M4 is killing it! CARLA is running beautifully on Mac Mini M4

[nveshaan]

M4's performance on Carla 0.9.15

The fps greatly depends on what is present on the screen.

M4's performance on Carla 0.10.0 UE5

NOTE: I am still documenting the procedure. I will share it shortly.
It's great to have Carla running on Mac Mini, its a beast for its price and size. Even the power consumption is lesser than Nvidia GPU.

[nveshaan]

tried to compile carla python client natively on mac, did not work. So the workaround is to use a docker container which emulates linux/amd64 on mac. Hacky but works !

proof_of_concept_480p.mov

[nveshaan]

Here is the detailed procedure!
CARLA Server on Apple Silicon Mac.pdf

[nveshaan]

UPDATE: try installing win10 and cmd in winetricks if you face any issue or need to upgrade

[canibal1]

Hey, I find a way to running python client on the winetrick or winery, I'm not sure about app name. It's no matter, lets implement that.
(Macbook M2 Pro)
Instructions:

Step 1: CARLA Server on Apple Silicon Mac.pdf do this procedure.(install carla 0.9.15 ) thank you so much bro @nveshaan

Step 2: Download Windows 64bit Python 3.10 and open KegworksConfig => click Install Software => click Choose Setup Executable => Select Python exe file => When opened the python installation => click Customize Installation => Select All Checkboxes => next => click Install for all users and Add Python to environment variables (path: C:\Program Files\Python310) => Click Install

Step 3: Then click the Command Line in the KegworksConfig and run this command python c:\program files\windowsnoeditor\pythonapi\examples\vehicle_gallery.py

Problem Fixing:

1. If you got is error like that:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'shapely'

just dopip install shapely or pip install ........(what you need)

2. if you have issue like freezing and slow screen you can set this parameter like that :
   "C:\Program Files\WindowsNoEditor\CarlaUE4.exe" -quality-level=Low

And thank you so much for document @nveshaan

[nveshaan]

Hey! Glad you found it helpful 😁

Yes, I tried this and it works better than docker.

My project depends on ROS. It has nodes for publishing images, position, velocity, etc. from CARLA.

I tried installing ROS in winery, but it didn't work out. So, I've got two options:

1. Stick with docker.
2. Use rpyc & zmq, to run a python script in wine, which acts as an API between CARLA on wine and carla scripts on Mac.

Have you got any other ideas?

[pritam5756]

Hey Esaan , can I run on carla on MB Air M1 2020 8gb ram??

[nveshaan]

Older versions of carla might work.

[amalbazilah]

Hello, I have a project where I need to install Ubuntu 20.04, Python 3.7, ROS Noetic, CARLA, and the CARLA-ROS bridge. All of these installations need to be done using a PC at my university. However, I don’t have a PC at home, so I want to try it on my Mac and see if running it through Windows Parallel will work. Fortunately, I found this! I plan to use my MacBook Air 2020 (8GB RAM). Do you think I can complete my project by following these installation steps?

[nveshaan]

Getting CARLA and ROS to work together is something I still haven't figured out. CARLA works on Wine (I tried installing ROS in Wine but failed to do so). ROS works on Docker, but ROS multicast is limited to Docker containers.

Things to try!!!

1. Install ROS natively on mac and see if it can connect to CARLA server on Wine.
2. Figure out a way to compile and install CARLA client (python api) on mac.