Could somebody post an example of code that uses a map?

what do you mean by map? <:s

Here's psedo code for what I'm thinking,
1. load map file
2. read hights of points
3. find the point that's adjacent to the current point that's also the lowest
4. move there
5. repeat steps 3 & 4 with new point.


In my thinking I'm seeing a problem with this. the problem is that this would only work to go down say a hill because there has to always be a point 2 points away that's lower than the current point. Otherwise it will just keep going back and forth.

So then what are you asking us to do? Are you trying to write code that makes something go down a hill, or is there something I don't follow?

No, just look at the psedo-code and see if it seems like a feesable way to use a map in AI.

Well, yeah, it's feasable, if you're going down a hill.
I think my question was, what's the point? You just wrote the psudocode, so what else do you need?

I don't think there is anything else I need in order to write sample code to implement it.

Then why ask us for it?

I didn't have any idea of how to use them at the time I posted.

one word: heightmap

you should know what that means

its usually used for terrain generation...

tho i see what your going at, snipers go to higher ground, reconnaissance goes to lower ground...

This could be used in other places besides games. Like navigating terrain for a robot.

google earth \(^_^)/

a)I don't think that Google Earth will provide the all nessicary Z-value
b)Google Earth does not provide the resolution needed for praticality

what do you mean? a robot using gps could find the rough estimate of where a higher or lower ground is





what does that have to do with anything?



also google earth has many cloud pictures, a robot could get messed up by those...

GPS has an error range of 6 feet. Within that 6 feet might be a drastic change(cliff)


The resolution matters for the same reson that the GPS wont work. it won't provide enough of an in-depth z value.

well it depends if you put like 30 distance measuring lasers to look for drops and stuff, like the mars rovers, you wouldn't need a perfectly accurate map...

Perfect......No
High Persision....Yes


And 30 satilites won't cut it because how many satilites do you think GPS has at any given time?

since when did i say satellites?

im saying differently placed lasers that would check for distance, when there is a spike in the distance it would know that there is a drop ahead, and so on. they do it to measure tree height so why not modify it to look for drops?
Also the mars rover used something similar to what i mean.

i miss spoke my point when i said gps, what I meant was just a basic map with height data...

Satilites would be better because then you can cover more area with one laser than on the ground. For tree hight they take a protracter to mesure the angle from the observeer to the tree, mesure the distance and then use triginometry to get the hight. The mars rover was remote controled. The map would still have to be pretty precise still.

So which of us is building a rover?