SHOOTING/FOLLOW/RETREAT ENEMY AI WITH UNITY AND C# - EASY TUTORIAL 

this is the most intense unity tutorial I have ever watched

DUDE YOUR TUTORIALS ARE SO EASY TO LEARN! THANKS A LOT. MOST TUTORIALS ON RU-vid ARE QUITE COMPLICATED FOR ME. BUT YOUR'S IS JUST SO WELL MADE THAT EVEN SHIT LIKE ME CAN UNDERSTAND IT! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!

Spent around 2 minutes trying to figure out what the heck a "project tile" was. Haha, great tutorial man, making my first fully finished game, a mini space shooter, and this helped out alot. You and Brackys are awesome.

THANK YOU. I’m currently participating in my first game jam, and I needed this ._. Pog

damn after combing your previous video about top down shooting and combining it with the screen shake video and this my game has reached new heights. Thank you too much for these amazing tutorials.

for anyone doing this in 3d, here is the modified script: using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using UnityEngine; public class EnemyBehavior : MonoBehaviour { public float speed; public float stoppingDistance; public float retreatDistance; public GameObject bullet; public Transform player; private float timeBtwShots; public float startTimeBtwShots; // Start is called before the first frame update void Start() { player = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").transform; timeBtwShots = startTimeBtwShots; } // Update is called once per frame void Update() { if (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, player.position) > stoppingDistance) { transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, player.position, speed * Time.deltaTime); } else if (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, player.position) < stoppingDistance && Vector3.Distance(transform.position, player.position) > retreatDistance) { transform.position = this.transform.position; } else if (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, player.position) < retreatDistance) { transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, player.position, -speed * Time.deltaTime); } if (timeBtwShots

At first I thought is tutorial was going to be hard to understand because I've never done c# or any other form of coding except scratch. Except for the past 3 days. But scratch actually helps me understand the else if statements and stuff but it's actually really simple to understand! Great job. I'm going to try this later.

Could you make a video on A* Pathfinding or any other method on 2D Pathfinding? There are very few Up to Date Videos on RU-vid. Thanks hope you like the suggestion.

The clarity, simplicity and straight forward approach in the tutorial shows that you are someone who has made many games! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

I highly enjoy these videos, you and a few others are the reason why I've wanted to make video games

I was simling the whole time I was watching this. It was so intense. It felt like I was watching a conspiricy theory. Amazing tutorial BTW.

Cool! Really nice beginner shooting game in just 12 min! Well done! 👍🤓

you are awesome dude, thanks for keeping things simple and easy to understand.

love your videos, you should do a 2d grappling hook tutorial

Oh man, this is gold. Thank you for sharing!

You are awesome bro ,the way you present your video tutorials is awesome and you even reply to almost every comment to help them it's something i really appreciate. I wish you become more successful than you can even imagine😊😊

Yay! Thx for this. I implemented this in 3d and it worked just great. This video encouraged me to be creative with my code. Thx a lot.

Your vids are forever awesomely. Please never stop😊

Thank you We miss your awsome tutorials

Love your tutorials! I can easily adapt the code into my game!

Dude, You have inspired me to continue with my indie games. Thank you so much

This tutortial is really good! I actually made a better version (in my opinion) of the movement. public GameObject target; float distance; public float speed; void Update() { distance = Vector3.Distance(gameObject.transform.position, target.transform.position) - 6.5f; (higher = enemy stays farther away, can be anything) speed = distance; transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, target.transform.position, speed * Time.deltaTime); } This makes it so that the enemy speeds up depending on how far away the player is form the enemy.

using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using UnityEngine; public class Enemyshooting : MonoBehaviour { public float speed; public float stoppingDistance; public float retreaDistance; private float timeBtwShots; public float startTimeBtwShots; public Transform player; public GameObject projectile; // Start is called before the first frame update void Start() { player = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").transform; timeBtwShots = startTimeBtwShots; } // Update is called once per frame void Update() { if(Vector2.Distance(transform.position, player.position) > stoppingDistance) { transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, player.position, speed * Time.deltaTime); } else if(Vector2.Distance(transform.position, player.position) > stoppingDistance && Vector2.Distance(transform.position, player.position) > retreaDistance) { transform.position = this.transform.position; } else if (Vector2.Distance(transform.position, player.position) > retreaDistance) { transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, player.position, -speed * Time.deltaTime); } if(timeBtwShots

Awesome Tutorial. Thanks for this. :)

OMG! my AI is alive!! Thank you blackthorn!

Wow...RU-vid suggested your channel. Very cool videos so far. Keep it up mate!

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

Very good tutorial. And i've seen a lot of them. Thank you!

Great videos man, you deserved my like.

Awesome tutorial, dude! Thanks!

i use this to make turret.Thanks Noa!

nice tutorial, ill make this a base for my work. thank you!

great video 👏 can you do special 👌 tuto about particular effect 😊 (add (specification place) change ...)

you should continue doing tutorials! loved it

Man I love your enthusiasm

I LOVE YOUR ART STYLE!!!

really easy to keep up with and actually good codes keep em coming mate!

this video is old but thank you, you helped me whit a problem i had for 3-4 consecutive days.

I like the figures that you've drawn

Thank you so much for these.

This is so helpful for game jams!

Loved the video you explain well!

You are awesome.your tutorial are really very easy and helpful.thankyou so much keep making your tutorial. I want a tutorial how to spawn enemies.please

@Blackthornprod Awesome Videos. For faster prototyping you can right click inside Assets and Select Create > Sprites to make basic shapes.

Thanks man your frickin awesome and dont deny it

finally a tutorial i understood, subscribed, i am hoping to make a farming survival monster breeding game, if you can make any tutorial about those that would be great

Thanks! is very very cool, i search this code for all's pages!

Nice but wished it showed an option of the projectile still following after it reaches the targeted position

Very Very Very good... Thank you.. great video

you are great small videos and neat explanation thanks

thank you I had some problems but I fixed it!

Sir your way of explaining is just Really really awesome 👍 love from INDIA

How do you shoot the bullet in the direction instead of just the position? Meaning the bullet continues ahead after passing through the target position?

this is really easy thank you!

Is there a way to make it so the enemy collides with other objects? Currently my enemy moves through everything, even though there is a collider on all objects. I believe it is because we're using MoveTorwards so Unity ignores collisions.

Well done! Keep it up!

How can i make projectiles go further than current player position. In platformer it looks just like proejctiles are stuck en players previous location. How can i make them go further (in the same direction that they were flying)?

If you see that your enemy is shaking or vibrating constantly, you probably just need to set the stopping and retreat distance to not be equal (if they are already). Mine were both at 5 so I just changed the stopping distance to 5.2.

Awesome Tutorial

Please make even more Videos. I have watched the first video from you today and your code style is like mine. Short and not complicated. Already subscirbed and liked the Video. You deserve it. Can you make some Videos about 2D Character Design, i would love that. :)!!!

I'm gonna try to use this for an escort mission kind of code, i think it will work well when i remove the shooting part. Thanks!

Thanks for tutorial!

In the beginning, it sounds like you are talking to Conan who are about to go for a epic quest or something, easy now xD

thanks for the tutorial. My enemy only shoots when it retreats and it wont stop following the player. how do I Fix this?

hello.... i encounter a little problems in this video. in unity when i want to add projectiles in references, shots : its says missing (Game Object), and i cant add anything to it. can someone help me?? what to do?

Instead of writing player = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag(“Player”) can’t I just assign it in the inspector?

when I have not found an answer for a while, this person arrives and solves it in 12.54 seconds

Quick tip if you want to Destroy a game object after a few seconds then just specify the time by doing Destroy(gameObject, write the time here)

Please could you help me? When i don't move the Player, the Enemy stops moving and The Player gets despawned. I am greeted with this error in console: The object of type 'Transform' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it. Your script should either check if it is null or you should not destroy the object.

Great video!

how would this work for a platformer game? Because there are platforms in between the player and the enemy, and the enemy spazzes out when I'm under or above them

Does much need to be change in order for this to work properly in 3D? I copied the tutorial but I get behind the enemy it starts shooting behind him and not at the player

How to implement Particle Effect ! I tried a lot but it's not working, particle system is Instantiated at (0,0,0) and not destroying.

I have a problem, the enemy is just following another object and idk why. It does not have the tag player

Hey man, this is a really cool tutorial, but you don't mention how to get the bullet to keep going past the player's position? Could you tell me how this might be done?

how would you do this in a platformer (aka without using movetowards)? my enemy keeps vibrating

Is there a way to do this with rigidbodys because when I tried to do that the enemy would slow down when near the player but when I use transform my enemies are launched off the screen when I shoot them

Nice Tutorial dude

Can this be done with player and enemies on a sphere? And where can I download this project please?

This is soo great!

I need some help, the projectile of the enemy, when it reaches the position of the player, it will just destroy and not continue, even when the player isnt there also, if I put the "player = " code form the start, to the update, the projectile will always follow the player no matter what, until it hits him. what I need is that the projectile follows a straight line and never destroys it's self until it hits a wall or the player

So help full. Thank you

Hey man! How can I make the bullet to keep going straight instead of just let it die after reaching the Player coordinates??? If anyone know PLEASE let me know

I have a question. How to make enemy AI same as enemy in the bomberman game. thanks a lot

please i want the projectile to go forward without rotation when i try to shot up or down the projectile turn

I have an error NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Ruch.Start () (at Assets/Scripts/Ruch.cs:25)

This is amazing code, thanks.

Transform.position ignores colliders. How would you do this if you wanted enemies to go around walls?

How would I add a range variable to this? I only want them to be able to hit me when I'm within a certain range, I'm also doing for a 3D character.

Awesome tutorial! What if we just want an enemy that spins and shoots? Like a wounded ship, flying off into space, the lasers spinning around everywhere? I keep trying, but they just shoot down.

When he is retreating and I lead him to a wall and they both have colliders but the enemy clips through the wall, other than that great tutorial!

How can you make the bullet continue past the player.x & player.y instead of stopping at that location?

I have a question, if it is ten different camps of AI, then what method will be used?

Bro, I am making a 2d top down space shooter. There is a problem in shooting system, that is , when enemy is shooting and I shoot, then the player's bullet is colliding with enemy bullet and the player's bullet is destroyed but the enemies bullet is not destroyed. Can you tell me what to do to make the both bullets passing away without any collision.

Everything is working fine, but the projectile doesnt register a hit for me if the player collides with it at any other point than the point at which the target was placed, how do i fix this?

Could you please make a complete series on top down 3d shooter. Please

Can someone help, i want to use same code, but i want then enemy projectile gets to players pos. i want that projectile doesnt explode, but goes away ( idk how to say, just like player combat, projectile destroys on trigger, or after some time)

for some reason when i put { after retreatdistance on line 23 it comes up with an error.

You never dissapoint me :D

Wow That was really cool