I want to play with the pathfinding..

[Pithikos]

I lately got very annoyed with the pathfinding. It was pretty much the sole reason of losing in some battles.

As I have a good background in ANSI C and programming in general I was thinking to play a bit with it in case I am able to fix some issues I found. I haven't ever touched the engine before so I could make use of some brief guidelines.

I also have a few questions:

1. Do I need to know C++ to mingle with the pathfinding?
2. Where excactly is the source for the pathfinding?
3. How would I go about testing changes in a fast manner? Gcc commands for just recompiling the pathfinding?

[Beherith]

1. There isnt an excessive amount of C++ in that, C should be fine provided you are familiar with OO concepts.
2. You can start from spring\rts\Sim\Path\Default\PathManager.cpp
3. CMake supports this, if you only change a few files, then you can recompile in 1-3 minutes.

[Silentwings]

You will likely want to read http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=30880.