Unreal Engine AI with Behavior Trees | Unreal Engine
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- In this presentation, Epic's Paulo Souza uses Unreal Engine's built-in AI features to build smart enemy behaviors for a game with stealth-like mechanics.
By relying on the Gameplay Framework in Unreal, we're able to quickly create convincing AI using Behavior Trees. Behavior Trees are great for creating complex AI that can be presented in a way that is easy to understand and to debug. We also make our AI react to sight and hearing senses using the AI Perception System, but also adapt our Behavior Tree decision tree as well.
In the end, we use the Environment Query System to allow our AI to be aware of the world geometry before deciding the next move, making it look way smarter than it actually is.
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00:00 Intro
00:57 Gameplay Framework
02:26 Behavior Trees
06:55 Blackboard
11:17 AI Perception
19:20 Environment Query System - เกม
More short, straight-to-the-point tutorials like this please!
Thousand thumbs up!
Exactly, Had seen many were the 5minite topics get stretch upto 30min, we really need to the point tutorial like this one.
I dun see how good is this tutorial when he decided to skip videos, and even didn't even brother show his custom Set alert function to test his AI Perception. How is this bulit in features ??? Very misleading video description.
@@TheAmoscokkie my point, I was like "Did I miss something?"
Settings - Playback speed - x2
For those who can't understand the "alertState task" part, I'll give you a hand:
1) Create a custom enum:
a) Content Browser -> right click -> Blueprints -> Enumeretion
b) Into the enum click to add and in display name write the three state (Alert, Neutral, Investigate)
2) Create a interface:
a) Content Browser -> right click -> Blueprints -> Blueprint interface
b) Into the interface create a new function and call it changeState
c) Into function parameter inputs add your custom enum
3) Function into BP_AI:
a) Open BP of your AI and call event changeState promote the parameter of event into a variable call it "AlertState" the type obv must be your custom enum
b) Add a "Do Once" with a custom reset function
c) Create a "Select" with variable "AlertState"
d) Link this select with a function for change walk speed
e) Finish the script with Reset function create by "Do Once"
Obviously add the task to the BT :)
Whoa! Thank you for clarifying this portion.
I am a bit stuck at step 3) though, as I can't seem to be able to add 'changeState' as an event to the enemy BP. It is only accessible as 'Change State (Message)'
Any tips or thoughts on what I may have done wrong? Thank you :) **Edit, got my initial problem solved I think, just needed to add interface to the class defaults. Now I am a bit confused with the return value of the 'Select' node. Step 3d) states to 'Link this select with a function for change walk speed' ... I'm not sure I understand what that means. I'll keep scratching my head for a while here and try to figure it out. If you have any tips, they would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :) ***Edit : Ahah! Its 'AI MoveTo' ... At least I think that should solve it. Haven't quite wrapped everything up.
you only need the change walk speed if you want it to run when it detects you, and the reason the events and stuff isnt showing up is because you didnt add the interface to your ai
@@MayaUnknownn Thank you! I mentioned that I did so in an edit to my original comment.
@@antlermind it's correct as message in BP enemy
12:13
For copy paste
[/Script/AIModule.AISense_Sight]
bAutoRegisterAllPawnsAsSources=false
Didn't know anything about AI and now i know something, great tutorial, thanks.
And even have more respect for dude who back in a days created Gladiator bots for Q2
I've learned more from this 26-minute video than I had watching a 6 hours series on youtube. Extremely well prepared and packed material.
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agreed)
Stop misleading others. He didn't even demonstrate his AI Perception fully. How are u to follow the tutorial if u dun even have the custom Set Alert event to continue the rest of the tutorial ?
@@TheAmoscokkie ......WHAT?
@@3sgamestudiohow would learn to trigger the AI Proception if he not even showing u audience the Set Alerted Event blueprint at 13:38 in a split second? If u won't even able to create that custom event how are u to execute in the behavior tree ? This tutorial is more like a speed run without showing every single steps... If i was a beginner and follow his video, it going end up wasting time.
The best educational content I've seen by Epic. I wish they would stop with the hours long shits-n-giggles episodes where a few people brush over some topics and where the audience needs to sit through 2+ hours in the hopes of learning something useful. If they put all that money and effort in tutorials like these, with the help of educators like Paulo Souza, we'd all be better for it.
So glad to see an Epic tutorial that isn't 5 years old! I'm usually weighing up whether I trust an outdated Epic video or a random TH-camr.
Please create more tutorials like this. Also, Let Paulo do them all. he's great at explaining it all.
I've been watching some of your videos. You're doing a good job too, mate.
@@GregkotGaming Thank you so much. I'm glad there being helpful.
Big facts👌🏾 very clear excellent
If he has a UE Learning course going in-depth with the entire UE platform i would buy it asap😄
yeah, this guy rocks :)
For anyone that might be struggling with the issue that your pawn doesnt move, you might want to check if:
1) there is a navmesh
2) instead of using the PAWN class, search up DefaultPawn and select it instead （it has a movement component).
Is creating a navmesh covered in the video? Cant seem to get it working. Is that a area that you have to mark as being able to navigate in? if so how do you do that.
Edit. Just click on the add to level button on the hotbar when you are in select mode. go to volumes and add a navmesh from there.
@@MrMussik and @Wen Zhe, thanks for your comments, both of ya.
@@MrMussik You probably need a creat a Nav Mesh Bounds Volume (from the same place you drag in a light or camera, usually upper left), in the search box type 'Nav' and get the one that says Mesh and or Bounds/ Volume etc. Then after dragging into scene, centered on your world, make it big enough to Encompass the height and width the 'walkable area'
Instead of using DefaultPawn, you can just add a movement componet to your Enemy.
Thanks for the info, absence of a navmesh was my problem... appreciate the assist!
Pro tip: make sure you set the Instigator to Self (or Reference to self) for the Report Noise Event, for anyone having issues with the Hearing sense firing properly. Had this issue in UE5.1 where the On Target Perception Update event was not firing unless that Report Noise Event had an Instigator plugged into it.
I have been inching my way through this video for a little over a month now and so far, at 17 minutes in, encountered this first issue most likely caused from version differences. Good job!
So glad you made this comment!
Thanks for this so much hell figuring this out
Thanks, this is still must have
Life saver! Thanks man!
You are a god.
Now see THIS is what we need. Short, concise and informative. Not that mess you guys call a live stream.
I HATE THE LIVE STREAM... CHAT CHAT LAUGH LAUGH CHAT CHAT... NO TEACH.. THIS IS WORSE THOUGH, IF THEY DON'T GIVE THE *_PROJECT STARTING POINT AS A TEMPLATE!_*
@@WoodysAR You have asked many times the project files... to start your own game without working/studying the ai behavior, this is the only reason I see in your pressure
Because this video is *only* here to explain the AI behavior, not to serve as a template for everyone's own game starting point.
Its point is to explain and it is indeed well done, no need for the files. It's not because we don't have the project that the work done has to denigrated.
If you need the stealth animations, materials, etc, why would it be given fro free by Paulo, we already have many assets for free in my opinion thansk to Epic... buy them on the markeplace so everyone gets a retribution for his work...
DUDE, this is a prime example of what unreal tutorials SHOULD be. Just know your stuff is better than the other official tutorials epic fails to make comprehendible.
The quality of this tutorial is really good. I only miss the starting project so we can follow the steps by ourselves
6:16 Holy crap, I was not ready for that sentence....
Great tutorial. Short, straight to the point without forgetting to speak about the whole logic of the blackboards and other components.
3 minutes into this tutorial covered what other courses couldn't cover in hours!
We really need more of this.
Props to M. Souza, it's a very clear, concise yet complete presentation. Epic, give this man a bonus and put him in charge of more tutorials like that!
I just want to say thank you, I’ve been searching and “learning” from other videos for days. But when I tell you that this is what I needed to actually learn?! I mean it! Thank you sooooo much!!!!
the quality of the tutorial is nuts . so clearly explained from the bottom up . dear epic , make paulo do them all .
THIS video format is SUPERB!
No uming or erring , Extremely focused and precise explanations with clean visual examples.
I was not left with any vagueness at all And even thought I already understand this area from watching a bunch of vids on this subject (see my UE4 metal gear solid type AI Video on my channel) THIS was one of the best tutorials I have seen on this subject. Please allow this guy to make many more video tutorials Like this :))))
Awesome! This format is awesome. not too long, well divided, to the point, clear. and pretty extensive.
Finally! I was trying to get into AI for a long time. But the quality of the tutorials on the topic varies from uneven at best to straight up confusing at worse.
I know is not an easy topic to explain, but this one has to be one of the best!
keep 'em coming Paulo
I've never watched a tutorial from Unreal Engine, since they are all 1 hour length. Thanks Paulo, to bring us this high quality video!
Could you please add a separate unrelated tutorial to that awesome VFX effect of laser scans the drone actor is executing ?
This is hands down the best explanation of behavior tree. I have a complete understanding of how BTs work! You are a great teacher.
More tutorials like this! High quality, to the point, well explained.
I'm so happy that this wasn't one of Unreal's "live training" videos. It would have taken five times as long to give the same amount of information. Thank you for taking the time to make a structured tutorial! More videos like this and no more live trainings please! :)
In live trainings, the Trainers explain everything thoroughly, breaking down each element piece by piece, that's why they are so long and they are actually very useful. At a minimum, looking at them better, you begin to understand how best to make this or that element of mechanics. Yes, this video is informative, but it is rather not educational, but walkthrough. I'd rather watch a +2 hour video that will teach me the basics completely than a 30 minute speed run of part of mechanic.
One of the best series out there. Hope there are more parts coming!
This might be the best UE5-topic tutorial I have ever seen. Definitely the best produced and professional.
This less-than-30-mins-long video is deceptively useful! Great content and so useful for beginners wanting to see some practical scenarios in game play that BT can solve.
Love those analogies!!! Thanks so much for demystifying this topic for me🙏
I really needed this like 6 months ago when I was trying to create my first AI at the end I did it with pawn sensing , thanks this video helped me with understanding the blackboard and AI perception a lot
I noticed you included some information that was not built as we went along, like the Set Alert Mode event and the Enums. That would have been good to know. But otherwise, this was very informative and like others, I hope you do more short tutorials like this in the future.
yeah im doing this now and i missed that whole thing to try and test myself
This is a pretty comprehensive tutorial. Thanks for this!
This is so great, the best tutorial about AI covering Behavior trees, keep the good work and please, more tutorials like this are always welcome!
This tutorial literally saved my AI. I had random timers and branches for states in the enemy bp. It was messy and non reusable, so I finally made the switch to Behavior Trees. And honestly they are amazing.
I know your pain, had an Ai that would wander but chase the player when they entered a certain radius. I had like two different conditions to check (1.) if the player was in range, 2.) if a location was reachable) worse yet I had to have it constantly check so I had a bunch of stuff on tick and custom functions that ran off of tick. Had an infinite loop and needed to delay it so the loop wouldn't happen.
Fantastic tutorial! Paulo is a wonderful teacher. Thank you for uploading.
I really love the way you walk us through this process 👍
Extremely useful tutorial. I am just about to start a horror game with hiding places, so I'm really glad I can refer to this video to make some intelligent AI.
I really needed this!
I also!
Best explanation of Sequence vs Selector nodes to date.
I was waiting for this one for so long!
one of the best tutorials ive seen, subbed
This video was tremendous. Absolutely excellent tutorial
These are amazing for a tut format, would be great if we can look at the project file.
scene files with and with out code would be breathtaking.
crazy video :) very straight to the point and easily understandable! very good!
EQS was a bit of a mystery to me, thanks to this video, I know know that using EQS is limitless. Thank you!
Never done anything with AI but this was very well made I'm definitely coming back to this one once I do.
Great video well explained and a lot packed into 26m great job. I learned more than endless hours of tutorials.
highest tensity! I love it, great works!
this is an 'epic' quality tut, well done!
Yeah! Thanks, Unreal team, nice episode!
Man I love the idea of creating AI in games. I never did any development but this is just what I needed. Getting an idea of how it's built up.
Looking forward to checking this out 😊
Great video tutorial, thanks Epics!
That was an highly efficient overview thanks
This is great ! is there possibly more on this subject ?
a really good thorough tutorial with perfect explanations, loved it.
EPIC QUALITY, THX
This was really helpful and super amazing thanks so much!
Great tutorial. Very well explained!
This is one of the best tutorials ever made by Epic. Great stuff, a lot of concepts with a great tutor. Thank you, Paulo!
Please upload this project! It will help a lot of people learn!
COMPLETELY BLOODY USELESS WITHOUT IT... I can't even figure out step one! (Where do I get the stuff to start with?) Idiocy. Typical EPIC..
@@WoodysAR ironic that your name contains the word "dev" and "studio".
Of course, a complete project would be good.
But you can also use the "Blueprint" from the showcase which can be downloaded in the launcher.
Which include the "scanner effects" and meshes.
I successfully created the AI logic by this video.
@@TabascoDev Hi, could you point me to where you found the assets? I've been looking for the past hour and can't find them
@@indradb7377 Hi, you can find the spaceship and lightbeam material from Content Examples which is located in Epic Game launchers -> Learn -> Engine Feature Samples -> Content Examples which is released in Feb 23, 2021. There have lots of useful assets in the demo.
This was a fantastic video. One suggestion would be to link to a video/online tutorial that has more depth on the subject to help people really fill in this information. Just a suggestion not a criticism, I loved this!
Note if you have multiple pawn classes that the AI can sense but don't want them to always attack them, I created an Enum of relationships - Love, Neutral, Hate and made a Structure to add to my enemy_base class, holding a "Map" of enemy classes and the associated Enum relationship. So in let's say an enemy_wolf there will be said structure variable with every other enemy like PlayerPawn -> Hate. Just extract the "Actor" pin from "On Target Perception Updated" from AIPerception and call a "Find" to the relationships structure with that Actor, it'll give you the associated Map value - the relationship status - and if it equals Hate, THEN you can set TargetActor.
If you want them to forget the target, right click on the Stimulus pin of the "On Target Perception Updated" and split the pin, there's a bool for successfully detected. If false it means it was detected earlier and no longer is. Branch that to false to unset ( Clear Value node ) TargetActor or the AI will constantly chase you no matter what.
You absolute legend, been trying to figure this out for far too long
I've learned sooo much. Thank you very much 🥰
This was wonderful!
In case anyone else either don't know how to set it up or In case anyone else got Stuck at 9:22 and had the "TaskGetRandomLocation" getting rapidly activated with their AI not moving:
First, ensure you have placed a Default pawn somewhere in the map and went to its details,
then look under Pawn->AI Controller Class and set it to "EnemyController".
Secondly, ensure you've placed down a "NavMeshBoundsVolume" into your map as well, and expand it to cover the area the pawn will be moving around in.
Now that it has an area to move around in, it should be able to get the random locations properly and move around!
Alternatively, you can set the AI of a "Character" instead of a default pawn (Like how they have it set up in the video), its just that you don't need to select a skeleton/animations for it.
Looking at the beginning of this video -> th-cam.com/video/zNJEvAGiw7w/w-d-xo.html helped me understand the setup for this tutorial
Thank you so much, I was definitely missing the NavMeshBoundsVolume!
Looks very interesting and useful!
A high level showcase of UE4's AI system. would have been perfect if there is a sample project.
This is one of the best tutorials you guys have put out. More like these, please!
Hi to all those who cannot get the AI to hear, Make sure you pass in your pawn as a reference to the noise emitter instigator!
Great video!
Need more videos like this
id love to see a follow up with more bt wisdome. the tutorials on youtube are just a 1:1 copy of the ue docs and not very helpful :<
but this, this is gold. good job mr. souza!
This is amazing. Very straight to the point and understandable! Much better than the live series with debugging etc.
Aamzing! Thanks a lot
Amazing video!
Out of my league for now but nice to get exposed to this before getting to AI. Your video quality, pacing, explanations are amazing. Thanks for sharing, saving to me Unreal playlist to quickly come back later.
fucking fantastic presentation! major kudos to the team that put this together!
WOW Great Job!
Super nice video!
@Unreal Engine You really should make more of these tutorial videos. Maybe even a full tutorial how to make a 3rd person game and shooter too with full animation systems, combat, health, AI, etc etc.
You guys are amazing.
Awesome tutorial
This is a great video！ Help me ALOT!
This is a really great tutorial, with the exception of the Interface>Enum part. I have some experience with it, but still got totally lost at that part. I created an Interface and an Enum with the states, but I could not figure out how to add the enum pin on the interface event in the enemy blueprint. I tried adding an Output in the interface, but when ever I did that, it changed the interface event in the enemy bp to a custom event.
Same problem here. Please let me know if you figured it out! Thank you!
Necrocomment.
It changes from an event to an interface function that needs to be implemented. You could found it on the left side panel of your blueprint (where the variables, functions, etc). This happens due to events can't return values, and engine solves this in this way.
finally a short and easy to understand tutorial on behaviour trees
Keep up the good work
20:26
Make sure that the EQS Query has the correct blackboard key set in the details panel.
In the case of the video, "PatrolLocation".
26 minutes i learned,but got more than 26 minutes knowledge，it's good to see this tutorial again
Covered a lot of topics in a short time.
brilliant video
This tutorial is just perfect. Keep doing more like this one.
Thank you kindly!!
great tutorial!
Where can we download this project? If not, please make this downloadable. Thanks.
This was a great tut. Some more in this same style would be pretty sweet (also AI related). FWIW some tuts for more natural nav mesh pathing would be awesome (so far my pawns all end up looking like robots :P).
Thank you for an excellent video. Is there a followup that describes how to make EQS queries that take in a different actor as context? Such as trying to find a place the Player Character cannot see.
This is the best AI Video I've watched after watching many tutorials and stuff, I wish Epic would release more of these presentations!!
Question : If you have example 3 enemy types
1 can search for player amd spot player but does not alert other enemies.
2 can spot and alerts other enemies to player
3 can spot and search for player.
Would you have 3 different trees for each of these units or just use a Decorator as a conditional to re-route between the 3 possible outcomes in the tree??
Would have been nice to see the AI tree example being used with more than 1 enemy but other than that it's good!
This is a super good question, I am liking in case someone has the answer lol.
You could create one general behavior tree that handles all logic and make decisions based on predefined values or tags, which could be added to your characters later on.
@@War4est Thanks for the reply, I tried to have say a Unit tree which then leads into 3 others so like a Harvester, Military, and a Worker but the issue is that the Unit tree has the exact same blackboard as the parent so for example a Worker couldnt have IsAttacking if they cant attack. same as a Tank unit wont have ResourcesGathered , You might be able to use the values as Decorators to lead into a branch off the same parent tree but you couldnt have a completely different blackboard for a different tree if this makes sense.
Mindblowing