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

Great to hear you got it all integrated. If your AI start sliding, and you’ve double checked that all needed animations are set to loop, then you may be missing an animation somewhere. It sounds like it’s one of your idle animations so make sure they are all applied and that none of the slots are missing animations.

Your AI’s attack and stopping distance may also be too small which would have the AI play its idle animation before it’s done moving. Making these values bigger may also help.

 

Thanks Again! Don't know how I missed it, Default play time setting on one Animation for this AI was ridiculously small. Having good time with EAI though -

 

I had to recreate my ranged AI, not sure what happened but one worked while the rest didn't. So i just recreated and they all turn right now.

 

For someone who wants to use Emerald AI with UNET (maybe Photon).

It just took 30 mins for me, I attached `NetworkAnimator` and `NetworkNavMeshAgent(which is not officially provided)`.
and made some code modifications.
(Just keep in mind that entire AI processing must be executed in server, client only replicates the animations)

* Change every `SetTrigger` and `ResetTrigger` to `RpcSetTrigger` and `RpgResetTrigger`. You have to implement `Rpc~~` methods, it just 1 or 2 lines of code.

* Add `Server` attributes to server specific methods such as `EmerandAIDetection.Update`.

* `ai.Damage(...)` must be called on the server-side.

Hope EmeraldAI officially support UNET.

 

Nice bro!

 

@BHS Is there a way to get AI to utilize more than a single box collider? I have a deer and I added another box collider for the head, but it is totally ignored.

 

Have you tried using a different collider other than another box?

 

Nope, I haven't.

[EDIT]
Now I tried Capsule Collider and same result. It seems that Emerald AI uses only the one generated box collider. I pause the game and the second box collider has been disabled. If I then re-enable it then it works. So, I need to figure out where emerald is disabling the additional collider. Not sure why it would do that.

 

@BHS Another issue I'm seeing is AI alignment to terrain. I've set my deer AI to align to the terrain, but it's aligning in the opposite direction. I've checked and the model is pointing forward in the direction of the blue arrow, but the alignment is reversed.

 

Great to hear everything is working correctly.

 

Thanks for making this guide to add UNET support.

I do plan on adding network support, but since UNET is being/has been deprecated, the support for it will be offered through tutorials or external code. I will also cover other network solutions such as Photon and Mirror.

 

The ragdoll initializer currently disables all colliders within an AI. I plan on adding the ability to use the ragdoll colliders for location based damage after 2.3. The only way to get this to work now would be to modify the code to not disable the colliders within the AI and set them to a layer that the AI's Obstruction Ignore Layer uses so they don't interfere with the detection process.

 

That's strange. Every AI I've tested has alignment working correctly with both biped and quadruped types. Is this happening during the wandering, fleeing, or fighting behavior?

 

It happens everywhere and always. Whether it's just standing there on a hillside or running around.

 

OK, I'll do that then.

 

I can't seem to recreate this. Everything is working properly on my end. Have you tried using a different model?

 

No, I haven't tried a different model, but I will check the model to see if there is anything wrong with it. I'm using the deer from the following pack:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/animals/animal-pack-deluxe-99702

 

Hey everyone,

I plan on having Emerald AI submitted by the end of this week!

While the previous version of Emerald AI focused on RPG AI, Emerald AI version 2.3 will be much more flexible allowing users to create nearly any type of AI, even shooter type AI with guns. With that being said, Emerald AI still fully supports animal based AI and version 2.3 will include a dynamic grazing and resource gathering system allowing AI to generate waypoints to food, water, or other resources. More information on this can be found here: https://forum.unity.com/threads/rel...lls-blocking-more.336521/page-73#post-4882796

This video shows how version 2.3, and its new modular ability system, makes it easy to create nearly any type of weapon or projectile for your AI, even bullets, lasers, and rockets. The AI look at feature has also been rewritten to be a lot more responsive and accurate. It will also now smoothly transition to new targets.

(Character Models by PROTOFACTOR, INC Lighting and Clouds by UniStorm)

The updated Ability Object editor has been split into 3 categories. Support has been added for critical hits as well as damage over time. The above video shows the versatility of Emerald AI's new ability system. One of the best features of version 2.3 is that ability objects can be shared between AI and projectiles are no longer tied to each of an AI's editor like it is currently. (The name Spell will be renamed to Ability when Emerald AI is released to make the system more general)

 

Geez, put in a cover syatem and this thing is gold haha

 

@BHS yes, agree with this, it would make Emerald a top choice with a solid background to boot - 2.3 is looking awesome by the way! Can't wait to try it out!

 

Looks great @BHS ! I agree that a cover system would be awesome for 2.4

 

Wow BHS- you went to town on 2.3! Looks amazing. Great work!

 

Thanks everyone!

I agree with a cover system feature. After 2.3, I'll start looking into how to go about implementing one.

 

Thanks!

 

Love it @BHS, lookin damn good, cant wait for the update, as the added features will work in nice with my next project after Jurassic Extinction.

 

More importantly, I would like EmeraldAI to be able to be extended through APIs. Right now, it seems like I'm working with a blackbox AI. If so, we can add new behaviors if we want without waiting for EAI to support.
Any work being done toward to extendable AI system?

Thanks.

 

Non - Combat EAI animation:

 

Nice work. Are you making the quadruped animations yourself, or are they an asset? I've tried making a set of dog animations for a companion AI, and after learning my own limitations, have searched all over. The few that I have found are not transferable to other dogs, very skeleton specific. What are you (and others) doing for quad-anims?

 

most all models have a good amount of animations (stand, Walk, Attack, idle, Die, etc.), EAI works great with any animation, alot of control.

Dog animation...ive seen some here and there, but not alot out there.

 

Emerald AI is pretty flexible. I've been able to create 2 external systems recently without having to alter any Emerald AI system code which expand an AI's behavior and functionality such as this waypoint generator to food, water, and resources: https://forum.unity.com/threads/rel...lls-blocking-more.336521/page-73#post-4882796 and this schedule system to give an AI the ability to move between destinations depending on the time of day: https://forum.unity.com/threads/rel...lls-blocking-more.336521/page-76#post-4916207

I'm more than happy to expand the API further and Emerald AI is getting more modular with each update. What kind of behaviors or functionality are you trying to achieve?

 

Hi, thanks for the answer. I think the best is to make EAI API modules/ability callable externally so that behavior system like NodeCanvas or BehaviourDesigner can call them.
This will make EAI very flexible and powerful.
Cheers!

 

You’re welcome.

Almost all of Emerald AI’s API is callable externally. It’s done through the EmeraldAIEventsManager script and you can change an AI’s behavior, confidence, destination, waypoints, play animations, and tons more. I haven’t tested this with NodeCanvas or Behavior Designer, but it works with PlayMaker so the process should be similar with other systems that can access a system’s API. If something isn’t working correctly with NodeCanvas or Behavior Designer though, I’m more than happy to resolve it.

 

@BHS I've been playing with this asset since v1 and only recently stumbled upon the API docs. They aren't "meaty" with example code and such, but making them obvious might help @chrisk . The link is in the current dox pointing to Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ns8m7Ol_gaKeYJ3YbaRjDy09xG98UoIXKCaWLGJeg74

Mark

 

Good day. Make it possible to move creatures dynamically. I mean without using NavMesh.

 

Looks great Warthos! I like how you share updates on your work - nice.

 

BHS- So we may see 1.3 this weekend? Would be perfect timing while Dorian has us hunkered down.

 

Thanks Mark, I had planned on linking this, but forgot. I will be creating a new example scripts doc after the release of 2.3 to show more complex examples of what's possible with Emerald AI. Feel free to let me know if there are suggestions for improvements with the docs and API.

 

Emerald AI is currently dependent on NavMesh. However, I can look into a non-NavMesh option with a future update.

 

Not quite I'll be working through the weekend to get it submitted by Monday or Tuesday.

 

All good Appreciate the good work.

 

Using Ranged type attack. It does not attack keeps looking at player. Any help Please? No Exception in console.

 

ok, 1st we need more info, what are you trying to animate, and how do you want to animate it?

 

Its Humanoid archer. Melee types are working fine.

 

Are you using a character controller from the Asset Store or a custom one?

Some character controllers have extra colliders that may obstruct your AI’s line of sight. Try enabling the Debug Tools and set all of the debug options to Yes on your AI. These are located under the Docs tab near the bottom.

These will debug log the AI’s current target and obstructions so you will have a better idea of what’s going on. Ensure that the proper player object is being target. If it isn’t, you will need to either disable the obstruction object or add its layer to the AI’s Obstruction Ignore Layers located under the Detection Settings.

 

So after a bit more investigation, looks like the rigidbody on the AI being set to 'Is Kinematic' was part of the problem, and why the character didn't respond to bullets (via 'AddForce'). However, if I turn off this 'Is Kinematic' setting, the AI's fall sideways, and run almost parallel to the ground, so guessing that's not right way to fix this. Hopefully, missing a simple setting somewhere. Any other suggestions?

 

If you are trying to achieve location based damage, and have colliders with rigidbodies on the children part of the AI, they are deactivated on start as part of the ragdoll initialization process. If they are not disabled, they will interfere with the AI’s detection functionality. I’m working on location based damaged with the update following version 2.3.

What specifically are you using AddForce for when damaging the AI, to physically move the parts hit by bullets? Emerald AI uses one box collider and a Kinematic rigidbody only for collision detection so it doesn’t actually use any physics. The movement is all driven by the NavMesh system. Disabling Is Kinematic will allow it to be moved by Unity’s physics which is why you see the undesired rotation and movement.

 

My latest with EAI (scale has changed)...

 

Ok, for some reason my AI doesn't move... Unsure why. Nav mesh is baked and everything.

 

Good day. I have one more question. Is there support for old animations ?? or just an animator?

 

EAI doesnt support Legacy animations, use Generic or Humanoid.