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Path finding AI utility library 1.0
Copyright (C) 2006 Henize Software
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  You may use this or any portions of the source code in anything you desire. You may not sell this package.
  
  This package is a .NET .dll library for path finding AI. Version 1.0.0.0 currently contains one type called 
SimplePathFinder. Its is an implimintation of the A* path finding algorithm. It is extremely easy to use and I hope
you find a good use for it.

  Future versions will have more optimizations to speed up the search for the path. SimplePathFinder will also contain
extra API to allow more flexabilty in your path finding adventures. The PathFinder.dll may hold more types for different
path finding algorithms in later releases. I hope to make this a very usefull library in the future.

  PathFinder.dll requires a C# 2.0 compiler to compile or use any of its types. Visual Studio 2005 or 
Visual C# 2005 Express Edition is required to open the project files.

  SimplePathFinder finds the *almost* optimal path. I say almost becuase diagonals are not weighed heavier than straits.
Accomplishing that correclty would cost extra calculation time and add complexity. It will not make unnessecary diagonal
moves even though diagonals are not weighed heavier because I have implimented an alternative the the calculations which
works quite well. Still it is not perfect but is darn close and it should be fine for most applications. 

  To use the SimplePathFinder type add a reference to the .dll in your compiler. Then add using HenizeSoftware.PathFinding.
The rest is simple. Intellesence will guide you the rest of the way. If you dont have intellesence just glance at the
code and it should be self explanitory as SimplePathFinder is pretty simple.

  I have not throughly commented the code yet. I will do so in the next release which will be soon.