Case study

FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.23b: an experimental matching client decompilation

Reconstructs portions of the FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.23b game client for a matching Windows executable build. The workflow splits the user-supplied ffxivgame.exe, compiles recovered C++ and assembly, and checks the output against the original.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-10-18
Language: C++
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-supplied 1.23b ffxivgame.exe with SHA1 04fd1c65eb0ab2e5d37d814dac1298ae2940e86a.
Prerequisites: Windows and MSYS2, Python 3.12+, Git, Ninja and 7z.
Limits: The project describes its matching decompilation as experimental.
License: CC0-1.0 licence.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{ffxiv-123b-matching-decomp-case,
  title = {{FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.23b: an experimental matching client decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Drahsid/ffxiv_1_23b_decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/Drahsid/ffxiv_1_23b_decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ffxiv-123b-matching-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.23b: an experimental matching client decompilation. https://github.com/Drahsid/ffxiv_1_23b_decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ffxiv-123b-matching-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · Drahsid/ffxiv_1_23b_decomp · Revision c70b77d