This is just a heads up that the ROTT, Xargon and Shadow Caster mapping and resource extraction scripts have been upgraded to support Python 3.x versions. They should again be easily usable on modern OSes and Distributions. All three projects have been configured on Github in suitable repositories.
Articles tagged with Python
Arduboy MPD Remote Firmware
A firmware/python pairing to control playback on a Music Player Daemon (MPD) instance using an Arduboy.
Disk Benchmarking Script
This script exists to serve a simple purpose: benchmark a disk and store the results in an easy-to-use CSV format. The script will write and read a variety of block sizes to the specified location, which will gather similar statistics to the ATTO Disk Benchmark tool on Windows. The maximum …
Automatic .desktop launcher generation Python library
Python library to automatically generate .desktop launchers for games.
Image Gallery Script
This is a script I wrote to generate an image gallery HTML file for a given folder, or for the Steam Screenshots folder. It will, by default, show the full resolution original image, so it can be useful for browsing a folder of moderate-sized images without having to rely on …
Steam Image Scripts
After finding most instructions for downloading Steam grid view images to be out-of-date, and same goes for the only grid view downloader I could find, I wrote my own.
I also put together a quick library that can create a dictionary of Steam applications on a given profile based on …
Convert Midi script
Converts all mid files in a path to WAV.
Media Player Sync Scripts
Having had trouble with media-player sync solutions in Linux, I decided to roll my own Python script to synchonize my media player automatically, and cover format conversion & playlist restructuring. Like the gmusicbrowser script, it's not particularly user friendly. However, it should be useful for a variety of media players. Let …
gmusicbrowser playlist exporter
Script to export m3u playlists from gmusicbrowser libaries according to a variety of criteria.
Xargon Mapper and Resource Extractor
About and Dependencies
This is a series of Python scripts to generate maps of Xargon, as well as extract most of the Xargon image resources. These scripts require the Pillow fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Python 3.x. This was tested with Python 3.9.2, but …
Shadow Caster Isometric Mapper and Resource Extractor
About and Dependencies
This is a series of Python scripts to generate Isometric views of Shadow Caster maps, as well as extract most of the Shadow Caster Resources. These scripts require the Pillow fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Python 3.x. This was tested with Python 3 …
ROTT Isometric Mapper and WAD Extractor Release
About and Dependencies
This is a series of Python scripts to generate Isometric views of Rise of the Triad maps, as well as extract the complete contents of DARKWAR.WAD. These scripts require the Pillow fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Python 3.x. This was tested with …
Shuffle by Album Script
So, I started using Banshee as my primary music player, but I noticed that it can shuffle by album, it cannot save a static playlist of the shuffle (so I can pick up where I left off). Since it has very nice M3U import/export capabilities, I decided to create …