{
  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Vault Engine reimplements Fallout and Fallout 2 as a Rust engine that reads the user's retail DAT archives. Its modules cover DAT formats, the INT script VM, combat, AI, saves and rendering, with behavior built from written clean-room specifications and checked through state hashes and trace oracles.",
  "description_zh": "Vault Engine 以 Rust 重建 Fallout 和 Fallout 2，读取用户零售版的 DAT 归档。其模块涵盖 DAT 格式、INT 脚本虚拟机、战斗、AI、存档和渲染；实现依据成文的净室规格，并使用状态哈希与轨迹对照进行检查。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/vault-engine-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/vault-engine-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/mikyowski-ui/vault-engine/blob/3adeac9c0a14bbfbb56a5439155743d401e1bb69/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "vault-engine-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/vault-engine-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/vault-engine-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/vault-engine-case/index.md",
  "name": "Vault Engine: rebuilding Fallout and Fallout 2 in Rust",
  "name_zh": "Vault Engine：以 Rust 重建 Fallout 与 Fallout 2",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/vault-engine-case.gif",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "The user's own Fallout or Fallout 2 DAT archives are required.",
    "Linux, Windows or macOS is supported; building from source requires Rust 1.88 or later.",
    "Apache-2.0 license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要用户自己的 Fallout 或 Fallout 2 DAT 归档。",
    "支持 Linux、Windows 和 macOS；从源码构建需要 Rust 1.88 或更新版本。",
    "采用 Apache-2.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/mikyowski-ui/vault-engine",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}