funman300 404e859cb6 docs(fifa17): the caption path is not in CardsDLL, and a 4th definitionId check
Chased the league-logo lead to a useful boundary and stopped there.
FUN_180119bd0 — the cardtype-7 caption resolver the whole club-item story rests
on — has ZERO references anywhere in CardsDLL: no call, no jmp, address never
taken in .text/.rdata/.data. It is nonetheless a real function. An unreferenced
real function in a DLL is almost certainly an export, which puts its caller in
FIFA17.exe. So the owned cardtype-9 caption path is not in CardsDLL and looking
for it there is wasted effort; the launch probe remains far cheaper than parsing
the export table and 79 MB of EXE.

Also verified definitionId a fourth way, by a different method than the existing
three: every real atom name appears exactly once in CardsDLL's .rdata
(resourceId, cardsubtypeid, itemState, assetId, cardassetid, rareflag, owners,
contract, discardValue, and localizedName), while definitionId is absent
entirely. Recorded but NOT applied — the path carrying it is live-proven and the
saving is payload only.

Method note added: CardsDLL is .text 0x180001000, .rdata 0x1801e5000, .data
0x18028a000. Confusing a live mapping offset with an image offset reads the wrong
section and returns false negatives — it made every atom lookup, controls
included, come back ABSENT until corrected. Validate scans against a known key.
2026-08-21 21:28:13 +00:00

OpenFUT

⚠️ Status — see docs/PROJECT_STATE.md (canonical). The working, actively-developed target is FIFA 17, not FIFA 23. Everything below this banner describes the superseded FIFA 23 bridge lineage and is kept for historical context.

Run the server (canonical): cd fifa17-recon/docker/fifa17-python && docker compose up -d — see fifa17-recon/FUT-RUNBOOK.md. openfut-core is the shared offline backend (still used by the FIFA 17 path); openfut-bridge is the retired FIFA 23 integration.

Offline Ultimate Team — like SPT, but for FIFA 23.

OpenFUT replaces EA's retired FUT servers with a fully offline, single-player backend. You own FIFA 23 legitimately. You just want to keep playing after EA shut down the servers.


Repositories

Repo Purpose
openfut-core Game-independent offline FUT backend
openfut-bridge FIFA 23 integration layer + reverse-engineering proxy

Architecture

FIFA 23 client
      │
      ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│  openfut-bridge │  ← intercepts FUT traffic, maps routes, logs unknown
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│  openfut-core   │  ← offline FUT backend: profiles, packs, squads, SBCs
└─────────────────┘
         │
         ▼
   SQLite database

Core is game-independent. It speaks a clean REST API and knows nothing about FIFA 23 internals.

Bridge is FIFA-specific. It speaks FIFA 23's wire protocol and translates it into Core API calls. Bridge is where all reverse engineering work happens.


Current Status

Feature Status
Local profiles + clubs Working
Coin system Working
Pack generator Working
Card collection Working
Squad builder Working
Objectives engine Working
SBC engine Working
Match rewards Working
NPC transfer market Working
Statistics Working
FIFA 23 integration 🔴 Reverse engineering in progress
Chemistry calculation 🟡 In progress
Full Draft mode 🟡 In progress
Squad Battles AI generator 🟡 In progress
Objectives claim flow 🟡 In progress

Running

# Start the offline backend
cd openfut-core
cargo run

# Start the proxy (for traffic capture / FIFA integration)
cd openfut-bridge
cargo run

Core listens on http://127.0.0.1:8080 by default. Bridge listens on http://127.0.0.1:8443 by default.


Design Principles

  • Offline-first. No EA account required. No internet connection needed.
  • Single-player only. This is not a multiplayer server emulator.
  • Data-driven. All cards, packs, SBCs, and objectives are JSON files. Everything is moddable.
  • Clean architecture. Core has zero knowledge of FIFA 23. Bridge has zero game logic.
  • No copyrighted assets. No real player images, no EA trademarks in data files.

Disclaimer

This project is not affiliated with EA Sports. You must own FIFA 23 legitimately to use this software. This project does not bypass any ownership verification and is intended only to restore offline playability of a game whose online services have been retired.

S
Description
No description provided
Readme 25 MiB
Languages
Python 54.8%
Rust 41.2%
Shell 3.3%
Lua 0.3%
PowerShell 0.2%
Other 0.1%