How do I keep enemies from walking over each other? If I look at games like Torchlight, Diablo, etc. where there is clear view of the surrounding monsters, I notice that the enemies never walk over each other. I have just implemented the Simple Path scripts in my Unity3D game, but I want to make it so that my enemies do not ever occupy the same space. I cannot simply enable physics collisions; this would result in enemies potentially getting stuck. What is the most common way of achieving enemy/obstacle avoidance while correctly path finding?
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How do I keep enemies from walking over each other?
Started by storm33229, Nov 02 2012 07:10 PM
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Posted 02 November 2012 - 08:41 PM
I'm confused as to why they would be stuck. Wouldn't the solution be to have the NPC/enemy change direction when they run into something that is not the player?
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