# Dishonored: reconstructing Windows XP compatible storefront DLLs

> The Dishonored XP stub project replaces two GOG storefront DLLs so the GOG Definitive Edition can run on Windows XP SP3 with local saves. The author traced incompatible imports, Steamworks exports, vtable calls and save routines in the game executable, then implemented XP-targeted common.dll and libcurl.dll substitutes. The author reports successful play and save/load on an XP system.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/goph-R/dishonored-xp-stub>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/goph-R/dishonored-xp-stub/blob/ad2a1a0d85f64ddba2e03edebf5e185f5935d321/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dishonored-xp-stub-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dishonored-xp-stub-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dishonored-xp-stub-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the GOG Dishonored Definitive Edition build 334700_2022 (60656) and Windows XP SP3.
- **Prerequisites:** The author states that One Core API must not be installed on the XP system.
- **Limits:** Achievements and Steam Cloud are unavailable; DLC detection and friends or matchmaking behavior are untested.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/goph-R/dishonored-xp-stub/blob/ad2a1a0d85f64ddba2e03edebf5e185f5935d321/README.md>

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