AI Patrol Path Node

AI Patrol Path Node
Allows AIs to follow a path connected with multiple nodes when the AIs are not in combat. Currently only Guard AIs are supported.
EnemyAI
Data Layers	Not Supported

The AI Patrol Path Node is a Device in Fortnite: Creative, added in Update v22.20.

• Settings
• Functions and Events
• Verse API

All Settings

All default values have been Bolded.

All Options

Option	Value	Description
Patrol Path Group	1, Group 1 - Group 100	Sets the Patrol Path Group that this device belongs to.
Patrol Path Order	No Order (0), 1 - 127	Used to order the Patrol Path in its Patrol Path Group, No Order will put the Patrol Path at the end. If multi Patrol Paths have the same order, they will be randomly ordered between themselves.
Enabled At Start	Enabled, Disabled	Whether the device will be enabled on game start or not.
Next Patrol Path Group	Group 1, Group 1 - Group 100	Sets the Patrol Path Group for the AI instigator to go to when Go To Next Patrol Group is received.
Patrolling Mode	Back And Forth, Looping, Stop At End	Determines how the AIs should patrol the associated Patrol Path. Back and Forth, AI will keep moving along the path from the start node to the end node and then go back reversely. Looping, AI will keep moving from the node to the end node and then go back directing to the start node. Stop at End, AI will stop at the end node.
Show Path In Play Mode (Debug)	Yes, No	Whether to display the Patrol Path in Play Mode or not. (This only works for playing your own island in Creative, it won't show in published islands.)
Show Path In Edit Mode	Yes, No	Whether to display the Patrol Path in Edit Mode or not.

Functions and Events

Functions

Option	Description
Enable When Receiving From	Enables the device.
Disable When Receiving From	Disables the device.
Go To Next Patrol Group When Receiving From	Will send the AI instigator to the Next Patrol Group. This option works with When Patrol Path Node Reached or When Next Patrol Path Node Unreachable.
Go To Next Patrol Path When Receiving From	Will send the AI instigator to the Next Patrol Path in the Patrol Group. This option works with When Patrol Path Node Reached or When Next Patrol Path Node is Unreachable.

Events

Option	Description
On Patrol Path Started Send Event To	When the AI starts using the Patrol Path.
On Patrol Path Stopped Send Event To	When the AI stops using the Patrol Path.
On Node Reached Send Event To	When the AI reaches the current the Patrol Path Node.
On Next Node Unreachable Send Event To	When next Patrol Path Node is unreachable.

This device can be found in Content Browser in the following path: /All/Fortnite/Devices/AI

ai_patrol_path_device class

using { /Fortnite.com/Devices }

Inheritance Hierarchy

Option	Description
creative_object	Base class for creative devices and props.
creative_device_base	Base class for creative_device.

Data

Option	Type
NodeReachedEvent	listenable(agent)
NextNodeUnreachableEvent	listenable(agent)
PatrolPathStartedEvent	listenable(agent)
PatrolPathStoppedEvent	listenable(agent)

Functions

Option	Parameters	Description
Enable:void		Enables this device.
Disable:void		Disables this device.
GoToNextPatrolGroup:void	Patroller:agent	Commands patroller to follow the Next Patrol Path Group instead of the default Patrol Path Group.
Assign:void	Patroller:agent	Assign an AI to this patrol path.