# QuestEditorRe: rebuilding the Alien Shooter quest editor

> QuestEditorRe rebuilds the original QuestEditor as a standalone Windows application and a Win32 DLL compatible with map editors for Alien Shooter 2 and related games. Its C++ implementation edits levels.cfg, levels.db and mission.txt while preserving unknown fields and unchanged bytes where possible, and supports quest links, properties and backups.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App · Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Feiyang0102sso/alien-shooter-quest-editor-re>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Feiyang0102sso/alien-shooter-quest-editor-re/blob/403214ca848c4ad191b0464c986698debb3250e8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/questeditorre-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/questeditorre-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/questeditorre-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Building requires Windows 10 or 11, Visual Studio C++ toolset v145, Windows SDK 10 and a Win32 target.
- **Limits:** Real-game automated tests primarily target Alien Shooter 2 Reloaded; other listed games need separate checking.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Feiyang0102sso/alien-shooter-quest-editor-re/blob/403214ca848c4ad191b0464c986698debb3250e8/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Feiyang0102sso/alien-shooter-quest-editor-re/blob/403214ca848c4ad191b0464c986698debb3250e8/tests/README.md>

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