Waypoints for the irrAI

Rockyy93 · Post by **Rockyy93** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:39 pm

Hi guys..

I tried to let an NPC walk randomly over a terrain I created but that didn´t work.

I create some Waypoints on my terrain but when I expected my NPC to walk to some off these waypoints, I got the message that there were no path found.
And the Waypoints also wasn´t linked by an arrow like the are in examples that comes with the irrAI.
So is there any way to create waypoints on a TerrainSceneNode??

thank´s for your help
and please excuse my bad english you must know that I´m actually german but nontheless I hope that you could understand what my problem is....

REDDemon · Post by **REDDemon** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:48 am

terrains allows for differents solutions. waypoints are better inside dungeon/closed spaces etc.. For moving on terrains I use a heightfield (height is interpolated from surrounding vertices.) wich is faster enough(didn't tried with 500 units walking on it)

ent1ty · Post by **ent1ty** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:24 am

If you want your AI to walk only on roads, you'll still need waypoints(i think)
Example games: Gothic, Risen

Dareltibus · Post by **Dareltibus** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:14 am

Just write your own AI. it is much simpler

Rockyy93 · Post by **Rockyy93** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:55 am

Hey..

thank you for your fast help..

@Dareltibus: I think you´re right wrting your own AI is more specific for your game. But isn´t that difficult?

Radikalizm · Post by **Radikalizm** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:11 am

Rockyy93 wrote:Hey..

thank you for your fast help..

@Dareltibus: I think you´re right wrting your own AI is more specific for your game. But isn´t that difficult?

I think that if you're looking for something easy, you shouldn't be doing game development

Good results require you to solve some difficult problems

Rockyy93 · Post by **Rockyy93** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:31 pm

Well...

I didn´t thought about it this way..
anyway i guess i´ll try to write my own AI!

And thanks for all your help!!