[RELEASED] Emerald AI 3.2 (New Sound Detection) - The Ultimate Universal AAA Quality AI Solution

I have noticed this only happens on line of sight because I tried trigger and it never happens but I only want line of sight.

 

This might seems like a simple question, but can this be used in a 2D project?

 

Hi, anyone used thi asset on a Vr Project? The problem is i would like to display the Text Damage but by default the Canvas i setted in Overlay, how can i manage it to make it work also in VR?

 

I got into a situation and I can't figure out what's wrong.

Simple setup: two factions (good & bad). 2 good guys (1 solider up front, 1 archer in rear) vs 1 bad guy. When the game starts, the good soldier and bad soldier run toward each other and starts attacking. Somehow the bad guy's attack is being sent to the archer while it stands & attacks the good soldier.

(the good soldier and bad soldier are copy of same game object, and I just change the faction)

 

duplicating the Ai can cause a lot of problems .

 

@BHS I have questions about the new version:

1. With Emerald, can we add variety to the animations of our AI? The way I usually do it is with sub state machines and a StateMachineBehavior that randomly chose an animation during OnStateMachineEnter (using an anim parameter). But I don't see any way to do this in Emerald beside adding multiple skill entries which in a complex AI can get really crowded.
2. Is it possible to make a skill that plays an animation that transitions into a custom state?
3. Are we allowed to modify the state machine? I don't see any other way of making complex systems without it.
   
4. With StateMachineBehaviors I could implement a LOT of things that emerald doesn't do by itself but I need to make sure emerald wont overwrite our changes to the state machine, does emerald rebuild/overwrite the state machine? Can it be prevented?

Some sort of advanced mode were we specify animation parameters and values to set instead of animations would definitely be a kick ass feature for more advanced users. Allowing us to deal with our own state machine would be awesome.

 

@BHS The update 2.4.1 supports localized damage?
I mean, if I hit the enemy in the head, it will give more damage if I hit the enemy in the body.
Is it possible for a long-range AI enemy to look for cover just like in an FPS game?

 

Hi, Is there anyway for AI to detect Player by sound ?

Like I kill 1st AI but just nearby 2nd AI ignores until I get in range of 2nd AI.

 

a short answer, if you gonna add a new State that has the same name of the default State of the animator like Movement or combat Movement the Animator profile system will replace the clips inside it based on the order of the tree, or the name of the clip state if there is no blend tree (maybe the order not sure about the single clip state).
if you want to create a new State with new names sure it will work, but since you have started coding why not code it into the animation profile and the rest of the scripts, it's easy .
just start adding your clips input into the editor script , then the Ai System script then into the AIInitializer script then , Animation Profile ... etc,
the reason I chose to do this as well, is : Knowing all of your clips without using Animator.StringToHash GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo , is a great advantage ! ! . plus it's very organized .and you can Stop States and clips for working altogether if you choose to.

not sure what do you mean but this gives me a great idea.
maybe when the player makes loud sounds, physics.overlapsphere will get all the Ai in the radius of that sound and set the player as a target, or maybe set their destination to the sound position like an explosion.

 

Hey @BHS I'm trying to setup a random moving object as an "enemy" without using the Emerald AI system on it. I just have a moving cube that when an Emerald AI character collides with the cube, the AI character dies.

I have DamageAIByCollision script on the cube and the proper tag/layer on both the cube and the AI character but the AI character isn't dying with 1 health point.

I see it's possible with the boulder hitting the character...just need to know how to set it up.

Cheers.

 

I'm getting this error when the player gets in range of the AI. I'm using Opsive UCC 2.2.4 and using the community integration from @magique. The AI is working but throwing up this error.

Code (CSharp):

1. NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
2. EmeraldAI.Utility.EmeraldAIDetection.DetectTargetType (UnityEngine.Transform Target, System.Nullable`1[T] OverrideFactionRequirement) (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/Components/EmeraldAIDetection.cs:1084)
3. EmeraldAI.Utility.EmeraldAIDetection.SetDetectedTarget (UnityEngine.Transform DetectedTarget) (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/Components/EmeraldAIDetection.cs:1058)
4. EmeraldAI.Utility.EmeraldAIDetection.SearchForTarget () (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/Components/EmeraldAIDetection.cs:1008)
5. EmeraldAI.Utility.EmeraldAIDetection.DetectTarget (UnityEngine.GameObject C) (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/Components/EmeraldAIDetection.cs:343)
6. EmeraldAI.Utility.EmeraldAIDetection.UpdateAIDetection () (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/Components/EmeraldAIDetection.cs:602)
7. EmeraldAI.Utility.EmeraldAIDetection.Update () (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/Components/EmeraldAIDetection.cs:59)
8.  

 

I believe I have fixed this error by deleting the Emerald AI folder in my project and reimported Emerald AI.

 

I'm trying to create my own companion AI with a model and specific animation for that model. I've entered all of the clips into the Animation pages and created the Emerald .overrideController which is assigned in the slot for the Animator component.

When I hit play, the character sinks into the terrain to the center of the character, and does nothing.

I've added the Rigidbody and set up a Box Collider just like the Fallen Guardian sample.

In the console I get this message constantly:

IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
EmeraldAI.EmeraldAISystem.Update () (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/System/EmeraldAISystem.cs:1027)

... which doesn't make sense because it's trying to load clip info for layer 0 and I can see that the animator controller is set up and populated with all the states and they refer to my clips.

I'm using the latest EmeraldAI with Unity 2019.3.15.

Any ideas what I'm forgetting/missing?

 

Hi There!
I've just updated to version 2.4.1 and I do have the following problem.
The AIs Don't die! their health levels go down to zero or lower but they seem not to die.
I get the following error:

EmeraldAI.EmeraldAISystem.Damage (System.Int32 DamageAmount, System.Nullable`1[T] TypeOfTarget, UnityEngine.Transform AttackerTransform, System.Int32 RagdollForce, System.Boolean CriticalHit) (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/System/EmeraldAISystem.cs:2371)
EmeraldAI.EmeraldAISystem.SendEmeraldDamage () (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/System/EmeraldAISystem.cs:2154)
EmeraldAI.EmeraldAISystem.EmeraldAttackEvent () (at Assets/Emerald AI/Scripts/System/EmeraldAISystem.cs:2063)


I use Unity 2018.3 and I cannot find the culprit of it!
Please help!
Thanks in advance,




Dom

 

Hi, my AI is doing the same thing, Ill shoot him for a while and then he will just look strait at the ground and attack nothing. I'm using Top Down Engine. Also it happens in both line of site and trigger

 

How do I set up Support abilities for a melee attack AI?

 

wow ...cricket sound in here for support.

 

Think I figured my issue out, damage script was giving wrong transform, fixed that and looks to be working.

 

It appears that ResetAI() doesn't seem to result in a working AI when used to respawn a dead AI. The respawn AI will start moving and then just stop doing anything.

 

The sinking part can be caused by an animation mismatch. For example, when the walking animation is set to a Humanoid Rig and the model is set to a Generic Rig under Import Settings for the model or animation.

 

anyone having this were factions are able to be changed with SetFactionLevel. My ai changes factions when using this from example neutral or aggressive with setfactionlevel and are already set on aggressive, but they carry on acting as if they are neutral to each other?

 

@BHS is it possible for an AI to change faction? Like 'convert' to another faction and then inherit the faction relations?

 

never did test this !!

yeah had this issue as well it has to do with the scriptable object of a faction, I recreated a new one and it worked.
i hope it does for you too .

 

I am having difficulty with calling "play emote animation' into the OnStart Event area.

firstly, there doesn't see to be a way to control the emote animation speed, even though the documentation says the speed can be modified.

secondly, if I call the "play emote animation" on a melee AI, and the AI enters a state of combat while the animation is still playing, the AI will be able to attack once, but then is not able to move. It just stands there and rotates in place.

Am I skipping a step? I understand that play emote can't be used in combat, but sometimes I can't control when the emote plays and combat starts. It seems that if the emote is playing AND combat begins, the AI will stop the emote, but then freeze in place after the first attack.

At this time, I can put the AI's state to Passive, play the emote, and then change the state to something else, but I am not sure this is ultimately a good way to do it. I would prefer that I just call the emote and if in combat, it just doesn't work.

 

Hi,

Thought I tried asking it here first.
How exactly does the "Emerald Unity Tag" works?
Based on the guide, it's the Unity tag for the game object.

Emerald Unity Tag
The Unity Tag used to define other Emerald AI objects. This is the tag that was created using Unity's Tag pulldown at the top of the gameobject.

But what does "other Emerald AI objects" mean here?
Does every unit that uses Emerald AI has to be in the same Unity tag since there is only one selected option for the dropdown?

Using the "AI vs AI" example scene as a reference,
It uses "Respawn" Unity tag and "Water" layer.
If i change it to my Unity tag such as Enemy or Friendly in this field under "Tag and faction options", where enemy(kobold) has the enemy tag and a friendly ai(fallen guardian) has the friendly tag, they will practically ignore each other.

So how exactly does this work?
Thanks.
I'm using 2.4.1 with Unity 2019.3.5f

 

@Rahd

You mentioned awhile back that you adapted the running attack to use unity Match Targeting. There's not much good documentation on actual implimentions of that, would you be able to go over exactly what you did? Either for our own edits, or just how to utilize match targeting in general, cuz there's just no info out there over this important seeming thing.

 

i used it for jumping to match the feet bones to the surface I want to jump on, and on the run attack animation to match the root of the rig to the player position, so the Ai will adjust its path when the player change position mid-attack.
it worked with humanoid rigs, I later drop it, and replaced the jump with 3 types of generic animations small mid big
and depending on the distance of the jump the Ai will use one of the 3 jump clips .
for the run attack, it was too overpowered , so the gameplay was very hard . i removed it and kept the code for later uses like climb ...humanoid rigs for etc . used the match targeting with StateMachineBehaviour scripts

 

Does this mean that the Invector integration video is no longer current?

EDIT: With the latest version of Emerald and Shooter, and after following the Invector integration. Emerald ai npcs can damage the Invector Player, BUT the Player cannot damage an AI npc created by the latest version of Emerald. Both melee and range by the Invector Player do not damage an Emerald AI.

SOLVED: I recommend you add to your ai setup instructions to resize the collider.

UNSOLVED: Blocking does not work since the upgrade.

 

hi there i am new to emrald ai , I want to build some herds of animals where other animals will follow the leader and if player attack the leader or any follower then all of the animals should attack the player, Is there any tutorial on these if yes can you please provide a link to that

 

depending on how many animals you will need to create a flocking system
other than that a communication system will do what you need.
i can't recall any tuto , but you can start with the events provided on emerald ai, like onAttacked , or onDeath , etc
example OnAttacked you can tell your communication script will send a message to all the animals to alert them ,or to tell them the attacker position , or to tell some that one of the animals is attacked so they would heal him . lol.. etc ...
then start creating other events and the pet logic on the behavior script is a great source for following the animal leader.

 

Thanks For The Help I will Try To Implement this . Really appreciate for your time.

 

Hello there,

It is great AI and everything is working really great.

but I am facing really annoying issue which I am unable to fix at all.
Sometime when the AI walking towards the player then it kind of floats above the ground for few seconds and whole character mesh act weird, (Collider and Navmesh agent all is basically remain on the ground, but only the rig goes up). After extreme testing what I have found that when sometime AI spots the player then both Walk animation and Run animation have threshold value at 1 and they tend to run at the same time, which causes wierd animation visual.

Now first I want to say, both walk and run animation for the model is same. and this problem last from 1 second to 3 or 4 second and happens randomly but if It happens and I intermediately make the threshold value 0 for one animation, then it issue get resolved, now I am not sure where in the code this issue is coming from.

I hope someone can help me solve this.


Edit: I set the Movement type to "Root Animation" and and for now I did not encounter the bug again, hopefully I think its fix now

 

Hi There.
I am encountering some issues using the Weapon type: Both.
If I check the main Emerald script seems that the attack distance of the Melee is set to the Ranged one and therefore the AI simply stands there.
I have no idea how to fix this issue.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Dom

 

Well I am not really expert, I could be wrong.

However I did not find any option for changing the distance, I believe it use same distance for both. As for attacking I think if the it give damge accurately when range attack animation is done then it should attack from that distance as well with melee animation.

Make sure to check your animations are put there correctly, and event function is added in the animation

 

Hi,

I'm getting the following error on a new project, fresh install of Emerald:

"skeleton_swordsman_allinone's Attack 1 is missing a EmeraldAttackEvent Animation Event. Please add one or see Emerald AI's Documentation for a guide on how to do so."

The skeleton will move and not fall through the ground but I get this error. If I use an Synty polygon character I get the same error and he wont move and falls through the ground.

I havent had to setup an attack event before but now it seems I do. What should I do here?

Cheers.

 

When is 2.5 out?

 

1) Emerald AI supports up 6 animations for melee attack and 6 animations for ranged attacks. Each of these has an option to choose how attack animations are picked. These options include odds, order, and random.

2) Yes, if you open the Attack States or Attack States (Ranged) sub-states you can see the transitions to each of the Attack States. Here, you can add additional states that will transition from each attack state, but you will need to add the animations and any additional conditions manually.

3) The Animator Controller need its state names to remain the same or Emerald AI's Animator Controller Generator will error while trying to find the necessary sates to apply animation to. As long as you don't change the state names, you should be able to add additional states and transitions to existing states.

4) I don't believe Emerald AI overrides anything. It only adds animations to the preexisting states according to their state name. It is all based off of the "Emerald Animator Controller" within the Resource folder. Modifying this Animator Controller would allow any newly created AI to have a copy of the same Animator Controller, including the additions you've made to it.

I will certainly have to look into a more advanced mode as you've mentioned. I haven't looked into what's possible with Unity's API in awhile so there may be more features I can add.

 

This is an upcoming feature I have planned for version 2.4.2.

 

This is because you need a Rigidbody Component on your cube in order for collision detection to work correctly.

The included skeleton should have all needed Attack Events applied.

The error message says exactly what to do, here's the documentation it's mentioning this: https://github.com/Black-Horizon-Studios/Emerald-AI/wiki/Creating-Attack-Animation-Events

If your AI is ever falling through the floor, it's because you are missing an animation within your AI's animation list. You can press the Check for Missing Animations button and it will tell you which animation is missing.

 

Add this function to the EmeraldAIEventsManager script and you will be able to change an AI's faction:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. /// <summary>
3. /// Changes the AI's current faction to the FactionName paramter.
4. /// </summary>
5. public void ChangeFaction (string FactionName)
6. {
7.    EmeraldAIFactionData FactionData = Resources.Load("Faction Data") as EmeraldAIFactionData;
8.    EmeraldComonent.CurrentFaction = FactionData.FactionNameList.IndexOf(FactionName);
9. }

You can access an AI's API as explained here: https://github.com/Black-Horizon-Studios/Emerald-AI/wiki/Emerald-AI-API#getting-started

You would call the above function like this (assuming you followed the API guide above):

Code (CSharp):

1. EventsManager.ChangeFaction("Thief");

Setting the specified faction level can be done with the included API. This is explained here: https://github.com/Black-Horizon-Studios/Emerald-AI/wiki/Emerald-AI-API#setfactionlevel

 

What version of Emerald AI are you using? There should be two separate distances for melee and ranged attacks:

 

Hi Thanks for replying.

I am using the 2.4.1

I checked the animator for the AI and looks like it does not exit the ranged / melee mode in the relation to the distance. sometimes it works, mostly not. here are my settings:




thanks a lot for the interest,

Dom

 

Hello BHS, is bodypart damage implemented yet, or headshot damage?

If not, what would be the best way to implement this for Emerald AI?

 

That is supposed to be done on 2.5... he hasn't mentioned when exactly that is.

 

Excellent, thank you!

 

@BHS - I've been using Crux and Emerald since they first came out and they are really great!! I'm working with Photon lately, and would really like to use both Emerald and Crux to spawn and sync AI. Have you had any more thoughts about networking support (Photon)? Even if it was a separate add-on, I'd happily pay for it. Thanks!

 

Hi,

Wondering if someone can help me with the DamageAI on collision script for rocks killing the AI. I just want to modify the code so that there's certain force from the rock necessary before it damages the AI. By default the rock just kills the AI when it touches it but I'd like a rigidbody force number...

namespace EmeraldAI.Example

{

    /// <summary>

    /// A script that damages AI based on collisions. Can be used for dynamic damaging objects such as rocks, logs, 

    /// and other falling objects or collision based weapons.

    /// </summary>

    public class DamageAIByCollision : MonoBehaviour

    {

        public int DamageAmount = 10;

   



        private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)

        {

            //Damages an AI to the collided object

            if (collision.gameObject.GetComponent<EmeraldAI.EmeraldAISystem>() != null)

            {

                collision.gameObject.GetComponent<EmeraldAI.EmeraldAISystem>().Damage(DamageAmount, EmeraldAI.EmeraldAISystem.TargetType.Player, transform, 200);

            }

        }

    }

}

 

I'm having an issue with an AI applying damage to an Invector character after a scene change. When I am going from one scene to the next the Invector player persists. The AI in the first scene works perfectly however after going into the next scene the AI will detect and attack the player as it should. The attack is registering on the Invector player it's just that no damage if being applied to the player. I posted this on discord and what was suggested was to turn off the EmeraldAInitializer before going to the next scene. That didn't seem to help. Any other thoughts?

 

Never mind, I didn't check the obvious....I set the immortal flag on my player during the scene transition and didn't change it back when the new scene started.

 

For some reason my AI is not attacking or backing up, however when i move behind him his attack triggers, does anyone know why this might be and how to fix it?