smbot/presets.lua

-- these are all still very experimental,
-- but they should at least give you a head-start.
local presets = {}

local function make_preset(cfg)
    local name = cfg.name
    if name ~= nil then
        cfg.log_fn = cfg.log_fn or 'logs-'..name..'.csv'
        cfg.params_fn = cfg.params_fn or 'params-'..name..'.txt'
    end
    presets[name] = cfg
    return cfg
end

make_preset{
    name = 'snes',

    es = 'snes',

    starting_lives = 1,
    min_time = 300,
    timer_loser = 1.0,

    epoch_trials = 100,
    negate_trials = false,

    deviation = 1.0,
    min_refresh = 0.2,

    param_rate = 0.5,
    sigma_rate = 0.1,
    param_decay = 0.02,
    sigma_decay = 0.01,
}

make_preset{
    name = 'snes2',

    es = 'snes',

    start_big = true,
    min_time = 300,
    timer_loser = 1.0,

    score_multiplier = 0,

    init_zeros = true,

    reduce_tiles = true,
    bias_out = false,

    deterministic = false,

    deviation = 0.5,
    negate_trials = false,
    min_refresh = 0.5,

    epoch_trials = 100,

    param_rate = 1.0,
    sigma_rate = 0.01,
    param_decay = 0.02,
    sigma_decay = 0.01,
}

make_preset{
    name = 'xnes',

    es = 'xnes',

    start_big = true,
    min_time = 300,
    timer_loser = 1.0,

    score_multiplier = 0,

    init_zeros = true,

    reduce_tiles = true,
    bias_out = false,

    deterministic = false,

    deviation = 0.5,
    negate_trials = false,

    epoch_trials = 50,

    param_rate = 1.0,
    sigma_rate = 0.01,
    covar_rate = 0.01,
}

make_preset{
    name = 'xnes2',

    es = 'xnes',

    log_fn = 'logs-xnes4.csv',
    params_fn = 'params-xnes4.txt',

    start_big = true,
    min_time = 300,
    timer_loser = 1.0,

    score_multiplier = 0,

    init_zeros = true,

    reduce_tiles = true,
    bias_out = false,

    deterministic = false,

    deviation = 1.0,
    negate_trials = true, --false,

    epoch_trials = 10, --50,

    param_rate = 0.5,
    sigma_rate = 0.04,
    covar_rate = 0.04,
    param_decay = 0.004,
    sigma_decay = 0.00128,
}

make_preset{
    name = 'xnes3',

    es = 'xnes',

    log_fn = 'logs-xnes5b.csv',
    params_fn = 'params-xnes5b.txt',

    start_big = true,
    timer_loser = 1.0,

    score_multiplier = 0,

    init_zeros = true,

    reduce_tiles = true,
    bias_out = false,

    deterministic = false,

    deviation = 0.1207,
    negate_trials = true,

    epoch_trials = 10,

    param_rate = 0.5,
    sigma_rate = 0.16,
    covar_rate = 0.04,
    param_decay = 0.004, -- this should be ok now that it's mul by sigma.
    sigma_decay = 0.00128, -- this might be okay... but watch out.
}

make_preset{
    name = 'ars',

    es = 'ars',
    epoch_top_trials = 20 * 2,
    ars_lips = false,

    start_big = true,
    min_time = 300,
    timer_loser = 1.0,

    bias_out = false,

    deterministic = false,

    graycode = false,
    deviation = 0.1,
    negate_trials = false,

    epoch_trials = 25 * 2,

    param_rate = 1.0,
    param_decay = 0.0025,
}

make_preset{
    name = 'play',

    playable_mode = true,
}

return presets