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SMACv2 - StarCraft Multi-Agent Challenge

SMACv2 is an update to WhiRL's SMAC environment for research in the field of collaborative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) based on Blizzard's StarCraft II RTS game. SMACv2 makes use of Blizzard's StarCraft II Machine Learning API and DeepMind's PySC2 to provide a convenient interface for autonomous agents to interact with StarCraft II, getting observations and performing actions. Unlike the PySC2, SMACv2 concentrates on decentralised micromanagement scenarios, where each unit of the game is controlled by an individual RL agent.

Quick Start

Installing SMAC

You can install SMAC by using the following command:

pip install git+https://github.com/oxwhirl/smacv2.git

Alternatively, you can clone the SMAC repository and then install smac with its dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/oxwhirl/smacv2.git
pip install -e smac/

NOTE: If you want to extend SMAC, please install the package as follows:

git clone https://github.com/oxwhirl/smacv2.git
cd smac
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pre-commit install

You may also need to upgrade pip: pip install --upgrade pip for the install to work.

Installing StarCraft II

SMAC is based on the full game of StarCraft II (versions >= 3.16.1). To install the game, follow the commands bellow.

Linux

Please use the Blizzard's repository to download the Linux version of StarCraft II. By default, the game is expected to be in ~/StarCraftII/ directory. This can be changed by setting the environment variable SC2PATH.

MacOS/Windows

Please install StarCraft II from Battle.net. The free Starter Edition also works. PySC2 will find the latest binary should you use the default install location. Otherwise, similar to the Linux version, you would need to set the SC2PATH environment variable with the correct location of the game.

SMAC maps

SMAC is composed of combat scenarios with pre-configured maps. Before SMAC can be used, these maps need to be downloaded into the Maps directory of StarCraft II.

You can find the maps in the smac/env/starcraft2/maps/SMAC_Maps directory. Copy this to your $SC2PATH/Maps directory.

List the maps

To see the list of SMAC maps, together with the number of ally and enemy units and episode limit, run:

python -m smac.bin.map_list 

Creating new maps

Users can extend SMAC by adding new maps/scenarios. To this end, one needs to:

• Design a new map/scenario using StarCraft II Editor:
  • Please take a close look at the existing maps to understand the basics that we use (e.g. Triggers, Units, etc),
  • We make use of special RL units which never automatically start attacking the enemy. Here is the step-by-step guide on how to create new RL units based on existing SC2 units,
• Add the map information in smac_maps.py,
• The newly designed RL units have new ids which need to be handled in starcraft2.py.

Testing SMAC

Please run the following command to make sure that smac and its maps are properly installed.

python -m smac.examples.random_agents

Saving and Watching StarCraft II Replays

Saving a replay

If you’ve using our PyMARL framework for multi-agent RL, here’s what needs to be done:

1. Saving models: We run experiments on Linux servers with save_model = True (also save_model_interval is relevant) setting so that we have training checkpoints (parameters of neural networks) saved (click here for more details).
2. Loading models: Learnt models can be loaded using the checkpoint_path parameter. If you run PyMARL on MacOS (or Windows) while also setting save_replay=True, this will save a .SC2Replay file for test_nepisode episodes on the test mode (no exploration) in the Replay directory of StarCraft II. (click here for more details).

If you want to save replays without using PyMARL, simply call the save_replay() function of SMAC's StarCraft2Env in your training/testing code. This will save a replay of all epsidoes since the launch of the StarCraft II client.

The easiest way to save and later watch a replay on Linux is to use Wine.

Watching a replay

You can watch the saved replay directly within the StarCraft II client on MacOS/Windows by clicking on the corresponding Replay file.

You can also watch saved replays by running:

python -m pysc2.bin.play --norender --replay <path-to-replay>

This works for any replay as long as the map can be found by the game.

For more information, please refer to PySC2 documentation.

Code Examples

Below is a small code example which illustrates how SMACv2 can be used. Here, individual agents execute random policies after receiving the observations and global state from the environment.

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function
from os import replace

from smac.env import StarCraft2Env
import numpy as np
from absl import logging
import time

from smac.env.starcraft2.wrapper import StarCraftCapabilityEnvWrapper

logging.set_verbosity(logging.DEBUG)


def main():

    distribution_config = {
        "n_units": 5,
        "team_gen": {
            "dist_type": "weighted_teams",
            "unit_types": ["marine", "marauder", "medivac"],
            "exception_unit_types": ["medivac"],
            "weights": [0.45, 0.45, 0.1],
            "observe": True,
        },
        "start_positions": {
            "dist_type": "surrounded_and_reflect",
            "p": 0.5,
            "n_enemies": 5,
            "map_x": 32,
            "map_y": 32,
        },
    }
    env = StarCraftCapabilityEnvWrapper(
        capability_config=distribution_config,
        map_name="10gen_terran",
        debug=True,
        conic_fov=True,
        obs_own_pos=True,
    )

    env_info = env.get_env_info()

    n_actions = env_info["n_actions"]
    n_agents = env_info["n_agents"]

    n_episodes = 10

    print("Training episodes")
    for e in range(n_episodes):
        env.reset()
        terminated = False
        episode_reward = 0

        while not terminated:
            obs = env.get_obs()
            state = env.get_state()
            # env.render()  # Uncomment for rendering

            actions = []
            for agent_id in range(n_agents):
                avail_actions = env.get_avail_agent_actions(agent_id)
                avail_actions_ind = np.nonzero(avail_actions)[0]
                action = np.random.choice(avail_actions_ind)
                actions.append(action)

            reward, terminated, _ = env.step(actions)
            time.sleep(0.15)
            episode_reward += reward
        print("Total reward in episode {} = {}".format(e, episode_reward))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()