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  "added_at": "2026-11-06",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/daniel-madrid-07/weeping-of-the-empire/blob/cfb47bc13b25fc686e0ef2616b451662b62c2b31/engine/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "description_en": "Weeping of the Empire builds a native Windows port of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom from the user's Switch game dump. It recompiles ARM64 code ahead of time to x86-64, supplies Switch services through a host runtime and renders through Vulkan. The engine documentation credits totk-recomp as the starting point and identifies the added Windows port, renderer, controls and menus.",
  "description_zh": "Weeping of the Empire 从用户自己的 Switch《塞尔达传说 王国之泪》转储构建原生 Windows 版本。它预先将 ARM64 代码重编译为 x86-64，以宿主运行时提供 Switch 系统服务，并通过 Vulkan 渲染。引擎文档说明其以 totk-recomp 为起点，另行开发了 Windows 移植、渲染、控制和菜单。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/weeping-of-the-empire-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/weeping-of-the-empire-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/daniel-madrid-07/weeping-of-the-empire/blob/cfb47bc13b25fc686e0ef2616b451662b62c2b31/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "weeping-of-the-empire-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/weeping-of-the-empire-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/weeping-of-the-empire-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/weeping-of-the-empire-case/index.md",
  "name": "Weeping of the Empire: statically recompiling Tears of the Kingdom for Windows",
  "name_zh": "Weeping of the Empire：将《塞尔达传说 王国之泪》静态重编译至 Windows",
  "reconstruction_method": "static-recompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Windows 10 or 11 x64, a Vulkan 1.3 GPU driver and the user's game dump are required; encrypted dumps also require the user's keys. Installation needs internet access.",
    "Game version 1.0.0 is supported, with 1.4.3 in beta; first visits may stutter while shaders are built.",
    "MIT License."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 Windows 10 或 11 x64、支持 Vulkan 1.3 的显卡驱动及用户自己的游戏转储；加密转储还需要用户自己的密钥。安装时需要联网。",
    "支持游戏 1.0.0 版，1.4.3 版仍为测试支持；首次进入场景时可能因编译着色器而卡顿。",
    "MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/daniel-madrid-07/weeping-of-the-empire",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}