Class Path Extends IPathInternals

void BlockUntilCalculated ()

Blocks until this path has been calculated and returned.

Normally it takes a few frames for a path to be calculated and returned. This function will ensure that the path will be calculated when this function returns and that the callback for that path has been called.

Use this function only if you really need to. There is a point to spreading path calculations out over several frames. It smoothes out the framerate and makes sure requesting a large number of paths at the same time does not cause lag.

Path p = seeker.StartPath (transform.position, transform.position + Vector3.forward * 10);
p.BlockUntilCalculated();
// The path is calculated now


void Claim (

System.Object

o

)

Claim this path (pooling).

A claim on a path will ensure that it is not pooled. If you are using a path, you will want to claim it when you first get it and then release it when you will not use it anymore. When there are no claims on the path, it will be reset and put in a pool.

This is essentially just reference counting.

The object passed to this method is merely used as a way to more easily detect when pooling is not done correctly. It can be any object, when used from a movement script you can just pass "this". This class will throw an exception if you try to call Claim on the same path twice with the same object (which is usually not what you want) or if you try to call Release with an object that has not been used in a Claim call for that path. The object passed to the Claim method needs to be the same as the one you pass to this method.

void Error ()

Aborts the path because of an error.

Sets error to true. This function is called when an error has occurred (e.g a valid path could not be found).

uint GetTagPenalty (

int

tag

A value between 0 (inclusive) and 32 (exclusive).

)

Returns penalty for the given tag.

float GetTotalLength ()

Total Length of the path.

Calculates the total length of the vectorPath. Cache this rather than call this function every time since it will calculate the length every time, not just return a cached value.

bool IsDone ()

Returns if this path is done calculating.

void Release (

System.Object	o
bool	silent=false

)

Releases a path claim (pooling).

Removes the claim of the path by the specified object. When the claim count reaches zero, the path will be pooled, all variables will be cleared and the path will be put in a pool to be used again. This is great for performance since fewer allocations are made.

If the silent parameter is true, this method will remove the claim by the specified object but the path will not be pooled if the claim count reches zero unless a Release call (not silent) has been made earlier. This is used by the internal pathfinding components such as Seeker and AstarPath so that they will not cause paths to be pooled. This enables users to skip the claim/release calls if they want without the path being pooled by the Seeker or AstarPath and thus causing strange bugs.

IEnumerator WaitForPath ()

Waits until this path has been calculated and returned.

Allows for very easy scripting. IEnumerator Start () {
var path = seeker.StartPath(transform.position, transform.position + transform.forward*10, null);
yield return StartCoroutine(path.WaitForPath());
// The path is calculated now
}


OnPathDelegate callback

Callback to call when the path is complete.

This is usually sent to the Seeker component which post processes the path and then calls a callback to the script which requested the path

PathCompleteState CompleteState

Current state of the path.

float duration

How long it took to calculate this path in milliseconds.

int enabledTags = -1

Which graph tags are traversable.

This is a bitmask so -1 = all bits set = all tags traversable. For example, to set bit 5 to true, you would do myPath.enabledTags |= 1 << 5;
To set it to false, you would do myPath.enabledTags &= ~(1 << 5);


The Seeker has a popup field where you can set which tags to use.

bool error

If the path failed, this is true.

string errorLog

Additional info on why a path failed.

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.

All nodes the path traverses. This may not be the same nodes as the post processed path traverses.

ushort pathID

ID of this path.

Used to distinguish between different paths

PathState PipelineState

Returns the state of the path in the pathfinding pipeline.

int [] tagPenalties

Penalties for each tag.

Tag 0 which is the default tag, will have added a penalty of tagPenalties[0]. These should only be positive values since the A* algorithm cannot handle negative penalties.

ITraversalProvider traversalProvider

Provides additional traversal information to a path request.

List<Vector3> vectorPath

Holds the (possibly post processed) path as a Vector3 list.

void IPathInternals. AdvanceState (

PathState

s

)

Threadsafe increment of the state.

uint CalculateHScore (

GraphNode

node

)

Estimated cost from the specified node to the target.

void CalculateStep (

long

targetTick

)

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

void IPathInternals. CalculateStep (

long

targetTick

)

bool CanTraverse (

GraphNode

node

)

Returns if the node can be traversed.

This per default equals to if the node is walkable and if the node's tag is included in enabledTags

List<System.Object> claimed = new List<System.Object>()

List of claims on this path with reference objects.

void Cleanup ()

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.

void IPathInternals. Cleanup ()

PathCompleteState completeState

Backing field for CompleteState.

PathNode currentR

The node currently being processed.

string DebugString (

PathLog

logMode

)

Returns a string with information about it.

More information is emitted when logMode == Heavy. An empty string is returned if logMode == None or logMode == OnlyErrors and this path did not fail.

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.

void ErrorCheck ()

Performs some error checking.

Makes sure the user isn't using old code paths and that no major errors have been made.

Causes the path to fail if any errors are found.

void FailWithError (

string

msg

)

Causes the path to fail and sets errorLog to msg.

bool FloodingPath

True for paths that want to search all nodes and not jump over nodes as optimizations.

This disables Jump Point Search when that is enabled to prevent e.g ConstantPath and FloodPath to become completely useless.

uint GetConnectionSpecialCost (

GraphNode	a	Moving from this node
GraphNode	b	Moving to this node
uint	currentCost	The cost of moving between the nodes. Return this value if there is no meaningful special cost to return.

)

May be called by graph nodes to get a special cost for some connections.

Nodes may call it when PathNode.flag2 is set to true, for example mesh nodes, which have a very large area can be marked on the start and end nodes, this method will be called to get the actual cost for moving from the start position to its neighbours instead of as would otherwise be the case, from the start node's position to its neighbours. The position of a node and the actual start point on the node can vary quite a lot.

The default behaviour of this method is to return the previous cost of the connection, essentiall making no change at all.

This method should return the same regardless of the order of a and b. That is f(a,b) == f(b,a) should hold.

Int3 GetHTarget ()

uint GetTraversalCost (

GraphNode

node

)

bool hasBeenReset

True if the Reset function has been called.

Used to alert users when they are doing something wrong.

Int3 hTarget

Target to use for H score calculations.

GraphNode hTargetNode

Target to use for H score calculation.

Used alongside hTarget.

void Initialize ()

Initializes the path.

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

void IPathInternals. Initialize ()

int [] internalTagPenalties

The tag penalties that are actually used.

If manualTagPenalties is null, this will be ZeroTagPenalties

int [] manualTagPenalties

Tag penalties set by other scripts.

Path next

Internal linked list implementation.

void OnEnterPool ()

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.

void IPathInternals. OnEnterPool ()

PathHandlerIPathInternals. PathHandler

PathHandler pathHandler

Data for the thread calculating this path.

bool IPathInternals. Pooled

True if the path is currently pooled.

Do not set this value. Only read. It is used internally.

void IPathInternals. Prepare ()

void Prepare ()

Called before the path is started.

Called right before Initialize

void IPathInternals. PrepareBase (

PathHandler

handler

)

void PrepareBase (

PathHandler

pathHandler

)

Prepares low level path variables for calculation.

Called before a path search will take place. Always called before the Prepare, Initialize and CalculateStep functions

bool releasedNotSilent

True if the path has been released with a non-silent call yet.

void Reset ()

Reset all values to their default values.

void IPathInternals. Reset ()

void IPathInternals. ReturnPath ()

void ReturnPath ()

Calls callback to return the calculated path.

int searchedNodes

Number of nodes this path has searched.

System.Object stateLock = new object ()

void Trace (

PathNode

from

)

Traces the calculated path from the end node to the start.

This will build an array (path) of the nodes this path will pass through and also set the vectorPath array to the path arrays positions. Assumes the vectorPath and path are empty and not null (which will be the case for a correctly initialized path).

int [] ZeroTagPenalties = new int[32]

List of zeroes to use as default tag penalties.

PathState GetState ()

Returns the state of the path in the pathfinding pipeline.

void Log (

string

msg

)

Appends a message to the errorLog.

Nothing is logged to the console.

void LogError (

string

msg

)

Logs an error.

bool recycled

True if the path is currently recycled (i.e in the path pool).

Do not set this value. Only read. It is used internally.

void ReleaseSilent (

System.Object

o

)

Releases the path silently (pooling).