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  "description_en": "Gears of War 3 — PC port builds a native Windows version from a user-owned Xbox 360 disc image. Its pipeline unpacks the XEX and translates PowerPC code to C++ with XenonRecomp, then runs it on a replacement kernel and Xenia graphics components. Research notes map functions, data layouts and game file formats.",
  "description_zh": "Gears of War 3 — PC port 从用户自备的 Xbox 360 光盘镜像构建 Windows 原生版本。流程先解包 XEX，再用 XenonRecomp 将 PowerPC 代码转为 C++，由替代内核和 Xenia 图形组件运行。研究文档记录了函数、数据布局及游戏文件格式。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/gears-of-war-3-pc-port-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/gears-of-war-3-pc-port-case/",
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  "name": "Gears of War 3: a XenonRecomp PC port from the Xbox 360 disc",
  "name_zh": "Gears of War 3：基于 Xbox 360 光盘的 XenonRecomp PC 移植",
  "reconstruction_method": "static-recompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
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    "prerequisites",
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  "requirements": [
    "Requires a user-owned Gears of War 3 disc image of the supported version.",
    "Requires 64-bit Windows 10/11, a Direct3D 12 GPU, a Haswell or Zen class processor, approximately 25 GB of free space and the documented build tools.",
    "GPL-3.0 licence."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要用户自备受支持版本的《战争机器 3》光盘镜像。",
    "需要 64 位 Windows 10/11、Direct3D 12 显卡、Haswell 或 Zen 级处理器、约 25 GB 可用空间及文档列出的构建工具。",
    "采用 GPL-3.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
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  "url": "https://github.com/KiltedKernel/gears-of-war-3-pc-port",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
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