Squirrel with a Gun (PPSA22102)

[JJenkx]

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Title

Squirrel with a Gun (PPSA22102)

Content version tested

1.0.1.97, the version shown on the menu. The dump has no PlayGo metadata files.

AnyPS5 commit

main 474030e584, and the same main with #6959 merged in locally (head 327addf79e, merge 19acd6685d).

System tested

Linux 7.2.11 (Arch), Ryzen 9 7950X, Radeon RX 6650 XT, RADV Mesa 26.2.6, GCC, Release.

Furthest point

Main menu and the save-slot list, with "Start New Game?" open.

What is shown

300 s, APS5_PLAYGO_UNLISTED_CHUNKS=installed.

Build	Result
main	The menu (Play, Gameplay Options), the save slots (Save A to J) and the "Start New Game? Yes / No" prompt. The 3D title scene behind the menu is almost black: mean luminance below 10 of 255. About 6 FPS after the first screens, exit 0 at 294 s.
+ #6959	The same screens with the title scene correctly lit: the squirrel with the pistol, the agents in suits, the sky and the fence. Mean luminance is 84 to 123. Still about 6 FPS, exit 0 at 293 s.

Current blocker

• Input: the prompt starts on No. My scripted Up then Cross did not start a game, so I did not reach gameplay.
• Speed: about 6 FPS even on the menu, not investigated.
• Dark scene: without fix(agc): render layered mesh targets within device limits #6959 the 3D scene is dark, the UE4 case also seen on Spirit of the North (Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition (PPSA02306) #14019), Insomnis (Insomnis (PPSA06829) #14054) and Asterigos (Asterigos: Curse of the Stars (PPSA08194) #14067).

How it was run

relinker --registry --rpath <build>/core/libs/libs eboot.elf app.elf
APS5_PLAYGO_UNLISTED_CHUNKS=installed ./app.elf

AI-assisted testing and report: yes.

[JJenkx]

Recheck on plain main 88e804b0a7 with no other PRs, after #4449 and #6959 merged. RX 6650 XT, RADV Mesa 26.2.6, Linux, APS5_PLAYGO_UNLISTED_CHUNKS=installed, 240 s with scripted Cross, then forward stick.

Result: it exits 0 at 232.5 s, with a median FPS after 60 s of 6.41 and 0 failed host imports. Mean screenshot brightness (0 to 255) at 60, 150 and 225 s is 152.7, 151.3, 152.5. The screenshots show lit scenes, where main before #6959 showed the title scene near-black.

AI-assisted: yes (Claude Code).