About the talk
Take an insider look at the police chases in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and dive into the dynamic spawning of road blockades and MaxTac AV encounters, which add flavor to regular police chases and are designed to keep players on the edge of their seats. Discover how the CD PROJEKT RED team leveraged Night City’s vast, vertical environment with graph-based lane discovery and asynchronous spawn points generation, ensuring seamless and engaging pursuits. With maximizing player’s fun in mind, this talk will also explore the unique technical challenges and solutions required to make these two features work.
Takeaway
Gain insights into the dynamic spawning of police chase add – ons, including road blockades and MaxTac AV encounters, as seen in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. Understand how to architect and implement these features effectively, balancing performance with immersive player experience.
Learn how to creatively leverage tools like:
– Asynchronous batch processing to handle complex logic efficiently without blocking the game thread.
– Graph – based traffic lane discovery for intelligent placement and movement within urban road networks.
– Physics – based overlap checks to validate spawn locations and ensure believable, non – intrusive placements.
Discover what makes a scalable and successful system for reactive world events in an open – world AAA game.
Experience level needed: Intermediate