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Image reference (original game): Heroes of Might and Magic II: Gold · original-game artwork, provided by IGDB. Image rights remain with their respective owners. This illustrates the referenced original game, not the actual visuals of this rewrite or mod.

Source maintainer: sushi-shi · Revision: 716e50b3cb10 · Catalogued: 2026-10-12

Source license: CC0-1.0 · LICENSE · Article: Source README (format adapted)

The source README follows, with formatting adapted for this site and images replaced by source links. Feature, completion and testing claims belong to its authors and have not been independently playtested here. The Traditional Chinese translation was prepared with AI assistance.

homm2-decomp

The decompilation is complete. Every function and data byte of both
programs matches, and HMM2PL.exe and EDT2PL.exe rebuild byte-identical to
retail.

C++ reconstruction of Heroes of Might and Magic II Gold 2.1 — Buka 2003
(HMM2PL.exe and the scenario editor EDT2PL.exe), built with the original
Visual C++ 6.0 SP5 toolchain under Wine. Text lives in a catalog (English and
Russian). Retail bytes are authoritative. Supply your own executables and game
assets.

Match status

Auto-generated by homm2 verify readme; do not hand-edit. Scores are MAX (the best of each function’s current source).

1,727 / 1,727 functions exact (100.00%) · 100.00% fuzzy. (HMM2PL.exe)

Comparison mode: strict relocations and data values.

Module Units Functions exact Fuzzy
SOURCE 49 1,153 / 1,153 (100.0%) 100.0%
BASE 48 561 / 561 (100.0%) 100.0%
EDITOR 1 13 / 13 (100.0%) 100.0%

CUR / MAX: 1,727 / 1,727 exact · 100.00% / 100.00% fuzzy (defined in docs/match-status.md). Totals cover every in-.text reconstruction target; generated and library code is excluded.

EDT2PL.exe

832 / 832 functions exact (100.00%) · 100.00% fuzzy. A separate image with its own link graph and scores; shared units compile once per image.

Module Units Functions exact Fuzzy
BASE 45 467 / 467 (100.0%) 100.0%
EDITOR 18 295 / 295 (100.0%) 100.0%
SOURCE 3 70 / 70 (100.0%) 100.0%

Branches

decomp-pol-2.0 -------------------> decomp-gold-2.1-buka (you are here)
    |                                   |
    +------------------+                +------------------------+
    |                  |                |                        |
    v                  v                v                        v
source-pol-2.0     classic-pol-2.0   source-gold-2.1-buka    classic-gold-2.1-buka
    |                                   |
    +-----------------+-----------------+
                      |
                      v
                    port --------> source-ironfist --------> port-ironfist

Quickstart

With Nix flakes enabled, run from the repository root. homm2 build compiles
and links both programs; homm2 build verify checks every gate, including the
byte-for-byte comparison of both linked executables with retail:

nix develop .#build
homm2 init --exe /path/to/HMM2PL.exe
homm2 toolchain install
homm2 build
homm2 build verify
homm2 match SOURCE/KB
homm2 verify status
homm2 play --game /path/to/installed/game   # optional: run the rebuilt game

The editor is supplied with init --editor-exe /path/to/EDT2PL.exe. Retail
inputs, the toolchain, Wine state and generated reports stay in ignored
build/.

Versions

The version lineage runs Price of Loyalty 2.0
(decomp-pol-2.0) → Gold 2.1 → Buka; what Gold 2.1 and Buka changed is in
PoL 2.0 → Buka changes.

Documentation

License

Project-authored source and tooling use CC0 1.0. Dependencies retain
their own terms; retail inputs, compiler binaries and game assets are excluded.

License and provenance

The README and its translation retain CC0-1.0 terms. Changes comprise translation, links and formatting. Editable Markdown, the original README, LICENSE and NOTICE files are included in the linked bundle. This grants no rights to the original games, their assets or trademarks.

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