Category:AI

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AI stands for Artificial Intelligence and controls the behaviour of all but the simplest of NPC actions. Source's AI is not to be confused with Half-Life 2's restrained implementation of it: it is very powerful and very clever. This category will provide an overview of how to implement and manage AI in your Source game or map. As and alternative to AI, NPC actions can also be controlled by Choreographed Scenes.

[edit] Decision making Overview Sensing Conditions States Schedules Tasks [edit] AI concepts Memory Relationships Readiness Squads Behaviors Act Busy Assault Follow FuncTank Lead Police Standoff Interactions Move and Shoot Look Targets [edit] Navigation [edit] Map-level Nodegraph (HL2) or Navigation Meshes (CSS) Hint Nodes Assaults AI Nodes Path Corners Routes npc_route Track Pathers [edit] Code-level Move Probes Move Solver Plane Solver Local Navigator Navigator Motor [edit] Animation Activities Anim Events [edit] Speech Speech Overview Response Rules Sentences	[edit] Map-level routines Actbusy Assaults Standoffs Squads
	[edit] Introduction to AI programming Make a new NPC Add a new attack to an NPC Make an NPC move somewhere Debug an NPC problem
	[edit] Good NPCs to learn from Zombie (Basic Melee NPC) Combine Soldier (Fully fledged Squad NPC) Alyx (Companion NPC) Rollermine (Physically simulated NPC)
	[edit] NPC base classes Base NPC (CAI_BaseNPC) Base Humanoid (CAI_BaseHumanoid) Base Actor (CAI_BaseActor) Player Ally (CAI_PlayerAlly) Player Companion (CNPC_PlayerCompanion) Expressor Host Behavior Host
	[edit] Debugging AI Debugging Commands

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Subcategories

There are 4 subcategories to this category.

A

• AI Commands
• AI Programming

N

• Nodes
• NPCs

Articles in category "AI"

There are 47 articles in this category.

A Actbusy Actbusy Queues Ai changetarget Ai citizen response system Ai goal actbusy Ai goal actbusy queue Ai goal assault Ai goal follow Ai goal lead Ai goal lead weapon Ai goal police Ai relationship Ai script conditions Ai sound Ai speechfilter

A cont. AI Visually Interesting AILearn CombineSoldier AIN Aiscripted schedule Assault Assault assaultpoint Assault rallypoint D Decision Making Overview Dynamic assaults H Hint nodes I Info node Info node air Info node air hint Info node climb Info node hint Info node link

I cont. Info node link controller Info npc spawn destination Introduction to AI L List of default AI relationships List of default AI relationships/table N NAV Node Nodegraph NPC Activities & Sequences NPC Debugging NPC Memory P Path corner Police stander S Squads Standoffs T Tanktrain ai