Walking along a route looks like a staircase instead of a straight line

A route found on a grid turns at every cell, so characters wobble along it like they are on rails made of steps. Here is how to remove the needless turns without ever cutting through a wall.

Why this works

A route made of grid cells is shaped by the grid, not by the world. Keeping only the turns where the view is truly blocked gives the walk a person would choose: straight wherever they can see ahead.

When not to use it

Skip it when units must move cell by cell, as on a board with turns, or when the route follows roads that really exist. Straight shortcuts there would break the rules.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• 50 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Walking along a route looks like a staircase instead of a straight line" (read_entry straighten-grid-path-string-pulling) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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