SupaLidlGame/Tests/ContextBasedSteering.cs

using Godot;
using SupaLidlGame.Extensions;
using System;

namespace SupaLidlGame.Prototyping;

public partial class ContextBasedSteering : Node2D
{
    public float PreferredDistance { get; set; } = 256.0f;
    Vector2 _direction;

    // Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
    public override void _Ready()
    {
        GD.Print("Started ContextBasedSteering test");
    }

    // Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
    public override void _Process(double delta)
    {
        _direction = GetDirection();
        QueueRedraw();
    }

    public Vector2 GetDirection()
    {
        float directWeight;
        float strafeWeight;

        Vector2 towards = GetGlobalMousePosition() - GlobalPosition;
        float dist = towards.Length();

        Vector2 directDir = towards.Normalized();
        Vector2 strafeDir = directDir.Clockwise90();

        // weights approach 1
        // dy/dx = 1 - y
        // y = 1 - e^(-x)

        directWeight = 1 - Mathf.Pow(Mathf.E, -(dist / PreferredDistance));
        strafeWeight = 1 - directWeight;

        /*
        Vector2 midpoint = (strafeDir * strafeWeight)
            .Midpoint(directDir * directWeight);
        */
        Vector2 midpoint = (directDir * directWeight)
            .Midpoint(strafeDir * strafeWeight);

        return midpoint.Normalized();
    }

    public override void _Draw()
    {
        DrawLine(Vector2.Zero, _direction * 256, Colors.Green);
    }
}