Are waypoints the same as pathfinding patterns from the Shooter course?

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Topic. I Googled but I got confused, so I am asking here. Are the concepts similar?

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I would need to know which course you’re referring to in order to be certain.

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The RPG course and Shooter course.

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It’s the shooter course, I’m unsure of… do you mean the Unreal first person shooter course? Can you link to the shooter course?

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The space shooter below this. I want to know if the code is similar to pathfinding (I know pathfinding uses NavMesh Agent)

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Yes, how Sam approached this is very similar to what Gary did during the Laser Defender part of the Unity 2D course.

Keep in mind that this is not a convention, they are simply using the word ‘waypoint’ due to its meaning, which is a stopping place on a journey. Fitting for what the AI is doing.

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Yes, the fundamental idea is the same (although I don’t think Gary used the NavMesh, but I haven’t gone through the remaster, so I could be wrong).

The idea is that the waypoints are a list of destinations. We move towards the destination until we’re close enough, and then move to the next destination. In that regard, the systems are very similar.

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