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Since MarI/O is using BizHawk, and we will get questions about it, this thread is meant to be a catch-all thread for issues.
Mothrayas wrote:
Please use pastebin or something similar to link to your scripts instead of pasting whole near-thousand-line scripts. You are making topics practically unreadable otherwise.
FAQ and Common Problems:
Q: Why does the script say, "Loadstate error" constantly?
A1: This is due to how the script asks for the path. Your savestate should be in the same folder as the BizHawk exe file.
A2: The save state from the prepackaged archive is meant for the Performance Core of BSNES not the Compatibility core. A future version of BizHawk will notify you more clearly on this issue. Please make sure your save state is for the right core.
Q: Where can I get the Emulator and other files?
A: http://fceux.com/mario-evolve.zip
Q: How do I run this?
A: http://pastebin.com/NbeiibxT
Q: I get the error message: "LuaInterface.LuaScriptException: [string "main"]:829: A .NET exception occured in user-code" How do I fix this?
A: Use BizHawk 1.10.0
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bizhawk/files/BizHawk/BizHawk-1.10.0.zip/download
Q: My RAM Usage is out of control!
A: This has been corrected in 1.10.0 of BizHawk.
Q: When I try and run the script I get a message about "Value cannot be null" and it mentions BitmapBuffer.
A: This is due to you running BizHawk in GDI+ mode.
Q: How do I get BizHawk into OpenGL Mode?
A: Start BizHawk. Go to Config then Click on Display. Display Configuration should appear. Select the Display Mode Tab. Click on the Circle that says OpenGL and restart BizHawk.
Q: I did try and get BizHawk into OpenGL mode but it reverted back to GDI+. What's wrong?
A: Your video card doesn't support OpenGL 2.0 That means your video card needs newer drivers or you need a better video card. If you are trying to run BizHawk in a Virtual Machine, Some Virtual Machines do not support OpenGL 2.0
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
Since MarI/O is using BizHawk, and we will get questions about it, this thread is meant to be a catch-all thread for issues.
FAQ and Common Problems:
Q: Why does the script say, "Loadstate error" constantly?
A: This is due to how the script asks for the path. Your savestate should be in the same folder as the BizHawk exe file.
New question: I get an error when I try to load a backup.
LuaInterface.LuaScriptException: C:\Users\User\Desktop\neatEvolve\neatevolve.lua:1054: attempt to index local 'file' (a nil value)
(I think this is the best topic to ask this question?)
For reference:
MarI/O is a neural network/genetic algorithm program that completes a Super Mario World level, even when given nothing more than the location of objects within the level and how far Mario is to the right.
Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6UVOQ0F44
ok zeromus. yours works fine. so I just copied over your DPI.state file and it works. So for my own education, how can I figure out why I could not save a DPI.state file? or even get to a condition when I could save a working one? If I remove the DPI.state file from your mario-evolve folder, I reproduce my problem-the script will not start and hitting restart gives an 829 dot net error.
OK, I can start the MarIO script and get a dialog window named Fitness.
When I hit the restart btn, I get an 'unhandled exception' A .Net exception occured in user code'
LuaInterface.LuaScriptException: [string "main"]:829: A .NET exception occured in user-code
The same as before: there's no 'DP1.state' file in the same folder of the script.
By the way, while testing, I saw that if you get an error and then fix the conditions that cause this error, then restarting the emulator isn't enough. So, I had to restart BizHawk.
EDIT: even so, clicking on "restart" is causing problems, but the bot is working.
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skypickle wrote:
OK, I can start the MarIO script and get a dialog window named Fitness.
When I hit the restart btn, I get an 'unhandled exception' A .Net exception occured in user code'
LuaInterface.LuaScriptException: [string "main"]:829: A .NET exception occured in user-code
This will be fixed in Version 1.10.0
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
ok, leaving aside this bug with DPI.state, maybe someone can explain what DPI.state.pool is? Also, as the sim proceeds, I am accumulating multiple files in the root dir that are backup.0.DP1.state.pool, backup.1.DP1.state.pool, backup.3.DP1.state.pool, etc. They gradually increase in size and the time separation between them also increases. I tried renaming one of them to DP1.state to use it as a 'savegame' file to reinitiate the sim from that point-but that did not work. Loading the unaltered filename(backup.3.DP1.state.pool) restores the game but not to the most recent state-just the state the sim was in when the file was written. However if i click save, a new DP1.state gets written (newer time stamp ). Reloading THAT file gets me to the most recent state. What determines when the pool files are written?
Also, when Mario frees Yoshi (by bumping into the cube that holds him) a dialog pops up thanking MArio for freeing him. This causes a delay which the script interprets as a failure and it restarts with the next iteration. The script needs to be tweaked to allow for these delays.
OK, I can start the MarIO script and get a dialog window named Fitness.
When I hit the restart btn, I get an 'unhandled exception' A .Net exception occured in user code'
LuaInterface.LuaScriptException: [string "main"]:829: A .NET exception occured in user-code
This will be fixed in Version 1.10.0
Do you have any suggestions for how I can figure out why MY system is misbehaving? Clearly, some people can run evolve.lua without difficulty and save a DP1.state file. I am running Win 7 Pro 64 bit with .NET 4.5.2
Well, those are questions that only SethBling can answer for now, because no one here has read the whole script carefully (I guess). The Yoshi thing in an imperfection. And some levels require waiting for a platform or a layer, so the bot won't be able to complete them.
file > savestate > save named state > c:\mario-evolve\dpi.state where c:\mario-evolve contains evolve.lua
how much experience do you have with emulators? The .state is a savestate file. You make it the same way you make any savestate, and the evolve script starts from there.
Well, those are questions that only SethBling can answer for now, because no one here has read the whole script carefully (I guess). The Yoshi thing in an imperfection. And some levels require waiting for a platform or a layer, so the bot won't be able to complete them.
If the fitness condition is "distance traveled rightward", then vertical levels would also be an issue.
I have 2 modified versions of MarI/O, One that has a restart/death counter and is saved to the pool data, and one that only shows it and doesn't save it.
Death/Restart data saved to pool file:
http://pastebin.com/1G5mNyN6
Death/Restart not saved only shown:
http://pastebin.com/0N7CicT8
The modification that saves the amount of deaths/restarts will not be able to load the default pool files created by the unmodified version of marI/O, however the modified version that just shows graphically from when the code has started can load the pool data without a problem. How ever if you do get a problem follow the below information.
If there are any problems with the usage of this code please pm me with the stacktrace, and I will be sure to reply with a fix.
MOD EDIT: Pastebinned lengthy code segments. -Mothrayas
haha yeah that would be preferred.
By the way, Donut Plains 4 was cancelled, it almost got to the first checkpoint but it was past a tall pipe which you need to jump on the floating platform that has a guy on it throwing hammers at you.
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I pastebinned all the long code posts.
Please use pastebin or something similar to link to your scripts instead of pasting whole near-thousand-line scripts. You are making topics practically unreadable otherwise.
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@Henke
trying to learn from your code.
1)
TimeoutConstant=20 (line 41)
Is that 20 millisec? It seems the game waits longer than that when Mario is against a wall or just stopped. More like3 sec.
Obviously I am missing something.
2)
What is going on in this loop (line 532 in your code)
for s = 1,#pool.species do
local species = pool.species[s]
for g = 1,#species.genomes do
table.insert(global, species.genomes[g])
end
I do not understand the syntax of using the number sign in a for loop. Why not use getn function? This discussion about the '#' suggests there is more depth to the choice of using this syntax:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2705793/how-to-get-number-of-entries-in-a-lua-table
Do you have any words of wisdom?
3)
I am wondering what you did to the mutate genome function.
see pastebin for relevant code
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=WtZa1Jc3
You both start by randomly picking a hi or lo mutation rate.
The original looks in the array genome.mutationRates and randomly either enables or disables a property. His syntax is curious- he uses a while loop that is designed to only execute once. Why bother with a while loop and a local p variable?
Your syntax is even more confusing. What does this do:
if math.random() <genome> 0
and then why are there a bunch of sequential if statements?
and finally you set p to a negative number though it isnt used?
MarI/O bot partially adapted for the Snes9x rerecording emulator. Test it yourself! http://pastebin.com/YbL3zGd1
Start it slightly before Mario can move in a level.
1)
TimeoutConstant=20 (line 41)
Is that 20 millisec? It seems the game waits longer than that when Mario is against a wall or just stopped. More like3 sec.
Obviously I am missing something.
Seems more like a number of frames, the decrements itself when Mario is not advancing.
