ale-sys 0.1.2

Rust bindings to the Arcade Learning Environment
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/* *****************************************************************************
 * The method lives() is based on Xitari's code, from Google Inc.
 *
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 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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 * *****************************************************************************
 * A.L.E (Arcade Learning Environment)
 * Copyright (c) 2009-2013 by Yavar Naddaf, Joel Veness, Marc G. Bellemare and
 *   the Reinforcement Learning and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
 * Released under the GNU General Public License; see License.txt for details.
 *
 * Based on: Stella  --  "An Atari 2600 VCS Emulator"
 * Copyright (c) 1995-2007 by Bradford W. Mott and the Stella team
 *
 * *****************************************************************************
 */

#include "Atlantis.hpp"

#include "../RomUtils.hpp"

namespace ale {

AtlantisSettings::AtlantisSettings() { reset(); }

/* create a new instance of the rom */
RomSettings* AtlantisSettings::clone() const {
  RomSettings* rval = new AtlantisSettings();
  *rval = *this;
  return rval;
}

/* process the latest information from ALE */
void AtlantisSettings::step(const System& system) {
  // update the reward. Score in Atlantis is a bit funky: when you "roll" the score, it increments
  // the *lowest* digit. E.g., 999900 -> 000001.
  reward_t score = getDecimalScore(0xA2, 0xA3, 0xA1, &system);
  score *= 100;
  m_reward = score - m_score;
  reward_t old_score = m_score;
  m_score = score;

  // update terminal status
  m_lives = readRam(&system, 0xF1);
  m_terminal = (m_lives == 0xFF);

  //when the game terminates, some garbage gets written on a1, screwing up the score computation
  //since it is not possible to score on the very last frame, we can safely set the reward to 0.
  if (m_terminal) {
    m_reward = 0;
    m_score = old_score;
  }

  // MGB: Also d4-da contain the 'building' status; 05 indicates a destroyed
  //      building, 00 a live building
}

/* is end of game */
bool AtlantisSettings::isTerminal() const { return m_terminal; };

/* get the most recently observed reward */
reward_t AtlantisSettings::getReward() const { return m_reward; }

/* is an action part of the minimal set? */
bool AtlantisSettings::isMinimal(const Action& a) const {
  switch (a) {
    case PLAYER_A_NOOP:
    case PLAYER_A_FIRE:
    case PLAYER_A_RIGHTFIRE:
    case PLAYER_A_LEFTFIRE:
      return true;
    default:
      return false;
  }
}

/* reset the state of the game */
void AtlantisSettings::reset() {
  m_reward = 0;
  m_score = 0;
  m_terminal = false;
  m_lives = 6;
}

/* saves the state of the rom settings */
void AtlantisSettings::saveState(Serializer& ser) {
  ser.putInt(m_reward);
  ser.putInt(m_score);
  ser.putBool(m_terminal);
  ser.putInt(m_lives);
}

// loads the state of the rom settings
void AtlantisSettings::loadState(Deserializer& ser) {
  m_reward = ser.getInt();
  m_score = ser.getInt();
  m_terminal = ser.getBool();
  m_lives = ser.getInt();
}

// returns a list of mode that the game can be played in
ModeVect AtlantisSettings::getAvailableModes() {
  ModeVect modes(getNumModes());
  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < modes.size(); i++) {
    modes[i] = i;
  }
  return modes;
}

// set the mode of the game
// the given mode must be one returned by the previous function
void AtlantisSettings::setMode(
    game_mode_t m, System& system,
    std::unique_ptr<StellaEnvironmentWrapper> environment) {
  if (m < getNumModes()) {
    // read the mode we are currently in
    unsigned char mode = readRam(&system, 0x8D);
    // press select until the correct mode is reached
    while (mode != m) {
      environment->pressSelect(2);
      mode = readRam(&system, 0x8D);
    }
    //reset the environment to apply changes.
    environment->softReset();
  } else {
    throw std::runtime_error("This mode doesn't currently exist for this game");
  }
}

}  // namespace ale