NavMeshAgent Keyboard Movement | AI Series Part 34

Learn how to move NavMeshAgents with the keyboard! No mouse required. Click-to-move is not the only way to move NavMeshAgents and have them respect the bounds of the NavMesh. Using this simple technique, you can easily move a NavMeshAgent on a NavMesh withg the keyboard!

This method does have some drawbacks:

1. NavMeshLinks are challenging to get working with this method

2. Cost Modifiers are also challenging to work with.

3. Obstacle Avoidance doesn't work (but Priority does!)

As usual with the AI Series, we're using the NavMesh Components: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/NavMesh-BuildingComponents.html not the built-in navigation system.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction, Limitations, and What to Expect

2:20 Scene Overview & Input System Setup

03:49 PlayerInput.cs - Variables

04:47 PlayerInput.cs - Handling Input

06:55 PlayerInput.cs - Moving the Agent

09:18 PlayerInput.cs - Additional Smoothing Controls

09:50 Hooking it up in the Scene & Demo