AI Overview

The Autonomous Area Denial System is a stack of AI classes in one namespace.

Encapsulating the AI Library is a single C# class,

AIPlayer

which extends the existing PlayerBase class and adds a polymorphic interface that exposes the AI Data Types relevant to the game-specific role it supports

This system has been fully coded into a playable demo. (this game!)

AI Hierarchy

Currently these values are hard-coded to default values, but they are set up to be parameter-ized using this design.

NPC Traits used to differentiate behaviors within formations when they scatter. All these are factored by server global AI sliders.

NPC Starting Traits (to-do: randomize)

Vehicles drive themselves. The AI is just along for the ride.

Path Points Auto-Pilot Controls for Autonomous Vehicles

Window is a 50/50 branch that runs 10 blocks of path-points then quits.

Radius expansion allows for loitering vehicles to turn tighter circles to close in on a target while in bulldog search mode.  The radius resets when it hits a window.

Nav meshes support dynamic blocks in real-time based on triggers that can occur for any reason the mission designer requests.

Dynamic Nav-Mesh Blocks and Vertical Height Filtering

 AI Players dont see vertically stacked navmeshes until they hit a window cell while pathfinding. Then the filtering activates based on the global height set for that level. AI with only local pathfinding wont see windows and therefore will never activate height-based filtering. Only with global pathfinding enabled will they hit the stairs or vertically placed navmeshes.