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Terrain annotation

by David Aiken · in Technical Issues · 09/24/2008 (2:35 pm) · 2 replies

Hi all..

Many of the AI algorithms out there require that hints be embedded in the terrain. Is there a good way to embed hints in Atlas 2 terrain?

thanks! Probably a FAQ :>(.
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Torque 3D Owner Dan Keller
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09/27/2008 (1:56 pm)
What sort of hints do you mean?

Torque Owner David Aiken
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09/27/2008 (2:52 pm)
Http://aigamedev.com/combat/terrain-annotations .. if you can't get to it, let me know. I think you can still register for free.

It's not hard to see instances where the level designer can give hints to the AI to treat a particular area of the map specially. We do it all the time on real maps.. circling an area to indicate sniper activity (well.. perhaps if you live along the Pakistan border). You can put it into bitmap overlays, but it would be nice if the level designer could get at everything in one place because changes to the terrain and objects placed on it affect the hints.