Unreal Engine AI Controller Follow Player

[@InMemoryOfNeo]

jayanam you're so gentle and wise person. thanks for your videos.

[@JayAnAm]

Hey, thx a lot!

[@UnderfundedScientist]

This was so helpful and was considerably shorter while higher quality than most ue4 tutorials

[@GeerHedVR]

Man.. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I followed the video exactly.. watched it 20 times. Changed PlayerKey to PlayerObj like others have suggested.. still AI just stands there.

[@mirceam7152]

Same here I dont know why. Whats funnier still, I have another project with this exact thing and it works.

[@PRiMezGFX]

Anyone having trouble with the AI not moving just remember to rename the player keys default value to ObjectKey (Or whatever it's called within the blackboard) and it should work.

[@PabloYaos]

Thanks! I was scratching my head really hard at that one. In the tutorial it's named PlayerObj by the way for future people coming through!

[@PRiMezGFX]

@@PabloYaos no problem man! Glad I could help 👍

[@whiteblack1528]

i have this trouble but really i don’t understand how to fix it

[@PRiMezGFX]

@@whiteblack1528 Try this vid - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHe3cmWriKqna5Y&ab_channel=SDC-DigitalLearning

[@NutyRiver]

Thanks! That was the one thing I was missing!

[@rishabhlaheja7689]

Your tutorials are small, precise and to the point....please make more of the RPG game!!! Waiting for your remaining AI tutorials...

[@hyperatomart8]

Thanks for the tutorials man! I've literally just gotten started with blueprint a few days ago and this series covers a lot of the topics I was curious about very concisely.

[@JayAnAm]

Thx, sounds great, keep it up

[@nitroneonicman]

So after HOURS of trying to figure out what was going on I realized you have to change the key name to PlayerObj not 'PlayerKey' like is shown in the video. No idea why it worked in the video but it's not correct.

[@g71neo53]

Thanks, I had the same issue. I've been using blue prints since i started but I'm thinking about just switching to cpp since it might be easier. Blue prints are just another way of looking at code but little details like var names are just as important.

[@DanieldelCastillo_DELCASDA]

Wonderful tutorial. Easy to follow and straight to the solution. Thanks

[@JayAnAm]

Thank you!

[@Tech2457hello]

@@JayAnAm that really helpful and easy to follow tutorial. I have question, if one making roll ball game, can one use this method on some object that come near ball and push/attack ball ?

[@ChrisBFWilliams]

I learned a lot in just 5 mins.

[@JayAnAm]

That's great and always my goal:-)

[@steel.croissant]

What did you press to activate the volume at 4:32? P?

[@xander1686]

Yes .. P

[@steel.croissant]

@@xander1686 thanks

[@HeinrichTsanov]

What if I want to make it follow my FirstPerson player? I can't find the "crunch" shown at 2:00.

[@HeinrichTsanov]

@Guilherme Elegeda Thank you so much. Unfortunately I have submitted my project and graduated successfully 😂️

[@coffeediction]

awesome thanks! I love how this works in UE5, really a successfull release

[@ZimCrusher]

Sounds simple, but how would you have a ball follow your player, and add rolling? When I enable physics, the ball hits the ground, and stops. Without physics, if floats toward me, and arrives half inside the ground.

[@hendrixgreengilmour]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to reiterate, I know others have said it on here but I still wasn't getting it, when you are in the EnemyAIController Event Graph and creating the variable for the Key Name for the "Set Value as Object" node, what matters isn't the Variable Name of the Key Name at the top of the details panel on the right, but the Default Value at the bottom of the details panel on the right. I was watching the video in a small window and I kept missing that. I saw him name his PlayerKey and kept wondering how it worked. It's because the name there doesn't matter, it's the Default Value for the variable at the bottom of the details panel that matters, that's what must match up with the Blackboard Key in order for it to work.

[@Leon-mk4bh]

very straight to the point, thank you so much for the tutorial.

[@jakobdavenport1772]

Thank you, excellent and clear tutorial!

[@hugobiri1245]

Amazing video bro

[@RajeshPatil-yc5lk]

how can i use this tutorial for sidescroller game

[@tacticalmythic7945]

Quick question… I have a cube for my AI. When out in the nab mesh before playing there is a hole where the AI is. Then when playing it moves fine, but now there is a hole in the bag mesh and the ai has to go around it?

[@RinosaurPravi]

I know it's late but how can I make him follow an object?

[@hiroibwah]

I'm making a first person game, how can I get the third person model into my level?

[@PH0001]

yeah Jayanam you are awesome and an expert : )

[@bowdy4952]

Hey, this works just fine, but there's a little problem. so i have a playable fox that i can switch to. i added that it could follow me but whenever i switch to fox and switch back, it doesn't follow me, any idea why is that?

[@LuBRiHeRo]

I noticed a problem with the Enemy Ai Controller, to fix the issue change the parent class of your new controller under {class setting} to AI Controller that should fix problems with the nodes not showing up

[@360ambiencevideos]

how would I alter the speed of the ai so that it moves slower ?

[@callumroberts4780]

Just change the max walk speed in the enemies character blueprint under character movement

[@pxjesse8128]

I'm trying to add AI to a stag, but since it's a Skeletal Mesh Blueprint, there is no "Pawn" section in the BP settings to add the AI Controller Class. To what BP type do I need to convert it?

[@Raidoton]

You should make a Pawn or Character BP for the stag and add the skeletal Mesh and the AI BP to it.

[@yaboyconnor2240]

Hey Jayanam, how are ya?? I have a question for you & am kinda struggling to find an answer... How do you make ai make a sound (along with chasing the player) when it spots the player?? Sorry I’m kinda new to UE4. Cheers!!🍺👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@JayAnAm]

Check this one out: answers.unrealengine.com/questions/324950/playing-a-sound-from-blueprint.html

[@yaboyconnor2240]

Jayanam so do I just put that into the AI’s blueprint???

[@JayAnAm]

Whereever you want to play the audio

[@VictorGO86]

I can't see the blackboard key "PlayerObj" in the EnemyBT :( I think that its a bug of the program

[@JayAnAm]

What do you mean with you dont see it? You have to add this variable.

[@VictorGO86]

At minute 2:41, you chose the blackboard key "PlayerObj" in the combo box. It appears empty to me :(

[@JayAnAm]

Then the Blackboard is not assigned to the behavior tree. Check the Blackboard asset asignemt in the upper right hand corner of the bahvior tree.

[@wallchkn2977]

Make sure you selected the ThirdpersonCharacter for the Obj, not the Blueprint you made for movement. That tripped me up.

[@SkoolConnor]

is there a way to make it chase the player when it sees the player?

[@CherriColaV]

How do you make them give you some space so you can move

[@mathewo07]

Any follow up video for attacking AI etc?

[@mathewo07]

The OPFC nerd I see, I’ll check him out rn! Thanks for the reply

[@denraddenrad8117]

Hello Jayanam, Great tutorial. But two questions. How can I change the distance between enemy and player. And is it possible to have a delay of about 3 secs between following. I m not that familiair with the nodes in UE. Thanx in advance.

[@3333-x8m]

Nice bro just keep up the good vids about unreal engine and unity ;) #Punzys and u are my favourite youtubers !

[@JayAnAm]

Alright, thx a lot!

[@TheFuryGlitch]

I followed this tutorial exactly except I had to create a second character blueprint instead of making a direct copy. Not sure if it's because I'm using top down instead, but the character isn't following my player.

[@MrSoulast]

did you properly set nav mesh boundaries? They must be green highlighted as seen on video.

[@MzTypeOHnegative]

Love it, quick question. How would you add AFTER IMAGES or like a shadow effect to a paper 2d character as they move??

[@RajeshPatil-yc5lk]

that greeen part is not working what to do

[@martinmegazor]

Great video! Thank you :)

[@SlenLen]

Gutes Video!! Danke für die Hilfe!!

[@padelisanonymous6663]

thanks when i try it with nav it only works at start. Now i see with your video it works good (for now)

[@aldovinuela1144]

The best out there!

[@JayAnAm]

Thx mate!

[@bagsy4884]

Thanks man!

[@christophe1584]

Thank you for the video, however i've done and verified everything and my NPC don't moove... i'm actually using 4.23.. :/

[@NetFelixOfficiel]

yes

[@kianmunnich9761]

That can help me.

[@pebdesign]

Hi, what do you have to change if I want my enemy to not follow a player but another actor? Also I want it to fly since they are to spaceships. Would be really happy if you could respond. I am working on project for the uni and we (my group) have not much time left and zero experience with game engines and coding. Sincierly Sasha

[@Somiaz]

Simply doesn't work. Why? I don't know.

[@Nacho-ms2pw]

There is an easier way, No tree no blackboard just copy paste the person make the ai script do ai move to get player character and that will be powered by the tick. oh yeah and add navmeshbounds ;)

[@ultraxdzn]

how to do this in unity?

[@JayAnAm]

Checkout my UFPS series, I have some examples

[@TheChopinist]

Titel Titel 😂

[@ultraxdzn]

Are you interested in joining my team? We are currently working on 3D RPG. If you are interested please answet in the comment.

[@dwdwipermana4134]

Unity Please :)

[@JayAnAm]

Next one will be Unity again

[@dwdwipermana4134]

+Jayanam I Wait It :)

[@marbleq9586]

How could I use this to have another AI follow the first one?