SPIKE REPORT, Week 1

SPIKE TITLE - Navigation Mesh

Context

Learning how NavMesh works and how to set it up

Goals

1. Learning and Understanding the Basics of a Navigation Mesh
2. We need to aslo know who to create a basic Navigation Mesh for our actors to move on
3. Working to find a solution to create a NavMesh for our project

Personnel

In this section, list the primary author of the spike report, as well as any personnel who assisted in completing the work.

• Primary - Alexander Schiemann
• Secondary - N/A

Technologies, Tools, and Resources used

Provide resource information for team members who wish to learn additional information from this spike.

• Using NavMeshes in a natural enviroment
• HOW TO MAKE A GAME FOR FREE #020 - NAVMESH | AI - UNITY TUTORIAL
• NavMeshes for A Clicker/Waypoint Game for unity 3D
• Waypoints on a NavMesh in Unity
• Simple NavMesh for basic Walls and Character
• Unity - Setting up a Navmesh in 3 Minutes
• Navigation Mesh and Movement using Animator UNity 3D
• Using Navmeshes on a Terrain in Unity Part 1
• Beginner Friendly NavMeshing for Generated Enviroments
• NAVMESH SYSTEM! - Unity 2018.2 Tutorial (Beginner Friendly)
• Navigation Mesh for Enviroments with differing altitudes
• Unity 5 Top Tip: Setting up enemy movement with Nav Mesh Agent
• NavMesh and Patroling Scripts and Navigation Baking
• Unity Navigation Tutorial | 3D Navigation Unity | Navmesh Tutorial Unity
• Navmesh that Changes with runtime and adjusts to the characters in the level
• Unity NavMesh Tutorial - Animated Character
• Most Basic Navigation Mesh Creation
• Navigation Mesh Basics | Unity AI Pathfinding (Part 1) | Table Flip Games
• Navigation Obsticales Simple and Short
• NavMesh Baking - Unity Official Tutorials
• Dynamic NavMeshing
• Unity NavMesh Tutorial - Making it Dynamic
• Another Simple NavMesh Tutorial for the Basics
• Unity NavMesh Tutorial - Basics

Tasks Undertaken

1. Go To Youtube
2. Watch Varity of Tutorials
3. Learn and Understand watch content
4. Write down useful notes.
5. List Resources and research sources used.

What we found out

How to create Both a Basic and Dynamic Navigation Mesh that can adjust at runtime and works for any type of enviroment no matter the the height or shape of the enviroment

NavMesh Basics

Shows how to make the basic Navigation Meshes Primary Resource for asic Navigation Meshes can be found here: NavMesh Baking - Unity Official Tutorials Unity NavMesh Tutorial - Basics

Dynamic NavMeshes

Shows Dynamic Navmeshes for moving objects and actors Primary Resource for creating a Dynamic NavMesh can be found here: Unity NavMesh Tutorial - Making it Dynamic

NavMesh with Animator Unity 3D

Using Navmeshes on a Terrain in Unity Part 1 Primary Resource for creating a NavMesh with Animator Unity 3D can be found here: Make An RPG 2016 Ep 2 : Quest System Unity, C#

Creating NavMeshes in a Natural Enviroment and Generated Enviroments

Primary Resource for creating a NavMesh with Natural and Generated Enviroments can be found here: HOW TO MAKE A GAME FOR FREE #020 - NAVMESH | AI - UNITY TUTORIAL NAVMESH SYSTEM! - Unity 2018.2 Tutorial (Beginner Friendly)

NavMesh change at runtime

Primary Resource for creating a NavMesh at runtime can be found here: Unity NavMesh Tutorial - Animated Character

Open Issues/Risks

None since this is only research and not coding as of yet

Recommendations

My Recommendation is to look into all the above Tutorials to Obtain a Clear Understanding of NavMeshes and what they can be used for