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Rave Artificial Intelligence Framework

Developer Tomas Vymazal has released a first video of "Rave", his Artificial Intelligence (AI) framework. This AI framework is built with ActionScript and uses Minko to render the 3D graphics. Here is a video showing some of the features:

According to its author, Rave is soon to be available for licensing (commercial use) and open source (non-commercial). Features:

• A* multilayer pathfinding
• fully customizable NPC control using json defined FSMs (API functions of AI can be called using reflection from json)
• quadtree spatial optimization
• NPC sight (raycasting)
• dynamic obstacle avoidance
• terrain support/awareness
• 3D mesh support/awareness
• bezier path smoothing