From 94e529e80129fed4da50e397e7cd788f98b9549d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chandler Cox <mr.chandlercox@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 16:27:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add way to get blackboard by type.

---
 Source/Engine/AI/Behavior.h          |  9 +++++++++
 Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorKnowledge.h | 13 +++++++++++++
 Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorTree.cs     | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Source/Engine/AI/Behavior.h b/Source/Engine/AI/Behavior.h
index b1c39ffc6..cdad7331b 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/AI/Behavior.h
+++ b/Source/Engine/AI/Behavior.h
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ public:
     {
         return &_knowledge;
     }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the blackboard of a given type.
+    /// </summary>
+    template<typename T>
+    FORCE_INLINE T* GetBlackboard()
+    {
+        return _knowledge.GetBlackboard<T>();
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the last behavior tree execution result.
diff --git a/Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorKnowledge.h b/Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorKnowledge.h
index cd5aeab80..80f04b6e9 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorKnowledge.h
+++ b/Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorKnowledge.h
@@ -124,6 +124,19 @@ public:
         RemoveGoal(T::TypeInitializer);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the blackboard of a given type.
+    /// </summary>
+    template<typename T>
+    FORCE_INLINE T* GetBlackboard()
+    {
+        auto* structure = Blackboard.AsStructure<T>();
+        if (structure)
+            return structure;
+
+        return Blackboard.AsObject(T::TypeInitializer);
+    }
+
 public:
     /// <summary>
     /// Compares two values and returns the comparision result.
diff --git a/Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorTree.cs b/Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorTree.cs
index b7925aee0..aebc07343 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorTree.cs
+++ b/Source/Engine/AI/BehaviorTree.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ using FlaxEngine.GUI;
 
 namespace FlaxEngine
 {
+    partial class Behavior
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the blackboard of the given type.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T"> The blackboard type.</typeparam>
+        public T GetBlackboard<T>()
+        {
+            return Knowledge.GetBlackboard<T>();
+        }
+    }
+
     partial class BehaviorKnowledge
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -33,6 +45,16 @@ namespace FlaxEngine
         {
             RemoveGoal(typeof(T));
         }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the blackboard of the given type.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T"> The blackboard type.</typeparam>
+        [Unmanaged]
+        public T GetBlackboard<T>()
+        {
+            return (T)Blackboard;
+        }
     }
 
     partial class BehaviorTreeRootNode