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Noordung

Noordung

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So I started work on some kind of sailing vessel. And I am just wondering if steps on picture could be some sort of problem for AI. Articles suggest not. But I do not remember very steep steps in maps... I also read some very old topic about galleon and some problems with steps...

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Springheel

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You can always make the steps nonsolid and put nodraw brushes there for the AI to pathfind on instead.

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Dragofer

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It's possible to get very steep stairs by i.e. having each step only 1 unit long but 12 units high. My guess is AI wont have a problem with that.

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Springheel

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You're planning on using this in TDM, right? AI can't path on models, so you're going to need to add worldspawn brushes in DR for them to walk on.

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Adding worldspawn brushes for AI to walk on is dead easy because you don't have to be accurate. AI will place their feet correctly on your model surface, as long as there's a WS brush anywhere approximately 0-30 units below any pathable areas to let them know which bits they are allowed to walk on. A few roughly placed brushes would cover that.

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Petike the Taffer

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Very interesting sailing ship, keep it up.

 

BTW, does anyone know whether we have a good-looking cog ship model somewhere in the assets ?

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