# samp-client-re: a partial SA-MP client reconstruction

> A documented REA/Ghidra investigation maps SA-MP 0.3.DL-R1 client subsystems to a new C++ DLL, loader and smoke-test executable. The result is an architectural reconstruction with explicitly unresolved network and graphics behavior, not an established retail-compatible client.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Community REA investigations
- Relationship: Author-reported mixed workflow
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-01
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-01
- Original resource: <https://github.com/NathanKanaeru/samp-client-re>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/NathanKanaeru/samp-client-re/blob/6efde5d3042ee87f0c183a6c68b7e1b26a000cac/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/samp-client-rea-partial-reconstruction-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/samp-client-rea-partial-reconstruction-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/samp-client-rea-partial-reconstruction-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Testing evidence:** The README reports a Windows/MinGW x64 build and a GTA-independent smoke executable; actual GTA: San Andreas use requires a separate 32-bit toolchain/build.
- **Attribution:** The architecture table attributes addresses and recovered procedures to REA/Ghidra 12.1.4; names inferred from the stripped binary remain analyst interpretations.
- **Limits:** Full RCON/RPC handling, the default-port wire format and the exact Present trampoline are marked unknown/TODO. The archive parser is described as behavior-equivalent, not a complete decryptor.
- **License:** No project license file was present in the reviewed root. Original GTA and SA-MP components remain separate prerequisites with their own rights.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/NathanKanaeru/samp-client-re/blob/6efde5d3042ee87f0c183a6c68b7e1b26a000cac/README.md>

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