Learning Game AI Programming with Lua

Cover
 Copyright
 Credits
 About the Author
 About the Reviewers
 www.PacktPub.com
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Chapter 1: Getting Started with AI Sandbox
 Introduction to AI sandbox
 Understanding the sandbox
 The project layout
 The Premake build
 Compiling the sandbox with Visual Studio 2008/2010/2012/2013
 Open source libraries
 Open source tools
 Lua IDE --
Decoda
 Running AI sandbox inside Decoda
 Setting up a new Decoda project
 Debugging Lua scripts
 Decoda Watch window
 Decoda Call Stack window
 The Decoda Virtual Machines window
 Simultaneous Lua and C++ debugging. Visual Studio --
Attach to ProcessDecoda --
Attach to Process
 Decoda --
Attach System Debugger
 Associating Lua scripts from code with Decoda
 The Lua virtual machine
 The Lua stack
 Lua primitives
 Metatables
 Metamethods
 Userdata
 C/C++ calling Lua functions
 Lua calling C/C++ functions
 Function binding
 Creating custom userdata
 Looking at the vector data type
 The demo framework
 Ogre
 Object-Oriented Input System
 SandboxApplication
 Sandbox
 Agent
 Utility classes
 Lua binding
 Summary
 Chapter 2: Creating and Moving Agents
 Creating a new sandbox project
 Setting up the file structure. Extending the SandboxApplication classRunning your sandbox for the first time
 Creating a new Decoda project
 Configuring Decoda's run executable
 Creating a sandbox Lua script
 Creating a floor
 Adding a light
 Adding a skybox
 Adding meshes to the sandbox
 Creating sandbox objects
 Shooting blocks
 Creating an agent Lua script
 Creating a visual representation
 Updating an agent position
 Updating an agent orientation
 Agent properties
 Orientation
 The forward axis
 The left axis
 The up axis
 Location
 Position
 Size
 Height
 Radius
 Physics
 Mass
 The max force
 The max speed
 Speed. VelocityKnowledge
 Target
 Target radius
 Path
 Agents' movement
 Mass
 Speed
 Velocity
 Acceleration
 Force
 Agent-steering forces
 Seeking
 Applying steering forces to an agent
 Clamping the horizontal speed of an agent
 Creating a seeking agent
 Pursuit
 Fleeing
 Evasion
 Wandering
 The target speed
 Path following
 Creating a path following agent
 Avoidance
 Collision avoidance
 Obstacle avoidance
 Avoiding blocks and agents
 Group steering
 Alignment
 Cohesion
 Separation
 Creating a group of followers
 Summing steering forces
 Weighted sums
 Priority-based forces
 Summary. Chapter 3: Character AnimationsSkeletons and meshes
 Mesh skeletons
 Loading an animated mesh
 Showing a skeleton
 Attaching meshes to bones
 Attaching a weapon to our soldier
 Animation clips
 Playing an animation on our soldier
 Soldier animations
 Crouching animations
 Standing animations
 Weapon animations
 Soldier poses
 Weapon poses
 Manipulating animations
 Enabling and disabling animations
 Looping animations
 The animation length
 The animation time
 Normalized time
 Restarting an animation
 Playing a non-looping animation
 The animation rate
 Animation blending
 Animation weights.