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Artificial Intelligence in Unreal Engine 5

You're reading from Artificial Intelligence in Unreal Engine 5 Unleash the power of AI for next-gen game development with UE5 by using Blueprints and C++

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781836205852

Length 358 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Unreal

Concepts

3D Game Development

Author (1):

Marco Secchi

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introducing Artificial Intelligence in Games

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with AI Game Development FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Introducing the Unreal Engine AI System

4. Part 2: Understanding the Navigation System

5. Chapter 3: Presenting the Unreal Engine Navigation System

6. Chapter 4: Setting Up a Navigation Mesh

7. Chapter 5: Improving Agent Navigation

8. Chapter 6: Optimizing the Navigation System

9. Part 3: Working with Decision Making

10. Chapter 7: Introducing Behavior Trees

11. Chapter 8: Setting Up a Behavior Tree

12. Chapter 9: Extending Behavior Trees

13. Chapter 10: Improving Agents with the Perception System

14. Chapter 11: Understanding the Environment Query System

15. Part 4: Exploring Advanced Topics

16. Chapter 12: Using Hierarchical State Machines with State Trees

17. Chapter 13: Implementing Data-Oriented Calculations with Mass

18. Chapter 14: Implementing Interactable Elements with Smart Objects

19. Index

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20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix – Understanding C++ in Unreal Engine

Summary

In this chapter, we went through some more advanced techniques to help improve your nav mesh generation. Starting with the debugging tool, we then learned how to analyze and tweak the mesh generation process. Finally, we learned a few tricks that will help us craft more effective levels.

With this, Part 2 of this book comes to an end; starting from the next chapter, get ready to face probably one of the most interesting topics when speaking about AI in game development: behavior trees.

Be prepared. Your AI buddies are about to get a major overhaul and will never be the same!

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Authors (1)

Marco Secchi

Marco Secchi

Marco Secchi is a freelance game developer who graduated in computer engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He is a lecturer and lead game advisor at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) where he also mentors BA students in their final thesis projects. In his spare time, he reads a lot, plays video games (less than he would like), and tries to practice CrossFit.

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