# BreadFlowerDos: reimplementing the Refractor 2 game engine

> BreadFlowerDos is a modern C++ recreation of the Refractor 2 engine, focused on Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142. The README says it reimplements functionality rather than matching the original binaries.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/kiwidoggie/breadflowerdos>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/kiwidoggie/breadflowerdos/blob/6b4d4e1f10dee9b1c8932db95f91b92e3eceb7db/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/breadflowerdos/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/breadflowerdos/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/breadflowerdos/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- CMake 4.0 or newer, and Clang 19 or newer or MSVC. Commits are expected to pass clang-tidy and clang-format.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/kiwidoggie/breadflowerdos/blob/6b4d4e1f10dee9b1c8932db95f91b92e3eceb7db/README.md>

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