Change navmesh area cost at runtime

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1

Is it possible to change a navmrsh cost at runtime to change how the AI autopaths based on character stats.

For example in my sample scene there is two half’s of land divided by a river. Joining the two half’s is a bridge on the far side opposite of the character. If the character has high intelligence and high stamina I want to reduce the cost of the bridge and increase the cost of the water. If the character has high intelligence and high swimming I want to increase the bridge cost and lower the water. Likewise if the character has low stats I want them to cost about the same.

More or less I want to autopath based on character stats so that higher stats in specific builds rewards the player in some way by transversing the map differently/quicker.

Is this possible with the navmeshagent?

Thanks for the help.

3

Have you tried modifying the area costs specific to an Agent using NavMeshAgent.SetAreaCost(int areaIndex, float areaCost)?

2

Apart from the Astar Pathfinding project mentioned by Cherno, you can also try Unity NavMeshComponents (manual: Unity - Manual: NavMesh building components).