Case study

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: a Win32 static recompilation

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is statically recompiled from a user-owned Steam swkotor.exe 1.03 into native C using pcrecomp. The repository supplies the lift driver, a 32-bit Windows host, and conformance scripts; the author reports an alpha build that reaches gameplay on the Endar Spire.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 24
Last commit: 2026-10-24
Language: C

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A Steam copy of KotOR containing swkotor.exe 1.03 and Windows 10 or 11 x64.
Prerequisites: Python 3.10 or newer, Visual Studio 2022 C++ tools, CMake 3.20 or newer, Ninja, Git, and a pcrecomp checkout.
Limits: Alpha status; sound remains muted by default pending tests, and later game progress remains under development.
License: MIT License for the repository code.

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BibTeX

@misc{kotor-static-recomp-case,
  title = {{Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: a Win32 static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/kotor-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/kotor-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/kotor-static-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: a Win32 static recompilation. https://github.com/sp00nznet/kotor-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/kotor-static-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/kotor-recomp · Revision 32b287a
docs/architecture.md GitHub · sp00nznet/kotor-recomp · Revision 32b287a