I'm still fixing a few little things here and there, and adding more interface functions, like, finding the distance in quants (or ix meters) that an entity has to move to go from point A to point B, but without actually moving (useful to find what's the actual closest power-up item (weapon, ammo, medkit, etc) to an Npc if you're working on AI, and stuff like that. An item may appear closer if you're using vec_dist, but may in fact be the furthest away in walking distance, if there's a wall between the entity and that item. So, my estimation is that I'll release late on Monday.

Meanwhile, if anyone has any other suggestions for this free plugin before I release it, now is the time to let me know. If your game requires pathfinding, no matter if it's an fps, adventure or rts, what would you want to see in Zinc before you decide on using it?




Yes. Read my first post and watch the tutorial for more details on that. 2nd part of the tutorial is under construction which will focus on exactly that and also using your own Animation system (maybe I could also use some ix pathfinding functions to build up a simple friendly Ai that follows the player around, or something similar..)

Cheers,
Aris