there is a high probability that popular games will be unpacked, it’s just a matter of speed. For example, the previously popular "Ascension" was unpacked one month after its release. There are also technically UP owners who specifically analyzed the specific mechanism of switching between the two worlds of this 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.


    ??Unexpectedly, 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 unpacking will not have much damaging effect, but will help. Help players better understand the game mechanics, or increase the popularity of the game in disguise.


    Hence why 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 showing the next version in the video content. Related content.


    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 is also 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.


    ??However, the unpacking video of the game "Dreamland" obviously does not conform to this time pattern and is much faster.


    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 to reach full favorability, let alone full favorability of all game characters and unlocked all illustrations. .


    Publishing the unpacking video under such circumstances is not in line with the UP owner’s consistent thinking in terms of time.


    ?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 of the 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 due to technical issues, but due to other considerations.


    ??But no matter what, we still have to look at the subsequent development to figure out why he was 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 also dinged twice. It was a message from the partner of the figure.


    "Mr. Gu, if there are no problems, you can go to the event page today and then officially put it into production! It is expected that mass production of ready-made products will be available within this week."


    ?Gu Fan looked at it and saw that the partner had sent a promotional page for the new Arios 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", etc. The gorgeousness of the promotional page has also been significantly improved compared to the previous one. Upgrade and use more resplendent decorative elements.


    But obviously, this is all fraud.


    In fact, the second-generation Arios figure is marked as "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. We have simply changed the colors of some elements and added a rechargeable interface.


    For manufacturers, these changes are 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.


    ?Players take a look and think, 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 game "Dreamland". 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 this piece of junk is of good quality, is in small quantity, and is out of print, the price can easily reach thousands of yuan, and it is difficult to buy.


    Even though many players may realize that this 699 upgraded model 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 rush to buy it in the first batch.


    And this figure 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 comprehensively update the promotional materials of the previous generation of figures.


    Then, Gu Fan put away his phone and continued watching 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 previous part.


    Still the same as most unpacking videos.


    ?For example, the UP owner analyzed in detail how Arvette''s face change on the beach was achieved, the model details of these characters, and the switching mechanism between romance content and horror content in the game, etc.


    It’s basically the 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 owner also discovered some unsolved mysteries during the process of unpacking. For example, the “GM Panel” in the “True Ending”.


    “We all know that through AI raising Gu, we can train Arios to become a real savior, and then activate the GM panel through her authority to directly adjust various parameters in the game.


    “Many players regard this as official mercy, just like the infinite bazooka given after clearing some horror games, which allows players to enjoy themselves after suffering and experience their favorite game content in the later stages.


    “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 of this interface seem to be makeshift, with a lot of stretching and burrs...


    “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 Ni Tiantian calls this panel and puts it into the true ending of the game.”


    In order to prevent players from not understanding, UP owner Dong Shengjun also explained some professional knowledge. For example, the name of the panel in the editor is randomly chosen by the developer in the editor, just to facilitate his memory and will not be used in the editor. It is displayed in the game and can only be seen after unpacking it; for example, the art resources of a serious interface should have special UI art to adjust. If it is a formal resource, there is no reason to have stretching, burrs, etc. This is a problem for an experienced game company. It''s a very unprofessional behavior.


    ?Basically the same content as what Gu Fan originally gave Lilith.


    Just how this panel is called, and how many endings related to fake-AI are played, Dongshengjun did not explain in detail. 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!


    There are more doubts!


    While the number of video views 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 clearly. Does this mean that the GM panel is actually just a game testing tool for developers? It is not official game content?”


    “No way, I read the analysis on Shaowan Game Network before and it seems that the emergence of this true ending is reasonable. Even without this true ending, the game would be incomplete!”


    “It wasn’t 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?”


    “Outrageous! Could it be a gimmick deliberately promoted by the owner of UP?”


    Obviously, there are many "weird rumors" in the video that 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 depends on those program masters to unpack it and study the code line by line 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 to call this GM panel!


    Including how this true ending was achieved.


    Which part of this was written by the production staff of Nitiantian, and which part appeared accidentally.


    As expected, this debate will last for a long time, ranging from three days to a week.


    Zhou Yang was a little stunned when he saw it: "Mr. Gu, this... the players actually started to analyze it seriously!"


    In fact, during the development of "Heartbeat Dreamland", Zhou Yang had private discussions with Gu Fan.


    Zhou Yang was not sure at first how to achieve the true ending of "Heartbeat Dream".


    ??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 wouldn’t necessarily know how to delve into it, right? What''s more, Mr. Li doesn''t understand coding, so it shouldn''t be difficult to fool him.


    ??But Gu Fan repeatedly insisted that this must be achieved unknowingly using AI, and no evidence should be left in the code.


    As for how to use AI to achieve this?


    Obviously, the only way to do this is through repeated initial training so that the AI ??will most likely adopt the same handling method 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 number of codes and decisions. It is easy to call up a result, but it is difficult to figure out why it does what it does.


    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 memorize.


    ?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 if the development team of fake-AI visited it in person, they could not find any flaws.


    Zhou Yang couldn''t help but said in surprise: "Mr. Gu, could it be that you had predicted it from the beginning..."


    ?Gu Fan shook his head: "No, I just want to be more safe."


    ??Is it possible that Lilith was simply deceived 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 deeply, and put more effort and turns in the development to nip this danger in the bud.


    At present, it seems that safety is 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 interested in it, while Gu Fan is risking his life and fortune.


    How do you say that sentence? Never use your own interests and hobbies to challenge someone else''s job, not to mention that Gu Fan is not only a job.


    …


    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 the rising enthusiasm for consumption, these questions have not attracted the attention of many players.


    “This second batch of figures doesn’t even have a single rendering?”


    “There aren’t any in the first batch. They are all blind boxes. Anyway, no matter which posture it is, it shouldn’t be bad.”


    “Yes, judging from the first batch of figures, it’s just different postures. The three postures are all exquisite and have their own merits. There is no big difference.”


    “What if you want to collect all three?”


    “What are you dreaming about? It’s good to grab one, but if you grab three, why don’t you go to heaven?”


    “Why is the price so expensive?”


    “It’s okay. In fact, the first generation was doing things and selling them at a loss. This time the price has been upgraded, so the figures should also be upgraded.”


    “Is it a larger size or a more exquisite style? At least I need to change a few sets of clothes? There is nothing written on this promotional page, which is really worrying.”


    "It''s okay. Judging from the situation of the generation, it is definitely not wrong to enter without thinking. The cheap money can be regarded as the mental damage fee given by the heaven."


    “Place an order, place an order, and you won’t be slow!”


    "I have a vague feeling 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 it is slightly modified and the size is larger, the price is still a good deal!"


    Players rushed to tell each other, news of the new figures spread quickly, and the first batch of stocks was sold out at lightning speed.


    The first batch will be officially shipped five days later. During this period, the manufacturer will continue to produce. If you fail to catch up with this batch, you will have to wait for the schedule later.


    (End of this chapter)