Is it possible to render offscreen on server for gfootball.play_game ?

[qiyuangong]

Is it possible to render offscreen on server for gfootball.play_game ?

[cyfra]

Yes, you can. Using standard linux tools: Xvfb + DISPLAY + x11vnc (for example).

// In the commands below, I'm using ":1" as the display id - you can pick any number.

// This creates a "fake" framebuffer, where data will be rendered.
Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x24 &

// This is "hosting" your framebuffer as VNC server (that you can use your client to connect to).
// WARNING: there are some additional options to set here, to have a secure connection.
x11vnc -display :1 -localhost &

// And then start the game - setting the DISPLAY variable, so that game is sending video to the right location.
env DISPLAY=:1.0 python3 -m gfootball.play_game

[qiyuangong]

It works. 👍
But the video has a bit slower than local rendering. I guess it is related to network and VNC resolution.

Thank you very much, @cyfra .

Issue closed.

[qiyuangong]

Yes, you can. Using standard linux tools: Xvfb + DISPLAY + x11vnc (for example).

// In the commands below, I'm using ":1" as the display id - you can pick any number.

// This creates a "fake" framebuffer, where data will be rendered.
Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x24 &

// This is "hosting" your framebuffer as VNC server (that you can use your client to connect to).
// WARNING: there are some additional options to set here, to have a secure connection.
x11vnc -display :1 -localhost &

// And then start the game - setting the DISPLAY variable, so that game is sending video to the right location.
env DISPLAY=:1.0 python3 -m gfootball.play_game

Wow, thanks. Look nice.

I will try it in our local environment. :)

[IouJenLiu]

Hi @cyfra

With xvfb, it seems that the rendering is performed on CPU. Could we enable GPU-based rendering on remote server? Thanks!