{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "ds3os reconstructs online servers for Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin and Dark Souls 3, with matchmaking, profiles and multiplayer features. It includes a loader that redirects the games to a custom server and protobuf definitions for network traffic; some server calls and message fields remain unresolved.",
  "description_zh": "ds3os 重建 Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin 和 Dark Souls 3 的在线服务器，涵盖匹配、玩家资料及多人游戏功能。项目提供将游戏连接至自建服务器的加载器，以及网络流量的 protobuf 定义；部分服务器调用和消息字段仍待研究。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds3os-dark-souls-server-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ds3os-dark-souls-server-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/TLeonardUK/ds3os/blob/56406879a31505a71bea8c6290da370067f43659/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "ds3os-dark-souls-server-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds3os-dark-souls-server-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds3os-dark-souls-server-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ds3os-dark-souls-server-case/index.md",
  "name": "ds3os: reconstructed Dark Souls 2 and 3 online servers",
  "name_zh": "ds3os：重建 Dark Souls 2 和 3 在线服务器",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A game copy and Steam client; the server authenticates Steam tickets.",
    "Visual Studio 2022, C++17 and CMake for building.",
    "Dark Souls 2 support is experimental; some server calls and protobuf fields remain unresolved.",
    "MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要游戏副本和 Steam 客户端；服务器会验证 Steam 票据。",
    "构建需要 Visual Studio 2022、C++17 和 CMake。",
    "Dark Souls 2 支持仍处于实验阶段；部分服务器调用和 protobuf 字段尚未弄清。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game",
    "protocol"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/TLeonardUK/ds3os",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}