Research Tutorial concepts

Two Tutorials:

1. Spawn Particle Effect on AI character to then follow through on AI Path

For the Research Tutorial Assignment I want to represent the way in which an AI will be able to spawn a particle effect when they follow an AI Path. The use of this is to display and record the navigation of movement within a specific area and enhance the message of data visualisation on how people navigate through areas.

This the basic AI path formation and how to correctly name and which nodes need to be use for the AI character to follow a specificed AI path. I've rarely found a tutorial yet that displays good quality shots or clips of how to spawn a particle effect on an AI so that's why I want to try and do it myself.

After watching these videos I played around with some nodes and learnt how to attach the spawn particle entity to the AI character:

Also this is the script on how to attach a Spawn Particle Entity on the vehicle:



2. Random Movement

I wanted to display the Random movement of an object and deploy the principles of navigation within a specified area. I will use the RANDOM - MATH nodes to display this which is linked up to the MOVEMENT: MOVE ENTITY TO node. These in effect will deploy and demonstrate the principles of random navigation and also can be set in one place then move to another by an INPUT-KEY node.







For EXP 2 I will use this tatic to my advantage to show the recording of the navigation of a civilisation which in effect can enhance my message of the Porosity Lense.