# SimCity 4 Deluxe: static recompilation from the Steam executable

> SimCity 4 Deluxe statically recompiles the user's Steam game executable into locally generated C with pcrecomp and runs it in a native32 host. The repository supplies setup, lift and runtime code while excluding generated game source and assets. The author reports that scripted runs load a region and city, simulate a month and save data the original game can load.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: 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/sp00nznet/simcity4>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/simcity4/blob/dcdd0fed35dc5c15f8a58f635975fb7ba2623f24/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/simcity-4-static-recompilation-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/simcity-4-static-recompilation-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/simcity-4-static-recompilation-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A personal Steam installation of SimCity 4 Deluxe, Windows 10/11, Visual Studio 2022 C++ tools and about 3 GB free space are required.
- **Prerequisites:** pcrecomp is required beside the repository; setup can obtain it.
- **Limits:** A full manual play session and DirectX 7 renderer remain untested.
- **License:** MIT license for the host and scripts.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/simcity4/blob/dcdd0fed35dc5c15f8a58f635975fb7ba2623f24/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/simcity4/blob/dcdd0fed35dc5c15f8a58f635975fb7ba2623f24/docs/RECON.md>

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