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Projects & Development => Outpost 2 Programming & Development => Topic started by: jonathangoorin on April 02, 2026, 04:11:48 PM
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Hey -
I want Outpost 2 to run on my Mac, properly, someday. I don't have a background in decompilers or this codebase - I'm flying blind. What I'm doing is throwing AI agents at the problem: peel enough understanding out of Outpost2.exe and the data files that I can turn around and tell those same agents how to rebuild pieces in something native. I have no idea if that ever works at scale. I'm going to try anyway.
How I set the project up:
- That repo: notes, scripts, format writeups, Ghidra exports - one place so agents (and future me) have context.
- Python with uv for small tools: PE sniffing, harvesting addresses/names from community headers and patches, parsers/extractors for maps and archives where I've gotten that far.
- Ghidra for the binary (with whatever labels/types the community has already surfaced).
- pygame-ce for a map viewer so I can prove I'm not misreading map/tile data.
- Markdown docs: subsystems, PE notes, links to wiki / bei.pm / forum threads.
- LLM APIs for drafting RE notes from census dumps
I'll probably post progress updates in this thread now and then - not a formal devlog, just for the kicks and to keep myself honest.
Hop on if you want:
If anyone thinks this sounds fun or wants to point me at landmines before I step on them, you're welcome. Ping me if you want to look at it - message me here or say so in the thread.
Cheers
Jonathan