An interesting video on pathfinding

Age of Empires III: DE III - Discussion
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Apparently recently one of the devs gave a talk on the history behind the franchises pathfiding. Was pretty interesting to listen to

Some “fun” tidbits:

  • Forgotten empires does not have the original source code from MS (dont know if this would apply to the other games since it mostly focused on aoe 2)
  • The pathfinding behaviours carries across all the games and everyone have had some weird attempts to improve it
  • apparently AOM is pretty distinct from the other titles.
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Interesting but this is AoE III forum pal
I expected to view some AoE III footage, but is not :weary_face:

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As someone who’s working on an RTS, I find this really useful. Thanks!

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you can get a shot of the AOE 3 DE pathfinding bodge, which might be more scandalous :face_with_peeking_eye: (for some people)