# tpp-server-emulator: a Metal Gear Solid V backend reconstruction

> tpp-server-emulator rebuilds the backend used by Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Its C++ server implements game command handlers and database models, while the documentation tracks command coverage and shows how Lua scripts can handle client requests. Configuration supports MySQL or SQLite3.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/alicealys/tpp-server-emulator>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/alicealys/tpp-server-emulator/blob/1664b9c4fbb17bda0c2bb5542c84f1c96b4d8db8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tpp-server-emulator-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tpp-server-emulator-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tpp-server-emulator-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Premake5 is required to generate the build; Linux builds use clang or GCC with the Mold linker.
- **Prerequisites:** The game client must be pointed at the server’s base URL.
- **Limits:** The command inventory marks some handlers as partial or unimplemented.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/alicealys/tpp-server-emulator/blob/1664b9c4fbb17bda0c2bb5542c84f1c96b4d8db8/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/alicealys/tpp-server-emulator/blob/1664b9c4fbb17bda0c2bb5542c84f1c96b4d8db8/docs/progress.md>
3. <https://github.com/alicealys/tpp-server-emulator/blob/1664b9c4fbb17bda0c2bb5542c84f1c96b4d8db8/docs/scripting.md>

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