Recast & Detour
Industry-standard navigation-mesh generation and pathfinding toolset for games, powering AI navigation in Unity, Unreal, and Godot.
What is Recast & Detour?
Recast Navigation is an open-source C++ library for generating navigation meshes (navmeshes) and implementing pathfinding in video games. It automates the process of converting level geometry into walkable surfaces that AI agents can use for navigation, solving the problem of creating efficient and dynamic AI movement in complex environments.
Game developers, engine programmers, and AI engineers working on 3D games who need robust, performant navigation and pathfinding solutions, especially those using or integrating with engines like Unity, Unreal, or Godot.
Developers choose Recast Navigation because it's an industry-standard, battle-tested toolset that offers high performance, modular flexibility, and dependency-free integration, having been proven in countless commercial games and major game engines.
Overview
Industry-standard navigation-mesh toolset for games
Use Cases
Best For
- Generating navmeshes from complex 3D level geometry
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