# 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.

- 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/HaydnTrigg/Freelancer>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/HaydnTrigg/Freelancer/blob/2de8a16fca9d04a7d8df5e15833d6eba621924bc/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/freelancer-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/freelancer-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/freelancer-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/HaydnTrigg/Freelancer/blob/2de8a16fca9d04a7d8df5e15833d6eba621924bc/README.md>

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