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## Latest
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2019-04-15 18:53:10 +08:00
* Recorder fixes:
- Actors at start of playback could interpolate positions from its current position instead than the recorded position, making some fast sliding effect during 1 frame.
- Camera following in playback was not working if a new map was needed to load.
- API function 'show_recorder_file_info' was showing the wrong parent id.
2019-04-11 17:38:19 +08:00
* New recorder features:
- Added optional parameter to show more details about a recorder file (related to `show_recorder_file_info.py` )
- Added playback speed (slow/fast motion) for the replayer
- We can use an absolute path for the recorded files (to choose where to 'write to' or 'read from')
2019-04-16 19:15:36 +08:00
* Fixed Lidar effectiveness bug in manual_control.py
* Added C++ client example using LibCarla
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## CARLA 0.9.5
2019-04-02 00:43:16 +08:00
* New Town07, rural environment with narrow roads
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* Reworked OpenDRIVE parser and waypoints API
- Fixed several situations in which the XODR was incorrectly parsed
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- Exposed more information: lane marking, lane type, lane section id, s
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- API change: waypoint's `lane_type` is now an enum, `carla.LaneType`
- API change: `carla.LaneMarking` is not an enum anymore, extended with color, type, lane change, and width
- API extension: `map.get_waypoint` accepts an extra optional flag argument `lane_type` for filtering lane types
- API extension: `carla.Map` can be constructed off-line out of XODR files, `carla.Map(town_name, xodr_content)`
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- API extension: `id` property to waypoints, uniquely identifying waypoints up to half centimetre precision
* API change: Renamed "lane_invasion" to "lane_detector", added too its server-side sensor to be visible to other clients
* API extension: new carla.command.SpawnActor to spawn actors in batch
* API extension: `map.transform_to_geolocation` to transform Location to GNSS GeoLocation
* API extension: added timestamp (elapsed simulation seconds) to SensorData
* API extension: method `client.apply_batch_sync` that sends commands in batch and waits for server response
* API extension: optional argument "actor_ids" to world.get_actors to request only the actors with the ids provided
* Migrated Content to AWS
* Updated `spawn_npc.py` to spawn vehicles in batch
* Added --rolename to "manual_control.py"
* Added options to "no_rendering_mode.py" to draw extra road information
* Added "scene_layout.py" to retrieve the whole information in the scene as Python dict
* Basic agent integrated with global router
* Allow usage of hostname for carla::Client and resolve them to IP addresses
2019-03-27 23:35:06 +08:00
* Added new pack of assets
- Windmill, different farm houses, silo
- Plants corn, dandelion, poppy, and grass
- Yield traffic sign
* Added modular buildings New York style
* Added marking lanes in Town03
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* Added command-line arguments to simulator to disable rendering and set the server timeout
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* Improved performance in Town01 and Town02
* Changed yellow marking lane from Town01 and Town02 to dashed yellow marking lane
2019-04-02 22:03:09 +08:00
* Improved lane cross detection to use the new Waypoint API
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* Enhanced stop triggers options
2019-03-27 23:35:06 +08:00
* Fixed semantic segmentation tags in Town04, Town05, Town06
* Fixed tree collision in Town01
2019-04-02 00:43:16 +08:00
* Fixed VehicleSpawnPoint out of the road in Town01
2019-03-27 23:35:06 +08:00
* Fixed geo-reference of Town01 and Town07
* Fixed floating pillars in Town04
* Fixed floating building in Town03
2019-04-02 21:52:13 +08:00
* Fixed vehicles missing the route if autopilot enabled too late
2019-04-02 23:23:36 +08:00
* Fixed division by zero in is_within_distance_ahead()
2019-04-02 00:43:16 +08:00
* Fixed local planner to avoid premature route pruning at path overlaps
* Fixed global router behavior to be consistent with new Waypoint API
* Fixed clean up of local_planner when used by other modules
* Fixed python client DLL error on Windows
* Fixed wrong type returned by `ActorList.Filter(...)`
* Fixed wheel's tire friction affecting all vehicles from physics control parameters
* Fixed obstacle detector not working
* Fixed small float bug in misc.py
2019-03-01 22:06:25 +08:00
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## CARLA 0.9.4
2019-03-02 01:52:57 +08:00
* Added recording and playback functionality
* Added synchronous mode, simulator waits until a client sends a "tick" cue, `client.tick()`
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* Allow changing map from client-side, added `client.load_world(name)` , `client.reload_world()` , and `client.get_available_maps()`
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* Added scripts and tools to import maps directly from .fbx and .xodr files into the simulator
* Exposed minimum physics control parameters for vehicles' engine and wheels
* Allow controlling multiple actors in "batch mode"
* New Town06, featuring a "Michigan left" intersection including:
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- Connection ramp between two highways
- Incorporation to a highway requiring changing several lanes to take another exit
- Junctions supporting different scenarios
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* New traffic signs assets: one-way, no-turn, more speed limits, do not enter, arrow floors, Michigan left, and lane end
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* New pedestrian texture to add more variations
* New road PBR material
2019-03-02 01:52:57 +08:00
* Extended the waypoint API with `lane_change` , `lane_type` , `get_right_lane()` and `get_left_lane()`
* Added world settings for changing no-rendering mode and synchronous mode at run-time
* Added methods to acquire a traffic light's pole index and all traffic lights in it's group
* Added performance benchmark script to measure the simulator's rendering performance
* Added `manual_control_steeringwheel.py` to control agents using Logitech G29 steering wheels (and maybe others)
* Added movable props present in the map (e.g. chairs and tables) as actors so they can be controlled from Python
* Added recording and playback bindings to `manual_control.py` script
* Removed `world.map_name` from API, use `world.get_map().name` instead
* Refactored `no_rendering_mode.py` to improve performance and interface
* Several improvements to the build system for Windows
* Expose traffic sign's trigger volumes on Python API
* Improved export/import map tools
* Simplify Dockerfile halving Carla Docker image size
* Episodes have now a random unique id to avoid collisions between runs
* Reduced overhead of many RPC calls by sending only actor IDs (instead of serializing all the actor attributes every time)
* Added priority system for vehicle control input (internal, not exposed in API)
* Removed "Example.CarlaSettings.ini", you can still use it, but it's no longer necessary
* Improved time-out related error messages
2019-02-27 03:58:03 +08:00
* Fixed Town01 placed 38 meters above the zero
2019-03-02 01:52:57 +08:00
* Fixed parsing of OpenDrive geo-reference exported by RoadRunner
* Fixed issue of retrieving an empty list when calling `world.get_actors()` right after creating the world
* Fixed a few synchronization issues related to changing the world at runtime
* Fixed traffic light when it gets illuminated by the hero vehicle in `no_rendering_mode.py`
* Fixed `manual_control.py` and `no_rendering_mode.py` to prevent crashes when used in "no rendering mode"
* Fixed traffic signs having the trigger box rotated
2019-02-27 03:58:03 +08:00
* Fixed female walk animation
* Fixed BP_MultipleFloor, tweaked offset in BaseFloor to adjust meshes between them
2019-03-02 01:52:57 +08:00
* Fixed static objects present in the map were marked as "movable"
2019-02-12 19:10:27 +08:00
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## CARLA 0.9.3
2019-01-10 23:23:57 +08:00
2019-01-22 22:15:08 +08:00
* Upgraded to Unreal Engine 4.21
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* Upgraded Boost to 1.69.0
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* New Town04 (biggest so far), includes a freeway, new bridge and road barrier, a nicer landscape based on height-map, and new street props
* New Town05, adding more variety of intersections for the scenario runner
* Redesigned pedestrian models and animations (walk and idle) for male and female characters
* Added sensor for detecting obstacles (ray-cast based)
* Added sensor GNSS (GPS)
* Basic agent integrated with global router
* Added a few methods to manage an actor:
- set_velocity: for setting the linear velocity
- set_angular_velocity: for setting the angular velocity
- get_angular_velocity: for getting the angular velocity
- add_impulse: for applying an impulse (in world axis)
* Renamed vehicle.get_vehicle_control() to vehicle.get_control() to be consistent with walkers
* Added new mesh for traffic lights
* Added new pine tree assets, with their LODs finely tuned for performance
2019-01-11 22:23:58 +08:00
* Added point transformation functionality for LibCarla and PythonAPI
2019-01-10 22:12:43 +08:00
* Added "sensor_tick" attribute to sensors (cameras and lidars) to specify the capture rate in seconds
2019-01-24 21:24:09 +08:00
* Added Export/Import map tools
2019-01-17 18:27:57 +08:00
* Added "get_forward_vector()" to rotation and transform, retrieves the unit vector on the rotation's X-axis
2019-01-11 22:23:58 +08:00
* Added support for Deepin in PythonAPI's setup.py
2019-01-16 22:01:49 +08:00
* Added support for spawning and controlling walkers (pedestrians)
2019-01-31 21:28:16 +08:00
* Updated BasicAgent to allow setting target_speed and handle US-style traffic lights properly
* OpenDriveActor has been rewritten using the Waypoint API, this has fixed some bugs
2019-01-26 00:48:10 +08:00
* Remove crash reporter from packaged build
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* Improved simulator fatal error handling, now uses UE4 fatal error system
* LibCarla server pipeline now compiles with exceptions disabled for better performance and compatibility with UE4
2019-01-29 02:24:08 +08:00
* Fixed TCP accept error, too many open files while creating and destroying a lot of sensors
* Fixed lost error messages in client-side, now when a request fails it reports the reason
2019-01-31 21:28:16 +08:00
* Fixed global route planner to handle round about turns and made the code consistent with local planner
* Fixed local planner to avoid premature route pruning at path overlaps
* Fixed autopilot direction not properly initialized that interfered with the initial raycast direction
2019-01-29 02:24:08 +08:00
* Fixed crash when an actor was destroyed but not de-registered, e.g. falling out of world bounds
2019-01-10 23:23:57 +08:00
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## CARLA 0.9.2
2018-12-22 06:06:54 +08:00
* Updated ROS bridge for CARLA 0.9.X (moved to its own repository)
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* Added Python API "agents" extension, includes
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- Global route planner based on the Waypoints API (compatible with OpenDrive)
- BasicAgent: new client agent that can drive to a given coordinate of the map using the waypoint API and PID controllers, attending to other vehicles and traffic lights
- RoamingAgent: new client agent that can drive at different speeds following waypoints based on PID controllers, attending to other vehicles and traffic lights
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- LocalPlanner functionality to navigate waypoints using PID controllers
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- LateralControl and LongitudinalControl PIDs
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* Added support for manual gear shifting
* Added "role_name" attribute to actors to easily identify the "hero" vehicle
* Changed traffic lights in Town03 to American style
* Added new junction types with only stop signs
2018-12-22 01:00:49 +08:00
* Updates to documentation and tutorials
* Simulator now starts by default in windowed mode
* CMake version required downgraded to 3.5 for better compatibility
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* Fixed waypoints height were all placed at zero height
* Fixed actors in world.get_actors() missing parent actor
* Fixed some vehicles losing their wheels after calling set_simulate_physics
* Fixed bounding box of Lincoln MkZ
2018-12-22 01:00:49 +08:00
* Several fixes and improvements to OpenDriveActor
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## CARLA 0.9.1
* New town: Town03
- Created with Vector Zero's RoadRunner (including OpenDrive information of the road layout)
- Bigger and more diverse
- More road variety: multiple lanes and lane markings, curves at different angles, roundabout, elevation, tunnel
* Lots of improvements to the Python API
- Support for Python 3
- Support for retrieving and changing lighting and weather conditions
- Migrated Lidar sensor
- Migrated image converter methods: Depth, LogarithmicDepth, and CityScapesPalette
- Migrated IO methods for sensor data, "save_to_disk" available for PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and PLY
- Added support for requesting the list of all the actors alive in the current world, `world.get_actors()`
- `world.get_actors()` returns an `ActorList` object with `filter` functionality and lazy initialization of actors
- Added collision event sensor, "sensor.other.collision", that triggers a callback on each collision to the actor it is attached to
- Added lane detector sensor, "sensor.other.lane_detector", that detects lane invasion events
- Added `carla.Map` and `carla.Waypoint` classes for querying info about the road layout
- Added methods for converting and saving the map as OpenDrive format
- Added `map.get_spawn_points()` to retrieve the recommended spawn points for vehicles
- Added `map.get_waypoint(location)` to query the nearest waypoint
- Added `map.generate_waypoints(distance)` to generate waypoints all over the map at an approximated distance
- Added `map.get_topology()` for getting a list the tuples of waypoints that define the edges of the road graph
- Added `waypoint.next(distance)` to retrieve the list of the waypoints at a distance that can be driven from this waypoint
- Added `parent` attributes to actors, not None if the actor is attached to another actor
- Added `semantic_tags` to actors containing the list of tags of all of its components
- Added methods for retrieving velocity and acceleration of actors
- Added function to enable/disable simulating physics on an actor, `actor.set_simulate_physics(enabled=True)`
- Added bounding boxes to vehicles, `vehicle.bounding_box` property
- Exposed last control applied to vehicles, `vehicle.get_vehicle_control()`
- Added a "tick" message containing info of all the actors in the scene
- Executed in the background and cached
- Added `world.wait_for_tick()` for blocking the current thread until a "tick" message is received
- Added `world.on_tick(callback)` for executing a callback asynchronously each time a "tick" message is received
- These methods return/pass a `carla.Timestamp` object containing, frame count, delta time of last tick, global simulation time, and OS timestamp
- Methods retrieving actor's info, e.g. `actor.get_transform()` , don't need to connect with the simulator, which makes these calls quite cheap
- Allow drawing debug shapes from Python: points, lines, arrows, boxes, and strings (`world.debug.draw_*`)
- Added id (id of current episode) and map name to `carla.World`
- Exposed traffic lights and signs as actors. Traffic lights have a specialized actor class that has the traffic light state (red, green, yellow) as property
- Added methods for accessing and modifying individual items in `carla.Image` (pixels) and `carla.LidarMeasurement` (locations)
- Added `carla.Vector3D` for (x, y, z) objects that are not a `carla.Location`
- Removed `client.ping()` , `client.get_server_version()` accomplishes the same
- Renamed `contains_X()` methods to `has_X()`
- Changed `client.set_timeout(seconds)` to use seconds (float) instead of milliseconds
- Allow iterating attributes of an Actor's Blueprint
- Fixed wildcard filtering issues, now "vehicle.*" or "*bmw*" patterns work too
- Fixed `actor.set_transform()` broken for attached actors
* More Python example scripts and improved the present ones
- Now all the scripts use the list of recommended spawn points for each map
- Renamed "example.py" to "tutorial.py", and updated it with latest changes in API
- Added timeout to the examples
- "manual_control.py" performance has been improved while having more measurements
- "manual_control.py" now has options to change camera type and position
- "manual_control.py" now has options to iterate weather presets
- "manual_control.py" now has a fancier HUD with lots of info, and F1 key binding to remove it
- Added "dynamic_weather.py" to change the weather in real-time (the one used in the video)
- Added "spawn_npc.py" to quickly add a lot of NPC vehicles to the simulator
- Added "spawn_npc.py --safe" to only add non-problematic vehicles
- "vehicle_gallery.py" also got some small fixes
* Asset and content improvements
- New vehicle: Lincoln MKZ 2017
- Refactored weather system, parametrized to make it easier to use
- Improved control of bikes and motorbikes, still not perfect but causes less accidents
- Added building block generator system
- Misc city assets: New building, tunnel columns, rail-road bridges, new textures, new urban props
- Adjusted vehicle physics and center of mass
- Adjusted the maximum distance culling for foliage
- Adjusted pedestrian animations and scale issues (not yet available with new API though)
- Improved map building blueprints, spline based asset repeaters, and wall building tools
- Replaced uses of Unreal's Foliage system with standard static meshes to work around a visual bug in Linux systems
- Fixed filenames too long when packing the project on Windows
- Fixed "SplineMeshRepeater" loses its collider mesh from time to time
- Standardized asset nomenclature
* New system for road information based on OpenDrive format
- Added new map classes for querying info about the road layout and topology
- Added methods for finding closest point on the road
- Added methods for generating and iterating waypoints based on the road layout
- Added OpenDrive parser to convert OpenDrive files to our map data structures
* Other miscellaneous improvements and fixes
- Fixed single channel Lidar crash (by @cwecht )
- Fixed command-line argument `-carla-settings` fails to load absolute paths (by @harlowja )
- Added an option to command-line to change quality level when launching the simulator, `-quality-level=Low`
- Added ROS bridge odometry message (by @ShepelIlya )
- New lens distortion shader, sadly not yet integrated with our cameras :(
- New Docker tutorial
- Disabled texture streaming to avoid issue of textures not loading in scene captures
- Adjusted scene capture camera gamma to 2.4
- Fixed leaking objects in simulation when despawning a vehicle. Now Pawn's controller is destroyed too if necessary when destroying an Actor
- Fixed overflow on platform time-stamp, now it uses `double`
- Upgraded @rpclib to fix crash when client exits too fast (rpclib/PR#167)
- Moved "PythonClient" inside deprecated folder to avoid confusion
- Refactored sensor related code
- New plugin system for sensors that simplifies adding sensors, mini-tutorial at #830
- Compile-time dispatcher for sensors and serializers
* Improvements to the streaming library
- Added multi-streams for streaming simultaneously to multiple clients (used by the "tick" message)
- Messages re-use allocated memory when possible
- Allows unsubscribing from a stream
- Fixed client receives interleaved sensor messages, some messages can be discarded if connection is too slow though
- Fixed streaming client fails to connect in Windows
- Fixed streaming client keeps trying to reconnect after destroying a sensor
* Refactored client C++ API
- Python GIL is released whenever possible to avoid blocking
- Fixed deadlock when closing the simulator while a client is connected
- Fixed crash on simulator shutdown if a client has connected at some point
- Set methods are now sent async which greatly improves performance in the client-side
- Vehicle control is cached and not sent if haven't changed
- Suppressed exceptions in destructors
* Other development improvements
- Improved Linux Makefile, fine-grained targets to reduce compilation times in development
- Workaround for "setup.py" to link against "libcarla_client.a" again (Linux only)
- Added support for ".gtest" file, each line of this file is passed to GTest executables as arguments when running `make check` targets
- Python eggs are also archived on Jenkins to easily get them without downloading the full package
- Added uncrustify config file for formatting UE4 C++ code
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## CARLA 0.9.0
* Upgraded to Unreal Engine 4.19
* Redesign of the networking architecture
- Allows any number of clients to connect simultaneously
- Now is possible to add and remove at any time any vehicle or camera
- Now is possible to control any vehicle or camera
- Now is possible to place cameras anywhere
- Reduced to two ports instead of three
- First port uses an RPC protocol based on [rpclib ](http://rpclib.net/ )
- Second port is for the streaming of the sensor data
* Redesign of the Python API
- Actors and sensors are now exposed in the API and can be independently controlled
- The Python module is built in C++, with significant performance gain in some operations
- Many functionality haven't been ported yet, so expect a lot of things missing
* Redesign of the build system to accommodate the changes in dependencies
- Everything can be done now with the Makefile
- For the moment only Linux is supported, sorry
* Massive clean up of all unused assets
* Some aesthetic fixes to the vehicles
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## CARLA 0.8.4
* Community contribution: ROS bridge by @laurent -george
* New vehicle: Tesla Model 3
* Added an option to _"CarlaSettings.ini"_ to disable bikes and motorbikes
* Fixed missing collision of vehicles introduced in 0.8.3
* Improved stability of bikes and motorbikes
* Improved autopilot turning behaviour at intersections, now using front wheels positions as reference
* Temporarily removed Kawasaki Ninja motorbikes because the model was having some stability issues
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## CARLA 0.8.3
* Added two-wheeled vehicles, 3 bicycles and 4 motorbikes
* Several art optimizations (CARLA is now about 10% faster)
- Improved the performance of vegetation assets, adjusted LOD and culling distance, set billboards where possible
- Drastically reduced the number of polygons of the landscape while keeping the original shape
- Removed some high-cost unnecessary assets
- Remodelled Mustang and NissanMicra, now with less polygons and materials, better textures and LOD
- Remodelled building SM_TerracedHouse_01, now with more polygons but less materials and better textures
* CARLA releases include now a Dockerfile for building docker images
* Change in HUD: replace "FPS" by "Simulation Step"
* The current map name is now included in the scene description message sent to the client
* Adapted "manual_control.py" and "view_start_positions.py" to use the map name sent by the simulator
* Improved the vehicle spawning algorithm, now it tries to spawn as much cars as possible even if there are not enough spawn points
* "Setup.sh" is now faster and accepts an argument to run multiple jobs in parallel
* Fixed foliage distance culling using wrong distance in "Low Mode"
* Fixed NissanMicra slightly turning left when driving straight
2018-04-20 23:22:59 +08:00
## CARLA 0.8.2
* Revamped driving benchmark
- Changed name from benchmark to driving benchmark
- Fully Redesigned the architecture of the module
- Added a lot more documentation
- Now you can stop and resume the benchmarks you run
* Rolled back vehicle's location to the pivot of the mesh instead of the center of the bounding box
* Added relative transform of the vehicle's bounding box to the measurements, player and non-players
* Added "frame number" to each sensor measurement so it is possible to sync all the measurements based on the frame they are produced
* Improved vehicle spawner to better handle spawning failures
* Walkers use now a closer angle to detect vehicles, so they don't stop moving if a car passes nearby
* Fixed lighting artefact causing the road to change its brightness depending on the distance to the camera
* Fixed captured images overexposed in Low mode
* Fixed illegal character in asset name
* Fixed editing sun azimuth angle in CarlaWeadther.ini had no effect
* Fixed crash when using a non-standard image size in DirectX (Windows)
* Fixed issue with using multiple "SceneCaptureToDiskCamera"
2018-04-05 18:39:57 +08:00
## CARLA 0.8.1
* New Python example for visualizing the player start positions
* Fixed box extent of non-player agents was sent in centimeters instead of meters
* Fixed speed limits were sent in km/h instead of m/s
* Fixed issue in Volkswagen T2 wheels causing it to overturn
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## CARLA 0.8.0
* Upgraded to Unreal Engine 4.18
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* Created our own pedestrian 3D models free to use and distribute
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* Removed Epic's Automotive Materials dependencies
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* 360 Lidars support (similar to Velodyne HDL-32E or VLP-16) thanks to Anton Pechenko (Yandex)
- Ray-cast based
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- Configurable settings
- Added methods to save points to disk as PLY file
* Added quality level settings
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- Low: low quality graphics, about 3 times faster with one camera
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- Epic: best quality (as before)
* Measurements now use SI units
- Locations: m
- Speed: m/s
- Acceleration: m/s^2
- Collisions: kg*m/s
- Angles: degrees
* Added API methods to convert depth images to a point cloud
- New method "image_converter.depth_to_local_point_cloud"
- A supplementary image can be passed to attach colors to the points
- New client example generates a point cloud in world coordinates
- Added Transform class to Python API
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* Performance optimizations
- Significant speed improvements in both Epic and Low modes
- Fixed materials and improved shaders for roads, architecture, sidewalks, foliage, landscapes, cars, walkers, reflections, water
- Execution of a set of Project and Engine parameters to improve performance (quality, vsync, AO, occlusion)
- Generation of the road pieces using static meshes and actors instead of a single actor with instanced meshes
- Improved performance since now is able to apply occlusion and draw distance
- Images are captured asynchronously in the render thread
- In asynchronous mode, images may arrive up to two frames later
- In synchronous mode, game thread is blocked until images are ready
- Blueprint code optimizations for vehicles, walkers, and splines
- Added a way to configure different quality levels with culling distance and materials configuration
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* Refactored sensor related code to ease adding new sensors in the future
* Added vehicle box extent to player measurements
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* Removed the player from the list of non-player agents
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* Adjusted bounding boxes to vehicles' height
* Changed vehicles' center to match bounding box
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* Added autopilot mode to manual_control.py
* Added quality level options to manual_control.py and client_example.py
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* Replaced background landscape and trees by a matte painting
* Fixed road map generated some meshes twice
* Small improvements to Windows support
- Fixed issues with the Makefile
- Fixed asset names too long or containing special characters
2018-01-24 19:34:12 +08:00
## CARLA 0.7.1
* New Python API module: Benchmark
- Defines a set of tasks and conditions to test a certain agent
- Contains a starting benchmark, CoRL2017
- Contains Agent Class: Interface for benchmarking AIs
* New Python API module: Basic Planner (Temporary Hack)
- Provide routes for the agent
- Contains AStar module to find the shortest route
* Other Python API improvements
- Converter class to convert between Unreal world and map units
- Metrics module to summarize benchmark results
* Send vehicle's roll, pitch, and yaw to client (orientation is now deprecated)
* New RoutePlanner class for assigning fixed routes to autopilot (IntersectionEntrance has been removed)
* Create a random engine for each vehicle, which greatly improves repeatability
* Add option to skip content download in Setup.sh
* Few small fixes to the city assets
2017-11-28 19:57:15 +08:00
## CARLA 0.7.0
* New Python client API
- Cleaner and more robust
- Compatible with Python 2 and 3
- Improved exception handling
- Improved examples
- Included methods for parsing the images
- Better documentation
- Protocol: renamed "ai_control" to "autopilot_control"
- Merged testing client
2018-01-24 19:34:12 +08:00
- Added the maps for both cities, the client can now access the car position within the lane
2017-11-28 19:57:15 +08:00
* Make CARLA start without client by default
* Added wind effect to some trees and plants
* Improvements to the existing weather presets
* Build script: skip content download if up-to-date
2017-11-10 21:55:32 +08:00
## CARLA 0.6.0
* Included Unreal project and reorganised folders
* Enabled semantic segmentation by default
2017-11-28 19:57:15 +08:00
* Added Felipe's Python client
2017-11-10 21:55:32 +08:00
* New build system (Linux only)
* Few fixes to city assets
2017-10-24 23:09:31 +08:00
## CARLA 0.5.4
* Added command-line parameter -carla-no-hud
* Remove override gamma from weather settings
* Fixed issue road map generation hangs cooking command
* Organise Python client and make sample script
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Rename maps
- CARLA_ORIGIN_0 --> Town02
- CARLA_ORIGIN_1 --> Town01
* Fixed Carla-Cola machine falling at begin play
2017-10-24 23:09:31 +08:00
2017-10-04 20:44:07 +08:00
## CARLA 0.5.3
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Fixed issues with weather
* Fixed missing building
2017-10-04 20:44:07 +08:00
2017-10-03 17:56:10 +08:00
## CARLA 0.5.2
* Autopilot mode has been removed, now server sends AI control together with measurements every frame
* State and position of traffic lights and signs are now included in the measurements too
* Added a python console client
* Fixed crash when client sends an invalid player start
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Fixed some issues with the dynamic weather not looking as it used to do
* Fixed some collision boxes missing
2017-10-03 17:56:10 +08:00
2017-09-21 23:01:30 +08:00
## CARLA 0.5.1
* Fixed issue server was destroyed on every reset, closing the connection
* Fixed issue agent servers connect too late
* Improvements to the python client
* Added python client test suite for testing the release
* Added image converter
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Fixed missing floor on CARLA_ORIGIN_0
* Changed sidewalk texture
* Improvements on the physics of some vehicles
* More props and decals added to the cities
2017-09-21 23:01:30 +08:00
2017-09-07 21:51:07 +08:00
## CARLA 0.5.0
* Upgraded to Unreal Engine 4.17
- Fixes memory leaks
- Fixes crashes with C++ std classes
* Redesigned CarlaServer
- Faster, avoids unnecessary copies
- Sends images as raw data (no compression)
- Supports synchronous and asynchronous mode
- Networking operation have a time-out
- Synchronous methods have a time-out
- Pure C interface for better compatibility
- Unit tests with GoogleTest
* New server-client protocol
- Upgraded to proto3
- Supports repeated fields
- Optionally send information about all dynamic agents in the scene
- Now sends transforms instead of locations only
- Autopilot mode added to control
* New build system to avoid linkage issues
* Added autopilot mode
* Added an on-board camera to the car
* Added traffic lights and speed limit to player state
* Added player pawn selection to config file
* Improved blueprint interface of the C++ classes
* Some performance improvements to vehicle controllers
* Fix issues with depth material in Windows
* Fix issues with random engine not being available for vehicles
* Fixed issue that compiling a release hang when saving the road map
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Added more content; 7 vehicles, 30 pedestrians, many decals and props
* Randomized pedestrian clothing
* Many improvements and fixes to the city levels and assets
* Added sub-surface scattering to vegetation
* Added key binding to change weather during play
* Added key binding to toggle autopilot mode
* Added a second camera to the player
2017-09-07 21:51:07 +08:00
2017-06-21 22:27:35 +08:00
## CARLA 0.4.6
* Add weather presets specific for each level
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Some map fixes, adjust weather presets specific for each level
* Fixed regression that some walkers may go at extremely slow and fast speeds
2017-06-21 22:27:35 +08:00
2017-06-20 22:19:28 +08:00
## CARLA 0.4.5
* Add random seeds to config file
* Improve logging
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Removed rotation of map CARLA_ORIGIN_1
2017-06-20 22:19:28 +08:00
2017-06-20 16:25:39 +08:00
## CARLA 0.4.4
* Fixed regression walkers despawning when stopping after seeing a car
* Changed, collision is only registered if player moves faster than 1 km/h
* Fixed issue walkers resume movement after sensing nothing, but the car is still there sometimes
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Few improvements to the city assets
2017-06-20 16:25:39 +08:00
2017-06-16 01:00:15 +08:00
## CARLA 0.4.3
* Fixed issue with reward, intersect other lane wasn't sent to the client
* Improvements to the AI of other vehicles, and how they detect pedestrians
* Improvements to the AI of the pedestrians, trying to avoid slightly better the cars
* Made roads collision channel WorldStatic
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Tune several vehicles' physics and engine
* Fixed issue with vehicles bouncing back after hitting a pedestrian
* Add bigger box to pedestrians to avoid accidents
* Make vehicles spawn in order instead of randomly
2017-06-16 01:00:15 +08:00
2017-06-09 18:07:10 +08:00
## CARLA 0.4.2
* Fixed issues with the server-client protocol
* More improvements to the AI of other vehicles, now they barely crash
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Improved the physics of some vehicles
* Tweak the city for better AI of other vehicles
2017-06-09 18:07:10 +08:00
## CARLA 0.4.1
* Improved AI of other vehicles, still needs some adjustment, but now they crash much less
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Fixed wrong semantic segmentation label of the poles of traffic lights and signs
* Added randomized vehicle license plates
* Few improvements to the city assets
2017-06-09 18:07:10 +08:00
2017-06-03 02:35:34 +08:00
## CARLA 0.4.0
* Made vehicle input more realistic, now reverse and brake use different input
* Changed server-client protocol
- CarlaSettings.ini is sent for every new episode
- Control is extended with brake, reverse and handbrake
2017-06-03 18:52:39 +08:00
* Set a clearer hierarchy for loading settings files
2017-06-03 02:35:34 +08:00
* Made camera post-process settings able to change depending on the weather
* Added basic functionality for NPC vehicles
* Some improvements to the walker spawner
* Generate road map metadata on save
* Added command-line switch -carla-no-networking
* Improved verbosity control of CarlaServer
* Fixed issue with server that two threads used 100% CPU
* Fixed issue with the attachment of the main camera to the player
* Fixed issues with CarlaServer interface with Unreal, does not use STL containers anymore
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Fixed issue with server not running below 30 fps at fixed frame rate, added physics sub-stepping
* Fixed issues with some weather settings
* Added randomized pedestrians with their AI and animations
* Added other vehicles with their AI and physics
* Added traffic lights and signs
* Tweaked capture image to look similar to main camera
* Changed car input to match settings in plugin
* General improvements to levels and assets
2017-06-03 02:35:34 +08:00
2017-05-19 22:27:06 +08:00
## CARLA 0.3.0
2017-06-03 02:35:34 +08:00
* Added basic dynamic weather functionality
- Weather and sun light can be changed during game
- Presets stored in config file CarlaWeather.ini
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
- Added some presets for dynamic weather
2017-06-03 02:35:34 +08:00
* Add basic functionality to spawn pedestrians
* Split road meshes for intersections and turns for better precission of the road map
* Better debug for road map
* Implemented collision count for other cars and pedestrians
* Command line argument -carla-settings now accepts relative paths
* Improved performance when semantic segmentation is disabled
* Improved tagger system
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Implemented nav-mesh and spawn points for pedestrians
* Added new cars
* Added dynamic street lights
* General improvements to levels and assets
* Make the car jump
2017-05-19 22:27:06 +08:00
2017-05-09 02:04:44 +08:00
## CARLA 0.2.4
2017-06-03 02:35:34 +08:00
* Fixed serialization of road map resulting in a huge map size
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Some optimizations in the vegetation
* Implemented more LODS
2017-05-09 02:04:44 +08:00
2017-05-04 16:48:57 +08:00
## CARLA 0.2.3
2017-06-03 02:35:34 +08:00
* Fixed rounding errors in HUD (100% was shown as 99%, 30 FPS as 29 FPS)
* Fixed crash when player goes out of road map
* Fixed several issues related to the transform of the road map (wasn't working in CARLA_ORIGIN_1)
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Make custom depth pass disable by default (semantic segmentation won't work by default)
* Fixed road width in T-intersections
* Implement road LOD
* Fixed missing assets
2017-05-04 16:48:57 +08:00
## CARLA 0.2.2
* Implemented signals for off-road and opposite lane invasion
* Fixed linking issues (use Unreal's libpng)
* Fixed memory leak in PNG compression
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Added boundaries to the map
* Several fixes in the map content
2017-05-04 16:48:57 +08:00
## CARLA 0.2.1
* Fixed the memory leak related to protobuf issues
* Fixed color shift in semantic segmentation and depth
* Added in-game timestamp (now sending both OS and in-game)
## CARLA 0.2.0
* Fixed Depth issues
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Fixed random crash due to an invalid player start position
2017-05-04 16:48:57 +08:00
* Added semantic segmentation
* Changed codification to PNG
* Camera configuration through config INI file
## CARLA 0.1.1
* Added build system for Windows and Linux
2017-10-25 21:57:04 +08:00
* Added more content
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## CARLA 0.1.0
* Added basic functionality
