Help Enemies ignore waypoints, walk in straight line until they hit a wall

[JayH]

I'm using the AI Deathmatch kit and 3rd person controller. I have successfully created enemies that follow the waypoints and attack the player.

I have since created an additional set of enemies which refuse to follow the waypoints I've set, instead they'll walk forward in the direction they're facing until they hit a wall or fall off the plane. If I remove the waypoints they remain static in place. If I place the player near they will detect and attack them as expected.

I can't see what is causing the difference in the behaviour between the two sets of enemies.

In addition the waypoints field seems to reset or vanish each time upon entering play mode. Any clues as to where I could have gone wrong? Has anyone else encountered this? Any advice is appreciated.

 

[Justin]

This sounds related to this:

Referencing Scene Objects - Opsive

As you are creating your tree it is common practice to reference objects within the scene from a Shared Variable or task. For example, in . . .

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[JayH]

Thank you.

I went through the creation process a few more times and was successful. I think the main difference was I waited until I had set the waypoints first before entering playmode with the new enemy for the first time.