My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 83 Light Baking
The two walked out of the elevator, Wu Qianhe walked in front with Xu Yanjie, walked into the office of Megvii Games, and headed to the programming group.

Along the way, although a few employees occasionally looked up and looked at the two of them curiously, most of them were busy and had no time to look around.

Xu Yanjie walked in the office, looking left and right, examining everything constantly.

He observed that the office was very spacious and the distance between each workstation was also spacious.

It seems that Megvii Games is not a poor company.

That kind of company generally doesn't have many qualified programmers, and it's also the place Xu Yanjie hates working the most.

Thinking this, Xu Yanjie and Wu Qianhe walked to the programming group in a few steps.

"This is the workspace of our programming team."

In order not to disturb others, Wu Qianhe moved a little closer to Xu Yanjie before speaking in a low voice.

Xu Yanjie looked at the work area. All the employees in the programming group were working attentively. There were thick professional books and work materials placed next to each person's computer.

"That's our meeting area." Wu Qianhe raised his hand and pointed to a circle of sofas and round tables next to the exit on the other side. There was also a large whiteboard with a base and wheels that could be moved at will.

Xu Yanjie saw something written on the whiteboard, so he frowned and squinted slightly, and then he could see clearly that the content was probably about how to optimize the underlying code architecture of the game's combo system.

"However, we usually hold our meetings in the small conference room and the main conference room over there."

"These are usually the kinds of problems that can be solved with just a few words."

Wu Qianhe pointed to two rooms in the distance that were covered with frosted glass, and Xu Yanjie nodded.

After the two of them took a quick walk around the office, Wu Qianhe took him to the small conference room.

The two of them sat down, where they could exchange information in a quiet environment, mainly Wu Qianhe informing the other party of the technical content related to the project.

Wu Qianhe first told Xu Yanjie the general information, and then the two discussed technical issues in specific areas.

"Team Leader Wu, I've seen your current real-time rendering results, and I think the visual performance is pretty good."

"However, there are still many areas that can be improved. I think we can start with the performance of lighting and materials."

Xu Yanjie leaned forward slightly and made a suggestion to Wu Qianhe.

After seeing what Megvii Games produced and listening to Wu Qianhe's brief introduction, he also had a certain understanding of the technical level of the "Netherworld Mountains and Seas" production team.

The technical strength of Kuangshi Games was not as low as he had imagined before he came here.

It can even be said that the technical level they possess is already outstanding for an independent company that is using Unreal Engine 4 for the first time to produce a 3A action game.

"I agree."

Wu Qianhe had exactly the same idea, but since Xu Yanjie had brought it up, let's see if he has any good ideas.

Xu Yanjie subconsciously pushed his glasses up, leaned slightly on the table, and unfolded the information on the computer so that both of them could see it.

"Lighting and shadow are definitely Unreal Engine's greatest weapon."

“However, although the engine’s lighting baking system is very powerful, the parameters are also very correlated.”

Wu Qianhe has a deep understanding of this.

What is the so-called strong parameter correlation?

The Unreal Engine provides developers with a large number of adjustable parameters, but these parameters do not act independently on the game screen. Instead, they are like tangled ropes that will constantly affect each other.

It can be said that one move affects the whole body.

For example, take the most common lightmap resolutions.

If the resolution is raised too high, it is not only unnecessary but also takes up a lot of computing resources required for other parameters, which is a huge waste of resources.

If the resolution is lowered too much, a lot of light and shadow details will be lost. In actual game performance, players will not be able to tell which are the shadows and which are not.

The shadows that should have been distinct became blurry and unclear. "Look, in all the complex scenes you showed, a lot of light and shadow details were lost."

"I think it's because you set the shadow sampling too low. What is it now?"

"32."

"Try 128 first."

"Also here, the UV map is obviously messed up. Did you unfold the UVs and then fine-tune them manually?"

Wu Qianhe was also a little surprised to hear the other party point out the problem so precisely.

The other party had only been there for less than an hour, but he had already seen many mistakes in their project.

No wonder Brother Kuang said that the other party was the technical boss of Antarctic Interactive Entertainment!

It's really a level.

The two continued their discussion, and Wu Qianhe nodded continuously, writing down the questions one by one.

Xu Yanjie also forgot that he was just here for a stroll today and went straight into work mode.

When it was time to get off work, neither of them paid any attention and continued to communicate attentively.

It wasn't until after eight o'clock in the evening that they finally stopped.

After that, the two took the elevator to the first floor and walked to the side of the road.

Wu Qianhe turned around and said to Xu Yanjie, "Thank you so much today, Mr. Xu."

Wu Qianhe's way of addressing him also changed, becoming a little more intimate.

"Team Leader Wu, it's okay. I'll come here today and solve whatever problem I can."

"Anyway, I will bring my technical team to your company later."

"You can revise these questions first, and then we'll look at them later."

Xu Yanjie had a smile on his face. He felt like a fish in water working with colleagues of this level.

At this point, he no longer felt any resistance to helping Kuangshi Games.

At least the other party won't question him on some very low-level issues, and then he has to explain to the other party why he did this.

Even after the explanation, the other party will still be skeptical.

That feeling sucks.

This is also why he doesn't like to teach newbies, especially those who don't know how to learn on their own and can only wait for you to cram them in.

They will appear to have received anything you teach them, but the result is that they are 100% unable to absorb it.

The next time they encounter the same problem, they will still come to you and ask you how to solve it.

I have to teach Xiaobai how to solve the current problem, solve the problem for him myself, and help him solve the problem again next time.

Then his teaching was in vain!

Wu Qianhe also wanted to invite Xu Yanjie to have dinner. After all, he was the boss's guest, and it would be embarrassing to keep him so late. He should at least treat him!

However, Xu Yanjie declined, saying that there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.

"Next time, it's quite late today."

　There are two more chapters at 6 pm

　　
　
(End of this chapter)