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| Preface | |
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| Web Materials | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Editors | |
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| The Contributors | |
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| General Wisdom | |
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| What Is Game Al? | |
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| Informing Game Al through the Study of. Neurology | |
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| Advanced Randomness Techniques for Game Al: Gaussian Randomness, Filtered Randomness, and Perlin Noise | |
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| Architecture | |
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| Behavior Selection Algorithms: An Overview | |
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| Structural Architecture-Common Tricks of the Trade | |
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| The Behavior Tree Starter Kit | |
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| Real-World Behavior Trees in Script | |
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| Simulating Behavior Trees: A Behavior Tree/Planner Hybrid Approach | |
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| An Introduction to Utility Theory | |
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| Building Utility Decisions into Your Existing Behavior Tree | |
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| Reactivity and Deliberation in Decision-Making Systems | |
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| Exploring HTN Planners through Example | |
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| Hierarchical Plan-Space Planning for Multi-unit Combat Maneuvers | |
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| Phenomenal Al Level-of-Detail Control with the LOD Trader | |
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| Runtime Compiled C++ for Rapid Al Development | |
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| Plumbing the Forbidden Depths: Scripting and Al | |
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| Movement and Pathfinding | |
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| Pathfinding Architecture Optimizations | |
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| Choosing a Search Space Representation | |
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| Creating High-Order Navigation Meshes through Iterative Wavefront Edge Expansions | |
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| Precomputed Pathfinding for Large and Detailed Worlds on MMO Servers | |
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| Techniques for Formation Movement Using Steering Circles | |
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| Collision Avoidance for Preplanned Locomotion | |
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| Crowd Pathfinding and Steering Using Flow Field Tiles | |
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| Efficient Crowd Simulation for Mobile Games | |
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| Animation-Driven Locomotion with Locomotion Planning | |
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| Strategy and Tactics | |
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| Tactical Position Selection: An Architecture and Query Language | |
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| Tactical Pathfinding on a NavMesh | |
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| Beyond the Kung-Fu Circle: A Flexible System for Managing NPC Attacks | |
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| Hierarchical Al for Multiplayer Bots in Killzone 3 | |
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| Using Neural Networks to Control Agent Threat Response | |
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| Agent Awareness and Knowledge Representation | |
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| Crytek's Target Tracks Perception System | |
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| How to Catch a Ninja: NPC Awareness in a 2D Stealth Platformer | |
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| Asking the Environment Smart Questions | |
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| A Simple and Robust Knowledge Representation System | |
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| A Simple and Practical Social Dynamics System | |
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| Breathing Life into Your Background Characters | |
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| Alibi Generation: Fooling All the Players All the Time | |
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| Racing | |
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| An Architecture Overview for Al in Racing Games | |
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| Representing and Driving a Race Track for Al Controlled Vehicles | |
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| Racing Vehicle Control Systems using PID Controllers | |
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| The Heat Vision System for Racing Al: A Novel Way to Determine Optimal Track Positioning | |
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| A Rubber-Banding System for Gameplay and Race Management | |
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| Odds and Ends | |
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| An Architecture for Character-Rich Social Simulation | |
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| A Control-Based Architecture for Animal Behavior | |
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| Introduction to GPGPU for Al | |
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| Creating Dynamic Soundscapes Using an Artificial Sound Designer | |
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| Tips and Tricks for a Robust Third-Person Camera System | |
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| Implementing N-Grams for Player Prediction, Procedural Generation, and Stylized Al | |
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| Index | |