Case study

mh3u-port: statically recompiling MH3U for PC

mh3u-port statically recompiles the USA v32 Wii U release of MH3U for Windows and Linux. It translates the game's PowerPC functions into C, runs them with a Rust replacement for Wii U system libraries, and converts GPU shader programs to WGSL. The author reports that it reaches the village and runs quests, with some graphics effects unfinished.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 28
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): AGPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply a personally dumped, decrypted USA base game and v32 update in code/, content/ and meta/ folders.
Prerequisites: A Vulkan or Direct3D 12 capable GPU and an x86-64 CPU with FMA are required; the documented builds use Rust and platform-specific C toolchains.
Limits: Online play and other network features are unsupported; graphics effects, dump hash checking and CI remain unfinished.
License: AGPL-3.0-only license.

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BibTeX

@misc{mh3u-port-case,
  title = {{mh3u-port: statically recompiling MH3U for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/glinesbdev/mh3u-port}},
  url = {https://github.com/glinesbdev/mh3u-port},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mh3u-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

mh3u-port: statically recompiling MH3U for PC. https://github.com/glinesbdev/mh3u-port (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mh3u-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · glinesbdev/mh3u-port · Revision 9a76565
Cargo.toml GitHub · glinesbdev/mh3u-port · Revision 9a76565
CONTRIBUTING.md GitHub · glinesbdev/mh3u-port · Revision 9a76565