This time we actually managed to make our simulated characters detect and dodge AoE spells targeted at them. We defined generic shape objects that can be reused by different AoE skills (like a cone, circle, box…) and implemented a simple algorithm that tries to find a point on nearby that is located outside of the AoE shape. And it actually worked out nicely, even surfacing a bug in the Throw Dust skill used by wolves.
But this is still not the final solution, but just a draft, that allowed us to see that this approach is actually working. Next task would be to refactor it and integrate it properly into the system, making the AoE skill handlers actually use the defined shapes instead of the hardcoded search algorithms.
