Jedi AI avoiding cliffs/pits?

[dusty22]

So in JA and I'm assuming JK2, jedi/reborn NPCs have no recognition of pitfalls or lack of ground when they're moving, and often run/jump off cliffs/into pits without any regard if there in an open area.

Now I know Jedi don't use waypoints, but they're smart enough to know when they can leap up/down after you, so is it possible similarly they could have some awareness of areas where they could fall? It's beat you can't really have jedi in open areas because they won't pay attention to cliffs and stuff.

[eezstreet]

This can be fixed, but would require recompiling the maps. Basically, it looks like the JA maps screwed up in a number of areas, including the npc "do not enter" zones. JK2 ones seem fine though.

[dusty22]

Is that how NPCs figure things like jumping too? Or is that part of their AI?

[eezstreet]

If there's a DONOTENTER brush in the way, they won't cross it under any circumstances.

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Is that how NPCs figure things like jumping too? Or is that part of their AI?

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[dusty22]

So I'm guessing there's no easy way that an NPC could figure out a map area was a fall without appropriate mapping? I'm not trying to be a prick, I just think if it was any kind of simple (when it comes to coding that is) that it'd be nice if Jedi would watch out for unmarked falls at least somewhat.

[eezstreet]

Not really easy. The closest you could feasibly get would be some kind of navmesh system. While some people have coded this before, it's sorta never really put to practice as of yet. You're looking at a fairly major navigation rewrite which may cause more bugs than it fixes.

Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:53:40 -0700
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So I'm guessing there's no easy way that an NPC could figure out a map area was a fall without appropriate mapping? I'm not trying to be a prick, I just think if it was any kind of simple (when it comes to coding that is) that it'd be nice if Jedi would watch out for unmarked falls at least somewhat.

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