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-<img src="https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/blob/miami/logo.png?raw=true" alt="reVC logo" width="200">
-
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+# reLCS
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## Intro
-In this repository you'll find the fully reversed source code for GTA III ([master](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/tree/master/) branch) and GTA VC ([miami](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/tree/miami/) branch).
-
-It has been tested and works on Windows, Linux, MacOS and FreeBSD, on x86, amd64, arm and arm64.\
-Rendering is handled either by original RenderWare (D3D8)
-or the reimplementation [librw](https://github.com/aap/librw) (D3D9, OpenGL 2.1 or above, OpenGL ES 2.0 or above).\
-Audio is done with MSS (using dlls from original GTA) or OpenAL.
-
-We cannot build for PS2 or Xbox yet. If you're interested in doing so, get in touch with us.
-
-## Installation
-
-- reVC requires game assets to work, so you **must** own [a copy of GTA Vice City](https://store.steampowered.com/app/12110/Grand_Theft_Auto_Vice_City/).
-- Build reVC or download the latest build:
- - [Windows D3D9 MSS 32bit](https://nightly.link/GTAmodding/re3/workflows/reVC_msvc_x86/miami/reVC_Release_win-x86-librw_d3d9-mss.zip)
- - [Windows D3D9 64bit](https://nightly.link/GTAmodding/re3/workflows/reVC_msvc_amd64/miami/reVC_Release_win-amd64-librw_d3d9-oal.zip)
- - [Windows OpenGL 64bit](https://nightly.link/GTAmodding/re3/workflows/reVC_msvc_amd64/miami/reVC_Release_win-amd64-librw_gl3_glfw-oal.zip)
- - [Linux 64bit](https://nightly.link/GTAmodding/re3/workflows/build-cmake-conan/miami/ubuntu-18.04-gl3.zip)
- - [MacOS 64bit x86-64](https://nightly.link/GTAmodding/re3/workflows/build-cmake-conan/miami/macos-latest-gl3.zip)
-- Extract the downloaded zip over your GTA VC directory and run reVC. The zip includes the binary, updated and additional gamefiles and in case of OpenAL the required dlls.
-
-## Screenshots
-
-![screen_ 1613087332](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1521437/107714111-f84f3200-6ccc-11eb-902e-d757481d579a.png)
-![screen_ 1613086852](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1521437/107714115-fa18f580-6ccc-11eb-9de5-eb4cd04865d3.png)
-![screen_ 1613086989](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1521437/107714103-f38a7e00-6ccc-11eb-88a3-c8c2033c51d6.png)
-![screen_ 1613087193](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1521437/107714106-f4bbab00-6ccc-11eb-96a9-13821d9b9684.png)
-
-## Improvements
-
-We have implemented a number of changes and improvements to the original game.
-They can be configured in `core/config.h`.
-Some of them can be toggled at runtime, some cannot.
-
-* Fixed a lot of smaller and bigger bugs
-* User files (saves and settings) stored in GTA root directory
-* Settings stored in reVC.ini file instead of gta_vc.set
-* Debug menu to do and change various things (Ctrl-M to open)
-* Debug camera (Ctrl-B to toggle)
-* Rotatable camera
-* XInput controller support (Windows)
-* No loading screens between islands ("map memory usage" in menu)
-* Rendering
- * Widescreen support (properly scaled HUD, Menu and FOV)
- * PS2 MatFX (vehicle reflections)
- * PS2 alpha test (better rendering of transparency)
- * Xbox vehicle rendering
- * Xbox world lightmap rendering (needs Xbox map)
- * Xbox ped rim light
- * Xbox screen rain droplets
- * More customizable colourfilter
-* Menu
- * More options
- * Controller configuration menu
- * ...
-* Can load DFFs and TXDs from other platforms, possibly with a performance penalty
-* ...
-
-## To-Do
-
-The following things would be nice to have/do:
-
-* Fix physics for high FPS
-* Improve performance on lower end devices, especially the OpenGL layer on the Raspberry Pi (if you have experience with this, please get in touch)
-* [PS2 port](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/PS2-port)
-* Xbox port (not quite as important)
-* reverse remaining unused/debug functions
-* compare CodeWarrior build with original binary for more accurate code (very tedious)
-
-## Modding
-
-Asset modifications (models, texture, handling, script, ...) should work the same way as with original GTA for the most part.
-
-Mods that make changes to the code (dll/asi, CLEO, limit adjusters) will *not* work.
-Some things these mods do are already implemented in re3 (much of SkyGFX, GInput, SilentPatch, Widescreen fix),
-others can easily be achieved (increasing limis, see `config.h`),
-others will simply have to be rewritten and integrated into the code directly.
-Sorry for the inconvenience.
-
-## Building from Source
-
-When using premake, you may want to point GTA_VC_RE_DIR environment variable to GTA Vice City root folder if you want the executable to be moved there via post-build script.
-
-Clone the repository with `git clone --recursive -b miami https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3.git reVC`. Then `cd reVC` into the cloned repository.
-
-<details><summary>Linux Premake</summary>
-
-For Linux using premake, proceed: [Building on Linux](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/Building-on-Linux)
-
-</details>
+The aim of this project is to reverse GTA Liberty City Stories.
-<details><summary>Linux Conan</summary>
+## How can I try it?
-Install python and conan, and then run build.
-```
-conan export vendor/librw librw/master@
-mkdir build
-cd build
-conan install .. reVC/master@ -if build -o reVC:audio=openal -o librw:platform=gl3 -o librw:gl3_gfxlib=glfw --build missing -s reVC:build_type=RelWithDebInfo -s librw:build_type=RelWithDebInfo
-conan build .. -if build -bf build -pf package
-```
-</details>
+- reLCS requires game assets to work.
+- Build reLCS or download it from one of the above links (Debug or Release).
+- (Optional) If you want to use optional features, copy the files in /gamefiles folder to your game root folder.
+- Move reLCS.exe to GTA LCS directory and run it.
-<details><summary>MacOS Premake</summary>
+## Preparing the environment for building
-For MacOS using premake, proceed: [Building on MacOS](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/Building-on-MacOS)
+You may want to point GTA_LCS_RE_DIR environment variable to GTA LCS root folder if you want executable to be moved there via post-build script.
-</details>
-
-<details><summary>FreeBSD</summary>
-
-For FreeBSD using premake, proceed: [Building on FreeBSD](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/Building-on-FreeBSD)
-
-</details>
-
-<details><summary>Windows</summary>
-
-Assuming you have Visual Studio 2015/2017/2019:
-- Run one of the `premake-vsXXXX.cmd` variants on root folder.
-- Open build/reVC.sln with Visual Studio and compile the solution.
+- For Linux, proceed: [Building on Linux](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/Building-on-Linux)
+- For FreeBSD, proceed: [Building on FreeBSD](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/Building-on-FreeBSD)
+- For Windows, assuming you have Visual Studio:
+ - Clone the repo using the argument `--recursive`.
+ - Run one of the `premake-vsXXXX.cmd` variants on root folder.
+ - Open the project via Visual Studio
-Microsoft recently discontinued its downloads of the DX9 SDK. You can download an archived version here: https://archive.org/details/dxsdk_jun10
-
-**If you choose OpenAL on Windows** You must read [Running OpenAL build on Windows](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/Running-OpenAL-build-on-Windows).
-</details>
+**If you use 64-bit D3D9**: We don't ship 64-bit Dx9 SDK. You need to download it from Microsoft if you don't have it(although it should come pre-installed after some Windows version)
-> :information_source: premake has an `--with-lto` option if you want the project to be compiled with Link Time Optimization.
+There are various settings at the very bottom of [config.h](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/tree/lcs/src/core/config.h), you may want to take a look there. i.e. FIX_BUGS define fixes the bugs we've come across.
-> :information_source: There are various settings in [config.h](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/tree/miami/src/core/config.h), you may want to take a look there.
+> :information_source: **If you choose OpenAL on Windows** You must read [Running OpenAL build on Windows](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/Running-OpenAL-build-on-Windows).
-> :information_source: reVC uses completely homebrew RenderWare-replacement rendering engine; [librw](https://github.com/aap/librw/). librw comes as submodule of re3, but you also can use LIBRW enviorenment variable to specify path to your own librw.
-
-If you feel the need, you can also use CodeWarrior 7 to compile reVC using the supplied codewarrior/reVC.mcp project - this requires the original RW34 libraries, and the DX8 SDK. The build is unstable compared to the MSVC builds though, and is mostly meant to serve as a reference.
+> :information_source: **Did you notice librw?** reLCS uses completely homebrew RenderWare-replacement rendering engine; [librw](https://github.com/aap/librw/). librw comes as submodule of reLCS, but you also can use LIBRW enviorenment variable to specify path to your own librw.
## Contributing
-As long as it's not linux/cross-platform skeleton/compatibility layer, all of the code on the repo that's not behind a preprocessor condition(like FIX_BUGS) are **completely** reversed code from original binaries.
-
-We **don't** accept custom codes, as long as it's not wrapped via preprocessor conditions, or it's linux/cross-platform skeleton/compatibility layer.
-
-We accept only these kinds of PRs;
-
-- A new feature that exists in at least one of the GTAs (if it wasn't in III/VC then it doesn't have to be decompilation)
-- Game, UI or UX bug fixes (if it's a fix to original code, it should be behind FIX_BUGS)
-- Platform-specific and/or unused code that's not been reversed yet
-- Makes reversed code more understandable/accurate, as in "which code would produce this assembly".
-- A new cross-platform skeleton/compatibility layer, or improvements to them
-- Translation fixes, for languages original game supported
-- Code that increase maintainability
-
-We have a [Coding Style](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/blob/master/CODING_STYLE.md) document that isn't followed or enforced very well.
-
-Do not use features from C++11 or later.
-
-
-## History
-
-re3 was started sometime in the spring of 2018,
-initially as a way to test reversed collision and physics code
-inside the game.
-This was done by replacing single functions of the game
-with their reversed counterparts using a dll.
-
-After a bit of work the project lay dormant for about a year
-and was picked up again and pushed to github in May 2019.
-At the time I (aap) had reversed around 10k lines of code and estimated
-the final game to have around 200-250k.
-Others quickly joined the effort (Fire_Head, shfil, erorcun and Nick007J
-in time order, and Serge a bit later) and we made very quick progress
-throughout the summer of 2019
-after which the pace slowed down a bit.
-
-Due to everyone staying home during the start of the Corona pandemic
-everybody had a lot of time to work on re3 again and
-we finally got a standalone exe in April 2020 (around 180k lines by then).
-
-After the initial excitement and fixing and polishing the code further,
-reVC was started in early May 2020 by starting from re3 code,
-not by starting from scratch replacing functions with a dll.
-After a few months of mostly steady progress we considered reVC
-finished in December.
-
-Since then we have started reLCS, which is currently work in progress.
-
-
-## License
+Please read the [Coding Style](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/blob/master/CODING_STYLE.md) Document
-We don't feel like we're in a position to give this code a license.\
-The code should only be used for educational, documentation and modding purposes.\
-We do not encourage piracy or commercial use.\
-Please keep derivate work open source and give proper credit.