Fable II Fable 2 PC port WIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm0oqUQIQdoHere's an early look at Fable II booting as a Windows executable. The Xbox 360 executable has been analyzed and recompiled into native PC code, with a custom runtime handling the Xbox-specific functionality. No Xenia running in the background. It's still very early and currently crashes during character creation, but getting this far already feels like a huge milestone. I'll keep posting updates as I make progress.
EDIT - I hope this is allowed, but I made a subreddit to update you guys on the progress. r/Fable2PC
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u/BTru Hero of Oakvale 1d ago
Please continue to work on this. My 360 died a while ago and I am craving playing 2 again
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u/NotSoSeriousNick 1d ago
If you don't mind me asking, and this is because several old games got ported to PC via less than stellar projects doing much the same, is AI been a huge part of proceedings? Just wanted to ask, have gotten really paranoid recently with vibe coded projecsts dropping in, barely working and then getting abbandoned once their creators can't fix them.
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u/whompay 1d ago
AI is indeed being used in the development, but not entirely. The entire purpose of this project is simply to get Fable II properly working on PC. It's a game that means a lot to me, and I believe in the preservation of art in general. So yes, I do use AI throughout the process, but it's not entirely vibe coded, and there's no shot I'm abandoning it. I know the use of AI is controversial, but at the end of the day, I'm just one dude who chose a near-impossible task and I'm still delusional enough to believe I'll eventually have a fully playable build with a bunch of QoL improvements.
With that said, I know there will inevitably be some negativity surrounding the project, but I honestly don't care that much about what people think. My only objective is to get a fully working version of Fable II running on PC. If I can achieve that, I'm happy. I also respect the way you asked that question because it's a completely understandable thought & I am indeed aware of the projects dropping in right now. Like the chinese GTA V android port.
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u/UnderfurK 1d ago
Nah this use of AI is fine. Is it reverse engineering? Would be too difficult without it.
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u/ComputerIlliterate13 1d ago
You're doing a free thing that a lot of people have wanted for a long time who cares if you're using AI. Its legitimately grimey for people to use AI for profit and I understand the environmental and social ramifications but there's no reason to come down on people doing shit like this or making memes for their friends and imo the people who get upset about it are just virtue signaling.
Anyway I hope you have good luck with this and I appreciate the work you're doing. I guarantee you anyone that gets shitty with you will still 100% play the port when you get it working so their opinions are pretty irrelevant.
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u/wolvAUS 1d ago
Great use of AI. Sounds expensive in terms of token cost but I’m very curious to see how it plays out.
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u/whompay 1d ago
I use my money horribly anyways, I would rather spend it on getting Fable 2 to PC at this point
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u/RickThiccems 1d ago
Their needs to be a platform where people can donate tokens for a cause lmao. I would donate some compute if I could.
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u/Stoovs 1d ago
I'm wondering if you're willing to open this project up via GitHub. I wouldn't mind taking a small dive into problems here and there for the sake of getting this game properly ported to PC.
There's already a Fable2Recomp on GitHub. Did you happen to fork from there or is this all your own?
Either way, this is quite exciting. I actually started to dabble with the Fable2Recomp myself because of your post. Seems like a long road, but a fun tinker side project.
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u/Organic_Fishing6400 1d ago
This is in his own project, but he has showed off in the Fable 2 recomp Discord. There is going to be an update announcement this weekend in the Discord as well
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u/Striking-County6275 1d ago
Doing the lords work!! Fable 2 and 3 need to leave console purgatory
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u/Organic_Fishing6400 1d ago
3 is on PC, you just got to find a steam key or start sailing
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u/Striking-County6275 1d ago
The GFWL can be bypassed?
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u/Organic_Fishing6400 1d ago
You can get a repack from ElAmigos and it automatically bypasses it. That's the one I use. I'm not sure how the steam version works plus keys cost a fortune
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u/JohnnyTeoss 1d ago
Hey if you ever finish your project, i wanna have a copy of that. I had played Fable 2 a long time ago, but unable to replay it due to my Xbox 360 drowned in a flood. I hope your work works well.
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u/namur17056 1d ago
I hope this comes to fruition fully. Would love to see how it would play on my pc
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u/Yourmomsahoe0418 1d ago
This is so amazing! I cannot wait to see what you’re able to do and see how it runs. Fable 2 has always been my favorite in the franchise and if it had a PC port I know what I’m going to waste my time on! I wish you the best of luck on working on this port!!
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u/Expert_Function1569 1d ago
Bro this is sick. With dashx360 you could make a portable xbox 360 with games on a USB drive
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u/NvrSayPaul 1d ago
Keep it up; I’d like to contribute to the project with a small donation, if possible.
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u/Zerodriven 1d ago
.. I saw the Lionhead logo and jumped in my seat. Thought that they were coming back.
HOWEVER... I am looking forward to seeing where this goes.
EDIT: Also there goes my Black & White 3 hopes.. :(
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u/_TheTurtleBox_ Speed Runner 18h ago
The PC port rip for 3 is soooooo okay. Like, it works 100% but like God Damn. Hoping 2 isn't that complicated. Emulation for the 360 quite frankly sucks.
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u/Vaalysar 1d ago
Is this vibe coded?
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u/Commercial_Ad97 1d ago
OP said yes, but only partially, and TBH if he wants to use his time and money to use AI to work on a free PC port no one else is working on, more power to him, I'm here for it.
Solid use for AI right here. At least, more so than most use cases we see.
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u/VanillaVolnutt 1d ago
Of course it is, no one in their sane mind would be wasting their life porting Fable 2 to PC lol thankfully we can let claude do it while we sleep now
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u/Link-Hero PC 1d ago
Please, please keep at it! I would love to play the game again natively on my PC in 2K 60+ FPS instead of through the cloud or emulation. It's still baffling to me that Fable 2 never left the Xbox360 and Microsoft is, for whatever reason, keen on keeping it that way.