For Command Line: Run java -jar lysis.jar plugin.amxx > plugin.sma . For Online: Upload to a decompiler site .

: Look at how a variable is used. If it's used in get_user_health(id) , rename var1 to iPlayerHealth .

Older versions of AMX Mod X Studio included a rudimentary decompiler.

AMXX runs on a modified version of the Pawn abstract machine. The output is bytecode, not source code. A decompiler cannot "guess" what you named a specific variable; it can only tell you how that variable moves through the server's memory. Current Technical Solutions for Code Recovery

Since Lysis offers the most complete decompilation experience currently available, here is a detailed walkthrough:

A server administrator has a custom plugin running on their server but has lost the original SMA file, perhaps due to a hard drive failure or poor file management. In this case, decompilation may be the only option to recover the ability to modify the plugin. However, experienced developers warn that “decompiling plugins is more trouble than it‘s worth” for all but the simplest plugins.