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Navigation Seed Component

The Navigation Seed component marks chunks of the Navigation Area that are accessible to AI agents. Game developers can use this component as a visual aid to determine where AI agents can go.

The Navigation Area component can generate a complex-looking mesh with disconnected islands. If this happens, it can be difficult to determine the precise places that your AI can reach. In this case, use the Navigation Seed component to render a color-coded map. The blue chunks are accessible to AI and the red chunks are inaccessible.

Example Navigation Seed component with red and blue chunks.

For example, static objects , exclusion areas , or terrain features can divide a navigation area into multiple chunks. The Navigation Seed component marks in blue where AI can reach if they are already in that chunk (for example, if they spawned there). You might have multiple navigation areas in one location, such as for different agent types.

To use the Navigation Seed component

  1. Create a navigation area .

  2. Divide the navigation area into multiple chunks using static objects, exclusion areas, or terrain.

  3. Add the Navigation Seed component to the navigation area entity or to a separate entity.

  4. If you want to specify an agent type, select it in the Navigation Seed component.

  5. Move the seed around.

    If you turned on visualization, all AI-accessible areas render blue in the chunk where you placed the navigation seed. Inaccessible areas render red.

To calculate accessibility for agent types

  • In the Navigation Seed component, do one of the following:

    1. To calculate accessibility for all agent types, leave the Agent Type field blank.

    2. To calculate accessibility for a specific agent type, select a type in the Agent Type drop-down list.

By default, the navigation seed visualization system is not enabled. You must use the console to enable some flags.

To enable Navigation Seed visualization

  • Enable the following console variables. To do this, set the value to 1.

    • ai_MNMDebugAccessibility (In O3DE Editor, you can also choose Game, AI, Visualize Navigation Accessibility./)
    • ai_DebugDraw
    • ai_DebugDrawNavigation

    For more information, see Using the Console Window .

Note:
The Navigation Seed component exists only in O3DE Editor.