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kasaltrix
9,491 PointsDifference between NavMesh and NavMesh Agent
I have some questions regarding this video
- What exactly is the difference between NavMesh and NavMesh Agent? I tried watching the video again as well as searched the Unity documentation for some help but couldn't exactly understand the difference between the two.
- How does the movement of the frog and the bird differ from each other? The frog has a jump movement whereas the bird is taking small steps. Is it due to the Animators folder in the assets provided?
I am just a beginner in Unity so any kind of help would be really useful :)
1 Answer
Juan Rivera
1,850 PointsThe NavMesh gathers information from the scene and the NavMeshAgent uses that information to do whatever you have programmed it to do with the information. Its like the automatic doors at a convenient store. The automatic doors would be the NavMeshAgent and the sensor that tells the doors when to open would be the NavMesh.
The frog and the bird movements are determined by the animations that are attached to each game object.
kasaltrix
9,491 Pointskasaltrix
9,491 PointsThe example that you provided really made sense and helped me to understand the basic difference between the two terms. Thank you so much :)