Outer Wilds (PPSA08102)

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Title: Outer Wilds (PPSA08102)

Status: opening outdoor 3D scene reached; full gameplay is not yet established.

Tested on Linux using main a6dcea9279b53b3a39c13695eac66f7c8b5b503c plus the two commits from #9406, local head 05250e0006559b454701737066e14cc64b39b437. This is a pinned older-base result, not a claim about current main.

The isolated restored-save comparison reproduced the stale unmapped depth-plane flush failure on that main revision after about 98 s. With #9406, the corresponding run reached the night-sky outdoor scene and closed normally after about 293 s. One run per arm; this is bring-up evidence, not a performance comparison.

A subsequent New Expedition run reached the Square Wake Up prompt. After Square, screenshots at 330 s and 375 s show trees, structures and a planet in the opening outdoor scene. Camera and forward-stick commands were recorded, but still screenshots do not establish full movement/control. The run closed normally after 393.33 s: native exit 0, harness exit 0, no crash signals recorded by the crash-only debugger, and temporary configuration restored. The debugger did not override game functions or controller reads.

Remaining work:

• Establish sustained camera and player movement after waking; a longer serialized navigation run is queued.
• Check brightness/rendering against a reference; the opening scene is dark and correctness has not been established.
• Repeat on current main with the necessary change and extend through normal gameplay.
• Measure performance only with matching scenes, distinct source revisions and captured traces.

No FPS improvement or broad playability claim. AI-assisted: yes.