How to get vertical movement between points?

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#1

So I’m trying to create a flying AI that can determine the best route to fly to a specified position while also being wary of the level’s geometry. I tried the default AI Path component, but then it just stays on the ground, unwilling to move upwards. I then tried creating my own script, that had it move in the direction of the transform through AddRelativeForce, which somewhat worked, but then I came across many issues trying to hook up a lot of the other backend stuff that’s taken care of in the pre-provided scripts.

Ideally, if there’s a way I could edit the base scripts as opposed to having to create my own, that would be preferable, but I’m open to anything. Is what I’m doing feasible? Am I just missing some key component here? Any help would be appreciated.

#2

Hi

All the included movement scripts assume ground based movement, 3D movement is very different and not something that they provide. You could take a look at the tutorial for writing a custom movement script: https://arongranberg.com/astar/docs/custom_movement_script.html.
Note that full 3D pathfinding can only be accomplished using a point graph at the moment, all other graph types assume ground based movement.

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