Case study

Freelancer: an in-progress Patch 1.1 decompilation

Freelancer reconstructs C++ source for the game's Patch 1.1 executables and DLLs as a work-in-progress decompilation. Its configurations split individual modules, while engine libraries within scope are reimplemented in the separate Liberty project.

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

Stars: 9
Last commit: 2026-10-03
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Scope: Freelancer Patch 1.1, version 052103_release_1149_Ipatch_ver1254, is the supported target.
Limits: Release 1.0 and the listed beta versions are unsupported.
Limits: The decompilation is a work in progress.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{freelancer-decomp-case,
  title = {{Freelancer: an in-progress Patch 1.1 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/HaydnTrigg/Freelancer}},
  url = {https://github.com/HaydnTrigg/Freelancer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/freelancer-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Freelancer: an in-progress Patch 1.1 decompilation. https://github.com/HaydnTrigg/Freelancer (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/freelancer-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · HaydnTrigg/Freelancer · Revision 2de8a16