AI error at long distances?

[Steven_Fotheringham]

This course is absolutely amazing

I’m looking for some suggestions: right now, if the enemies are too far away (10+ squares?), the AI will mindlessly walk toward (0,0) and will do it in an “L” shape (not even a diagonal). As such:

1. Can anyone give me advice on how to extend the sight of the enemyAI?

or

2. How can I alter the AI to say “if no one is near, stand still”

Any advice would be appreicated!

[Brian_Trotter]

If no enemy is near enough to the tested tile to attack, then it should be returning an result with a score of zero. What I would do is after evaluating all of the possible BestActions, if the score is zero, then simply do nothing.

        if (bestEnemyAIAction != null && bestEnemyAIAction.actionValue>0 && enemyUnit.TrySpendActionPointsToTakeAction(bestBaseAction))
        {
            bestBaseAction.TakeAction(bestEnemyAIAction.gridPosition, onEnemyAIActionComplete);
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }

[Steven_Fotheringham]

@Brian_Trotter

&& bestEnemyAIAction.actionValue>0

Worked like a charm - thank you so much!