khallaandClaude Opus 5.5
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The keys rewrite the hero's path every cCreature::Update: one segment along the held direction, the facing set to it, sliding along blocked cells. Starting from idle runs the game's own Think steps at once (StartPendingWalk, WalkAction) instead of waiting up to 110 ms, so weapon switches no longer stop the walk. Stops wait 50 ms after the keys are released, and a stop in progress is taken back when keys are held again. Names for movement, stats and text-key functions. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
sacred_re
An incremental reimplementation of Sacred Gold 2.28 (sacred.exe, 2006).
sacred_re.dll is injected into the original game at startup and replaces game
functions with rewritten C++ one by one. Everything not yet rewritten keeps
running as original machine code, so the game stays playable at every step and
each rewrite can be tested in-game immediately. Once enough is rewritten, the
original executable can be dropped.
No game assets or original code are included; you need your own installed copy of Sacred Gold.
Supported build
Only this executable is supported (all hook addresses are specific to it):
| File | sacred.exe, 12,103,680 bytes |
| SHA-256 | fe774c6f985b02c9ce03103c2e55e5d853258c0cc3c737ccd211219c74460cb9 |
| PE timestamp | 0x451BBE74 (2006-09-28) |
The DLL checks the timestamp and image size at startup and leaves any other build unpatched.
Building
Requirements: Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools ("Desktop development with C++", MSVC x86 + Windows SDK), CMake ≥ 3.24, Ninja, git (Detours is fetched at configure time).
.\build.ps1 # x86-debug -> build\x86-debug\
.\build.ps1 x86-release # x86-release -> build\x86-release\
Everything is 32-bit x86: the code runs inside the 32-bit game process. In an IDE (CLion, VS Code), select an MSVC toolchain with x86 architecture and use the CMake presets.
Running
build\x86-debug\sacred_re.exe --game-dir "D:\Gaming\Sacred Gold" # first run; remembered in sacred_re.ini
build\x86-debug\sacred_re.exe log # later runs; extra args go to the game
sacred_re.log (next to the DLL) records what was hooked plus every message the
game sends to its internal logger, even when the game's own logging is off.
Hooks can be switched off individually in sacred_re.ini (next to the DLL)
to compare a rewrite against the original:
[hooks]
CmdLineHasFlag=0
Layout
src/re/ hook framework, injection-side startup, logging, config
src/launcher/ sacred_re.exe — starts sacred.exe with the DLL injected
src/game/ rewritten game code and original-layout structs, by subsystem
src/mods/ behaviour changes on top of the original (e.g. borderless.cpp)
docs/ reverse-engineering notes; function-map.md tracks progress
Adding a rewritten function
namespace game {
bool __cdecl CmdLineHasFlag(const char* cmdline, const char* flag, bool quiet);
RE_HOOK(0x00813140, CmdLineHasFlag); // also defines CmdLineHasFlag_original
bool __cdecl CmdLineHasFlag(const char* cmdline, const char* flag, bool quiet) { ... }
}
The signature and calling convention must match the original exactly. Add the
file to CMakeLists.txt and a row to docs/function-map.md.
Portability rules (for an eventual 64-bit build)
The game is 32-bit and must stay so while we hook into it, but new code should not make that permanent:
- use fixed-width types (
uint32_t, notlong/DWORD) for anything with a fixed layout; - never store pointers in, or cast pointers to, 32-bit integers;
- keep file and network formats behind explicit serialization code instead of
fwrite-ing structs.