Phoenix Game Development

The debugging is going well.I have fixed some issues with the AI navigation and movement, and make some other improvements. I intend to spend some time working with nVidia Ansel support again shortly, and see if I can get superresolution images working from within my project, and I want to try to get ASMDEF files […]

All of the primary objectives for the first Alpha release of the project are now done. I don’t intend to add any major new features until the first alpha version has been fully finished. The next goals are finalising secondary objectives, and a lot of debugging and optimisation.

I have been finalising the testing and debugging for the Interior generation and AI improvements. So far, everything seems to be working ok. The AI can transition from exteriors to interiors and back, and the AI can transition to and from nav grids. There is still some debugging to be done, which I hope to […]

There are still issues with the AI transitioning between graphs. I have a basic concept working in a test environment, but there are still some complex issues that need to be solved. I am hoping that this will be done in another week or so, and I can then move on to the next part […]

There are some complex issues with transitioning the Companion/Crew AI to the new dynamic nav meshes. I need to transition the AI from one A* pathfinding object to the new pathfinding object. This is difficult, since there are several graphs being used on both of the objects (One object is used to contain the Ships […]

I am continuing to add more detail and more features to the interiors, and the dynamic story system. AI NPC’s can perform additional actions, and can transition between interiors and exteriors. The next goal is to add the players AI crew and Companions to the dynamic graph system, so that they can follow the player […]

I have mostly finished the Interior AI work. The AI can now enter and interact with merchants, order items, etc, and then leave. I still have to test the system with large numbers of AI, and I need to add some additional items types, etc, but this is going quite well.

I have added additional features to the NPC AI system. I have added various AI roles, such as merchants, etc, that the player can interact with. The player can order food and drink at restaurants and bars, and have it brought to their table. I have added gui menus, etc, to allow for item selection. […]