3. Game Architecture

The single-player mode is intended to provide a player with battle sessions either to study and train battle maps and environments or to fight hostile mobs. In this mode the Game works locally and doesn’t require network connections.

This mode also serves for testing and playtesting purposes to try out new game features and services.

The multiplayer mode provides players with cooperative battle sessions to collaborate with and compete against other players. This mode needs a game world server to be deployed and accessible to players over a network. The game world server can be deployed on a player’s local computer or a remote dedicated server, but network connections are used in either case.

The battles in this mode are limited by the number of participated players and duration of time.

Allowing participation of mobs in battles equally with human players is determined by the policy of the game world server, which is obliged to notify players about the such allowance before starting a battle session. Non-playing characters controlled by players are treated as bots and blocked by the server.

The massive multiplayer mode provides players with battle environments allowing a large number of players to participate in a common battle session on a huge battlefield.

The struggle battle mode provides players with a dynamic battle rhythm either the most fast-paced and accurately authentic. In this mode a player commands a weapon unit in a high-powered shooter gameplay, which is optimised for fast-paced actions but do not contradicts historical authenticity and accuracy.

The realistic battle mode gives a player first-hand experience in commanding a weapon unit through a realistic battle environment and learning how this weapon unit behaved in reality. This mode provides a reasonably fast-paced shooter gameplay, which closely corresponds to the real weapon and do not contradicts historical authenticity and accuracy.

The simulator battle mode provides a player with the most realistic control over a weapon unit, which strictly corresponds to its real counterpart. This mode is the most historically authentic and accurate with some reasonably fast-paced shooter gameplay.

DGA's call-to battles are conceived to compose battle teams of unrelated players waiting for going into a battle, i.e. waiting for a call-to-battle. Players are picked for a team by weapon unit, battle experience, and other parameters. A battle map for the battle session is selected among the maps chosen by the players.

Call-to battles in the single-player mode are trivial. These battles may engage players in the multiplayer modes.

DGA's team battles are designed for groups of players, who want to go into a battle on the same team. Teams and their members are composed ahead of time and registered for a battle all in one go.

Team battles work only in the multiplayer modes.

The struggle aiming mode provides the player with a third-person perspective when a camera is positioned above and behind, and it follows the player’s game character with a weapon’s aiming point towards targets on the battlefield. This mode is optimal for close combat at short and medium distances. The mode is additionally equipped with the auto-aiming feature, which can be activated against hostile units.

The sniper aiming mode provides the player with a first-person perspective when the game character’s weapon is aiming directly at targets on the display. This mode is optimal for long-distance, precise shooting.

The grazing aiming mode provides the player with a third-person perspective, which shows the battlefield from above and allows long-distance grazing fire. This mode is equipped with two battle sights differing in the perspective: overhead sight and grazing sight.