4 comments

  • AnotherGoodName 46 minutes ago
    I wonder if it’s a real leak or just an agent recreation of the source from machine code.

    I’ve been having fun lately with agents and decompilation. You can literally point them at any game and ask them to decompile the game and structure and format as if it was the original source code. Asking them to ensure it compiles works fine.

    Some proof: i made online save game editors for jagged alliance 3; grandcheaten.com and news tower; thedailycheat.com (.com domains are only $10 so i figured why not).

    You can do this with any game i’ve found. Older games work best due to the forced simplicity of the source code though.

    • whywhywhywhy 9 minutes ago
      It’s the real code there is code for known removed content (tanker escape scene and the 9/11 removed cutscene). Also AI can’t do what you’re theorizing yet.

      >and ask them to decompile the game and structure and format as if it was the original source code. Asking them to ensure it compiles works fine

      lot of people claiming this the end result is the AI downloading an emulator and rom

      • AnotherGoodName 2 minutes ago
        >Also AI can’t do what you’re theorizing yet.

        Did you try the above links? I haven’t shared the full source but all game mechanics listed in the ja3 guide including code snippets where helpful.

      • echelon 1 minute ago
        > It’s the real code there is code for known removed content (tanker escape scene and the 9/11 removed cutscene). Also AI can’t do what you’re theorizing yet.

        There are lots of decompilation community efforts for N64 games, etc.

        Someone should train a model on this. Giving the decompiled symbols good names, etc.

        De-minification and de-obfuscation while we're at it.

    • bigyabai 40 minutes ago
      It's (probably) a real leak. There are original comments in Japanese describing cut content and game logic that was scrapped in the final release.
      • jayd16 15 minutes ago
        Raw assets are probably the better tell
  • tombert 14 minutes ago
    Maybe with the source code, I'd be able to figure out what the hell happened in the last ~2 hours of the game.
  • charcircuit 8 minutes ago
    >this remains a tremendous milestone for games preservation

    Clearly if it was able to be leaked it already was being preserved. It is shameful that such a publication tries and celebrate copyright infringement like this.

    • tfigueroa 3 minutes ago
      It’s, what, 25 years old? There have been many sequels, prequels, remastering. The economic benefits of this IP are largely exhausted; that it is now leaked to the commons isn’t an alarming thing.