private Vector3 BuildOrientationBehaviorVelocity(
FlockingNeighborDetector neighborDetector)
{
Vector3 summedNeighborVelocity = Vector3.zero;
float summedNeighborConsiderationFractions = 0.0f;
foreach (var neighbor in neighborDetector.GetNeighbors())
{
var neighborFlightController = neighbor.flockingDesires.GetComponent <FlightController>();
if (neighborFlightController != null)
{
float neighborCurrentSpeed = IdlingSpeed; // neighborFlightController.CurrentSpeed; // BUG! Boids were feeding back into each other and creating explosive velocities, so for now we can't read CurrentSpeed for this.
Vector3 neighborActualVelocity = (neighborCurrentSpeed * neighbor.flockingDesires.transform.forward);
// Blend in our consideration of the neighbor so as to avoid twitching when they're first sighted.
Vector3 neighborWeightedVelocity = (neighbor.currentConsiderationFraction * neighborActualVelocity);
summedNeighborVelocity += neighborWeightedVelocity;
summedNeighborConsiderationFractions += neighbor.currentConsiderationFraction;
}
}
Vector3 meanNeighborVelocity = (summedNeighborVelocity / Mathf.Max(summedNeighborConsiderationFractions, 1.0f));
return(meanNeighborVelocity);
}
private Vector3 BuildCohesionBehaviorVelocity(
FlockingNeighborDetector neighborDetector)
{
Vector3 summedSelfToNeighborDeltas = Vector3.zero;
float summedNeighborConsiderationFractions = 1.0f; // NOTE: We're including ourselves in the center-of-mass calculation.
foreach (var neighbor in neighborDetector.GetNeighbors())
{
Vector3 selfToNeighborDelta = (neighbor.flockingDesires.transform.position - transform.position);
// Blend in our consideration of the neighbor so as to avoid twitching when they're first sighted.
summedSelfToNeighborDeltas += (neighbor.currentConsiderationFraction * selfToNeighborDelta);
summedNeighborConsiderationFractions += neighbor.currentConsiderationFraction;
}
Vector3 selfToCenterOfMass = (summedSelfToNeighborDeltas / summedNeighborConsiderationFractions);
float selfToCenterOfMassDistance = selfToCenterOfMass.magnitude;
float initialNeighborThrottleFraction = Mathf.Clamp01(summedNeighborConsiderationFractions);
float peakSatisfactionThrottleFraction = Mathf.Clamp01(selfToCenterOfMassDistance / CohesionSatisfactionFalloffDistance);
float throttleFraction = (initialNeighborThrottleFraction * peakSatisfactionThrottleFraction);
float throttleSpeed = (CohesionMaxSpeed * throttleFraction);
Vector3 cohesionDirection = (selfToCenterOfMass / Mathf.Max(selfToCenterOfMassDistance, Mathf.Epsilon));
Vector3 cohesionVelocity = (throttleSpeed * cohesionDirection);
return(cohesionVelocity);
}
private Vector3 BuildDesiredVelocity(
FlockingNeighborDetector neighborDetector)
{
Vector3 avoidanceVelocity = BuildAvoidanceBehaviorVelocity(neighborDetector);
float avoidanceSpeed = avoidanceVelocity.magnitude;
Vector3 cohesionVelocity = BuildCohesionBehaviorVelocity(neighborDetector);
float cohesionSpeed = cohesionVelocity.magnitude;
Vector3 idlingVelocity = BuildIdlingBehaviorVelocity();
float idlingSpeed = idlingVelocity.magnitude;
Vector3 orientationVelocity = BuildOrientationBehaviorVelocity(neighborDetector);
float orientationSpeed = orientationVelocity.magnitude;
float naiveTotalSpeed = (
avoidanceSpeed +
cohesionSpeed +
idlingSpeed +
orientationSpeed);
if (debugLogAllDesireVectors)
{
Debug.LogFormat(
"[avoidance {0}], [cohesion {1}], [idling {2}], [orientation {3}]",
avoidanceVelocity,
cohesionVelocity,
idlingVelocity,
orientationVelocity);
}
// To avoid having the behaviors increase our speed purely by merit of their existence, we weight each
// behavior by its requested speed versus the others. A single behavior is still able to request an increased
// overall speed, which will also wind up smoothly "drowning out" any behaviors making relatively minor responses.
// Consideration: The behavior functions could return an explicit weight in addition to the velocity, which would permit requests to slow down.
Vector3 desiredVelocity = (
(avoidanceVelocity * (avoidanceSpeed / naiveTotalSpeed)) +
(cohesionVelocity * (cohesionSpeed / naiveTotalSpeed)) +
(idlingVelocity * (idlingSpeed / naiveTotalSpeed)) +
(orientationVelocity * (orientationSpeed / naiveTotalSpeed)));
if (debugDisplayAllDesireVectors)
{
Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, (transform.position + avoidanceVelocity), Color.red);
Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, (transform.position + cohesionVelocity), Color.blue);
Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, (transform.position + idlingVelocity), Color.grey);
Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, (transform.position + orientationVelocity), Color.green);
Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, (transform.position + desiredVelocity), Color.white);
}
return(desiredVelocity);
}
private Vector3 BuildAvoidanceBehaviorVelocity(
FlockingNeighborDetector neighborDetector)
{
Vector3 naiveNeighborhoodAvoidanceVelocity = Vector3.zero;
foreach (var neighbor in neighborDetector.GetNeighbors())
{
Vector3 selfToNeighborDirection = Vector3.zero;
float normalizedDistanceToNeighbor = 0.0f;
// Choose our direction and distance, but explicitly handling edge cases such as sharing the same
// position as our neighbor, which do terrible things (eg. NaN-vectors) when left unhandled.
{
Vector3 selfToNeighborDelta = (neighbor.flockingDesires.transform.position - transform.position);
float selfToNeighborDistance = selfToNeighborDelta.magnitude;
if (selfToNeighborDistance <= AvoidanceRandomPanicDistance)
{
selfToNeighborDirection = Random.onUnitSphere;
normalizedDistanceToNeighbor = AvoidanceRandomPanicDistance;
}
else
{
selfToNeighborDirection = (selfToNeighborDelta / selfToNeighborDistance);
normalizedDistanceToNeighbor = (selfToNeighborDistance / AvoidanceBaseDistance);
}
}
float neighborAvoidanceSpeed =
Mathf.Min(
(AvoidanceBaseSpeed / normalizedDistanceToNeighbor),
AvoidanceMaxSpeed);
// Blend in our consideration of the neighbor so as to avoid twitching when they're first sighted.
naiveNeighborhoodAvoidanceVelocity += (
(neighbor.currentConsiderationFraction * neighborAvoidanceSpeed) *
(-1 * selfToNeighborDirection));
}
float naiveNeighborhoodAvoidanceSpeed = naiveNeighborhoodAvoidanceVelocity.magnitude;
Vector3 neighborhoodAvoidanceDirection = (naiveNeighborhoodAvoidanceVelocity / Mathf.Max(naiveNeighborhoodAvoidanceSpeed, Mathf.Epsilon));
Vector3 finalNeighborhoodAvoidanceVelocity = (Mathf.Min(naiveNeighborhoodAvoidanceSpeed, AvoidanceMaxSpeed) * neighborhoodAvoidanceDirection);
return(finalNeighborhoodAvoidanceVelocity);
}