Entertainment apparatus, storage medium, and method of deciding weather
CA 2374430 A1 · Owner: Hirabayashi, Masaki · Inventors: Seki, Hiroyuki; Hirabayashi, Masaki; Morinaga, Hideki
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More reality is given to weather phenomena reflected on an image displayed on a screen of a display unit and on operability of an operatable object. A global weather deciding part 901 decides weather in each global area obtained by dividing the whole map of a virtual world into a plurality of global areas. The weather in the global area in question is decided at intervals of a first time, in accordance with a preset behavior model and considering area information of each global area in advance. A local weather deciding part 902 decides weather in each local area obtained by dividing each global area into a plurality of local areas. The weather in the local area in question is …
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- Filed March 21, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 21, 2021.
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