# TA: Byte Tactics — matching decompilation of Total Annihilation

> TA: Byte Tactics reconstructs Total Annihilation v3.1 functions as C++ compiled with Visual C++ 5.0 SP3. Its checker compares each compiled function with TotalA.exe while accounting for linker-filled bytes; the author reports 1,973 byte-matched functions.

- 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/ozgb/byte-tactics>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ozgb/byte-tactics/blob/33d1455ed1c5e9cbb13f027c8f1fce1a752aea6b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ta-byte-tactics-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ta-byte-tactics-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ta-byte-tactics-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide your own Steam copy of Total Annihilation v3.1.
- **Prerequisites:** Setup requires wine, 7z, cabextract, curl and uv; Ghidra export requires Java 21.
- **Limits:** The author reports 1,973 of 3,267 functions matched byte for byte.
- **License:** MIT covers tools/ only; reconstructed game code in src/ is offered without a licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ozgb/byte-tactics/blob/33d1455ed1c5e9cbb13f027c8f1fce1a752aea6b/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ozgb/byte-tactics/blob/33d1455ed1c5e9cbb13f027c8f1fce1a752aea6b/LICENSE>

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