Flow Field Pathfinding

hi,

since the old pathfinding behavior is slow and have problem with overlaps and more objects ...i recommend the Flow Field Pathfinding

this pathfinding is the new method

see the video for more info .. its really good...

youtube.com/watch?v=bovlsENv1g4

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and for more information see this link and you can find more info by searching google...

grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/crowd-flows/

Yes, A* is just too much calculations for crowds and it doesn't work with moving units. Not saying that it's very slow. I already proposed collision avoidance and other steering behaviors as an alternative for pathfinding in this topic: https://www.scirra.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=116644&p=839955&hilit=avoidance#p839955

Another interesting alternative is using heatmaps for collision avoidance and pathfinding: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/TylerGlaiel/20121007/178966/Some_experiments_in_pathfinding__AI.php