Patent ID: 8118653
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: A63F,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method for instructing a player character to take cover in a simulated environment, the method being performed by electrical data processing equipment, comprising: determining, by the electrical data processing equipment, a presence of a threat within a region of the simulated environment; determining, by the electrical data processing equipment, a presence of an object that can provide cover within the region, wherein the object is scenery; making a determination, by the electrical data processing equipment, whether it is appropriate for the player character to take cover with respect to the object in response to the threat, based on one or more of: instructing, by the electrical data processing equipment, the player character to automatically take cover using the object, without receiving an express command from a user who controls the player character, wherein the instructing the player character to automatically take cover using the object is performed in response to the determination whether it is appropriate for the player character to take cover with respect to the object in response to the threat.