如果你是一名遊戲開發人員或普通程序員，希望將精力放在打造個人遊戲AI的編程繫統和技術上，無須去創建遊戲引擎的底層接口，那麼楊編寫的《Lua遊戲AI編程入門(影印版)(英文版)》就是為你所寫的。
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Preface
Chapter 1：Gettinq Started with Al Sandbox
Introduction to Al sandbox
Understanding the sandbox
The project Iayout
The Premake build
Compiling the sandbox with VisuaI Studio 2008／201 0／201 2／201 3
Open source Iibraries
Open source tools
Lua IDE—Decoda
Running AI sandbox inside Decoda
Setting up a new Decoda project
Debugging Lua scripts
Decoda Watch window
Decoda Call Stack window
The Decoda VirtuaI Machines window
Simultaneous Lua and C+-I-debugging
VisuaI Studio—Attach to Process
Decoda——Attach to Process
Decoda．．Attach System Debugger
Associating Lua scripts from code with Decoda
The Lua virtuaI machine
The Lua stack
Lua primitives
Metatables
Metamethods
Userdata
C／C++calling Lua functions
Lua calling C／C++functions
Function binding
Creating custom userdata
Looking at the vector data type
The demo framework
Ogre
Object-Oriented Input System
SandboxApplication
Sandbox
Agent
Utility classes
Lua binding
Summary
Chapter 2：Creating and Movinq Aqents
Creating a new sandbox project
Setting up the file structure
Extending the SandboxApplication class
Running your sandbox for the first time
Creating a new Decoda project
Configuring Decoda。S run executable
Creating a sandbox Lua script
Creating a floor
Adding a Iight
Adding a skybox
Adding meshes to the sandbox
Creating sandbox objects
Shooting blocks
Creating an agent Lua script
Creating a visual representation
Updating an agent position
Updating an agent orientation
Agent properties
Orientation
The forward axis
The leftaxis
The up axis
Location
Position
Size
Height
RadiLJS
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