Metaxis AI Perception Tools Plugin: Free UE5 Plugin to Enhance NPC Behaviour

The video begins with an introduction at 00:00, then moves into a features overview at 00:45. At 02:54 the presenter shows how to download and extract the plugin, followed by two installation options: installing at the project level at 03:41 and at the engine level at 04:50. The tutorial continues with creating a custom Metaxis AI controller at 05:47, adding an eyes socket to a skeletal mesh and assigning the controller at 06:47, and adding an AI perception component to the controller at 08:25. At 09:15 the narrator explains how to flatten the sight forward axis, and at 10:33 demonstrates converting an existing AI controller to the Metaxis type. The next section at 11:24 covers using the custom controller with a pawn actor class, while at 13:04 the speaker updates sight sense configuration at runtime. At 15:34 the video discusses AI forget actor functions, and at 20:33 it addresses limitations and workarounds for Unreal Engine 5.4 and 5.5. The video concludes with an outro at 25:35.