Alter RAM while playing

alter_ram_while_playing

alter_ram_while_playing.py is a script that allows you to play the game. It takes as argument (-g) the game that you want to play (e.g. Pong), as well as a potential list of RAM values (-t) that you want to be printed at each step.

Altering the RAM

You can pause the Game using tab. Once in pause mode, you can alter a RAM value using enter. You will be asked with the position of the RAM that you want to modify, as well as the new value that you want to input. (You have to presse enter again to see if your alteration has modified e.g. an object color or position.)

Saving a snapshot

In Pause mode, you can also press s to save a snapshot of the game of the emulator state (using pickle, c.f. clone_state). This allows you to save a state of parts of the games that agents usually don’t access.

Check the snapshots folder for some snapshots that we already used.