Recomp / Games / Windows

OpenBattlefield2

Clean-room C++20 reimplementation of DICE's Refractor 2 engine as used by Battlefield 2. It is an engine only and ships no game content.

Clean-room AI-assisted wip
Image: the project's own README · source
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Facts

Original
Refractor 2 engine (Battlefield 2) (2005)
Platform
Windows
Method
Clean-room
Provenance
AI-assisted · CLAUDE.md present in repo root (GitHub) what this means
Status
wip
Licence
unknown
Team
Moxnatiy
Started
2026-09
Needs the original
Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy

How to get it legally

This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Refractor 2 engine (Battlefield 2) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt clean-room by Moxnatiy. Facts last checked 2026-10-14. Suggest a correction

Sources

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