OCR

OCR is the process to "read" the values from the ARK-screen. Since v0.23.0 the OCR can be adjusted for different resolutions or GUI-scalings. To do so, go to the OCR-tab. To create a ocr-config-file, follow these steps:

• Create a screenshot with an inventory of a creature.
• In the tab "Output" check the checkbox "Enable logging and editing"
• Drag&drop the file on the large empty area to start the ocr.
• Adjust the reading-areas in the Labels-tab.
• The label-height has to be exactly like the font-size. For comparison, the pipe-character | covers the whole height of the font (you can name a creature to see it in the gui). As example, in 1920x1080 and 100% gui the font-size is 15 (px) for the stats and the tribe, 17 for the labels creature-name and level and 13 for the owner-label.
• For a start it's best to automatically create templates for all the letters. For this you can use the character-set already filled in the edit-input right of the "Calibrate from Font" button. The gui currently uses the font Sansation-Bold, but you can use any font that looks similar to the one used (the more similar the better, of course, and the less adjustments later have to be done). Set the font-size you want and select the font you want to use.
• Now the ocr should work in a basic way. For adjusting, do an ocr and select in the Output-tab the character that was recognized wrongly. The recognized pattern is shown in the Recognized-area, the template pattern is shown in the Template area. To correct the template, set the correct character in the character-textbox and click on "Save as template" in the recognized area. To edit the template, you can click on the template to toggle the pixels.
• To save the ocr-config-file, click on "save OCR template". After you load a config-file, it's automatically loaded when you start the tool.

If you have created an ocr-file for a configuration that is not yet available, you can send it to me for including it in the release.