""" Exp 18: Parallel DummyVecEnv — 450k steps, fixed efficiency gate (v2). Problem with Exp 17: circular exploit dominated entire run. Root cause: v6 efficiency gate window=30 steps (~1.4s at 22fps). Exploit circles complete in ~77 steps (3.5s). In a 30-step window the car covers only ~40% of one circle — partial arc efficiency ≈ 0.77, well above the 0.15 threshold. Gate never fired. Car earned positive reward while circling, outweighing the lap-termination penalty. Fixes: 1. window_size: 30 → 200 steps (~9s). Now covers 2+ full exploit circles, driving efficiency → 0 and reliably triggering the gate. 2. min_lap_time: 5.0s → 12.0s. Genuine generated_track laps are 13-16s; genuine mountain laps are 27-29s. Anything under 12s is an exploit. Episode terminates immediately with large penalty on any sub-12s lap. Everything else identical to Exp 17. Setup — TWO sim instances required: Sim 1: donkey_sim.exe on port 9091 → generated_track Sim 2: separate copy of donkey_sim.exe on port 9093 → mountain_track """ import sys, os, time sys.path.insert(0, '/home/paulh/projects/donkeycar-rl-autoresearch/agent') from multitrack_runner import log, StuckTerminationWrapper from donkeycar_sb3_runner import ThrottleClampWrapper from reward_wrapper import SpeedRewardWrapper from stable_baselines3 import PPO from stable_baselines3.common.vec_env import DummyVecEnv, VecTransposeImage import gymnasium as gym import numpy as np HOST = 'localhost' THROTTLE_MIN = 0.2 LR = 0.000725 TOTAL_STEPS = 450_000 CHECKPOINT_EVERY = 20_000 SAVE_DIR = '/home/paulh/projects/donkeycar-rl-autoresearch/agent/models/exp18-parallel-450k-v2' os.makedirs(SAVE_DIR, exist_ok=True) # Exploit fixes: larger window catches full circles; higher min_lap_time # kills sub-genuine laps before they can contribute positive reward. EFFICIENCY_WINDOW = 200 # was 30 — now covers 2+ exploit circles at 22fps MIN_LAP_TIME = 12.0 # was 5.0 — genuine laps: gentrack 13-16s, mountain 27-29s def make_env(track_id, port): def _init(): raw = gym.make(track_id, conf={'host': HOST, 'port': port}) env = ThrottleClampWrapper(raw, throttle_min=THROTTLE_MIN) env = StuckTerminationWrapper(env, stuck_steps=40, min_displacement=0.5) env = SpeedRewardWrapper(env, window_size=EFFICIENCY_WINDOW, min_lap_time=MIN_LAP_TIME) return env return _init log('=' * 60) log('Exp 18: Parallel DummyVecEnv — 450k steps (exploit fix v2)') log(f' Sim 1: {HOST}:9091 → generated_track') log(f' Sim 2: {HOST}:9093 → mountain_track') log(f' throttle_min={THROTTLE_MIN}, lr={LR}, total={TOTAL_STEPS:,}') log(f' Reward: v6 + exploit fix (window={EFFICIENCY_WINDOW}, min_lap={MIN_LAP_TIME}s)') log(f' Stuck termination: 40 steps (~2.5s)') log(f' Checkpoints: every {CHECKPOINT_EVERY:,} steps') log('=' * 60) log('Creating DummyVecEnv with two tracks...') env = DummyVecEnv([ make_env('donkey-generated-track-v0', 9091), make_env('donkey-mountain-track-v0', 9093), ]) env = VecTransposeImage(env) log(f' VecEnv num_envs={env.num_envs}, obs={env.observation_space.shape}') model = PPO('CnnPolicy', env, learning_rate=LR, verbose=1, device='cpu') log('PPO created. Starting training...') best_reward = float('-inf') steps_done = 0 while steps_done < TOTAL_STEPS: seg_steps = min(CHECKPOINT_EVERY, TOTAL_STEPS - steps_done) model.learn(total_timesteps=seg_steps, reset_num_timesteps=False) steps_done += seg_steps ckpt = os.path.join(SAVE_DIR, f'checkpoint_{steps_done:07d}') model.save(ckpt) model.save(os.path.join(SAVE_DIR, 'model')) log(f'[{steps_done:,}/{TOTAL_STEPS:,}] Checkpoint saved: {ckpt}.zip') # Eval on both training tracks using the existing DummyVecEnv connections try: obs = env.reset() ep_rewards = np.zeros(env.num_envs) ep_steps = np.zeros(env.num_envs) done_mask = np.zeros(env.num_envs, dtype=bool) for _ in range(2000): action, _ = model.predict(obs, deterministic=True) obs, rewards, dones, infos = env.step(action) for i in range(env.num_envs): if not done_mask[i]: ep_rewards[i] += rewards[i] ep_steps[i] += 1 if dones[i]: done_mask[i] = True if done_mask.all(): break status0 = '✅' if ep_steps[0] >= 2000 else f'❌@{int(ep_steps[0])}' status1 = '✅' if ep_steps[1] >= 2000 else f'❌@{int(ep_steps[1])}' log(f' Eval: gen_track={ep_rewards[0]:.1f}r/{int(ep_steps[0])}s {status0} ' f'mountain={ep_rewards[1]:.1f}r/{int(ep_steps[1])}s {status1}') total_reward = ep_rewards.sum() if total_reward > best_reward: best_reward = total_reward model.save(os.path.join(SAVE_DIR, 'best_model')) log(f' ⭐ NEW BEST: {best_reward:.1f} combined reward') except Exception as e: log(f' Eval error: {e}') import traceback; traceback.print_exc() model.save(os.path.join(SAVE_DIR, 'model')) log(f'\nTraining complete. Best combined reward: {best_reward:.1f}') env.close() time.sleep(5) # --- Final eval on all 4 tracks (sequential, port 9091) --- log('\n' + '=' * 60) log('FINAL EVALUATION: best_model on 4 tracks (3 sets each)') log('=' * 60) EVAL_TRACKS = [ ('donkey-generated-track-v0', 'generated_track'), ('donkey-mountain-track-v0', 'mountain_track'), ('donkey-minimonaco-track-v0', 'mini_monaco'), ('donkey-generated-roads-v0', 'generated_road'), ] EVAL_PORT = 9091 EVAL_SETS = 3 EVAL_MAX_STEPS = 2000 best_model_path = os.path.join(SAVE_DIR, 'best_model.zip') results_by_track = {} for track_id, track_name in EVAL_TRACKS: log(f'\n--- {track_name} ---') steps_list = [] for s in range(1, EVAL_SETS + 1): try: raw = gym.make(track_id, conf={'host': HOST, 'port': EVAL_PORT}) inner = ThrottleClampWrapper(raw, throttle_min=THROTTLE_MIN) inner = StuckTerminationWrapper(inner, stuck_steps=40, min_displacement=0.5) inner = SpeedRewardWrapper(inner) eval_env = VecTransposeImage(DummyVecEnv([lambda e=inner: e])) eval_model = PPO.load(best_model_path, env=eval_env, device='cpu') obs = eval_env.reset() total_r, total_s, done = 0.0, 0, False while not done and total_s < EVAL_MAX_STEPS: action, _ = eval_model.predict(obs, deterministic=True) result = eval_env.step(action) if len(result) == 4: obs, r, d, info = result done = bool(d[0]) else: obs, r, t, tr, info = result done = bool(t[0] or tr[0]) total_r += float(r[0]) total_s += 1 status = '✅' if total_s >= EVAL_MAX_STEPS else f'❌@{total_s}' log(f' Set {s}: {total_r:.1f}r / {total_s}s {status}') steps_list.append(total_s) eval_env.close() time.sleep(3) except Exception as e: log(f' Set {s}: ERROR — {e}') steps_list.append(0) time.sleep(3) mean_steps = np.mean(steps_list) if steps_list else 0 results_by_track[track_name] = steps_list log(f' Mean: {mean_steps:.0f} steps') log('\n' + '=' * 60) log('SUMMARY') log('=' * 60) for track_name, steps_list in results_by_track.items(): steps_str = '/'.join(str(s) for s in steps_list) mean = np.mean(steps_list) verdict = '✅' if mean >= 1500 else '⚠️' if mean >= 500 else '❌' log(f' {verdict} {track_name:20s}: {steps_str} mean={mean:.0f}') log(f'\n=== Exp 17 COMPLETE ===')