{
  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "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.",
  "description_zh": "Dishonored XP stub 为 GOG 版《Dishonored: Definitive Edition》替换两个 DLL，使游戏能在 Windows XP SP3 上运行并使用本地存档。作者分析了不兼容的 DLL 导入项、Steamworks 接口、游戏可执行文件中的虚表调用和存档流程，并实现了面向 XP 的 common.dll 与 libcurl.dll 替代件。作者报告在 XP 机器上测试了游戏运行、存档和读档。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/dishonored-xp-stub-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dishonored-xp-stub-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/goph-R/dishonored-xp-stub/blob/ad2a1a0d85f64ddba2e03edebf5e185f5935d321/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "dishonored-xp-stub-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/dishonored-xp-stub-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/dishonored-xp-stub-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dishonored-xp-stub-case/index.md",
  "name": "Dishonored: reconstructing Windows XP compatible storefront DLLs",
  "name_zh": "Dishonored：重建兼容 Windows XP 的商店接口 DLL",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Requires the GOG Dishonored Definitive Edition build 334700_2022 (60656) and Windows XP SP3.",
    "The author states that One Core API must not be installed on the XP system.",
    "Achievements and Steam Cloud are unavailable; DLC detection and friends or matchmaking behavior are untested.",
    "MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 GOG 版 Dishonored Definitive Edition 构建 334700_2022 (60656) 及 Windows XP SP3。",
    "作者指出 XP 系统不能安装 One Core API。",
    "不支持成就和 Steam Cloud；DLC 检测及好友、匹配功能尚未测试。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "binary",
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/goph-R/dishonored-xp-stub",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}