# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/VinceIP/fci-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/VinceIP/fci-recomp/blob/4ed3f6881a05d7a0699bcfd1f79b6115b1bc849b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fci-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fci-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fci-recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/VinceIP/fci-recomp/blob/4ed3f6881a05d7a0699bcfd1f79b6115b1bc849b/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/VinceIP/fci-recomp/blob/4ed3f6881a05d7a0699bcfd1f79b6115b1bc849b/re/README.md>

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