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Steering against Complex Vehicles in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

Eric Martel

15.1    Introduction

15.2    Challenges and Initial Approaches

15.3    Convex Hull Generation

15.4    Obstacle Avoidance

15.5    Pushing It Further

15.6    Conclusion

References

15.1  Introduction

The different worlds in which videogames exist are becoming more and more complex with each passing day. One of the principal reasons NPCs appear intelligent is their ability to properly understand their environments and adjust their behaviors accordingly. On Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, part of the mandate for the AI team was to support horse-drawn carriages at every level for the NPCs. For this reason, we adapted the NPCs’ steering behaviors to navigate around a convex ...