150 - 200 agent movement behaviour

[lofike]

Hi there, I’m thinking of creating a starcraft style RTS mechanics, and I want to know how the AI system handles the behaviour of around 150 - 200 agents going to the same position.

For example, what happens to the agents in front, How the agents handle being in the middle (blocked by the 20 - 50 agents already at the destination), and how the agents at the back would behave.

Side note while browsing:

RTS Style Units, Targeting and Movement

Hello, Recently I’ve been playing with the Idea of an RTS style game. I see myself as a beginner/intermediate programmer so I’ve ran into a few road blocks lol. I was originaly using Unitys built in navigation, but decided to try A* as it seems to be more flexible. Im finding it a bit difficult to get a grasp on the documentation so thought id ask for some help here. I have created an image of the problem to better show you what im asking… [image] I know this is a big question but How would…

Can this be achieved with the pro version out of the box? or will this need a custom solution?

[aron_granberg]

Hi

The current beta has a (work in progress) RTS example scene. The behavior is actually inspired by what SC2 does.
You can take a look at this video for an example of how it looks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBUdMXeeej0&feature=youtu.be

[lofike]

You are a god. Going to be purchasing it soon and visit great more often

[lofike]

So I’m looking at the RTS Example scene, and I’m wondering if there’s a reason why you used a Recast Graph for this RTS scenario as opposed to something else.

[aron_granberg]

No particular reason. I wanted to see how it worked in that scenario.
A grid graph would work well too. However, note that path calculations on grid graphs are slower since there are so many more nodes, this might be problematic if you have hundreds of units and order them to move at the same time.