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+# Arcaea Offline PySide UI
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+GUI for both [283375/arcaea-offline](https://github.com/283375/arcaea-offline) and [283375/arcaea-offline-ocr](https://github.com/283375/arcaea-offline-ocr)
+
+## Before you run `python index.py`...
+
+* Install requirements
+* Release translation files from `ui/resources/lang/*.ts`
+* Compile `ui/resources/resources.qrc` to `ui/resources/resources_rc.py`