:Kynapse
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|name = Autodesk Kynapse
|title = Autodesk Kynapse
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|author = Kynogon
|developer = Autodesk
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PlayStation 3,
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Wii,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080329154652/http://www.developmag.com/news/28905/Kynapse-adds-Wii-support Kynapse adds Wii support - News - www.developmag.com]
Wii U{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29460 |title=Autodesk Enters License Agreement with Nintendo |date=March 7, 2012 |publisher=Nintendo World Report |author=Barnett, Patrick}}
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|genre = Middleware
|license = Proprietary commercial software
|website = {{URL|http://gameware.autodesk.com/kynapse}}{{dead link|date=March 2022}}
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Kynapse is the artificial intelligence middleware product, developed by Kynogon, which was bought by Autodesk in 2008 and called Autodesk Kynapse. In 2011, it has been re-engineered and rebranded Autodesk Navigation.{{cite web|title=Autodesk Unveils New Gameware Navigation Artificial Intelligence Middleware|url=http://news.autodesk.com/2012-09-18-Autodesk-Unveils-New-Gameware-Navigation-Artificial-Intelligence-Middleware}}
Since the discontinuation of Autodesk Gameware, the product is obsolete.
Features
- A complete 3D pathfinding
- An automatic AI data generation tool
- Optimizations for multicore/multiprocessing/Cell architectures
- Spatial reasoning
- Streaming mechanisms to handle very large terrains
- The management of dynamic and destructible terrains
Usage
Kynapse has been used in the development of more than 80 game titles including Mafia II, Crackdown,[http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7049 Gamasutra – Real Time Worlds Grabs Kynapse AI For Crackdown] Alone in the Dark 5,[https://archive.today/20120716181358/http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3147041 Kynapse Gets Alone In The Dark news from 1UP.com] Fable II, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar[http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=12098 Gamasutra – Turbine Chooses Kynapse For Major MMO Licenses] and the Unreal Engine. Kynapse is also being used by companies such as EADS,{{cite web|url=http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=726| title=EADS NetCOS Utilizes Kynapse To Develop Next Generation Simulation Systems| website=modsim.org| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220174341/http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=726| archive-date=20 December 2010| access-date=25 January 2018}} BAE Systems or Électricité de France to develop military or industrial simulation.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://gameware.autodesk.com/kynapse}}{{dead link|date=March 2022}}
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