Enemy NPC & AI - Core (see description for news) 

In a few weeks I'll be releasing a new version of the NPC kit as well. Working on it currently. Welcome to Core!

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo Thank you. It seems fun.

Did you see my Survival Starter Kit? It's a full project that's open for edit. Has a known crash with the Zombie Bait item, but I have a fix for that already to go.

Working on any game ideas?

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo

I don't know of any complete tutorial, but the basic idea is covered in part 3. You modify the characters by changing their materials, attaching objects. To do a full body rework you can disable visibility on the animated mesh and use "force on" visibility for the attachments. Setup an attachment for each socket.

The kit comes with a Waypoints Example that is one way to keep NPCs spawning in an area but also shows how the waypoint triggers can be connected to each other forming a network of paths. If you're looking for a nav mesh solution, you can use the one from Waffle or from DarkDev. Here's a video talking about navmesh in Core: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YDXpGpsAUaE.html

Start from the waypoint example, replace the skeletons with whatever NPC you need and either adjust or remove the patrol areas.

At the start of video 4 there is an update about the import process. Have a look and let me know

Found an fix you just have to add something to the project first and then it show's up in the project content

What kind of content do you mean? You can learn about the basics of core at learn.coregames.com

Check out my game called "The Sewer" it's open for edit and can be found in Community Projects. It's a very simple project and doesn't have the NPC system, but it may have some ideas for you in this regard. I've also made a video about FTUE that goes over the design logic behind The Sewer. It's in my video history somewhere, called "WTH is FTUE?"

Try looking in other areas in the UI. After you add one of the templates that came from Community Content, it changes what's in "imported". This is an issue I didn't know when I recorded the video, because imported content looks different depending if you created it or not. In my case, I created the NPC Kit, so when I import it, it won't look the same as when you do it.

You need to add a NavMesh (see the README file). If you do, then NPCs will exclusively walk on the NavMesh. I am currently working on a release v0.11 that will support hybrid environments with outdoors and indoors on the same map and there will be a video about that in the coming weeks. Sub to be notified when it's up. I will also add a video just about NavMesh in the future.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo great looking forward to next video

Hmn that's weird. Did you bring in screenshots externally? Or did you take them with the in-editor tool? You could be seeing this problem if, for example, you used external screenshots that are not the right format. It might require PNG and certain size limits.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo thanx for the teply, I couldnt take screenshot using the software but I managed to fix it today. It seems that I forgot to check what my antivirus was doing. I turned off my antivirus and its all good. Going to add it to my exceptions list.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo Got it fixed, thanx, it was the virus firewall, lol. www.coregames.com/games/fb98a0/q3dm-18 feel free to go and take a look at the game and please give me feedback if you dont mind. Thanx again

@@birdseyeview1437 The layout is interesting. One thing you need to change is weapon spawns. Having them loose on the ground like that is good for testing, but not really how games tend to work. You can use my Universal Spawner to setup spots where weapons come back after they are picked up. Same for health pickups. Speaking of which, it would be better if there was a VFX+SFX when you gain health.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo, thanx for the feedback. I have been struggling to find out how to create a respawn system for the weapons. Could you perhaps recommend a script for this.

You probably have a navigational mesh in a small section of the map. The NPCs get drawn there. If you are making an outdoor map, remove all nav mesh (easiest). If you are making an indoor map, add nav mesh to the entire environment (duplicate and position the geometry). If you need hybrid environment with nav mesh in a few sections, surround each section with a nav mesh zone-- see an example of how this more complex case is implemented in the NPC AI Kit's project or in the Survival Kit (both found in community games, open for edit).

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo thank you! It worked!

Same Problem With Me , I didn't understood what should I do

@@IfireFTW thank you it worked

@@amplayz glad my question helped others but you should also thank the creator of the video

This is currently under review and there is a bug associated with the window focus during the import from Community Content.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo yes i just redone and work thx sir :D

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo "CoreObject.isVisible is deprecated. Please use CoreObject.visibility and IsVisibleInHierarchy() instead." that is something whit bow ??? in the tutorial see to that, just a warning..?

@@salvadorcabrera4941 Hmn, thanks. That's a new change to the editor. I'll patch the kit!

There's a slight UX issue in my instructions, check part 4 of the series to understand why!

Use an ambush/proximity camp or waypoints example. Check the readme file.

BTW new version of the kit coming soon. In testing and polishing phase.

If you are in the Core discord community, ping me, I can also send you a script that you can just add to the hierarchy and it makes all NPCs respawn.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo alright thanks!

yeah me too

i think i fixed it, you have to drag the npc kit examples in the scene and then delete them, and then go to your project content and you will find dependencies hope this helps

@@TinJ7 Go to CC, find the NPC AI Kit, import it, go to project content, NPC AI Kit, drag an drop one of your choice onto the map

same proplem

Hey all, thanks for pointing out this issue. In part 4 I've taken this feedback and demonstrated the difference between importing from CC when you are the author and when you are not. @TinJ had the solution for us!

They could be of the same team as you. If the health bar is blue then that's the case. Could be you set their vision too low. Also, if you have mismatching versions of the components (e.g if you mixed stuff from Dungeon Crawler framework with NPC kit from CC). Check versions in the header of each script.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo Thank you I have already solved this problem

Collision is only for physics interactions, which the NPCs do not use for their locomotion. You need to setup a nav mesh. See the Dungeon Crawler framework or the Survival Starter Kit as examples. I have not yet made a video about NavMesh.

The raptor NPC belongs to team 2, by default. If your player is also team 2 then they will be allies and the raptor won't attack. Also, check your Event Log window to see if there are errors. Cheers

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo still will not work no errors too and no other npc work too

@@potsky2147 Did you start from a blank project? I just tested importing the kit from scratch and adding the raptor to the scene results in the expected outcome. I'm assuming you didn't add the Animated Mesh raptor from "Core Content", but that could be a mistake someone makes if they search in the wrong tab. Of course if it's just an Animated Mesh and not an NPC object, it should do nothing.

Also, check my video 4 because there is a small correction on how to import the NPC kit for most creators.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo i did start from a blank project and i did add the Animated Mesh raptor from "Core Content"

Look for it in Windows menu

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo Do you mean the bottom section of the program? (Edit: Nevermind, I got it. Thank you!"

When you import the NPC Kit from community content, you should be able to see all the dependencies that come with it. You have to find the imported package and expand the "dependencies" folder. Either in the Project Content window or Core Content window.

Hi Liam. Which part "doesnt work" ? The new version 1.0 is *much* better than the old 0.9 that is in the video. There is no video yet about the new version, but you can learn more about it in the video description.

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo the arrow for the ai kit isn’t there so I can’t get the specific stuff

Part 2 covers combat

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo oh ok sorry lol

You should provide more information when making a comment like this.

Yes, I got this feedback from others and in video #4 there is an example of how it should look for you!

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo Thanks. I'll skip to it, then come back. I thought it was me. :)

@@GaryParkin Yea, unfortunately YT no longer allows those text cards that could be added on top of a video, after the fact. Those were useful for corrections and "footnotes" like this.