Poltergust

Poltergust

Author:	Scutlet
Operating systems:	Any
Programming language:	Python 3
Software type:	Viewer
Console:	Wii U
File Formats:	DAT (Ghost Data)
Version:	v1.1
Date of latest version:	2022-06-30
Download:	GitHub

Overview

Poltergust is a Python 3 application for visualizing, extracting, and converting 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.
• Converting player ghosts to downloaded ghosts.

Installation

Windows users can use the executable in the provided download. Other systems (but also Windows) can run the source code:

1. Download the latest source code (either the zip or tar.gz).
2. Install the latest version of Python 3.10.
3. Open up a terminal of choice, and navigate to the place where the source code was extracted.
4. Create a new virtual environment using python -m venv venv.
5. Activate the newly created virtual environment using venv\Scripts\activate.bat (Windows CMD), venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 (Windows Powershell), or source venv/bin/activate (MacOS or Linux).
6. Install the tool's dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt.
7. Run the tool using python poltergust.py.

Steps 3, 5 and 7 need to be repeated if the user wishes to reopen the program via source code.

Version History

Version	Date of release	Information
v1.0	2022-06-27	First release
v1.1	2022-06-30	Added an auto-build script that creates a Windows executable. Various bug fixes related to downloaded ghosts.

By the same author: Scutlet

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