<h1>CARLA Settings</h1>

> _This document is a work in progress and might be incomplete._

!!! important
    This document still refers to the 0.8.X API (stable version). The
    proceedings stated here may not apply to latest versions, 0.9.0 or later.
    Latest versions introduced significant changes in the API, we are still
    working on documenting everything, sorry for the inconvenience.

CarlaSettings.ini
-----------------

CARLA reads its settings from a "CarlaSettings.ini" file. This file controls
most aspects of the simulation, and it is loaded every time a new episode is
started (every time the level is loaded).

Settings are loaded following the next hierarchy, with values later in the
hierarchy overriding earlier values.

  1. `{CarlaFolder}/Unreal/CarlaUE4/Config/CarlaSettings.ini`.
  2. File provided by command-line argument `-carla-settings="Path/To/CarlaSettings.ini"`.
  3. Other command-line arguments like `-carla-port`.
  4. Settings file sent by the client on every new episode.

Take a look at the [CARLA Settings example][settingslink].

[settingslink]: https://github.com/carla-simulator/carla/blob/master/Docs/Example.CarlaSettings.ini

Weather presets
---------------

The weather and lighting conditions can be chosen from a set of predefined
settings. To select one, set the `WeatherId` key in CarlaSettings.ini. The
following presets are available

  * 0 - Default
  * 1 - ClearNoon
  * 2 - CloudyNoon
  * 3 - WetNoon
  * 4 - WetCloudyNoon
  * 5 - MidRainyNoon
  * 6 - HardRainNoon
  * 7 - SoftRainNoon
  * 8 - ClearSunset
  * 9 - CloudySunset
  * 10 - WetSunset
  * 11 - WetCloudySunset
  * 12 - MidRainSunset
  * 13 - HardRainSunset
  * 14 - SoftRainSunset

E.g., to choose the weather to be hard-rain at noon, add to CarlaSettings.ini

```
[CARLA/LevelSettings]
WeatherId=6
```

Simulator command-line options
------------------------------

  * `-carla-settings="Path/To/CarlaSettings.ini"` Load settings from the given INI file. See Example.CarlaSettings.ini.
  * `-carla-port=N` Listen for client connections at port N, streaming port is set to N+1.
  * `-carla-no-hud` Do not display the HUD by default.