# Character Pipeline: April 2001 library decompilation > Character Pipeline April 2001 Libraries reconstructs C source for the component's built code libraries. It covers actor, animation, control, geometry palette, lighting, shader and skinning libraries; make extract uses DTK to disassemble user-provided .a archives into source files. - Type: Case study - Targets: Binary - Category: Independent reconstruction cases - Relationship: Independent reconstruction project - Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06 - Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09 - Original resource: - Primary source: - Catalog page: - Record JSON: - Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/character-pipeline-apr2001-decomp-case/index.md) ## Requirements & limits - Users must supply their own .a archives in baserom/ for extraction. - build-essential and binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu are specified for building. - No licence file is listed in the repository. ## Primary sources 1. ## More in Native binaries - [8088 BIOS: disassembling Tandy and IBM PC firmware images](https://awesomerea.org/resources/bios-8088/index.md) · Case study - [lv0pen: matching source for the PlayStation 3 boot chain](https://awesomerea.org/resources/lv0pen/index.md) · Case study - [Forecast Channel: decompiling the Wii weather app](https://awesomerea.org/resources/forecast-channel/index.md) · Case study - [Xbox 360 kernel: decompiling version 17489.0](https://awesomerea.org/resources/xkrnl-decomp/index.md) · Case study - [PICOLOVE: reimplementing the PICO-8 API in LÖVE](https://awesomerea.org/resources/picolove/index.md) · Case study - [DLSS 5 Neural Rendering: reconstructing a runtime model from DLL analysis](https://awesomerea.org/resources/dlss5-nr-reverse-engineering-case/index.md) · Case study ## About this entry The description was reviewed against primary sources. Original editorial content: MIT. Linked projects, papers and assets retain their own rights and licenses.