Image generator, image generating method and image recording medium

A method for displaying an image of a display object located in a virtual space, the method comprising the steps of:

• setting a plurality of mass points on said display object such that said mass points are spaced from each other by a predetermined distance;
• setting influential forces acting on said mass points;
• calculating new positional coordinates for said mass points on the basis of said influential forces acting on said mass points;
• and
• generating a figure on the basis of said new positional coordinates;
• wherein
• said new positional coordinates of at least one of said mass points are corrected when a distance between the new positional coordinates of said at least one of said mass points and the new positional coordinates of another of said mass points exceeds said predetermined distance set in said step of setting mass points.

A game device which displays polyhedron images located in a virtual space, comprising:

• a mass point setting circuit for setting a plurality of mass points in said virtual space which are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance;
• an influential force setting circuit for setting influential forces acting on said mass points;
• a mass point position calculating circuit for calculating positional coordinates for said mass points on the basis of said influential forces acting on said mass points;
• correcting means for correcting said positional coordinates such that a distance between adjacent ones of said mass points is less than or equal to said predetermined distance set by said mass point setting circuit;
• and
• a figure generating circuit for generating a figure on the basis of said positional coordinates.

A method of generating images during operation of a game in which polyhedron images located in a virtual space are displayed, the method comprising the steps of:

• setting a plurality of mass points in said virtual space such that said plurality of mass points are spaced from each other by a predetermined distance;
• setting influential forces acting on said mass points;
• calculating positional coordinates for said mass points on the basis of said influential forces acting on said mass points;
• correcting said positional coordinates such that a distance between adjacent ones of said mass points is less than or equal to said predetermined distance set in said step of setting mass points;
• and
• generating a figure on the basis of said positional coordinates.

A computer readable recording medium having computer executable programs stored thereon implementing an image generating method for displaying an image of a display object located in a virtual space, wherein said method comprises the steps of:

• setting a plurality of mass points on said display object such that said plurality of mass points are spaced from each other by a predetermined distance;
• setting influential forces acting on said mass points;
• calculating new positional coordinates for said mass points on the basis of said influential forces acting on said mass points;
• and
• generating a figure on the basis of said new positional coordinates;
• wherein
• said new positional coordinates are corrected when a distance between said new positional coordinates of adjacent ones of said mass points exceeds said predetermined distance set in said step of setting mass points.