ConstantPath Class Reference

Finds all nodes within a specified distance from the start. More...

Detailed Description

Finds all nodes within a specified distance from the start.

This class will search outwards from the start point and find all nodes which it costs less than ConstantPath.maxGScore to reach, this is usually the same as the distance to them multiplied with 1000

The path can be called like:

//Here you create a new path and set how far it should search. Null is for the callback, but the seeker will handle that
ConstantPath cpath = ConstantPath.Construct (transform.position, 2000, null);
//Set the seeker to search for the path (where mySeeker is a variable referencing a Seeker component)
mySeeker.StartPath (cpath, myCallbackFunction);

Then when getting the callback, all nodes will be stored in the variable ConstantPath.allNodes (remember that you need to cast it from Path to ConstantPath first to get the variable).

This list will be sorted by G score (cost/distance to reach the node), however only the last duplicate of a node in the list is guaranteed to be sorted in this way.

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Public Member Functions
override void	CalculateStep (long targetTick)
	Calculates the until it is complete or the time has progressed past targetTick.
override void	Cleanup ()
	Always called after the path has been calculated.
override void	Initialize ()
	Initializes the path.
override void	OnEnterPool ()
	Called when the path enters the pool.
override void	Prepare ()
	Called before the path is started.
override void	Reset ()
	Reset the path to default values.
Public Member Functions inherited from Path
void	AdvanceState (PathState s)
	Threadsafe increment of the state.
uint	CalculateHScore (GraphNode node)
	Estimated cost from the specified node to the target.
bool	CanTraverse (GraphNode node)
	Returns if the node can be traversed.
void	Claim (System.Object o)
	Claim this path (pooling).
virtual string	DebugString (PathLog logMode)
	Returns a string with information about it.
void	Error ()
	Aborts the path because of an error.
virtual uint	GetConnectionSpecialCost (GraphNode a, GraphNode b, uint currentCost)
	May be called by graph nodes to get a special cost for some connections.
Int3	GetHTarget ()
PathState	GetState ()
	Returns the state of the path in the pathfinding pipeline.
uint	GetTagPenalty (int tag)
	Returns penalty for the given tag.
float	GetTotalLength ()
	Total Length of the path.
uint	GetTraversalCost (GraphNode node)
bool	IsDone ()
	Returns if this path is done calculating.
void	Release (System.Object o, bool silent=false)
	Releases a path claim (pooling).
void	ReleaseSilent (System.Object o)
	Releases the path silently (pooling).
virtual void	ReturnPath ()
	Calls callback to return the calculated path.
IEnumerator	WaitForPath ()
	Waits until this path has been calculated and returned.

Static Public Member Functions
static ConstantPath	Construct (Vector3 start, int maxGScore, OnPathDelegate callback=null)
	Constructs a ConstantPath starting from the specified point.

Public Attributes
List< GraphNode >	allNodes
	Contains all nodes the path found.
PathEndingCondition	endingCondition
	Controls when the path should terminate.
Vector3	originalStartPoint
GraphNode	startNode
Vector3	startPoint
Public Attributes inherited from Path
OnPathDelegate	callback
	Callback to call when the path is complete.
float	duration
	The duration of this path in ms.
int	enabledTags = -1
	Which graph tags are traversable.
Heuristic	heuristic
	Determines which heuristic to use.
float	heuristicScale = 1F
	Scale of the heuristic values.
OnPathDelegate	immediateCallback
	Immediate callback to call when the path is complete.
NNConstraint	nnConstraint = PathNNConstraint.Default
	Constraint for how to search for nodes.
List< GraphNode >	path
	Holds the path as a Node array.
int	searchedNodes
	Number of nodes this path has searched.
int	searchIterations
	The number of frames/iterations this path has executed.
List< Vector3 >	vectorPath
	Holds the (perhaps post processed) path as a Vector3 list.

Protected Member Functions
void	Setup (Vector3 start, int maxGScore, OnPathDelegate callback)
	Sets up a ConstantPath starting from the specified point.
Protected Member Functions inherited from Path
void	DebugStringPrefix (PathLog logMode, System.Text.StringBuilder text)
	Writes text shared for all overrides of DebugString to the string builder.
void	DebugStringSuffix (PathLog logMode, System.Text.StringBuilder text)
	Writes text shared for all overrides of DebugString to the string builder.
bool	HasExceededTime (int searchedNodes, long targetTime)
virtual void	Trace (PathNode from)
	Traces the calculated path from the end node to the start.

Properties
override bool	FloodingPath [get]
Properties inherited from Path
System.DateTime	callTime [get, set]
	When the call was made to start the pathfinding for this path.
PathCompleteState	CompleteState [get, set]
	Current state of the path.
bool	error [get]
	If the path failed, this is true.
string	errorLog [get]
	Log messages with info about eventual errors.
virtual bool	FloodingPath [get]
	True for paths that want to search all nodes and not jump over nodes as optimizations.
PathHandler	pathHandler [get, set]
	Data for the thread calculating this path.
ushort	pathID [get, set]
	ID of this path.
bool	recycled [get, set]
	True if the path is currently recycled (i.e in the path pool).
int[]	tagPenalties [get, set]
	Penalties for each tag.

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from Path
PathNode	currentR
	The node currently being processed.
bool	hasBeenReset
	True if the Reset function has been called.
Int3	hTarget
	Target to use for H score calculations.
GraphNode	hTargetNode
	Target to use for H score calculation.
int[]	internalTagPenalties
	The tag penalties that are actually used.
int[]	manualTagPenalties
	Tag penalties set by other scripts.
float	maxFrameTime
	The max number of milliseconds per iteration (frame, in case of non-multithreading)
Package Functions inherited from Path
void	ForceLogError (string msg)
	Logs an error and calls Error().
void	Log (string msg)
	Appends a message to the errorLog.
void	LogError (string msg)
	Appends msg to errorLog and logs msg to the console.
void	PrepareBase (PathHandler pathHandler)
	Prepares low level path variables for calculation.
Package Attributes inherited from Path
Path	next
	Internal linked list implementation.
bool	pooled
	True if the path is currently pooled.

Member Function Documentation

override void CalculateStep ( long  targetTick )

virtual

Calculates the until it is complete or the time has progressed past targetTick.

Implements Path.

override void Cleanup ( )

virtual

Always called after the path has been calculated.

Guaranteed to be called before other paths have been calculated on the same thread. Use for cleaning up things like node tagging and similar.

Reimplemented from Path.

static ConstantPath Construct ( Vector3  start, int  maxGScore, OnPathDelegate  callback = null  )

static

Constructs a ConstantPath starting from the specified point.

Parameters

start	From where the path will be started from (the closest node to that point will be used)
maxGScore	Searching will be stopped when a node has a G score greater than this
callback	Will be called when the path has completed, leave this to null if you use a Seeker to handle calls

Searching will be stopped when a node has a G score (cost to reach it) greater than maxGScore

override void Initialize ( )

virtual

Initializes the path.

Sets up the open list and adds the first node to it

Implements Path.

override void OnEnterPool ( )

virtual

Called when the path enters the pool.

This method should release e.g pooled lists and other pooled resources The base version of this method releases vectorPath and path lists. Reset() will be called after this function, not before.

Warning

Do not call this function manually.

Reimplemented from Path.

override void Prepare ( )

virtual

Called before the path is started.

Called right before Initialize

Implements Path.

override void Reset ( )

virtual

Reset the path to default values.

Clears the allNodes list.

Note

This does not reset the endingCondition.

Also sets heuristic to Heuristic.None as it is the default value for this path type

Reimplemented from Path.

void Setup ( Vector3  start, int  maxGScore, OnPathDelegate  callback  )

protected

Sets up a ConstantPath starting from the specified point.

Member Data Documentation

List<GraphNode> allNodes

Contains all nodes the path found.

Note

Due to the nature of the search, there might be duplicates of some nodes in the array. This list will be sorted by G score (cost/distance to reach the node), however only the last duplicate of a node in the list is guaranteed to be sorted in this way.

PathEndingCondition endingCondition

Controls when the path should terminate.

This is set up automatically in the constructor to an instance of the Pathfinding.EndingConditionDistance class with a maxGScore is specified in the constructor. If you want to use another ending condition.

See Also

Pathfinding.PathEndingCondition for examples

Vector3 originalStartPoint

GraphNode startNode

Vector3 startPoint

Property Documentation

override bool FloodingPath

get

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