Greenday RockBand Recomp
Green Day Rock Band for Windows is a PC port of Green Day Rock Band that allows editing controls and importing DLC.
- Type: PC port
- Game: Green Day: Rock Band
- Runs on Windows
- By mercurialw0rld
- Latest release v0.2.0-preview, 2026-11-10
- Source: https://github.com/mercurialw0rld/greendayrockband-recomp
README
Green Day: Rock Band for Windows
v0.2.0 is an unofficial port for 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 with a Direct3D 12-capable GPU.
Getting started
- Extract the Windows ZIP to a folder you can write to.
- Run GreenDayRockBandLauncher.exe. Under Choose XEX, select
default.xexfrom your own extracted Xbox 360 copy. Keep the completegenfolder beside the XEX. - Once the launcher verifies your game files, select Play.
The supported disc has Title ID 454108E7, Media ID 1BAD64D5, and XEX SHA-256 B778B0B18A3424F42AD3273A7808526A1556107B974861BDFF150964F9E66C3B. The Windows ZIP contains the launcher and recompiled runtime. Supply your own Xbox 360 game files and any DLC you want to use.
Controls and DLC
Edit controls lets you switch between guitar and drums and save separate profiles for each device. Connect the device before selecting it. The editor can map buttons, axes, and directions from controllers that Windows recognizes. The default controls are:
| Action | Keyboard guitar | Keyboard drums |
|---|---|---|
| Frets or pads | 1–5 | D, F, J, K |
| Strum or kick | ↑ / ↓ | Space |
| Confirm / back | 1 or Space / 2 or Backspace | 1 / 2 |
| Whammy | W | |
| Overdrive | Tab | Complete a fill and hit the final green pad |
| Pause | Enter | Enter |
Import DLC installs Xbox 360 STFS packages for title 454108E7. The launcher saves profiles, cache, and logs beside its executable. Saves and Logs open their respective folders.
Credits
The port uses Direct3D 12, XAudio2, SDL, and the patched ReXGlue SDK from the earlier The Beatles: Rock Band port. ReXGlue and SDL license notices are in licenses in the Windows ZIP. ReXGlue SDK