Steering behaviors allow you to code smooth AI movement using simple vector math. Learn what steering behaviors are and how to use them in this 4-part series!
Note that this series was made for Godot 3. The concepts and math behind steering behaviors are the same in Godot 4, but some of the API and syntax will differ.
Let's code an AI that follows any point in space. You can use it to follow the mouse cursor, or another character, as we'll see later in the series.
Our AI can follow a point, but it will always arrive at it abruptly and try to keep moving to the target, even if it's already close to it. The arrive behavior makes agents smoothly arrive at a given location.
Let's put the steering behaviors we wrote to the test by making our AI move smoothly towards the mouse cursor.
Make the AI agent follow another agent from a distance using the arrive to steering behavior.
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