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---
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
pretty_name: StarCraftMotion
language:
- en
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
task_categories:
- time-series-forecasting
- other
tags:
- starcraft
- multi-agent
- agent-simulation
- partial-observability
- benchmark
configs:
- config_name: default
data_files:
- split: train
path: train/*.parquet
- split: validation
path: validation/*.parquet
- split: test
path: test/*.parquet
---
# StarCraftMotion
StarCraftMotion is a large-scale benchmark for agent simulation
under adversarial and partial observability scenarios (built from StarCraft replays). Each example is a fixed-length scenario window (`145` frames at `16 FPS`, ~9 seconds) containing all unit
states, dynamic map layers, and per-player economy time series.
- **Total scenarios:** 1,000
- **Train / Val / Test:** 800 / 100 / 100
- **Source replays:** 64,327 replay-level HDF5 files (Blizzard `3.16.1-Pack_1-fix`)
- **Maps (ID):** Abyssal_Reef_LE, Acolyte_LE, Ascension_to_Aiur_LE, Interloper_LE, Mech_Depot_LE
- **Maps (OOD, test only):** Catallena_LE_(Void), Odyssey_LE
- **Splits are replay-level** — windows from the same replay never cross splits.
## Why parquet, and how to read
Each row is one scenario. All per-frame / per-unit array columns are
stored as **typed Arrow `list` arrays** (e.g. `LIST<float16>`,
`LIST<bool>`). `n_timesteps = 145` and `n_units` varies per scenario (stored per row).
The dynamic map layers (`map_creep`, `map_fow_p1`, `map_fow_p2`) are
sampled every 16 frames, giving `map_T = 10` snapshots per scenario.
Spatial dimensions `map_H` and `map_W` are stored as explicit scalar
columns per row (map-dependent; e.g. Abyssal_Reef_LE is 176 × 200).
```python
import numpy as np
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
path = hf_hub_download("inouye-lab/StarCraftMotion_sample", "train/shard_00000.parquet", repo_type="dataset")
row = next(pq.ParquetFile(path).iter_batches(batch_size=1)).to_pylist()[0]
T, N = row["n_timesteps"], row["n_units"]
map_T, map_H, map_W = row["map_T"], row["map_H"], row["map_W"]
coord = np.asarray(row["coordinate"], dtype=np.float16).reshape(T, N, 3)
alive = np.asarray(row["is_alive"], dtype=bool ).reshape(T, N)
owner = np.asarray(row["unit_owner"], dtype=np.uint8 ).reshape(N)
utype = np.asarray(row["unit_type"], dtype=np.uint32).reshape(T, N)
creep = np.asarray(row["map_creep"], dtype=bool ).reshape(map_T, map_H, map_W)
```
### Schema
#### Scalar fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| `split` | string | `train`, `val`, or `test` |
| `map_name` | string | Map name (spaces replaced with `_`) |
| `replay_hash` | string | Hash of the parent SC2Replay file |
| `segment_idx` | int32 | Index of this 145-frame window inside the parent replay |
| `n_timesteps` | int32 | Number of frames per row (constant `145` in this release) |
| `n_units` | int32 | Number of unique unit rows in this scenario (variable) |
| `map_T` | int32 | Number of map snapshots per row (constant `10` in this release) |
| `map_H` | int32 | Map grid height in cells (map-dependent) |
| `map_W` | int32 | Map grid width in cells (map-dependent) |
| `player_1_start_location` | `list<float32>` | Full xyz start location, length 3, for in-game slot 1 |
| `player_2_start_location` | `list<float32>` | Full xyz start location, length 3, for in-game slot 2 |
| `playable_area` | `list<int64>` | Playable bounds `[x0, y0, x1, y1]`, length 4 |
| `chunk_start_frame` | int32 | Scenario start frame |
| `chunk_end_frame` | int32 | Scenario end frame |
| `map_frame_start` | int32 | Starting map-layer frame |
| `map_frame_skip` | int32 | Map sampling interval, constant 16 |
| `current_frame_idx` | int32 | Current-frame index, constant 16 |
| `player_info` | string | JSON list with keys `player_id` (in-game slot 1/2), `race_requested`, `race_actual` (0 = NoRace, 1 = Terran, 2 = Zerg, 3 = Protoss, 4 = Random), `player_result` (1 = Victory, 2 = Defeat, 3 = Tie, 4 = Undecided), `player_mmr`, `player_apm` |
| `replay_info` | string | JSON object with keys `game_duration_loops`, `game_duration_seconds` (float), `game_version` (string), `data_build`, `base_build` |
#### Map data — shape `(map_T, map_H, map_W)` where `map_T = 10`
`map_H` and `map_W` are map-specific (each StarCraft II ladder map has
its own native grid). All three layers below share the same shape per
scenario.
| Field | dtype |
|---------------|-------|
| `map_creep` | bool |
| `map_fow_p1` | bool |
| `map_fow_p2` | bool |
#### Player economy — shape `(145, 2)`, column 0 = Player 1, column 1 = Player 2
| Field | dtype |
|-------------|--------|
| `food_cap` | uint8 |
| `food_used` | uint8 |
| `minerals` | uint16 |
| `vespene` | uint16 |
#### Per-unit constants — shape `(n_units,)`
| Field | dtype | Description |
|--------------|--------|----------------------------------------------|
| `unit_owner` | uint8 | 1 = P1, 2 = P2, 16 = neutral |
| `unit_tag` | uint64 | Raw SC2 engine tag (unique per unit instance)|
#### Per-frame, per-unit — shape `(145, n_units)` unless noted
| Field | dtype | Shape | Description |
|-------------------|---------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| `coordinate` | float16 | (145, n_units, 3) | Native (x, y, z) map coordinates |
| `target_pos` | float16 | (145, n_units, 2) | Order target ground position |
| `health` | float16 | | |
| `health_max` | float16 | | |
| `shield` | float16 | | Protoss shield |
| `energy` | float16 | | |
| `heading` | float16 | | Facing direction in radians (0 to 2π) |
| `radius` | float16 | | Unit collision radius |
| `build_progress` | float16 | | 0.0–1.0 |
| `unit_type` | uint32 | | Raw SC2 unit type ID |
| `ability_id` | uint32 | | First order's ability ID |
| `target_id` | uint32 | | Target's row index (`0xFFFFFFFF` = no target) |
| `mineral_contents`| uint16 | | Remaining minerals (mineral fields) |
| `vespene_contents`| uint16 | | Remaining vespene (geysers) |
| `is_alive` | bool | | |
| `is_burrowed` | bool | | Zerg burrowed |
| `is_carried` | bool | | Inside a transport |
| `is_flying` | bool | | Air unit / lifted building |
| `visible_status` | uint8 | | Combined P1/P2 visibility (see below) |
`visible_status = p1_state * 3 + p2_state`, with each state in
`{0 = unseen, 1 = snapshot, 2 = visible}`. Examples: `8` = visible to both,
`6` = visible to P1 only, `2` = visible to P2 only.
### Action labels
The `ability_id` column stores the **raw SC2 ability ID as `uint32`**
(e.g. `MOVE = 16`, `ATTACK_ATTACK = 23`, `HARVEST_GATHER_DRONE = 1183`,
`ability_id == 0` means the unit has no active order). It is **not**
class-indexed.
For action prediction tasks we provide an 11-class coarse mapping in the
source repository at
`utils/coarse_action_mapping.py`.
| Label | Name | Description |
|------:|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 0 | NO_OP | `ability_id == 0`; unit idle |
| 1 | MOVE | move, patrol, hold position, stop, smart (right-click) |
| 2 | ATTACK | attack, attack-move, attack building |
| 3 | HARVEST | gather resources, return cargo |
| 4 | TRAIN | produce units from buildings / larvae / warp-in |
| 5 | BUILD | construct structures, add-ons, creep tumors |
| 6 | RESEARCH | upgrades and tech research |
| 7 | MORPH | unit/structure transformation (siege, archon, lair, etc.) |
| 8 | EFFECT | combat abilities, spells, auto-cast effects |
| 9 | TRANSPORT | load, unload, lift off, land |
| 10 | BURROW | burrow down / burrow up (Zerg) |
| 255 | UNKNOWN | unmapped or cosmetic |
Sources for the mapping:
- Blizzard `s2client-api` `ABILITY_ID` enum:
https://blizzard.github.io/s2client-api/sc2__typeenums_8h.html
- Blizzard `s2client-proto` `stableid.json`:
https://github.com/Blizzard/s2client-proto/blob/master/stableid.json
Coverage on the released split is 100% of all action occurrences
(every `ability_id` either matches a Blizzard enum prefix, is one of 10
explicit `stableid.json` overrides, or is `0` / falls into `UNKNOWN`).
#### Applying the mapping
```python
import numpy as np
from utils.coarse_action_mapping import ABILITY_ID_TO_COARSE_ACTION
T, N = row["n_timesteps"], row["n_units"]
ability_id = np.asarray(row["ability_id"], dtype=np.uint32).reshape(T, N)
# Vectorized lookup via a dense uint8 table.
max_id = max(ABILITY_ID_TO_COARSE_ACTION) + 1
lut = np.full(max_id, 255, dtype=np.uint8)
for aid, label in ABILITY_ID_TO_COARSE_ACTION.items():
lut[aid] = label
coarse = np.where(ability_id < max_id, lut[np.clip(ability_id, 0, max_id - 1)], 255)
```
## Pipeline summary
1. **Replay extraction** (`extract_replay_level.py`): three SC2 engine passes
(omniscient + per-player FOW) into one HDF5 per replay, preserving native
coordinates, raw SC2 unit/ability IDs, and per-player visibility.
2. **Scenario windowing** (`split_scenarios.py`): chunk into `145`-frame
windows at `16 FPS` (1 s history + current + 8 s future).
Drops replays with `duration < 120 s` or either player at `APM < 1`.
3. **Replay-level split** (`create_dataset_split.py`): 80/10/10 train/val/test
over ID maps; OOD maps go to test only. Keeps `10%` of each replay's
windows.
4. **Interaction-biased window sampling**: drop windows with no mutually
observable units, then sample `10%` of each replay's candidate windows with
higher probability for many mutually visible units or frequent
visibility-status changes. Window sampling weight is
`log(1 + mutual_unit_sum) + log(1 + transition_cnt)`; zero-score windows
are excluded.
## Dataset statistics
Mingyu Kim's `sample_convert_to_parquet.py` uses seed 42, stratified by split and map, to select 800 train, 100 validation and 100 test scenarios; all seven maps are represented in test.
### Player-unit counts (units with `owner != 16`)
| Split | Mean | Std | Min | P25 | Median | P75 | Max |
|-------|-------:|-------:|----:|----:|-------:|----:|----:|
| Train | 201.49 | 107.92 | 19 | 112 | 186 | 280.25 | 559 |
| Val | 199.96 | 118.06 | 35 | 100.75 | 181 | 291.5 | 477 |
| Test | 200.25 | 117.61 | 43 | 100.75 | 172 | 294.5 | 526 |
### Race matchups
| Split | PvP | PvT | PvZ | TvT | TvZ | ZvZ |
|-------|-------:|-------:|-------:|-------:|--------:|-------:|
| Train | 59 | 201 | 156 | 115 | 205 | 64 |
| Val | 6 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 33 | 8 |
| Test | 7 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 32 | 9 |
### Mutual visibility (units with `visible_status == 8` and `is_alive`)
| Split | Mean mutually-visible units / frame |
|-------|------------------------------------:|
| Train | 28.67 |
| Val | 27.79 |
| Test | 26.66 |
## Intended use
- Multi-agent simulation under adversarial partial observability.
- Benchmarks for fog-of-war handling, ID vs OOD-map
generalization, and interaction-heavy scenes.
## Limitations and ethical considerations
- **Replay provenance:** raw replays come from Blizzard's
`3.16.1-Pack_1-fix` distribution. Per-replay curation, demographics of
players, and any prior filtering performed by Blizzard are not documented.
- **MMR caveat:** `player_info.player_mmr` values include negatives (down to
`-36400`) for some replays. League-tier bucketing should be recomputed
rather than relied upon naively.
- **Single game version:** all replays are SC2 build 3.16.1; balance and
meta-game differ from current ladder versions.
- **No personally identifying content** is included beyond what Blizzard
publishes in replay packs. Player names are not surfaced as columns.
- **Game-balance / strategic bias:** the corpus is whatever Blizzard
released in the pack and is not a uniform sample of competitive play.
## License
The released parquet artifacts are licensed under
[**Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-4.0)**](https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html)
(SPDX: `CC-BY-NC-4.0`).
The released parquet files are **derivative ML features** (float16 unit
trajectories, fog-of-war and creep masks, per-player economy time series,
and raw SC2 unit/ability identifiers) extracted from StarCraft II
replays. The dataset does **not** redistribute raw `.SC2Replay` files,
SC2 game maps, or any portion of the StarCraft II Software. Use of the
underlying StarCraft II replays and the SC2 engine is separately
governed by Blizzard's
[AI and Machine Learning License](https://blzdistsc2-a.akamaihd.net/AI_AND_MACHINE_LEARNING_LICENSE.html);
that license explicitly permits use of derived ML data for personal or
internal research and development.
## Authors
- Yi-Chung Chen — Purdue University
- Mingyu Kim — Purdue University
- Ruqi Bai — Purdue University
- James Zachary Hare — DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
- Jing Gao — Purdue University
- David I. Inouye — Purdue University
## Citation
```bibtex
@inproceedings{chen2026starcraftmotion,
title = {StarCraft Motion: A Dataset for Agent Simulation in Adversarial and Partially Observable Scenarios},
author = {Yi-Chung Chen and Mingyu Kim and Ruqi Bai and James Zachary Hare and Jing Gao and David I. Inouye},
booktitle = {NeurIPS 2026 Evaluations and Datasets Track},
year = {2026}
}
```
Underlying replays:
```bibtex
@misc{blizzard_sc2_replaypacks,
title = {StarCraft II Replay Packs (3.16.1-Pack\_1-fix)},
author = {{Blizzard Entertainment}},
howpublished = {\url{https://blzdistsc2-a.akamaihd.net/ReplayPacks/3.16.1-Pack_1-fix.zip}}
}
```
## Acknowledgments
Built on top of DeepMind's `pysc2` and Blizzard's StarCraft II AI/ML
infrastructure.