# Mech Commander 2: reconstructing the closed engine from interface headers

> mc2 reimplements the closed Mech Commander 2 engine using available interface headers and ports the game to 64-bit Linux and Windows. The author reports finishing the game on Linux; networking and parts of the sound system remain incomplete.

- 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/alariq/mc2>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/alariq/mc2/blob/73edc3647d9c4a6969dde03afb86ba16d7827094/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mc2-mech-commander-2-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mc2-mech-commander-2-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mc2-mech-commander-2-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Build instructions require the separate mc2srcdata repository and its data-building tools.
- **Limits:** Networking is unimplemented, and sound panning and Doppler effects remain unsupported.
- **License:** The author's code is GPL-3.0; original game code is under the Shared Source Limited Permission License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/alariq/mc2/blob/73edc3647d9c4a6969dde03afb86ba16d7827094/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/alariq/mc2/blob/73edc3647d9c4a6969dde03afb86ba16d7827094/BUILD-LINUX.md>

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