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Smart Turning Behaviour

This guide demonstrates how to configure turning animations and target detection parameters on the Bull Boss enemy using the Boss AI Toolkit

1. Overview & Key Concepts

  • Team Member System: Manages target detection and determines hostile vs. friendly entity relationships based on Team IDs
  • Enemy Vision Angle: Sets the field-of-view threshold (e.g., 45, 60) required to trigger turn animations
  • Mixamo Animation Workflow: Importing, configuring Humanoid rigs, and assigning root motion turning clips

2. Setup Guide

Step 1: Target & Team Setup

  1. Select the Bull Boss New GameObject in your Unity hierarchy
  2. In the Inspector, navigate to Enemy Ability System.Expand Global Settings to locate the Team Member script
  3. Configure team relationships:
  4. Bull Boss: Set Team Name to Team2
  5. Player: Set Team Name to Team1

!!! NOTE "Team Relationship Rule" If both entities share the same team name (e.g., Team 2), they are treated as friendly and will not attack each other Differing team names establish hostility

  1. Assign target body parts (My Body Part to Target) for hit registration
  2. Set Target Detection Range to 100
  3. Check Auto Update Target (scans for nearby targets every 0.5–2.0 seconds)
  4. Uncheck Log Sorted Enemies

Step 2: Rotation Settings

Under Global Settings, configure the following properties:

  • Detection Range: Set to 100 (matches the Team Member script)
  • Enemy Vision Angle: Set to 45
  • Initial Search Delay: Min 1, Max 2 seconds
  • Rotation Check Interval: 2
  • Rotation Speed: 1000

Enable the following checkboxes: - [x] Control Rotation - [x] Use Rotation Animation - [x] Always Look at Target - [x] Rotate Spine Bone

Step 3: Mixamo Animation Setup

  1. Search Mixamo for "Mutant Turn"
  2. Download Mutant Right Turn 90 (Unity format, With Skin)
  3. Toggle the Mirror checkbox on Mixamo to flip the clip, then download the Left Turn animation
  4. Drag both .fbx files into your Unity project
  5. Select both animation files and configure their Inspector settings:
  6. Rig Tab: Set Animation Type to Humanoid and Click Apply
  7. Animation Tab:
    • Rename clips to Right Turn and Left Turn
    • Set Based Upon (Root Transform Rotation) to Originaland Click Apply
  1. Select Bull Boss New and expand Animation Setup Script and Add Animation
  2. Drag Right Turn and Left Turn into their respective slots
  3. Assign parameter names:
  4. Right Animation Right Turn
  5. Left Animation Left Turn
  6. Click Add to Animator Controller and Optimize Animation Clips
  7. Under Rotation Animations, map the directions as follows:
Setting Right Direction Left Direction
Direction Right Left
Rotation Animation Right Turn Left Turn
Idle Animation Idle Idle
Use Root Motion Enabled Enabled
Animation Duration 2 seconds 2 seconds

!!! Tip "Auto Duration" Click Auto Get Length to automatically populate the animation duration from the clip

3. Testing Vision Angles

Vision Angle Behaviour Summary
45 Degrees Tight Response: The boss turns rapidly as soon as the player leaves its 45 Degrees, triggering quick micro-adjustments
60 Degrees Forgiving Margin: The player has a wider arc to maneuver without triggering turn animations, reducing overall turn frequency