Is there another way to have an Enemy GameObject chase the Player?

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Im trying to figure out if there is another way the have an Enemy GameObject Chase and follow the Player without needing to having to using “public Transform”, or for a way that the game automatically places the Player Object into the enemy script, or anything like the two examples. Is this possible or am I sol? I could really use the help, thank you.

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You can use find with tag to find the player, use singleton, static player reference, initialization with a reference from a manager class.
For movement navmesh also is good

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Thank you, ill definitely try that.

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You need to separate your problems out!

You’re thinking of it like this:

  • I need another way to chase the player without having to set the player’s transform manually in advance

But it’s really two problems:

  • I need a way to make the enemy chase something
  • I need a way to tell the enemy about the player

A few reasonable solutions for problem 2 here:

  • Use a tag to identify the player
  • Use a specific component to identify the player, and search the scene for that component
  • Have a singleton game controller that the player registers themselves with, then have the enemies ask the manager about the player
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Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t know. This is my first time posting. Thank you for your input on what is the proper way to post code. I’ll keep that in mind for the future.

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ML Agents

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Hmm, I’ve never thought about it that way. Thank you for your help, Ill definitely try to figure out with that in mind.