Using Other Provided Environments

[sarah-seitanakis]

Hello, I am trying to use the other pre-made environments (like the ones shown in the AirSim demo videos). I found what I think is the right place to download the zips: https://github.com/microsoft/AirSim/releases/tag/v1.4.0-windows.

However, I am a bit confused because the files from unzipping are not set up like the example 'Blocks' environment from the repo. Maybe I have missed something.

The documentation for using an environment is written for 'Blocks' (it was very helpful for 'Blocks' and I was able to get that working just fine) but I cannot find the equivalent files in the folder that was unzipped from the released environments.

It would be great if I could get a little bit of help using the other environments! Thank you :)

[ahmed-elsaharti]

Hi @sarah-seitanakis , the environments provided in the releases section you're referring to are pre-compiled binaries (ie: final executable files) which is why they don't contain the .sln and .uproject files like the blocks environment in /Unreal/Environments/Blocks. In other words, you can't open them as an UnrealEngine project to modify them.

[sarah-seitanakis]

Thank you so much for your response, @ahmed-elsaharti. Are the any instructions for how to run a simulation with the pre-compiled binaries?

[ahmed-elsaharti]

@sarah-seitanakis , Sorry for replying late, Here's the docs page outlining how to run the binaries. In general, you would just need to run the .exe executable (for the Windows binaries) under WindowsNoEditor after unzipping the zip file you downloaded:

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[sarah-seitanakis]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate all of your help, @ahmed-elsaharti.