# AI Animal Control ## Overview

This component is the bridge between the Animal Controller with the Unity Navmesh system. The Animal uses the function `Move(Vector3 Direction)` to move around. This component moves the animal by using a target *Position* or *Transform*. It gets the Direction of the Navmesh Agent's desired Velocity and feeds it into the Animal controller. It is a basic way to move the animal around in an environment, using all the rules of a Navmesh like jumping, falling from a cliff or staying on the Navmesh. It can also interact automatically with Zones. ## Requirements * The component needs a Navmesh Agent. ![](https://963537199-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lzhr1XSMzMqNXjRnNlb%2F-MYqCRgneXvtmm-tBkt0%2F-MYqE5T0VBaR17R0IEvk%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=8bb36217-bea0-42e0-a6a6-ddb7d650fe2d) * Since the animals have the Pivot of the Root Gameobject on the center of the back feet; it is better to have all the AI Components in a Child Object and move it to the front feet of the Animal. {% embed url="" %}

## Parameters \[General]

### Targets ### Target The Transform reference used to calculate the direction to move. ### Next Target Reference of the Next Target stored, (given by the target) when the animal arrives at the current target. ### AI Parameters ### Update Agent How often the path for the agent should be recalculated - lower numbers mean less performance. ### Stopping Distance Default stopping distance the Animal will use to arrive at a Target. **Waypoints** and **AI Targets** will have their own stopping distance value. {% hint style="info" %} You can add the **AI Target** component to any other Object to override this default value. {% endhint %} ### Slowing Distance Distance to start slowing the animal before arriving at the destination ### Look at Offset Distance from the Animals root to apply the LookAt Target logic when the animal arrives to a target ### Point Stop Distance Stop Distance used on the SetDestination method. This is commonly used on the Point Click component. ### Slowing Limit Limit for the Slowing Multiplier to be applied to the Speed Multiplier ### Wait Time Multiplier Multiplier used for Waypoints Wait time. Set it to 0 if you want to ignore waiting on waypoints. ### Disable Input If **true** then it disables the input component on the animal. This will avoid the AI and Player Input to fight over controlling the Character ## References ### Animal Reference for the Animal Component ### Agent Reference for the Nav Mesh Agent ### Stop Agent On Allows you to determine specific **states** to Stop the Agent working on. E.g. if you have a Fall state here, then it stops the agent working on the fall state. ## Events

### On Enabled Invoked when the AI Control is enabled ### On Disabled Invoked when the AI Control is disabled ### On Position Arrived(Vector3) Invoked when the Animal arrives at a Target Position. E.g. When the Animal is set to a position with the Click Point Component. ### On Target Arrived(Transform) Invoked when the Animal arrives at a Target Transform ### On New Target Set(Transform) Invoked when is Assigned a new Target. ## Debug

When the Editor is Playing all internal variables are shown. This is perfect for debugging the AI main Parameters.

### Console Print to the console all the Notifications of the Animal AI Control. ### In-Game Log Shows in the scene on top of each AI animal the main values while using the component

### Gizmos Shows on the Scene all the gizmos of the Animal AI Control