# Skate 3 Recomp: a native Xbox 360 recompilation through ReXGlue

> Recompiles the Xbox 360 version of Skate 3 into native Windows, Linux and macOS builds with a Skate-specific fork of the ReXGlue SDK. Since v2.0.0 a native Direct3D 12 and Vulkan renderer with ports of the game’s own material shading replaces emulation of the Xbox 360 GPU, which remains as a fallback. Game files come from the user’s disc image; the author calls the native renderer early and has not tested the game end to end.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-18
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-19
- Original resource: <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp/blob/f6e0ae87fdfecbadb5c1e36c55d66a744187a3cd/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skate3-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skate3-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/skate3-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Players choose an ISO of their own Xbox 360 copy of Skate 3 for the built-in installer, and DLC needs the user’s own package files. Source codegen reads default.xex and data/webkit/EAWebkit.xex from an extracted dump and should also be given the Title Update 3 package, whose patched executables release builds require. Retail files and generated recompilation sources are git-ignored.
- **Prerequisites:** Builds need CMake 3.25+, Ninja and Clang 18 or newer (Clang 20 is recommended on Ubuntu 24.04); MSVC and Apple Clang are unsupported. The pinned rexglue-sdk submodule is the author’s fork on the rexglue 0.8.0 line, holding the runtime, codegen, input, timing and both graphics backends. Vulkan SPIR-V shader binaries are committed, and macOS uses Homebrew LLVM with MoltenVK.
- **Scope:** The latest reviewed release is v2.0.2 (July 2026) for Windows, Linux and experimental Apple-silicon macOS; the README calls Windows the most tested platform. Known native-renderer issues include streaming pop-in, skater-customization rendering, Hall of Meat highlights and skate-park parity; frame-rate and power gains over the emulated renderer are author-reported.
- **Testing evidence:** The reviewed tree contains no CI workflow, test suite or fidelity comparison, and the README says the game has not been played through on the native renderer. Visual-parity statements are project claims.
- **License:** Neither the repository nor its GitHub metadata declares a license for the project’s code; the rexglue fork carries a Xenia-derived BSD-3-Clause notice, and Skate 3 content retains Electronic Arts’ rights.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp/blob/f6e0ae87fdfecbadb5c1e36c55d66a744187a3cd/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp/blob/f6e0ae87fdfecbadb5c1e36c55d66a744187a3cd/CMakeLists.txt>
3. <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp/blob/f6e0ae87fdfecbadb5c1e36c55d66a744187a3cd/.gitignore>
4. <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp/blob/f6e0ae87fdfecbadb5c1e36c55d66a744187a3cd/.gitmodules>
5. <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp/blob/f6e0ae87fdfecbadb5c1e36c55d66a744187a3cd/cmake/ApplySkate3CodegenPatches.cmake>
6. <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp/blob/f6e0ae87fdfecbadb5c1e36c55d66a744187a3cd/config/skate3.example.toml>
7. <https://github.com/mchughalex/rexglue-skate3/blob/7eb0faf7787f5e01333c228b8e3f03c32f7295ea/LICENSE>
8. <https://github.com/mchughalex/skate3recomp/releases/tag/v2.0.2>

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