How do I improve my enemy pathing? MoveTo.

Hi,

I have a basic enemy pathing system based on the MoveTo behavior.

Every x seconds - Pick a random direction and move there.

But if the enemy hits a solid, it will seldom get stuck. Which is the proper way of doing this?

Thanks!

Use Pathfinding behavior instead.

Every x seconds - find path to a random point. On path found - move along the path.

Hi I am using the move to and pathfinding behavior. I was going to make a new post for this question but maybe I can get some help here.

My problem is when who solid objects collide, they become stuck together and will stop moving because of this.

Yes I did this to avoid the multiple enemies from getting so close, when this happens they appear to merge and look like one enemy.

Yeah, it's a common issue and there are no 100% working solutions. Making enemies solid is not a good choice.

I have two examples of my own, but they are quite complex and may not work well in your game:

howtoconstructdemos.com/avoid-overlapping-while-moving-with-pathfinding

Thanks this is helpful especially for a tower defense or game like warcraft 3, something I will attempt later on. I am not sure what I did but I solved my issue by making the enemy move on the 8-movement vector plane on every damage, and when they collide they can stop the move-to behavior, now it seems to be working and I removed the solid behavior. I am making a sort of beat-em up style game.