{ "added_at": "2026-10-18", "additional_evidence_urls": [ "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/docs/BUILDING.md", "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/docs/HOW_IT_WORKS.md", "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/scripts/setup.ps1", "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/.recomp.json", "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/.github/workflows/setup-app.yml", "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/CONTRIBUTING.md", "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/LICENSE", "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/NOTICE", "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md" ], "category": "reconstruction-cases", "description_en": "An unofficial native Windows port of Saints Row (Xbox 360, 2006) that statically recompiles the game's PowerPC executable to C++ for x86-64 with the ReXGlue SDK, which also reimplements the console's kernel, GPU (on Direct3D 12), audio and input. A recompiler manifest, game-specific function overrides and an SDK patch make the result run, and each user builds it locally from their own disc. The README reports the game fully playable with built-in co-op and lists known issues.", "description_zh": "Saints Row（Xbox 360，2006）的非官方原生 Windows 移植：借助 ReXGlue SDK 将游戏的 PowerPC 可执行文件静态重编译为面向 x86-64 的 C++ 代码，该 SDK 还重新实现了主机的内核、GPU（基于 Direct3D 12）、音频与输入。重编译清单、游戏专用的函数替换和 SDK 补丁使结果得以运行，每位使用者都用自己的光盘在本地构建。README 报告游戏可完整通关、内置合作模式，并列出已知问题。", "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/saints-reborn-recomp-case/", "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/saints-reborn-recomp-case/", "evidence_url": "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn/blob/cb09c54cf9ff5c19a9c1cb8e080f465a322bd0eb/README.md", "group": "cases", "id": "saints-reborn-recomp-case", "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/saints-reborn-recomp-case/record.json", "kind": "case-study", "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/saints-reborn-recomp-case/index.md", "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/saints-reborn-recomp-case/index.md", "name": "Saints Reborn: a ReXGlue static recompilation of Saints Row", "name_zh": "Saints Reborn：基于 ReXGlue 的 Saints Row 静态重编译", "reconstruction_method": "static-recompilation", "record_type": "resource", "relationship": "independent-reconstruction", "requirement_facets": [ "scope", "prerequisites", "prerequisites", "testing", "license" ], "requirements": [ "README describes a static recompilation, not a decompilation or an emulator: the ReXGlue SDK, pinned at v0.10.0 (commit c94f5eb) and patched by patches/rexglue-sdk.patch, translates every PowerPC function in default.xex to C++. config/saintsrow_manifest.toml adds ABI helpers, 19 functions reached only through vtables and two mid-function hooks, and project/src overrides rendering (predicated tiling), audio, kernel-object and occlusion-query behaviour. README reports the game fully playable from start to finish, with co-op over LAN, direct IP or a join code, an optional 60 FPS mod and a mod loader; known issues include texture flicker in the character creator.", "Supply your own Saints Row (Xbox 360) disc as an .iso, or a game folder containing default.xex and packfiles. Only the disc version the port was made with is supported: setup compares default.xex with one known SHA-1 for the World disc release and warns otherwise, because the hooks use fixed addresses. The repository contains no game code, data, recompiled output or executables, and its legal notice forbids using it to distribute them.", "Windows 10/11 (64-bit) with a Direct3D 12 GPU, about 15 GB of disk space and 16 GB of RAM. Setup downloads a portable clang, CMake, Ninja and Microsoft's C++ headers and libraries (about 1.5 GB) and builds the game locally in 10–60 minutes; the older setup.bat path needs Visual Studio 2022 with its Clang and CMake components, plus Git. README lists Linux (through Proton) as coming soon, although BUILDING.md already describes Setup as working on Windows and Linux.", "Playability and the known-issue list are the author's reports. The only CI workflow builds the setup application; the repository's tests cover co-op, modding and map tools, and no automated comparison of recompiled behaviour against the console is documented.", "Project code is Apache-2.0 with a NOTICE that redistributors must keep, crediting Saints Reborn by Whompay. The SDK patch keeps the ReXGlue SDK's BSD-style licence, the SDK derives in part from Xenia, and libraries downloaded at build time keep their own terms. Saints Row remains its owners' property, and the NOTICE covers no file extracted or generated from the game." ], "requirements_zh": [ "README 将其描述为静态重编译，而非反编译或模拟器：固定于 v0.10.0（提交 c94f5eb）并经 patches/rexglue-sdk.patch 修改的 ReXGlue SDK，把 default.xex 中的每个 PowerPC 函数转换为 C++。config/saintsrow_manifest.toml 补充 ABI 辅助例程、19 个只经虚表调用的函数和两处函数内钩子，project/src 则替换了渲染（预测式分块）、音频、内核对象和遮挡查询相关行为。README 报告游戏可从头到尾完整游玩，支持局域网、直连 IP 或加入码的合作模式，附带可选的 60 FPS 模组和模组加载器；已知问题包括角色创建界面的纹理闪烁。", "需自备 Saints Row（Xbox 360）光盘，以 .iso 或包含 default.xex 与 packfiles 的游戏文件夹形式提供。只支持移植所用的光盘版本：安装程序将 default.xex 与全球版光盘的已知 SHA-1 比较，不一致时发出警告，因为钩子使用固定地址。仓库不含游戏代码、数据、重编译产物或可执行文件，其法律声明也禁止借此分发这些内容。", "需要 64 位 Windows 10／11、支持 Direct3D 12 的 GPU、约 15 GB 磁盘空间和 16 GB 内存。安装程序下载便携版 clang、CMake、Ninja 以及 Microsoft 的 C++ 头文件和库（约 1.5 GB），在本地用 10–60 分钟构建游戏；较早的 setup.bat 路径需要带 Clang 与 CMake 组件的 Visual Studio 2022 和 Git。README 称 Linux（通过 Proton）支持即将推出，但 BUILDING.md 已将安装程序描述为可在 Windows 和 Linux 上运行。", "可玩性与已知问题列表均为作者报告。唯一的 CI 工作流构建安装程序；仓库中的测试涵盖合作模式、模组和地图工具，未记录将重编译行为与主机自动比较的测试。", "项目代码采用 Apache-2.0，再分发者须保留 NOTICE 并署名 Saints Reborn by Whompay。SDK 补丁沿用 ReXGlue SDK 的 BSD 式许可，该 SDK 部分源自 Xenia，构建时下载的库保留各自条款。Saints Row 仍归其所有者，NOTICE 不涵盖从游戏中提取或生成的任何文件。" ], "targets": [ "game" ], "url": "https://github.com/whompay/SaintsReborn", "verification": "source-reviewed", "verified_at": "2026-10-18" }