Pathfinding

Mookie · October 24, 2001, 09:32

One of my biggest worries for Civ3 is the pathfinding... I think the pathfinding in Civ2 was totaly horrible and made the goto option absolutely useless. How hard can it bee!!! What do you think, is it fixed this time?

SITS · October 24, 2001, 09:53

Yeah, I loved it when I sent I unit one way and it started to go in the other! What fun!

I did see I post months ago from Firaxis that they had sorted it but then I did see a post months ago saying there would be MP....

Acemo · October 24, 2001, 09:55

the pathfinding in SMAC was much improved, although it fouled up occasionally also. hopefully they have fixed these minor problems.
the feature that allowed you to see the exact path the unit will take was extremely helpful.

SITS · October 24, 2001, 10:04

Not only do I want to see good pathfinding it would nice if it moved the units in an order that makes sense. I.E. you have a worker making a road and a Pikeman wanting to move there. It would be great if the the program chose the worker first then moved the Pikeman so he could use the road. Now that would allow me to trust the computer to move for me...

Grumbold · October 24, 2001, 11:13

I thnk you're being way to hopeful there, SITS. Ah, I remember the days of invading with 30 engineer units in the forefront, building a railroad into the enemy country

Rakki · October 24, 2001, 11:24

i think in one of the ask the developers updates they are firmly convinced that the civ 3 pathfinding will work *perfectly*.

hexagonian · October 24, 2001, 11:27

I hope there is a number on the path that lets the player see how many turns it will take to get to a particular location.

Mookie · October 24, 2001, 11:32

Yeah, like in Heroes of Might and Magic. I've never played AC, but I'm glad to hear that it's pathfinding was a lot better

Crouchback · October 24, 2001, 15:44

Any path that doesn't leave my precious settlers/workers running right into the nearest enemy unit would be a massive improvement on every other civ game I've ever played. But only playing time will tell... 23 days and counting.

David

Sava · October 24, 2001, 16:49

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Originally posted by Crouchback
Any path that doesn't leave my precious settlers/workers running right into the nearest enemy unit would be a massive improvement on every other civ game I've ever played. But only playing time will tell... 23 days and counting.

David

7 days, ahhhhh I love being in the US...

Admiral PJ · October 24, 2001, 16:56

Give Firaxis a break,
coding accurate pathfinding is a nightmare,
I'm starting on coding pathfinding for a game , and its very tough.
I'm trying to get it to take into account obstacles and slow forests/slopes . You have to somehow get the unit to find the shortest route to somewhere around seas and enemy positions, without getting blocked by enemy units and making sure you can defend yourself if ambushed.
Basically the path is as long as a piece of string.. its very complex with hundreds of different routes a unit could go from one side of the map to the other.
I suppose the pathfinding also affects how large maps and continents can be, civ2's pathfinding seems amazing for all the factors it has to take into account.. can't wait to see civ3's.

Civ Dave · October 24, 2001, 17:14

from what I saw from the videos, it looked like pathfinding was in.... and it looked pretty straight forward (a-la CTP)

I hope its in, because without stacked armies, it'll be hard as hell to move lots of units at the same time