About AI Planner
The AI Planner package can generate optimal plans for use in agent AI, storyline generation/management, game/simulation validation, tutorial creation, automated testing, and many more. A generic planner framework, authoring tools, and a plan visualizer are provided in the package.
Installing AI Planner
To install this package, follow the instructions in the Package Manager documentation.
In Unity 2020.1 and later versions, preview packages will no longer be listed in the package manager. To include the package in your project, you will need to edit the project manifest, adding this package (com.unity.ai.planner) as a dependency.
Using AI Planner
To create an AI agent using the AI Planner, see the following guides:
- Defining the domain
- Defining actions
- Defining termination conditions
- Creating a problem definition
- Configuring the scene
For debugging and advanced usage of the AI Planner, see
For sample projects, see: AI Planner Samples
Talks
Unite LA 2018 - AI for Behavior: Advanced Research for Intelligent Decision Making
Unite Austin 2017 - Unity Labs Behavioral AI Research
Technical details
Requirements
This version of AI Planner is compatible with the following versions of the Unity Editor:
- 2020.1
Package contents
The following table indicates the runtime folders that will be of interest to you as a developer:
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
Runtime/Controller |
Contains classes and interfaces for generating and executing plans. |
Runtime/Modules |
Contains traits, actions, custom modifiers, and sample callback scripts for built-in functionality. |
Runtime/Planner |
Contains the planning system. |
Runtime/Serialization |
Contains serialized data definitions. |
Runtime/Traits |
Contains state and action data structures and interfaces used by the planner. |
Runtime/Utility |
Contains utility classes for the package. |
Document revision history
| Date | Reason |
|---|---|
| Nov 02, 2020 | Document updated. Matches preview package version 0.2.4. |
| Dec 02, 2019 | Document updated. Matches preview package version 0.2.0. |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Document updated. Matches preview package version 0.1.0. |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Document created. Matches preview package version 0.0.1. |