# OpenDF: a Daggerfall engine reconstruction

> OpenDF reconstructs an open engine for Daggerfall. Its C++ source includes BSA archive loading with named and indexed entries, alongside game-world, rendering and input components.

- 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/kcat/opendf>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/kcat/opendf/blob/1c5266b7bf41f70a5009026185b047fe697feeff/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opendf-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opendf-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/opendf-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** OpenSceneGraph, MyGUI and SDL2 are listed as dependencies.
- **Limits:** The included archive loader rejects compressed named BSA entries.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/kcat/opendf/blob/1c5266b7bf41f70a5009026185b047fe697feeff/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/kcat/opendf/blob/1c5266b7bf41f70a5009026185b047fe697feeff/src/components/archives/bsaarchive.cpp>

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