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2.2.3. OpenSteer
Also, to develop the steering behavior of the monster animat for this
Artificial
Intelligence
project,
the
author
employs
OpenSteer.
The
description of OpenSteer can be found as follows [17]:
OpenSteer is
a
C++
library
to
help
construct
steering
behaviors
for
autonomous characters in games and animation. In addition to
the
library,
OpenSteer
provides
an
OpenGL-based application
called
OpenSteerDemo
which
displays
predefined
demonstrations
of
steering
behaviors. The user can quickly prototype, visualize, annotate and debug
new steering behaviors by writing a plug-in for OpenSteerDemo.
OpenSteer
provides
a
toolkit
of
steering
behaviors,
defined
in
terms
of
an
abstract
mobile
agent
called a
"vehicle." Sample
code
is
provided,
including
a
simple
vehicle
implementation and
examples
of
combining
simple
steering
behaviors to
produce
more
complex
behavior.
OpenSteer's
classes
have
been
designed
to
flexibly
integrate
with
existing game engines by either layering or inheritance.
OpenSteerDemo's plug-in
framework
allows
a
game
AI
programmer
to
quickly
prototype
behaviors
during
game
design,
and
to
develop
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