🐂Edit Your Animal AI

Here, you will learn what does the variables on inspector means.

After u created your Animal AI in the last section, you will see few scripts and components added to your animal Game Object in your scene. We will learn how to use them in this section.

Be sure to read all of these tabs below to make your AI work perfectly!

Navmesh Agent

Editing the "Navmesh Agent"

1. You will only need to touch the radius and height of your Navmesh Agent.

2. Adjust the radius & height variables so that the Navmesh will fit your animal model.

3. The Whole model should be inside the Green Preview of the Navmesh Agent. Example:

Collider

Editing the "Collider"

Normally, the system adds "Capsule Collider" to your animal automatically. But if you want a sphere or box collider it is fine too! You can delete the capsule one and add a box or sphere collider too! Just make sure that your animal has 1 collider.

1. Go to the "Capsule Collider" on your Animal GameObject.

2. Adjust the collider so it fits your animal model perfectly. Example:

Animal AI System

This is a really important part, you don't need to set your settings the same as I do. Just adjust them as you like until you find the perfect settings for yourself!

Your AI won't work if you don't do the ANIMAL AI ANIMATIONS tab!!

1. Go to the Player Resources tab and make sure your player is assigned or if your player spawns after the game starts, you select Setup Player On Runtime and put your player's tag!

Here is a quick explanation of the most important variables:

Animal Properties Variables	Explanations
Animal Type :	The animal's type that it will be.
Stop Follow Distance	The pet's too close to player distance.
Start Run Distance	The pet's too far to player distance.
Stop Flee Distance	The coward animal stop running away distance.

Animal Settings Variables	Explanations
Don't Disable Collider	The animal's collider will stay after death.
Can Run In Wander	Can the animal run in the wander/patrol state?
Animal Walk Speed	The animal's walk speed.
AI Can Run?	Can the animal run?
Animal Run Speed	The Animal's Run Speed.
Min/Max Idle Length	How long can the animal stay in the idle state?
Disable Child Colliders	Will disable the child colliders if there are any.

Animal AI System #2

Part #2 of the variable explanation:

What is the difference between Line Of Sight & Trigger-based detection?

1- Line of Sight detects the player if only it is in front of the animal AI.

2- Trigger detects the player if the player is in its detection distance radius.

Navmesh Settings Variables	Explanations:
Acceleration	The animal's navmesh acceleration.
Base offset	The base offset of the AI (I recommend checking this link)

Animal Detection Variables	Explanations:
Detection Type	How will your AI detect the player?
Head Transform	The head transform is used for the "Line Of Sight" detection.
Detection Distance	The max distance AI can detect the player
Detection Angle	The angle that the Line Of Sight system can detect the player.

Animal Attack Variables	Explanations:
Enable root motion on attack	This will enable root motion on the attack
Attack Distance	Distance to attack
Max Damage Distance	Max distance the animal can damage the player

ANIMAL AI ANIMATIONS

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🌍Animations