An influence maps plugin which allows you to do spatial queries to make strategic decisions based on the environment and other agents to make your AI more immersive.
Introduction Video | Documentation | Discord | Twitter/X | Demo Video
Here is a Quick Start Guide
Robots Championship demo's video and EXE file for both influence maps and Utility AI. More description of the influence maps part.
Get a Binary Only Trial version which works for 2 minutes in each PIE session and then InfluenceMap actors destroy themselves to see the power of the plugin for yourself.
You can try the demo project with this as well.
Tutorial including Utility AI It works with state trees or behavior trees as well, but this specific example combines both of our plugins.
Release Notes of version 1.5.0
Influence maps allow you to do spatial queries and answer questions like:
Wise Feline influence maps allow you to answer these sorts of questions efficiently and is compatible with Wise Feline Utility AI as well.
A comparison of EQS, influence maps and graphs for understanding the environment
You store the effect of an agent/object/action on a map as a stamp and then can search for map parts with high values, low values, averages and .... You can combine different maps with each other and then query them for specific values around a point or check a point's value. Maps can have any resolution you desire and operations like normalizing, multiplying and adding maps to each other is supported by default. In addition to these you get access to the raw arrays if need be.
Influence maps allow you to make spatial queries and make decisions based on them. Unlike EQS they allow you to get data about the whole environment and not only the current place of things but also what happened where.
Other packages
Code Modules: (Please include a full list of each Plugin module and their module type (Runtime, Editor etc.))
Number of Blueprints: 0 but everything supports blueprints
Number of C++ Classes: 7
Network Replicated: (N/A)
Supported Development Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Supported Target Build Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, IOS
Documentation can be accessed NoOpArmyGames.com
Example Project: BP Sample1 | BP Sample2 | Another Example including Utility AI | Robots Championship Demo