Aung Sithu Kyaw, Clifford Peters, Thet Naing Swe - Unity 4.X Game AI Programming [2013, PDF, ENG]

Unity 4.X Game AI Programming

Год: 2013
Автор: Aung Sithu Kyaw, Clifford Peters, Thet Naing Swe
Жанр: Game Development, Unity
Издательство: PACT Publishing
ISBN: 1849693404
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook)
Количество страниц: 232
Описание: What you will learn from this book

Building finite state machines (FSMs)
Implementing a sensory system
Applying flocking behavior for a crowd
Executing your own A* pathfinding algorithm in Unity3D
Applying random and probability techniques in a betting game
Using the Unity3D pro feature, navigation graphs, for path finding
Learning about behavior trees and the Behave plugin
Implementing a racing game AI through the final chapter project
In Detail

This book fills the gap between artificial intelligence (AI) books designed to learn underlying AI algorithms and general Unity3D books written to cover basic scene setup and scripting in Unity3D. Game AI Scripting in Unity3D covers implementing AI techniques such as flocking, pathfinding, path following, and behavior trees in Unity3D with example projects.

Game AI Scripting in Unity3D will show you how to apply AI techniques to your Unity3D projects using C# as the scripting language. Unlike other AI books and Unity3D books, this book tries to focus more on the application of AI techniques in the Unity3D engine, with sample projects that demonstrate finite state machines (FSMs), pathfinding, steering, navigation graphs, and behavior trees techniques.

This book shows how to implement various AI techniques in Unity3D by implementing the algorithm from scratch using C#, applying Unity3D built-in features, or using available scripts and plugins from the Unity Asset Store. For example, we’ll be implementing our own A* algorithm to do pathfinding but will also explore the Unity3D navigation graphs feature. Then we’ll use the Behave plugin to construct behavior trees for intelligent AI character behaviors.

Game AI Scripting in Unity3d covers other AI techniques such as flocking behavior, building a sensory system for taking inputs from the environment and other AI agents, and so on. In the final chapter this book will show you how to build a racing game AI project using Unity3D and applying the techniques described in earlier chapters.

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