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  "description_en": "openDarkEngine rebuilds an engine for data files from the original Dark Engine games. Its current code displays levels and objects, while its documentation describes incomplete lighting, simulation and scripting and a planned replacement of the Ogre3D renderer.",
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  "name": "openDarkEngine: rebuilding support for Dark Engine game data",
  "name_zh": "openDarkEngine：重建 Dark Engine 游戏数据支持",
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    "Original Dark Engine game data files are the intended inputs.",
    "Build instructions are partly obsolete during the renderer cleanup.",
    "GNU General Public License version 2."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "预期输入为原版 Dark Engine 游戏数据文件。",
    "渲染器整理期间，部分构建说明已过时。",
    "采用 GNU General Public License 第 2 版。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
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  "url": "https://github.com/volca02/openDarkEngine",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
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