#ViZDoom http://vizdoom.cs.put.edu.pl

ViZDoom allows developing AI bots that play Doom using only the visual information (the screen buffer). It is primarily intended for research in machine visual learning, and deep reinforcement learning, in particular.

ViZDoom is based on ZDoom to provide the game mechanics.

Features

• API for C++, Python and Java,
• Easy-to-create custom scenarios (examples available),
• Single-player (sync and async) and multi-player (async) modes,
• Fast (up to 7000 fps in sync mode, single threaded),
• Customizable resolution and rendering parameters,
• Access to the depth buffer (3D vision)
• Off-screen rendering,
• Lightweight (few MBs),
• Multi-platform

ViZDoom API is reinforcement learning friendly (suitable also for learning from demonstration, apprenticeship learning or apprenticeship via inverse reinforcement learning, etc.).

Planned Features in 1.1.0 (end of June)

• Lua bindings,
• Multi-player working in sync mode,
• Labeling game objects visible in the frame,
• Time scaling in async mode,
• Episodes recording.

Cite as

Michał Kempka, Marek Wydmuch, Grzegorz Runc, Jakub Toczek & Wojciech Jaśkowski, ViZDoom: A Doom-based AI Research Platform for Visual Reinforcement Learning, 2016 (arXiv:1605.02097)

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Building

###Linux

####Dependencies

• CMake 3.0+
• Make
• GCC 4.6+
• Boost libraries (tested on 1.54, 1.58, 1.59, 1.61)
• Python 2.7+ or Python 3+ with Numpy and Boost.Python for Python binding (optional)
• JDK for Java binding (JAVA_HOME must be set) (optional)

Additionally, ZDoom dependencies are needed.

####Compiling In ViZDoom's root directory:

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_PYTHON=ON -DBUILD_JAVA=ON
make

-DBUILD_PYTHON=ON and -DBUILD_JAVA=ON CMake options for Python and Java bindings are optional (default OFF). To force building bindings for Python3 instead of first version found use -DBUILD_PYTHON3=ON (needs Boost.Python builded with Python 3, default OFF).

###Windows

We are providing compiled runtime binaries and development libraries for Windows: 1.0.4 or 1.1.0pre.

####Dependencies

• CMake 3.0+
• Visual Studio 2012+
• Boost libraries
• Python 2.7+ or Python 3.4+ with Numpy and Boost.Python for Python binding (optional)
• JDK for Java binding (JAVA_HOME must be set) (optional)

Additionally, ZDoom dependencies are needed.

####Compiling Run CMake GUI, select ViZDoom's root directory and set paths to:

• BOOST_ROOT
• BOOST_INCLUDEDIR
• BOOST_LIBRARYDIR
• PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR (optional)
• PYTHON_LIBRARY (optional)
• NUMPY_INCLUDES (optional)
• ZDoom dependencies paths

In configuration select BUILD_PYTHON, BUILD_PYTHON3 and BUILD_JAVA options for Python and Java bindings (optional, default OFF).

Use generated Visual Studio solution to build all ViZDoom's parts.

###OSX Untested, code is compatible, CMake still may need minor adjustments. Let us know if You are using ViZDoom on OSX.

####Dependencies

• CMake 3.0+
• XCode 5+
• Boost libraries
• Python 2.7+ or Python 3+ with Numpy and Boost.Python for Python binding (optional)
• JDK for Java binding (JAVA_HOME must be set) (optional)

Additionally, ZDoom dependencies are needed.

####Compiling Run CMake and use generated project.

Users with brew-installed Python may need to manually set: -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.x.x/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 and -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.x.x/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/libpython2.7.dylib

####Configuration Craeting symlink to the app executable may be need: rm bin/vizdoom && ln -s vizdoom.app/Contents/MacOS/vizdoom bin/vizdoom

###Compilation output Compilation output will be placed in vizdoom_root_dir/bin and it should contain following files (Windows names are in brackets):

• bin/vizdoom (vizdoom.exe) - ViZDoom executable
• bin/vizdoom.pk3 - resources file used by ViZDoom (needed by ViZDoom executable)
• bin/libvizdoom.a (vizdoom.lib) - C++ ViZDoom static library
• bin/libvizdoom.so (vizdoom.dll) - C++ ViZDoom dynamically linked library
• bin/python/vizdoom.so (vizdoom.pyd) - ViZDoom Python module
• bin/python3/vizdoom.so (vizdoom.pyd) - ViZDoom Python3 module
• bin/java/libvizdoom.so (vizdoom.dll) - ViZDoom library for Java
• bin/java/vizdoom.jar - Contains ViZDoom Java classes

Docker

• Dockerfile
• Docker image

Note: third-party maintained

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##Examples

Before running the provided examples, make sure that freedoom2.wad is placed it in the scenarios subdirectory (on Linux it should be done automatically by the building process).

• Python
• C++
• Java

See also the tutorial.

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##License

Code original to ViZDoom is under MIT license. ZDoom uses code from several sources which varied licensing schemes, more informations here.