Procedural Map Generation

Introduction
Getting Started
3 Topics
Creating a New Project
Setting up the Project Structure
Making it Nighttime
Parsing ASCII to 2D
4 Topics
What is ASCII?
Creating the ASCII Parser
Breaking Down the ASCII String
Cleaning up the Code using an API
Creating 3D Prototype Tiles
2 Topics
A New Scene for Tiles
Putting the Tiles into a Data Table
Turning 2D into 3D
3 Topics
Generating the Map
Flying to the Moon
Creating an API
Checking those Cardinal Directions
5 Topics
What are Cardinal Directions?
Create Corner Tile
Create Key Column for Tiles Data Table
Check those Neighbors
Look for Dead Ends
Spawning the Player
Using the NPC AI Kit
5 Topics
Add the NPC AI Kit to the Project
Add the Combat Dependencies to the Project
Create Enemy Data Table
Update Tiles Data Table and ASCII Map
Dynamically Spawn Enemies
Adding Runtime AI Nav Mesh Generation
3 Topics
Add Runtime Nav Mesh Community Content to Project
Update MapBuilder API for Runtime AI Nav Mesh
Update Player Spawning Logic
Loading Progress UI for Players
4 Topics
Creating the UI
Updating the MapBuilder Script
Creating the PlayerClient Script
Updating the PlayerServer Script
Fighting Back
2 Topics
The Carlos Blade
Giving the Player a Weapon
Polishing Up
6 Topics
Creating a Roof
Player Respawning
Remove Player Flying
Add Player Health Bar
Add Gameplay Music
Adjust the Lighting
Creating an ASCII Editor
6 Topics
Update Tiles Data Table
Create Map Editor Scene
Create Map Editor UI
Create New Binding
Create ASCIIEditor API
Create EditorClient Script
Creating Maps from NFTs
4 Topics
Import Libraries
Create Crypts and Caverns API
Update GenerateMap Script
Test the Game
Course Quiz
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Add the NPC AI Kit to the Project

Procedural Map Generation Using the NPC AI Kit Add the NPC AI Kit to the Project

The NPC AI Kit will allow you to add enemies to the game that will track the player and attack them. The kit has a lot of options that can be changed, and it is very easy to create new enemies based on the templates that are provided with the kit.

  1. Open up the Community Content window.
  2. Search for NPC AI Kit.
  3. Click the Import button to import the content into your project.

Add a Template to Hierarchy

To be able to use the NPC AI Kit in your project, you need to add one of the templates to the Hierarchy. Doing this will then allow you to access all the components of the NPC AI Kit from the Project Content tab.

  1. Drag one of the templates from the NPC AI Kit to the Hierarchy.
  2. Delete the template from the Hierarchy.

Finding Imported Community Content

After importing content from Community Content, it will not show up in the Project Content window until you have added one of the components from the content to the Hierarchy. You can find the content by going to the Core Content window and in the left side menu under COMMUNITY CONTENT, you will see a folder called Imported Content. All content that is imported will show here. This includes content that has not been added to the project.

After following the steps above, you will have the NPC AI Kit in the Project Content window under Important content. You now have access to all the components of that kit.

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