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Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:47 am**

I try to control my man by scripts. I invoke surface.request_path and find a path. But It can't bypass the cliff and the forest.
Follow is the piece of my code:

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self.path_id = entity.surface.request_path({
        bounding_box = entity.bounding_box,
        collision_mask = {"player-layer"},
        start = entity.position,
        goal = self.position,
        force = entity.force,
 })

Should I change the collision_mask parameter?
surface.request_path may fail if i use it frequently. Once it failed, it always fails in future for a time.

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In some case , the pathfinding algorithm cannot generate a straight way when there is no obstruction. By the way, is there any mod implement a custom pathfinding algorithm?

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Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:48 am**

I figure out the problem. I should pass the entity.prototype.collision_box instead of entity.bounding_box.

But another problem still exists, the api failed frequently.

To solve the problem, i implements a custom pathfinding algorithm . It works but slow

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