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Cross-compile D3D8-based game with MinGW, test on Wine with OpenGL translation
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Reverse engineer and recreate the Hamsterball game (2000s Windows game by Raptisoft)
Start GhidraMCP headless server with the Hamsterball.exe project — always do this before any RE work
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| name | d3d8-cross-compile-wine |
| description | Cross-compile D3D8-based game with MinGW, test on Wine with OpenGL translation |
| category | devops |
| tags | ["d3d8","mingw","wine","cross-compile","windows-gaming"] |
# Install MinGW-w64 cross-compiler
sudo apt install mingw-w64
# Install Wine for testing
sudo apt install wine
i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=c11 -m32 -O2 -Iinclude \
src/core/win32_main.c src/level/*.c \
-o hamsterball.exe \
-ld3d8 -ldinput8 -ldsound -ldxguid -lole32 -lwinmm -mwindows
// MUST include before dsound.h
#include <mmsystem.h>
#include <dsound.h>
// MinGW uses FullScreen_PresentationInterval, not PresentationInterval
present.FullScreen_PresentationInterval = D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_IMMEDIATE;
// D3DX math functions are NOT in d3d8.lib
// Use standard math:
#define D3DX_PI 3.14159265358979323846
// or manually implement:
D3DXVECTOR3 v = {x, y, z};
-ld3d8 -ldinput8 -ldsound -ldxguid -lole32 -lwinmm -mwindows
wine ./hamsterball.exe
WINEDEBUG=+d3d8 wine ./hamsterball.exe 2>&1 | grep -i "d3d"
Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24 &
export DISPLAY=:99
wine ./hamsterball.exe
./scripts/test_api_compare.sh :99
Runs both original Hamsterball.exe and reimpl hamsterball.exe under Wine with WINEDEBUG=+d3d8,+dinput,+dsound tracing, captures traces and screenshots.
Hamsterball.exe (1.4MB PE32 i386) requires D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSINGD3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE — HAL device can't create without real GPU| Build | D3D8 Device | Window | 3D Scene |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original (Hamsterball.exe) | ❌ D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE | Error dialog only | None |
| Reimpl (hamsterball.exe) | ✅ SW vertex processing | Clear color screen | Blank (no geometry yet) |
Screenshots and comparison docs: analysis/screenshots/comparison/