Virtual object control method and apparatus, device, and storage medium

A virtual object control method, comprising:

• determining, by processing circuitry in response to a triggering operation on a skill in a virtual scene, a to-be-cast range of the skill;
• in response to a determination that a target virtual object is located in the to-be-cast range, setting the target virtual object as a cast target of the skill;
• determining whether the target virtual object was previously located in the to-be-cast range and has moved out of the to-be-cast range;
• and
• in response to a determination that the target virtual object was previously located in the to-be-cast range and has moved out of the to-be-cast range, generating a reference virtual object on a target position in the to-be-cast range, and setting the reference virtual object as the cast target of the skill, wherein the target position of the generated reference virtual object is a last location of the target virtual object in the to-be-cast range before the target virtual object moved out of the to-be-cast range.

A virtual object control apparatus, comprising:

• circuitry configured to
• determine, in response to a triggering operation on a skill of a controlled virtual object in a virtual scene, a to-be-cast range of the skill;
• determine whether a target virtual object is located in the determined range of the skill;
• in response to determining that the target virtual object is located in the determined range of the skill of the controlled virtual object, a cast direction or a cast location of the skill based on positions of the controlled virtual object and the target virtual object in the virtual scene;
• and
• in response to a determination that a position of the controlled virtual object or a position of the target virtual object has changed, adjust the displayed cast direction or cast location according to the change in the position of the controlled virtual object or the target virtual object.