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Before installation

  1. modify ./torcs-1.3.6/src/libs/raceengineclient/raceengine.cpp: 683

     sprintf(filename, "/home/users/TORCS/data/%d.tga", img_num);

    by which directory you want to put the images, e.g., if you want to place the images into /home/name/Desktop/balabala, you should modify this into

     sprintf(filename, "/home/name/Desktop/balabala/%d.tga", img_num);

  2. modify ./torcs-1.3.6/src/libs/raceengineclient/racestate.cpp: 113

     data_out.open("/home/users/TORCS/data/data.txt");

    by which directory you want to put the steerangle information, e.g., if you want to place the information into /home/name/Desktop/balabala, you should modify this into

     data_out.open("/home/name/Desktop/balabala/data.txt");

  3. Make sure you uninstall previous installed TORCS and its dependencies by

     sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/games/torcs
 sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/torcs
 sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove torcs
 sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove torcs

Installation

Just ./install.sh , it will need you enter password in the middle. Then the torcs will be compiled in the current directory and installed.

Collect data

  1. type torcs in command line
  2. Race -> quickrace -> Configure Race -> choose a track, click accept -> click the Player in the right column, click (De)Select, click accept -> click accept
  3. Newrace and the race will begin, drive the car use up, down, left, right.
  4. It will automatically begin to collect data. Enter f2 to switch from different view point.
  5. exit with esc
  6. you will find corresponding data in the directory you modified in Before installation section

Data

  • images are stored in .tga format, and named with a number
  • steerangles are stored in file data.txt, each line is composed of imageNumber, steerangle. Steer angle is stored in rad.

Note

  • if you change anything in the source code (./torcs-1.3.6/) and want to make this take effect, you need to reinstall torcs.

  • In case any stuck happens when you click Configure Race while initialization, put the quickrace.xml under TORCS root folder./torcs/config/raceman/