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pathfinding

pathfinding

1 5.5
Finding a route from one place to another, often used in computer games and robots
  • noun
  • /ˈpæθˌfaɪndɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : búsqueda de rutas
  • Effective pathfinding is crucial for ensuring players can easily move through the game world.

So there's a lot of pathfinding to work out how to get from A to B and what to do when you met a monster.

Examples

  • After fixing the bugs that were found during Alpha testing, we started polishing up the game and adding in things like a company (guild) system, factions, challenge dungeons, more quest flavor, better collision and pathfinding, and a few more things we're chewing on.

    Blog text (23)
  • What pathfinding system are you using?

    Blog text (19)
  • I'll take charge of the pathfinding.

  • Pathfinding is a minor performance hit when you're talking about a handful of bad guys that don't even move until you wake them.

    Blog text (18)
  • We need pathfinding programs in the delivery of relevant new pedagogies, as found in digital media, so tomorrow's teachers will be prepared for the societal realities they will face.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The game uses advanced pathfinding algorithms to navigate through complex terrains.

  • In robotics, pathfinding helps autonomous vehicles determine the best route to their destination.

Synonyms

navigation
vspathfinding
  • Specialized
99 3.6

Planning and guiding vehicles like ships or planes from one place to another

focuses on algorithmic route determination rather than vehicle control
routing
vspathfinding
  • Specialized
14 3.5

Deciding and directing the path that things take, like internet data or packages

focuses on computing and games solving for a route between two points
wayfinding
vspathfinding
  • Specialized
1 4.5

Helping people find their way in a place using signs and maps

is an internal computing process that determines routes algorithmically not by signs

How Complex

navigation
  • Specialized
99 3.6
pathfinding
  • Specialized
1 5.5

Surface Forms

pathfinding singular
pathfindings plural

Morphology

pathfinding = path + finding (transparent) = path + find + ing

The word is a straightforward compound of 'path' + 'finding' (find + -ing); learners who know 'path' and 'find' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Pathfinding combines path ('route') and finding ('discovering'), so it is like 'discovering a route'. That's why pathfinding means the process of finding a way from one place to another, for example in video games or robots when they move around things in the way.