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FractalCore

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Pathfinding Actions
« on: February 15, 2012, 06:34:17 PM »
Are there any new pathfinding actions in 1.3 to make use of Unity's new AI navigation system?

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2012, 01:41:33 PM »
Hi,

 Yes, some clean up is needed, and the fully api for the navMesh will be available right within playmaker! It should become available within the next few days hopefully.

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2012, 06:51:20 PM »
Any advancement on this. I'd settle for something unfinished or lacking in features.

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2012, 12:54:20 AM »
GDC is next week, Once this is started,  We should have more time to release this. Sorry for the waiting :)

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2012, 11:50:30 AM »
Any update here?   Eagerly awaiting playmaker support for navmesh agents.

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2012, 12:11:15 PM »
Hi,

It's currently submitted for review, as soon as this done, you'll be able to enjoy the extensive set if actions to work with navmesh, agent, and even offmesh links:)

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Jean

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2012, 01:59:58 AM »
Any update?  It's been over a week and still no new version is available on the asset store.

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2012, 02:17:04 AM »
Hi,

 It is now distributed amongst the beta testers, so it's coming :)

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2012, 10:49:52 AM »
I decided to do a public beta for these actions. Grab them here:
http://hutonggames.com/playmakerforum/index.php?topic=1253.0

Big thanks to Jean for diving deep into the new pathfinding system and emerging with a complete set of Playmaker actions!

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2012, 11:28:09 AM »
AWESOME!!!  Thanks so much.  And thanks Jean!

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Re: Pathfinding Actions
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2012, 03:45:39 PM »
Hi,

 Thanks :) I t was really fun to work on pathFinding actually!

If you have weird agent behaviors, could you report them, I have found that using exotic agent speed, acceleration and destination radius really made agents behave strangely ( to a point you'd think they should be hospitalized... :) they also seem to not like being obstructed as they move along the path...

Also, as a starting point for those you haven't found it, Unity provides samples for testing the pathfinding features, It's in the beta download page:

http://unity3d.com/unity/preview/download

The direct link is:
http://beta.unity3d.com/3.5-preview/NavMeshTest-3.5.0f1.zip

Do not hesitate while playmaker samples are being prepared to ask question about them actions and how to use them.

Bye,

 Jean