Case study

fci-recomp: static recompilation of Far Cry Instincts and Evolution

fci-recomp builds Windows ports of the original Xbox games Far Cry Instincts and Far Cry Instincts: Evolution by translating their disc code to C ahead of time. A project runtime supplies Xbox kernel, graphics and audio behavior, while a reverse-engineering layer records symbols and game-system findings.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 89
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, a Direct3D 12 GPU and the user's supported disc image or extracted files for at least one game.
Limits: Map editors have not been thoroughly tested end to end; multiplayer remains unfinished.
License: Project code is MIT licensed; some patches to third-party files are licensed LGPL-2.1-or-later.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{fci-recomp-case,
  title = {{fci-recomp: static recompilation of Far Cry Instincts and Evolution}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/VinceIP/fci-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/VinceIP/fci-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/fci-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

fci-recomp: static recompilation of Far Cry Instincts and Evolution. https://github.com/VinceIP/fci-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/fci-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · VinceIP/fci-recomp · Revision 4ed3f68
re/README.md GitHub · VinceIP/fci-recomp · Revision 4ed3f68