AI & navigation

Unreal AI = an AIController possessing a pawn, deciding what to do (usually via a Behavior Tree reading a Blackboard), moving via the navigation system (NavMesh pathfinding), optionally sensing the world with AI Perception, and querying it with EQS. StateTree offers a modern alternative or complement to Behavior Trees.

When to use this skill

• Enemy/NPC behavior: patrol, chase, attack, flee, investigate.
• Moving an AI to a location or actor with real pathfinding.
• Decision logic and working memory (Behavior Tree + Blackboard).
• Finding good positions — cover, flanking, best attack point — via EQS.
• Sensing the player (sight, hearing, damage) and reacting to stimuli.
• Replacing or complementing Behavior Trees with StateTree for hierarchical state machines.

System map