Can't quite get it right (simple smooth, thick 2D raycast, rvo)

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This image shows my problem. As you can see, I’m using an rvo assisted path which I’d like to use a simple smooth and a thick 2d raycast model.

I’ve drawn in red ink (thanks again snipping tool!) the kind of thickness I’d like to have, and what a typical ideal path might look like. As you can tell, this ideal path (in red) is quite different from the calculated path (in green) which tends to very tightly hug the walls.

Obviously this tight hugging of the walls is bad for gameplay. It creates all kinds of problems!

Maybe I’m not using the thick raycast properly?

I tried using the radius offset tool, but it produced really, REALLY bad results. My little guys would clip through the walls, forced off the grid, etc. Maybe this modifier is broken or not supported in 2D? Or maybe I’m not using it properly?

Really, any help at all would be appreciated!

[ConfusedIntern]

one way to keep it from hugging the walls is to put penalty tags on the tiles near obstacles, here’s a topic where I put my implementation for wall distance penalties:

Paths are clinging to obstacles on tight turns

I found the answer on my own, for anyone else who has the same problem here is the solution I found: put the number of cells away from the walls you want to have tags for into Erosion and then check the Erosion Uses Tags checkbox, then add the tag penalties on the vehicle’s Seeker component (the tag in the First Tag dropdown that appears below the checkbox will be closest to the wall, with the following tags being further)

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This seems like it’s working fairly well.

I think I’ll now need to fine-tune the modifiers, RVO, and seeker penalties, but I think this will work.

Thanks