Core Setup

Reference for the core components and ScriptableObjects that every scene needs. The Getting Started walkthrough covers the fast path; this section is the reference you return to when tuning.

What lives in Core Setup

A working swarm needs four things in the scene:

Topic	What it is
Swarm Manager	The single component that owns the simulation. One per scene.
Targets	The SwarmTarget component on whatever the swarm should chase.
Swarm Settings	The global ScriptableObject controlling capacity, grounding, body blocking, LOD, and dormancy.
Swarm Agent Archetype	One asset per enemy type. Binds prefab, radius, behavior profile, and movement profile.

Plus a per-archetype tuning asset:

• Swarm Movement Profile — speed, acceleration, turn rate, and orientation blend.

And one project-wide configuration screen:

• Project Settings — defaults applied to newly created managers.

What is not in this section

• Spawning — see Spawners. Spawners are how agents get into the scene; they are configured separately so a single Swarm Manager can be driven by several spawners or a director.
• Behaviors — see Behaviors. Steering profiles are attached to the archetype; the behavior pages document each pass in detail.
• Navigation around walls — see Navigation for the optional Surface Flow Field.
• Animation pipeline — see Animation for VAT, Animator, and instanced rendering.

Recommended reading order

1. Swarm Manager — to understand the inspector you'll use most.
2. Swarm Settings — the global parameters every scene shares.
3. Swarm Agent Archetype and Movement Profile — per-enemy-type tuning.
4. Targets — short, but worth a read for multi-target setups.
5. Project Settings — only if you maintain shared defaults across scenes.