DeadCells-PS5 Native 0.1.0

DeadCells-PS5 Native 0.1.0

Dead Cells for PS5, running on Windows through AnyPS5.

Made possible by the AnyPS5 project. The source code is in this repository.

Changelog

0.1.0

• First release. Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania Edition is playable from the logo through gameplay, with music and sound effects.
• Nothing to install: extract, add your own game files, double-click deadcells.exe.
• Keyboard, mouse (left click attacks) and any SDL gamepad work at the same time. Saves are kept next to the game.
• About 55 to 60 FPS in indoor scenes and 30 to 35 FPS in outdoor scenes on our test PC (RTX 5070 Ti).

How to play

1. Download DeadCells-PS5-Native-0.1.0-win64.zip and extract it anywhere.
2. Copy your own decrypted game files into the same folder as deadcells.exe:
   eboot.elf, sce_sys, sce_module, res.pak and the rest of the game's files.
3. Double-click deadcells.exe.

Nothing to install and no console window. The first start takes a few seconds while the game is prepared from your files. Later starts are immediate. Your own files are never modified. Problems are shown in a message box and details are written to the logs folder.

Highlights

• The game's own x86-64 code runs directly on your CPU, with no CPU emulation. The PS5 system libraries and GPU commands are reimplemented through a compatibility layer, similar to Wine and DXVK
• Playable from the logo through gameplay, with music and sound effects
• About 55 to 60 FPS in indoor scenes and 30 to 35 FPS in outdoor scenes on our test PC (RTX 5070 Ti)
• Keyboard, mouse and any SDL gamepad; saves are kept next to the game

Controls

Keyboard and mouse work out of the box, and any gamepad supported by SDL (Xbox, DualShock, DualSense, Switch Pro and others) can be used at the same time.

PS5 button	Keyboard	Mouse	Gamepad (Xbox layout)	In Dead Cells
Cross	Enter / Space		A	Jump, confirm
Circle	C		B	Roll, back
Square		Left click	X	Attack (primary weapon)
Triangle	I		Y	Secondary weapon
L1	Q		LB	Health flask
R1	E / Alt		RB
L2			Left trigger	Left skill
R2		Right click	Right trigger	Right skill
L3 / R3	Shift / Ctrl		Stick clicks
D-pad	Arrow keys	Mouse wheel (up / down)	D-pad	Menu navigation
Left stick	W A S D		Left stick	Move
Right stick	T F G H	Mouse movement (mouse-aim mode)	Right stick
Options	Esc		Start	Pause
Touchpad	Backspace / Tab		Back

F11 toggles fullscreen. The middle mouse button turns mouse-aim mode on or off (the mouse is captured and drives the right stick).

Save data

Saves are stored in the _sd folder next to deadcells.exe. Copy it to back up your progress, or delete it to start over.

Performance

Overlay and capture software (OBS hook, ReShade, RivaTuner, launcher overlays) can slow the game down. Create an empty file named no_vk_layers.txt next to deadcells.exe to turn off implicit Vulkan layers.

Known issues

• Outdoor scenes run at about 30 to 35 FPS on our test PC.
• Rumble, light bar and motion controls are not implemented.
• Tested on an NVIDIA graphics card only. AMD and Intel are untested.
• Other versions, regions, patches or repacked dumps have not been tested and may not work.

Notes

• You must supply your own, legally obtained, decrypted copy of the game. No game files are included.
• Tested with: Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania Edition, title ID PPSA15552, content ID UP4016-PPSA15552_00-DEADCELLS0000000, version 01.000.000 (master 01.01).
• The executables are signed with a self-signed certificate, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run (More info then Run anyway). Verify the download with the checksum below.
• Requires Windows 10/11 64-bit and a graphics card with a Vulkan 1.1 or newer driver supporting VK_EXT_depth_clip_control, BC textures and buffer device address. 16 GB of RAM or more is recommended.

Checksum (SHA-256)

18fb407bf6fe8f57c43fc6f41ed836d6d2a7b63e5725faba8864bf736e04b04a DeadCells-PS5-Native-0.1.0-win64.zip

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