[MOD] Pathfinder (EXPERIMENTAL)

[sapier]

This mod adds a function to do pathfinding in pure lua.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?r99wagbeqs641zp

it's quite slow but as long as core version isn't added it's better than nothing.

[Captain_AuXiL]

what's pathfinding?

[10twenty4]

what's pathfinding?

Exactly what it sounds like: algorithms to find the best path between two points. It would allow a zombie to go around obstacles instead of always moving in a straight line and getting stuck, for instance

[Calinou]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinding

[jojoa1997]

I might figure out a way to ad this maybe to my npc mod.

[jordan4ibanez]

Oh nice, how does it work?

[jojoa1997]

Oh nice, how does it work?

I haven't been able to get to coding lately I am hoping to do it next week cause I am off for break

[jordan4ibanez]

How do you even use this?

[Jonathan]

Would the pathfinder take into account doors? Meaning would it look at a door the same as a wall? I would think a pathfinder would be a lot more interesting if a mob, for example, knew it had to open a certain number of doors in a building in order to reach the player. Because most buildings have doors.

This would also be very nice to be able to be set as an option for a mob. So only certain mobs could open wood doors, and could also have the option for a mob to open a steel door. This however, might take a lot of work coding wise, and I am not that good at lua (and pathfinding, I would say, is probably one of the hardest things to code).

- Jonathan