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Measured live 2026-08-23 against the client parked on the pre-match kit selector
(pid 8793, read-only /proc/PID/mem). Whether a served club item becomes a
resident item record correlates perfectly with whether we send itemType:
family itemType sent resident record?
player "player" yes
staff "staff" yes
kit (absent) NO
badge (absent) NO
stadium (absent) NO
Two of two families that carry it are ingested; none of the three that omit it
is. With no cardtype-7 record resident the club scan FUN_1800d73d0 matches
nothing, the FUT match-kit DataProvider is built empty (traced: KITS_AVAILABLE
= 0), and the selector falls back to catalogue-gated engine kits - which is the
"This kit is currently locked. To unlock and use it, please go to the Football
Club Catalogue." dialog the operator sees. That string lives in the Flash UI, and
Blaze receives no catalogue or unlock request at any point, so the lock is
decided client-side from data the client already holds.
CARD_SYSTEM.md records that itemType "is parsed into a heap string and never
stored". That stays true of the RECORD; it does not follow that the string is
unused, and the correlation is evidence it is consulted before the record is
kept.
Tokens come from the ?type= vocabulary decoded from the FUN_18012ec50 jump table
(kit 12, stadium 13, badge 11) - the same vocabulary the two working families
use. INFERRED, not proven: no real EA club item exists anywhere in the capture
corpus, so the exact token is taken from the atom vocabulary, not observed wire.
Near miss worth recording: STADIUM_SUBTYPE was not imported at module scope, so
match treated it as a fresh binding instead of a constant, made that arm
irrefutable and typed badges as "stadium". It compiled with only an
unused-variable warning. every_cardtype7_family_carries_its_own_item_type
asserts three distinct tokens, which is what catches that.
cargo test --workspace: 1240 passed, 0 failed.
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 Everything below this banner describes the superseded FIFA 23bridgelineage and is kept for historical context.Run the server (canonical):
cd fifa17-recon/docker/fifa17-python && docker compose up -d— seefifa17-recon/FUT-RUNBOOK.md.openfut-coreis the shared offline backend (still used by the FIFA 17 path);openfut-bridgeis 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.