TheDarknessRecomp

A static recompilation of The Darkness (2009, Xbox 360, Title ID 545407EE) to native Windows/Linux x86-64, built on the ReXGlue SDK.

Status

Fully playable: video, audio, gameplay, achievements, and progression all work. Performance and framerate look very sad.

Requirements

• CMake 3.25+, Ninja, Clang/LLVM (clang-cl works too)
• ReXGlue SDK — see rexglue/README.md
• extract-xiso and your own legally-owned copy of TheDarkness game

Setup

1. SDK — download the win-amd64 release and extract into rexglue/win-amd64.
2. Licence copy of game Title ID: 545407EE (XA-2498), Media ID: 0F213645, Module hash = 29362A3C8309E1AC.
3. Game data — extract the Xbox 360 ISO with extract-xiso.exe -x TheDarkness.iso, then copy the contents into assets/:

   assets/
     default.xex
     Content/
     Conent_Eng/
     Conent_Fre/
     Conent_Ger/
     Conent_Ita/
     Conent_Spa/
     ExtraContent/
     System/
   

Build

cmake --preset win-amd64-release
cmake --build out\build\win-amd64-release

cmake --preset linux-amd64-release
cmake --build out/build/linux-amd64-release

Run

cd out\build\win-amd64-release
.\TheDarknessRecomp.exe

Logs land in out\build\<preset>\logs\*.log.

Configuration

settings/hardware.toml (rendering/perf) and settings/mapping.toml (input) load automatically. CLI flags and REX_* env vars override them. See settings/README.md for the reference.

Credits

• ReXGlue SDK
• extract-xiso
• xenia / xenia-canary