Chapter 5. Giving AI Choices
In this chapter, you will learn how to introduce autonomous behavior into your characters using Behavior Tree. Behavior Tree is a methodology that allows you to view your AI logic visually. Behavior Tree is a type of hierarchical task network resulting in a state-oriented design. So, each state will dictate our current task instead of a goal.
This chapter will cover:
- Behavior Tree
- Blackboard
- The components of Behavior Tree, including Selector, Decorator, Service, and so on
- Building a Behavior Tree to run on a dog character
Behavior Tree in AIController
In this chapter, we will use Behavior Tree and scripts to create our autonomous state-oriented behavior. However, before we get to a higher-level control of our AI, let's understand ...
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