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On Windows, follow the below instructions to install Python: | On Windows, follow the below instructions to install Python: | ||
# Uninstall any existing Python version to avoid conflicts. | # Uninstall any existing Python version to avoid conflicts. | ||
# Download the [https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7. | # Download the [https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.7/python-3.7.7-amd64.exe Python 3.7 installer] (latest version as of July 2019). | ||
# Run the installer: do a ''system-wide install'' and tick the "''add Python to environment variables / PATH''" option. Note that if you install to the Program Files folder, you may occasionally run into permission issues with certain Python programs. To avoid this, install Python somewhere that does not require administrator permissions, such as <code>C:\Python37</code>. | # Run the installer: do a ''system-wide install'' and tick the "''add Python to environment variables / PATH''" option. Note that if you install to the Program Files folder, you may occasionally run into permission issues with certain Python programs. To avoid this, install Python somewhere that does not require administrator permissions, such as <code>C:\Python37</code>. | ||
# Verify that <code>py -3 --version</code> works and gives the correct version (3.7 or higher). {{CLI help}} | # Verify that <code>py -3 --version</code> works and gives the correct version (3.7 or higher). {{CLI help}} | ||
If you have any trouble installing Python, or need more detailed instructions, you can use [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndrCfBJkkvE this video tutorial]. | If you have any trouble installing Python, or need more detailed instructions, you can use [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndrCfBJkkvE this video tutorial]. | ||
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{{alert|class=warning|text=Several tools and libraries (e.g. oead) are not compatible with Python 3.9 yet [https://bugs.python.org/issue41237 because of CPython issue #41237]. 3.9 compatibility will be added when Python 3.9.1 is released with the bug fix, which is due to happen in December 2020. | |||
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=== For Windows users: Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2019 === | === For Windows users: Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2019 === | ||
Several tools require the [https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe 64-bit Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2019] to be installed. To be clear, Visual Studio is '''not''' required. | Several tools require the [https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe 64-bit Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2019] to be installed. To be clear, Visual Studio is '''not''' required. | ||
Failure to install the redistributable will cause several Python tools to fail with the error "ImportError: DLL load failed". | |||
== Tools == | == Tools == | ||
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=== MSBT === | === MSBT === | ||
[[MSBT]] files contain game texts. Convert them to an editable YAML format (and back) with {{ltool|msyt}} or (built on top of msyt) [https://github.com/polarbunny/msyt-tools msyt-tools]. | [[MSBT]] files contain game texts. Convert them to an editable YAML format (and back) with {{ltool|msyt}} or (built on top of msyt) [https://github.com/polarbunny/msyt-tools msyt-tools]. Wild Bits also provides a GUI frontend for msbt. | ||
== Reverse engineering == | == Reverse engineering == | ||