What this book covers
Chapter 1, Pathfinding, covers how to set up basic pathfinding so that game characters can navigate a game scene realistically.
Chapter 2, Patrolling, extends our pathfinding to have characters patrol routes in a scene.
Chapter 3, Behavior Trees, explains behavior trees and how they are used to give AI characters the ability to make decisions.
Chapter 4, Crowd Chaos, focuses on creating a wander behavior that can be used to create ambient crowds.
Chapter 5, Crowd Control, demonstrates using specialized crowd plugins how to generate groups of AI characters.
Chapter 6, Sensors and Activities, shows how to set up sensors and have AI characters change their activity based on what they sense in the environment.
Chapter 7, Adaptation, shows how to have AI characters react and adapt to different events in the game.
Chapter 8, Attacking, discusses different techniques to have an enemy AI attack the player.
Chapter 9, Driving, shows how to set up driving AI that uses a car's physics to generate realistic driving behavior.
Chapter 10, Animation and AI, discusses how to integrate character animation with AI using both Unity's legacy and Mecanim animation systems.
Chapter 11, Advanced NavMesh Generation, discusses more advanced options for setting up navigation meshes to handle mesh creation for different geometries and multiple NavMeshs in a scene.