# Wander Area

## Overview

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The wander area is a improved version of the Waypoint. the Difference is that it uses an Area to find the next position to go to, and it can transition to itself

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You can also use nested wander areas to have different shapes besides Box and Circle
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## How to use it

Add the Wander Area to your AI Control Target Parameter and that should be it.

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## Parameters

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### Point Type

This will establish if this area is on the Ground, Air, Water, or Underwater. Air types will activate the Fly State, UnderWater will activate the underwater State.

### Height

Default height for the waypoints. This parameter is used for the Look At Decision in the Brain Component. So the LookAt Ray is not pointing directly to the ground.

### Stopping Distance

Min Distance that the Ai Animal will stop when Arrives at the waypoint.

### Slowing Distance

Distance to start slowing its speed when arriving to this gameobject. If set to 0 or lower than the stopping distance, the slowing movement logic will be ignored

### Wait Time

Maximum and Minimum wait time needed to wait before choosing the next waypoint

### Area Type

Use a Circle or a Box area.

### Radius (For Circle)

Radius of the circle area

### Box Area (For Box)

A Vector3 which determines the box dimensions

### Wander Weight

Probability of keep wondering on this same Wander Area. Meaning the next waypoint will be itself.

### Next Waypoints

List of next waypoints to go to.

## Events

### On Target Arrived

Invokes when a target arrives to this wander area


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