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CARD_SYSTEM.md has claimed since it was written that offline the CardsDb map is EMPTY,
every lookup misses, and the view-model reads every rendered field from the resolved
record and NEVER from our item JSON. A live pack open falsifies both halves.
One bronze pack, five cards. Two rendered as real players with names, club badges and
national flags. Three rendered blank: rating 50, position RWB, every attribute 1. Our
pool contains no rating 50, no RWB and no all-ones attributes, so the blank is the
client default.
The two that resolved match our item JSON field for field:
(232517, 62, RB, nation 36, league 19, team 175, [72,44,58,60,62,61])
-> SILVA, 62 RB, Wolfsburg badge, Norway flag, 72 PAC 44 SHO 58 PAS 60 DRI 62 DEF
(235066, 60, GK, nation 34, league 31, team 48, [62,63,33,61,17,62])
-> NOWAK, 60 GK, 62/61 63/17 33/62
Those attribute numbers were invented by hand this afternoon. They cannot have come
from a database.
So: stats come from our JSON, name/badge/flag come from the client keyed by assetId,
and an assetId the client does not know collapses the WHOLE card to the blank, which
is why a bad id looks like a rendering failure rather than a lookup failure.
THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT THE PLANNED WORK IS UNNECESSARY. This document recommended
populating the map by driving the insert, hand-building a red-black tree node, or
patching the resolve miss path, all of which write to a live process. None of it is
needed. The rule is: use asset ids that exist in the client database. fut_cards.py has
18 verified ids and 61 structural placeholders, and the placeholders are the blanks.
The remaining work is a DATA problem, not a code-injection problem.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VUT92pz6RWKih9dSr8ZpxW
OpenFUT
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.