Natural Movement - AI Smoothing System

Tired of your AI agents' robotic movements? Easily smooth and stylize their movements by adding a single component.

The shortest path isn't always the best. With this Plug & Play component, give your agent's movements a more natural pace, avoiding the robotic motions of default pathfinding. Fully made in blueprint.

--- v.1.1 ---

New Features:

- Dynamic Direction Interpolation basesd on Current|Desired Direction (higher angle faster interpolation)

- Dynamic Throttle based on Current|Desired Direction (Higher angle lower throttle)

Debugging: 

- Nav Path Visualization 

Demo:

- Aerial View | Attached Cam Toggle

- Default NPC Vs Steering Movement NPC Toggle

- NPC Max Speed & Yaw Rotation Rate Control

- Show|Hide Control Panel

--- v.1.2 ---

- New Features:

- (Advanced) Custom Direction Input: Enable integration to other movement system based on directional inputs

- (Advanced) Auto Manage Feed: Disable to send natural smoothing behavior to other movement systems.

--- v.1.3 ---

- Removed Tick Event from the component replaced to Internal Timer. (Avoids Project Settings)

- Toggle Component Volume (Automatically Disables NaturalMovement when in this area)

- Custom Goal or Direction + Custom Acceptance Radius (CustomMode Only)

- Custom Throttle Toggle Function (Enable/Disable Throttle when In custom Mode)

- Debug Context arrows Now Match Trace Lenght

- Actor Agent Support

Technical Details

Features:

• Plug&Play
• Various Customization Settings
• Additive to Default Move To and Any Pathfinding system
• Context Steering for obstacles
• Full Blueprint
• No Code Required

Number of Blueprints: 2 (Core) + 6 (demo purposes)

Network Replicated: (Not Required)

Supported Development Platforms: Any

Important/Additional Notes: Enable "Use Acceleration for paths" in your Character Movement Component.