What is nte-drive-calc?

This is a Windows desktop tool for players of a game called NTE (异环). In that game, characters are equipped with items called Drives and Card Tapes, and the tool helps players organize, evaluate, and assign those items without having to enter everything by hand. The core workflow is screenshot-based. You take a screenshot of your in-game inventory, and the tool reads it using OCR to pull out the item data automatically. From there it calculates which items best fit which characters, taking into account each character's priority ranking, the artwork style of the drive, the target card set, and the weight of special stat words on each card. You can also lock in assignments you are happy with so that daily updates only need to fill gaps with newly acquired items rather than reassigning everything from scratch. For quick checks, there is an appraise mode. You paste or screenshot a single item, and the tool immediately tells you which characters it is suitable for, without needing to run a full inventory scan. This is useful when you pick up new gear mid-session and want to decide on the spot whether to keep it. A separate artwork browser shows which drive shapes and card-tape positions each character can use. A configuration screen lets you adjust character weights, set data, and keyboard shortcuts, though the README notes that most players should leave the scoring configuration alone to avoid breaking the evaluation logic. The tool runs on Windows 10 or 11 and requires a virtual gamepad driver called ViGEmBus to be installed, which the installer handles automatically. OCR runs through OpenVINO by default. All settings and scanned data are stored locally in a config folder. Bug reports and recognition errors can be filed via GitHub Issues.