Dynamic Navigation On Sale!(1.1 released)

[brilliantgames]

So Dynamic Navigation 1.1 is finally here. And to reward those who waited, it is now on sale! Grab a copy now and find out why Dynamic Navigation is the most powerful pathfinding solution for Unity!

Get Dynamic Navigation 20% off for a limited time! This sale is only on till the end of the month!

Asset Store Link: Dynamic Navigation | Behavior AI | Unity Asset Store

Forum Thread: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/154639-Dynamic-AI-Project-Navigation-Released

Dynamic Navigation Features & Release

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Dynamic Navigation 1.1 Features & Fixes

Some of the new features in version 1.1!

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Bump!

[Lars-Steenhoff]

This looks good, does it work well on mobile?

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@Lars Steenhoff

This looks good, does it work well on mobile?

Yes it should work fine.

[DaneC020_1]

Can this be used on a server or does it require some of Unity’s NavMesh data?

-Dane

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@DaneC020_1

Can this be used on a server or does it require some of Unity’s NavMesh data?

-Dane

This was designed on Unity Free… However I’m not exactly sure by what you mean when you ask if it can be used on a server? I don’t see why not, but communicating AI positions and states from the server is up to you…

[DaneC020_1]

I was wondering if the nav mesh data could be saved out and used for authoritative movement on the server side. If all data can be saved out and your system can run all it’s navigation/ai checks without any Unity dependent code, then I would be interested. Obviously all the position updates, smoothing, ect would be something I would have to do. I just wanted to make sure it was possible before purchasing and finding out it depends on Unity specific classes.

-Dane

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@DaneC020_1

I was wondering if the nav mesh data could be saved out and used for authoritative movement on the server side. If all data can be saved out and your system can run all it’s navigation/ai checks without any Unity dependent code, then I would be interested. Obviously all the position updates, smoothing, ect would be something I would have to do. I just wanted to make sure it was possible before purchasing and finding out it depends on Unity specific classes.

-Dane

You should be okay, though I have not tested for this so I cannot make any guarantee’s.

[brilliantgames]

Bump!

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@""

How well does it handle randomized levels? Right now I have very simple A* and rather than have it adjust to changing level layouts I just generate the level and then generate the pathfinding grid at runtime while my player sits at a load screen. Is that possible here? I also like the idea of the portal navigation mentioned in your thread but instead of placing them in the inspector I would need to place them during level generation through script (say when I’ve placed an elevator also attach an AI portal for using the elevator). Is that possible?

Hey. Yes you can create a grid during runtime. But also, if your map is just one flat level(Or your walkable areas never change), you can simply place ‘Dynamic Obstacle’ scripts on your obstacles and they will update your grid without having to update the entire grid. As for placing portals through script, I havent tested that yet. I did make a modification to the Dynamic Obstacle script so that it could be placed during runtime through script. The problem with Unity is a list is not automatically initialized if a script is added by another script during runtime. I do plan to make portals able to do this on the next update though. BUT, it should work if your portal is a prefab that already has the script attached, cause then the lists would have already been initialized. Hope this helps.

[brilliantgames]

@""

Yeah portals would all be prefabs so that should work. I should have also mentioned my levels are XY 2D, would that present any issues? That also reminded me about the dynamic obstacles that much of the level is static, but through certain player actions I attach rigidbodies to level geometry and then use physics on them. Through your system when I attach the rigidbody could I attach a dynamic obstacle script and have it affect the pathfinding without a lot of overhead?

When you say XY is it a top down 2d game? And yes dynamic obstacles update the grid and paths with fairly small overhead.

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@""

Nope this is “side scrolling” (the action is along the X and Y axis) but unlike a platformer there is a lot of more complex behavior going on that I’m resolving through an excessive number of racyasts on my enemies that I was hoping your asset might be able to do more elegantly.

I’m not sure why you would need pathfinding for a game like that. The AI would only need to know when to jump? Am I wrong? Not really sure how well Dynamic Navigation would work for this.

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Bump!

[Lars-Steenhoff]

Please don’t use BUMP it does not give me a good impression.

[brilliantgames]

@Lars Steenhoff

Please don’t use BUMP it does not give me a good impression.

I apologize, but I have been thanked for bumping during sales. This is the only reason.

[Malkat]

EDIT: Sry was my Fault ^^ btw great pack really easy to Setup

[GCatz]

This is by far the best pathfinding in unity,
its better then unity’s built in pathfinding, and much better then the other alternatives in the asset store.

with that said, you should know its using his .dll so its closed source.
also the only feature its missing is targeting the end point using Vector3 instead of Transform, but that is easily managed.

[brilliantgames]

Thank you for the nice comments! Feel free to put the kind words on the Asset Store reviews.

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