FloodPathTracer Class Reference

Traces a path created with the Pathfinding.FloodPath. More...

Detailed Description

Traces a path created with the Pathfinding.FloodPath.

See Pathfinding.FloodPath for examples on how to use this path type

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Public Member Functions
	FloodPathTracer ()
	Default constructor.
void	Trace (GraphNode from)
	Traces the calculated path from the start node to the end.
Public Member Functions inherited from ABPath
	ABPath ()
	Default constructor.

Static Public Member Functions
static FloodPathTracer	Construct (Vector3 start, FloodPath flood, OnPathDelegate callback=null)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from ABPath
static ABPath	Construct (Vector3 start, Vector3 end, OnPathDelegate callback=null)
	Construct a path with a start and end point.

Protected Member Functions
override void	CalculateStep (long targetTick)
	Calculates the path until completed or until the time has passed targetTick.
override void	Initialize ()
	Initializes the path.
override void	Reset ()
	Reset all values to their default values.
void	Setup (Vector3 start, FloodPath flood, OnPathDelegate callback)
Protected Member Functions inherited from ABPath
override void	Cleanup ()
	Always called after the path has been calculated.
virtual void	CompletePathIfStartIsValidTarget ()
	Checks if the start node is the target and complete the path if that is the case.
virtual bool	EndPointGridGraphSpecialCase (GraphNode closestWalkableEndNode)
	Applies a special case for grid nodes.
override void	Prepare ()
	Prepares the path.
void	UpdateStartEnd (Vector3 start, Vector3 end)
	Sets the start and end points.
void	Setup (Vector3 start, Vector3 end, OnPathDelegate callbackDelegate)
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.
virtual void	OnEnterPool ()
	Called when the path enters the pool.
void	PrepareBase (PathHandler pathHandler)
	Prepares low level path variables for calculation.
virtual void	ReturnPath ()
	Calls callback to return the calculated path.
virtual void	Trace (PathNode from)
	Traces the calculated path from the end node to the start.

Protected Attributes
FloodPath	flood
	Reference to the FloodPath which searched the path originally.
Protected Attributes inherited from ABPath
int[]	endNodeCosts
	Saved original costs for the end node.
PathNode	partialBestTarget
	Current best target for the partial path.
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.
PathHandler	pathHandler
	Data for the thread calculating this path.

Properties
override bool	hasEndPoint [get]
Properties inherited from ABPath
virtual bool	hasEndPoint [get]
	Determines if a search for an end node should be done.
Properties inherited from Path
PathCompleteState	CompleteState [get, set]
	Current state of the path.
bool	error [get]
	If the path failed, this is true.
string	errorLog [get, set]
	Additional info on why a path failed.
virtual bool	FloodingPath [get]
	True for paths that want to search all nodes and not jump over nodes as optimizations.
PathHandler IPathInternals.	PathHandler [get]
ushort	pathID [get, set]
	ID of this path.
PathState	PipelineState [get, set]
	Returns the state of the path in the pathfinding pipeline.
bool IPathInternals.	Pooled [get, set]
	True if the path is currently pooled.
bool	recycled [get]
	True if the path is currently recycled (i.e in the path pool).
int[]	tagPenalties [get, set]
	Penalties for each tag.
Properties inherited from IPathInternals
PathHandler	PathHandler [get]
bool	Pooled [get, set]

Additional Inherited Members
Public Attributes inherited from ABPath
bool	calculatePartial
	Calculate partial path if the target node cannot be reached.
GraphNode	endNode
	End node of the path.
Vector3	endPoint
	End point of the path.
Vector3	originalEndPoint
	End Point exactly as in the path request.
Vector3	originalStartPoint
	Start Point exactly as in the path request.
Int3	startIntPoint
	Start point in integer coordinates.
GraphNode	startNode
	Start node of the path.
Vector3	startPoint
	Start point of the path.
Package Functions inherited from ABPath
override string	DebugString (PathLog logMode)
	Returns a debug string for this path.
override uint	GetConnectionSpecialCost (GraphNode a, GraphNode b, uint currentCost)
	May be called by graph nodes to get a special cost for some connections.
Package Attributes inherited from Path
float	duration
	How long it took to calculate this path in milliseconds.
Path	next
	Internal linked list implementation.
int	searchedNodes
	Number of nodes this path has searched.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

FloodPathTracer

(

)

Default constructor.

Do not use this. Instead use the static Construct method which can handle path pooling.

Member Function Documentation

override void CalculateStep ( long  targetTick )

protectedvirtual

Calculates the path until completed or until the time has passed targetTick.

Usually a check is only done every 500 nodes if the time has passed targetTick. Time/Ticks are got from System.DateTime.UtcNow.Ticks.

Basic outline of what the function does for the standard path (Pathfinding.ABPath).

while the end has not been found and no error has occurred
check if we have reached the end
if so, exit and return the path

open the current node, i.e loop through its neighbours, mark them as visited and put them on a heap

check if there are still nodes left to process (or have we searched the whole graph)
if there are none, flag error and exit

pop the next node of the heap and set it as current

check if the function has exceeded the time limit
if so, return and wait for the function to get called again

Reimplemented from ABPath.

static FloodPathTracer Construct ( Vector3  start, FloodPath  flood, OnPathDelegate  callback = null  )

static

override void Initialize ( )

protectedvirtual

Initializes the path.

Traces the path from the start node.

Reimplemented from ABPath.

override void Reset ( )

protectedvirtual

Reset all values to their default values.

All inheriting path types must implement this function, resetting ALL their variables to enable recycling of paths. Call this base function in inheriting types with base.Reset ();

Reimplemented from ABPath.

void Setup ( Vector3  start, FloodPath  flood, OnPathDelegate  callback  )

protected

void Trace

(

GraphNode

from

)

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

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. This implementation will use the flood (FloodPath) to trace the path from precalculated data.

Member Data Documentation

FloodPath flood

protected

Reference to the FloodPath which searched the path originally.

Property Documentation

override bool hasEndPoint

getprotected

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