flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp

How flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp works

This repository delivers an unofficial native PC recompilation of Gears of War 3, plus a Windows launcher for finding game files, installing updates/content, configuring settings, and starting the game. The principal player flow is to supply a game copy, let the launcher locate or extract it, then launch the native game; in-game options and rendering features form major runtime branches. Some runtime subsystems are documented in the README but their internal wiring was not sampled, so those relationships are documented at a high level rather than inferred between modules.

Main entry points: src/main.cpp Native Game · pages_game.cpp Play and Game Files · launcher/main.cpp Launcher UI · gow3_options_overlay.cpp In-Game Options

Components 25

Launcher

Launcher UI launcher/main.cpp
Play and Game Files launcher/pages_game.cpp
Settings Pages launcher/pages_settings.cpp
Release Updates launcher/update.cpp

Game Setup

Game and Package Finder setup/finder.cpp
Disc Extraction setup/xdvdfs.cpp
Package Extraction setup/stfs.cpp
Game Installation setup/install.cpp
Build Selection setup/launch_decision.cpp
Launcher State setup/state.cpp
Settings Store setup/settings_store.cpp

Game Runtime

Native Game src/main.cpp
Game Application src/gow3_app.h
ReXGlue Runtime src/sdk/rex_app.cpp
Input and Mouse Aim src/gow3_mouse_aim.cpp
Game Language src/gow3_language.h
Button Prompts src/gow3_button_glyphs.cpp
Community Patches src/gow3_game_patches.cpp

Rendering

Game Renderer src/gow3_renderer.cpp
Widescreen and FOV src/gow3_widescreen.cpp

PC Options

In-Game Options src/gow3_options_overlay.cpp
Options Catalog src/gow3_options_catalog.cpp
Option Actions src/gow3_options_actions.cpp
Options Model src/gow3_options_model.cpp

Other components

Player

Connections 27

Player → Launcher UI: opens launcher/main.cpp
Launcher UI → Play and Game Files: routes to launcher/main.cpp
Launcher UI → Settings Pages: routes to launcher/main.cpp
Launcher UI → Release Updates: starts launcher/main.cpp
Play and Game Files → Game and Package Finder: searches with launcher/pages_game.cpp
Play and Game Files → Disc Extraction: extracts with
Play and Game Files → Package Extraction: installs packages with
Play and Game Files → Game Installation: installs through launcher/pages_game.cpp
Play and Game Files → Build Selection: selects build via launcher/pages_game.cpp
Play and Game Files → Launcher State: reads state launcher/pages_game.cpp
Settings Pages → Settings Store: edits settings via launcher/pages_settings.cpp
Release Updates → Game Installation: uses installer launcher/update.cpp
Player → Native Game: starts README.md
Native Game → Game Application: enters src/main.cpp
Game Application → ReXGlue Runtime: runs on
Native Game → Game Renderer: renders through README.md
Native Game → Input and Mouse Aim: supports native mouse aim README.md
Native Game → Game Language: supports language selection README.md
Native Game → Button Prompts: shows dynamic prompts README.md
Native Game → Community Patches: offers community patches README.md
Native Game → Widescreen and FOV: supports wide display README.md
Player → In-Game Options: opens README.md
In-Game Options → Options Catalog: uses catalog src/gow3_options_overlay.cpp
In-Game Options → Option Actions: uses actions src/gow3_options_overlay.cpp
In-Game Options → Options Model: reads and updates src/gow3_options_overlay.cpp
Settings Store → Options Model: builds model
Settings Pages → Options Catalog: uses catalog launcher/pages_settings.cpp

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