Path Following

Nature of Code Lesson #5.7
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Continuing the quest to implement all of Craig Reynolds’ steering behaviors in JavaScript with p5.js, in this video I tackle path following!

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  • 0:00 - Follow along, I look at path finding!
  • 0:23 - Code! Let's create a Path class.
  • 1:18 - Code! Now we need a follow force.
  • 1:51 - Explain! What are the steps to path following?
  • 5:08 - Code! Step one: predict future position.
  • 5:40 - Code! Modify vectorProjection() to findProjection().
  • 8:12 - Code! Use findProjection() and the rest of the steps.
  • 10:30 - Code! Refining the example.
  • 11:49 - Ideas? What could you create?
  • 13:28 - Amendment! I forgot to talk about direction!
  • 14:43 - No idea what's next but hope to see you there!
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