So, recently I've creating maps for the first time. My problem here lies by the path nodes. They barely work. It's stupid because instead of the zombies running towards you, some of them randomly just start doing like some sort of dance.

If anyone can help, that'll be great
Also, can you tell me the proper spacing and the limits of path nodes?

Thank You

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Double Post Merge: August 23, 2015, 10:22:43 pm

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Here is a picture:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1O_AMrfMGTAMW5fUVNPYTVPWUU

So, recently I've creating maps for the first time. My problem here lies by the path nodes. They barely work. It's stupid because instead of the zombies running towards you, some of them randomly just start doing like some sort of dance.

If anyone can help, that'll be great
Also, can you tell me the proper spacing and the limits of path nodes?

Thank You

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Double Post Merge: August 23, 2015, 10:22:43 pm

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Here is a picture:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1O_AMrfMGTAMW5fUVNPYTVPWUU

your spacing looks a little bit too far in some places but other then that your pathing looks good. it might not be your pathnodes

It looks like your window spawners have a long distance to travel to get to your windows. I try to line the pathnodes height with the window traverse , this way as long as the traverse is lined up with the floor your nodes in that room will be the same height.

From your player start points it looks like you have no other room to go to , and that you have boxed yourself into the start room. If you want a zombie to go to a specific window use MON clip to guide the paths. The spacing of your nodes looks good but i would line the ones closest to your window traverse better. Also make sure they do not touch.

Your map has an area that looks inaccessile to players yet there are nodes directing the zombies there , that may explain the zombies not knowing where to go. I would redesign that entire start area .

A rundown on pathnodes:

-Max pathnode connect distance is 128.
-AI can attack a player aprox 128 units from any path/node, regardless of whether there is a node near the player(goal).
-pathnodes CANNOT connect at extremely sharp angles, so an extra pathnode to connect pathnodes made be needed to connect pathnodes in areas like stairs.
-In general, you should put pathnodes 24 units(8 units x 3) from the floor(it should be about chest height on your spawners). This gives room for any detailing you may have without the pathnode actually touching the model/burshmodel.

If you want a zombie to go to a specific window use MON clip to guide the paths.

I'm pretty sure Treyarch already scripted a way to get zombies to go to a certain window. If i remember correctly, place a struct near a window and have the spawner target it.

I followed your everyone's advice, and its still not working

I have changed the height and spacing of the path nodes. But, daedra descent said that I need to target the barricades. Unfortunately, I don't know how to target the barricades because I'm new to this.

Just some other things are that I did see a zombies that looked like it didn't have a path node to follow. But, all of the other zombies just continued "dancing," especially on the lower rounds. After "dancing" for while, the zombies just die.

How far do I place the path nodes from the spawners?

What I am going for is like Verrukt where there are 2 spawnpoints. There are 2 spawners in the middle, and 1 barrier on each side. But, the problem is when you're playing SP. I don't know how to get the zombies to go after you on SP, and not the other side. But in MP, the 2 sides need to be balanced.

Please help

Also I don't know what a MON clip is and I need help using that too.