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Published inDec 2014

Publisher

ISBN-139781783553556

Edition1st Edition

Tools

Unity

Concepts

Artificial Intelligence

Author (1)

Curtis Bennett

Index

A

A* (A Star) / An overview
actions, RAIN
- Choose patrol path and Choose path waypoints / RAIN node types
- Detect / RAIN node types
- Evaluate expression / RAIN node types
- Play audio / RAIN node types
- Wait for timer / RAIN node types
- Yield / RAIN node types
- Custom action / RAIN node types
additional features, driving AI
- about / Additional features
- brake zones, adding / Adding brake zones and drift zones
- drift zones, adding / Adding brake zones and drift zones
- other AI systems, integrating with / Integrating with other AI systems
additional Mecanim nodes
- about / Additional Mecanim nodes
- Mecanim IK / Additional Mecanim nodes
- Mecanim State / Additional Mecanim nodes
- Mecanim Parameter / Additional Mecanim nodes
advanced audio sensor settings
- about / Advanced audio sensor settings
advanced NavMesh parameters
- about / Advanced NavMesh parameters
advanced visual sensor settings
- about / Advanced visual sensor settings
AI adapt
- overview / An overview
AI animation demo
- about / The AI animation demo
- RAIN animations, configuring / Configuring RAIN animations
- animate node, using / Using the animate node
- RAIN demo / RAIN and the Mecanim demo
- Mecanim demo / RAIN and the Mecanim demo
- additional Mecanim nodes / Additional Mecanim nodes
AIs solutions
- comparing / Comparing AI solutions
AI systems
- integrating with / Integrating with other AI systems
animate node
- using / Using the animate node
animation
- overview / An overview of animation
animation parameters
- State Name / Configuring RAIN animations
- Animation Clip / Configuring RAIN animations
- Fade in Time, Fade Out Time / Configuring RAIN animations
- Wrap Mode / Configuring RAIN animations
animations
- integrating, with AI / An overview of animation
ANT-Op
- about / ANT-Op
areas
- culling / Culling areas
aspects / An overview of sensing
- setting up, in RAIN / Setting up aspects in RAIN
attack AI
- about / An overview of attack AI
attack demo
- about / The attack demo
audio sensor
- properties / Advanced audio sensor settings
Avatar
- about / Setting up a scene with Fame

B

behavior tree
- about / React AI
- demo, creating / The behavior tree demo
behavior trees
- about / An overview of behavior trees
- building, in React AI / Building behavior trees in React
Boids
- about / An overview of crowd control
brake zones
- adding / Adding brake zones and drift zones
built-in NavMesh system
- using / Using Unity's built-in NavMesh system

C

center of mass (COM) / Setting up a Smart Car vehicle
Character Controller / React AI
chase and attack demo
- about / The chase and attack demo
cover AI
- creating / Creating cover AI
crowd chaos
- overview / An overview of crowd chaos
Crowd Chaos
- about / An overview of crowd chaos
crowd control
- about / An overview of crowd control
custom wander scripts, RAIN AI / RAIN AI custom wander scripts

D

decisions nodes
- Sequential / RAIN node types
- Priority / RAIN node types
- Selector / RAIN node types
- Parallel / RAIN node types
- Iterator / RAIN node types
- Constraint / RAIN node types
- Custom decision / RAIN node types
demo, behavior tree
- creating / The behavior tree demo
demo, RAIN
- about / RAIN's demo
- game events, reacting to / Reacting to game events
- motor, using / Using RAIN's motor directly
- large game events, adding / Adding large game events
drift zones
- adding / Adding brake zones and drift zones
driving
- about / An overview of driving
- obstacles, adding to / Adding obstacles to driving

E

Execute method / The behavior tree demo

F

Fame Crowd Simulation API
- about / The Fame Crowd Simulation API
- scene, setting up with / Setting up a scene with Fame
- group, setting up / Setting up a group
- obstacles, adding to / Adding obstacles to Fame
- vector fields, adding to / Adding vector fields to Fame
Fame scene setup
- with Crowd Manager object / Setting up a scene with Fame
Finite State Machines (FSMs) / An overview of behavior trees
FlockGroup
- about / Setting up a scene with Fame
flocking and steering systems
- URL / An overview of crowd control
FlockMemberScript
- about / Setting up a scene with Fame
Flock Type
- about / Setting up a scene with Fame
found variable / RAIN AI custom wander scripts

G

Go method / React AI
graph tags
- about / Multiple navigation meshes
group
- setting up / Setting up a group
group attacks
- about / Group attacks

H

HangAround function / Setting up a scene with React

M

Mecanim demo / RAIN and the Mecanim demo
Mecanim Example Scenes v1.0 / An overview of animation, RAIN and the Mecanim demo
motors
- types / An overview
- fields / An overview
MoveToTarget function / Setting up a scene with React
multiple navigation meshes
- about / Multiple navigation meshes

N

navigation mesh
- about / An overview of a NavMesh
- need for / An overview of a NavMesh
Navigation tab, built-in NavMesh system
- Object / Using Unity's built-in NavMesh system
- Bake / Using Unity's built-in NavMesh system
- Layers / Using Unity's built-in NavMesh system
navigation targets
- setting up / Creating cover AI
NavMesh
- about / React AI
NavMeshAgent
- about / Using Unity's built-in NavMesh system
NavMeshes
- about / An overview of a NavMesh
NavMesh parameters
- with RAIN / Advanced NavMesh parameters
- Size / Advanced NavMesh parameters
- Walkable Radius / Advanced NavMesh parameters
- Cell Size / Advanced NavMesh parameters
- Max Slope / Advanced NavMesh parameters
- Step Height / Advanced NavMesh parameters
- Walkable Height / Advanced NavMesh parameters
Non-Player Character (NPC) / An overview
NPCs
- putting, in RAIN demo / Putting NPCs in the RAIN demo
Num Agent
- about / Setting up a scene with Fame

O

obstacles
- adding, to Fame Crowd Simulation API / Adding obstacles to Fame
- adding, to driving / Adding obstacles to driving
obstacle setup
- for ship group / Adding obstacles to Fame

P

pathfinding
- about / An overview
Path Finding between Points option / Quick Path AI
Penelope Complete Project v1.1 / An overview of animation

Q

Quick Path AI
- about / Quick Path AI, Comparing AI solutions, Quick Path AI

R

RAIN
- senses / An overview of sensing
- senses, using with / Using senses with RAIN
- aspects, setting up / Setting up aspects in RAIN
- visual sensor, setting up / Setting up a visual sensor in RAIN
- motors / An overview
- basic motor / An overview
- character controller / An overview
- Mecanim controller / An overview
- demo / RAIN's demo
- NavMesh parameters, using / Advanced NavMesh parameters
RAIN AI
- about / RAIN AI, Comparing AI solutions, RAIN AI, RAIN AI
- custom wander scripts / RAIN AI custom wander scripts
- NPCs, putting in RAIN demo / Putting NPCs in the RAIN demo
RAIN animations
- configuring / Configuring RAIN animations
RAIN demo
- NPCs, putting in / Putting NPCs in the RAIN demo
/ RAIN and the Mecanim demo
RAIN node types
- about / RAIN node types
RAIN sensor filters
- about / RAIN sensor filters
Reactable
- about / React AI
React AI
- about / React AI, Comparing AI solutions, React AI, React AI, The React AI
- importing, from Asset Store / React AI
- scene, setting up with / Setting up a scene with React
- behavior trees, building / Building behavior trees in React
- wandering characters, setting up with / Setting up wandering characters with React
Recast
- about / An overview of a NavMesh
- URL / An overview of a NavMesh
Rival Theory site
- URL / RAIN AI

S

scene
- setting up, with React AI / Setting up a scene with React
- setting up, with Fame Crowd Simulation API / Setting up a scene with Fame
senses
- setting up / An overview of sensing
senses, using with RAIN
- about / Using senses with RAIN
- aspects, setting up in RAIN / Setting up aspects in RAIN
- visual sensor, setting up in RAIN / Setting up a visual sensor in RAIN
- activities, changing / Changing activities based on sensing
- RAIN sensor filters / RAIN sensor filters
sensing
- overview / An overview of sensing
Smart Car AI demo
- about / The Smart Car AI demo
- Unity test scene, setting up / Setting up a Unity test scene
- built-in NavMesh system, using / Using Unity's built-in NavMesh system
- waypoints, setting up / Setting up waypoints
- obstacles, adding to driving / Adding obstacles to driving
Smart Car vehicle
- setting up / Setting up a Smart Car vehicle
Start method / React AI
steering algorithms
- implementing / An overview of crowd control

T

TagOptions / Setting up a scene with React
tasks
- about / An overview of behavior trees

U

Unity test scene
- setting up / Setting up a Unity test scene

V

vector fields
- adding, to Fame Crowd Simulation API / Adding vector fields to Fame
visual sensor
- setting up, in RAIN / Setting up a visual sensor in RAIN
Visual Sensor section, RAIN
- properties / Advanced visual sensor settings
visual sensor settings
- viewing / Advanced visual sensor settings
voxelizing / An overview of a NavMesh

W

wandering characters
- setting up, with React AI / Setting up wandering characters with React
waypoints
- setting up / Setting up waypoints

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Author (1)

Curtis Bennett

Curtis Bennett has been a developer in the games and computer graphics industry for several years. He has worked on developing immersive virtual environments, published research in visual simulation, taught college courses in game development, and worked for various game studios, and he was also an engineer on early versions of the RAIN AI plugin for Unity. Currently, he is the Technical Director for Creative Services at Ideum, which focuses on creating interactive media projects.
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