# HydroThunderPORT: recompiling Hydro Thunder Hurricane for PC

> This is a Windows and Linux port of Hydro Thunder Hurricane, release BETA 1.1 (1.1.0), in Standard and PGO builds. It uses ReXGlue for static recompilation and Vulkan for rendering. The Windows launcher is Launcher-Config.exe, and the game is HydroThunder.exe. Linux releases are an AppImage. The README says the 0.0.2.1 title-update configuration is supported. Generated game code is not in the repository.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/monscriser/HydroThunderPORT>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/monscriser/HydroThunderPORT/blob/706f41abf20954e1f463fab6ffe500688f759715/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hydro-thunder-port/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hydro-thunder-port/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hydro-thunder-port/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- A Windows package or the Linux AppImage from Releases. The launcher asks for the player's game, DLC, and update files. A source build generates app/generated-updated from that copy. PGO uses CMake -DHT_PGO=USE.
- The README does not name a license for this project. It says third-party software keeps the licenses under licenses/.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/monscriser/HydroThunderPORT/blob/706f41abf20954e1f463fab6ffe500688f759715/README.md>

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