AI avoid hazard/laser

Development Programming & Scripting AI
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Hi Folks!

Is there a way to avoid hazard zones for the AI? There’s a toggleable laserbeam and I just want to ‘tell’ the AI to not enter/cross the beam if the laser is active. Of course I could create a collisionbox with the size/lenght of the laserbeam so it influences the navmesh and turn it on and off in sync with the laser. Maybe there’s a smarter solution without manipulating the navmesh…

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If you were making a 3D game, I would suggest using Environment Queries. However, in this case, I believe your solution is correct.

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Hey there @SmallLebowski! Welcome back to the community! If you’re using NavMesh, the method you described is the best. However if you were using your own pathfinding, I’d set up avoid fields.

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Alright! Thank you both for your help! :+1: