Poltergust

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Poltergust
Author: Scutlet
Operating systems: Windows
Programming language: Python 3
Software type: Viewer
Console: Wii U
File Formats: DAT (Ghost Data)
Version: v1.0
Date of latest version: 2022-06-27
Download: GitHub

Overview

Poltergust is a Python 3 application for visualizing and extracting data from ghost data files. This includes player ghosts, staff ghosts, and downloaded ghosts, but not MKTV Replays. Currently, there is only active support for Wii U ghost files.

Media

File:Poltergust v1.0 UI Preview.png
A preview of the UI viewing the staff ghost of Sunshine Airport

Features

  • Previewing information such as player name, vehicle combination, and lap splits.
  • Extracting Mii Data.
  • Converting player/downloaded ghosts to staff ghosts and vice versa.

Installation

  1. Download the latest source code.
  2. Open up a terminal of choice (Python installed is required) and navigate to the place where the source code was extracted.
  3. Type the command pip install -r requirements.txt, which will install the program.
  4. . Access to the program can be reached by using the command python poltergust.py.

Version History

Version Date of release Information
v1.0 2022-06-27 First release
v1.1 2022-??-?? Add an executable that packages everything together.
By the same author: Scutlet