I just want to make sure, there is no way to edit path finding spheres for objects, right? I'm not talking about bounding radius but actually editing/adding those spheres. Path finding spheres are blue in this pic:


EDIT:
NVM I just googled and found out that I can just add spheres to collision by naming them #pathfinder. Thanks Borris.
Edited by altis94 on Jul 21, 2016 at 01:53 PM

So what are pathfinder bounds used for on scenery?

I always assumed it was the bounding radius that determined pathfinding obstacles. Render bounding radius is fairly obvious.

Altis, would you mind elaborating on what your discoveries are? I have a lot of scenery that I need to work with and AI pathfinding may become an issue.

AI walks around the spheres instead of getting stuck walking into the object.

If you don't add any pathfinding spheres then by default it will use a sphere that is like 50% smaller than the bounding radius. You can type debug_objects 1, debug_objects_pathfinding_spheres 1, and debug_scripting 1 in Sapien and pathfinding spheres will be displayed in blue.

To add them you just add spheres to the collision model and call them all #pathfinder. Those spheres should cover all of your objects that you want AI to be able to walk around.
Edited by altis94 on Jul 22, 2016 at 07:16 AM

Do they have to be sphere shaped? I'll do some testing of my own later. Thanks for this critical find!

It has to be a sphere object. In collision tag the only setting for them are coordinates and radius. They are called spheres for a reason.

Can spheres be square?

Well there's also a pathfinding square block in the collision tag so... yeah? Maybe?

Perhaps we can make out desired shape out of many spheres!

That's the point of having many of them.

Just make simple spheres lol. It only exports their radius and coordinates so there's no difference at all.

Does it matter where the object's center marker is in 3ds?

The sphere's anchor/pivot/center is what will be exported as sphere's location if that's what you're asking.