AI - progress log

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(imported from here)
new AI control app WIP

 

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This looks really promising.
Do these projected speed lines already consider different cornering speeds of the various vehicles or is it a fixed system at this point?

 

yes, its easy

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We'll see how far we get and what time we have left

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it needs waypoints that should be placed in the editor and then a file map.json that interconnects them. Since the system reloads when you save the file it works pretty quickly

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yes, sure

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you place them there simply?

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It considers the G's that the vehicles are able to pull in a corner right now, seems to work well.


So, video later

 

Progress adding AI pathing to ECA (red stuff is the AI paths/waypoints):

 

extracting waypoints from decalroads WIP:


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decalroad point merging working

before:


now, after it merges the points:

 

Really nice. What are the different colors about? Different road types?

 

different segments

 

Ideally both would work. Having a predefined route of waypoints that a car will follow as fast as it can is exactly what is required for actual race tracks (think of hirochi track, there are multiple routes, so you need to tell the AI cars which route they need to take). That could work via different configuration files (think of the part lists for vehicles, just for waypoints) for each level.

The other version is useful for things like chases where there is no predefined route or for simple traffic driving around randomly.

From looking at the screenshots I guess the "Mode" switch in the AI app can influence how a AI driven car selects the next waypoint.