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Terrain Representation: AI Hints and Spatial Data-structures

Alex J. Champandard on September 28, 2008

To do any kind of reasoning, you need a robust underlying representation. Making decisions based on the terrain is no different, but it requires a specialized approach to be effective — and efficient. This second part of our report looks into ways you can achieve this from experience.