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Pathfinding on round world

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by Sacasco, Jun 9, 2013.

  1. Sacasco

    Sacasco

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    I'm trying to make a pathfinding system for AI's going around a sphere. Could anyone help me please?
     
    Sacasco, Jun 9, 2013
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  2. makeshiftwings

    makeshiftwings

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    If you're using Unity Pro's builtin pathfinding or something else that uses nav meshes, I think it should work if you split your sphere up into several different nav meshes so that you could "unroll" it and have the sections flat on a plane (just like you do for texturing a spherical model), and then have off-mesh links (documentation) between each section so that you can loop from one side to the other.
     
    makeshiftwings, Jun 9, 2013
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  3. Sacasco

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    OK, thanks for your help. I won't be using the Pro version, but I think it will still work with the pathfinding at http://arongranberg.com/astar/.
     
    Sacasco, Jun 10, 2013
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