Can you play Demon's Souls (PS5 Remake) on PC with AnyPS5?

Demon's Souls (PS5 Remake) (PPSA-01342) currently holds a status of 'CRASH ON BOOT' in AnyPS5. Tested hardware achieves 0 FPS (Fatal Panic) on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB).

What anyps5-input.ini configuration is required for Demon's Souls (PS5 Remake)?

Place the generated anyps5-input.ini with TitleId = PPSA-01342 into the same directory as relinker-v0.1.2.exe or export ANYPS5_INPUT_CONFIG="./anyps5-input.ini".

PPSA-01342·CRASH ON BOOT·Firmware Target: PS5 SDK 9.00

Demon's Souls (PS5 Remake) AnyPS5 PC Compatibility & Benchmark (PPSA-01342)

Bluepoint engine utilizes PS5 custom Oodle Kraken hardware decompression block. Game crashes immediately upon initial asset archive mount.

speedHardware Framerate & Latency Records

GPU & Architecture	CPU & Memory	Target Resolution	Measured Framerate	Frame-Time Delta
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB)	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 64GB DDR5	4K Vulkan	0 FPS (Fatal Panic)	N/A

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Recommended anyps5-input.ini Configuration

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Save the following block as anyps5-input.ini in the same folder as your relinked executable:

; anyps5-input.ini for Demon's Souls (PS5 Remake) (PPSA-01342)
; Generated by AnyPS5.click Independent LAB
[Profile]
TitleId = PPSA-01342
GameTitle = Demon's Souls (PS5 Remake)
TargetFirmware = 9.00
Renderer = vulkan

[Controller.DualSense]
DeviceType = DualSense_USB
Deadzone = 0.08
TriggerThreshold = 0.15
Actuators = Enabled
LightbarRGB = 0x00EEFC

[Bindings.Digital]
Cross = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_A
Circle = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_B
Square = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_X
Triangle = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_Y
L1 = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_LEFTSHOULDER
R1 = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_RIGHTSHOULDER
L3 = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_LEFTSTICK
R3 = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_RIGHTSTICK
Options = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_START
TouchpadClick = SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_BACK

[Bindings.Analog]
LeftStickX = SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_LEFTX
LeftStickY = SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_LEFTY
RightStickX = SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_RIGHTX
RightStickY = SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_RIGHTY
L2 = SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_TRIGGERLEFT
R2 = SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_TRIGGERRIGHT

terminalLaunch Command with Console Error Redirection

To capture std::runtime_error diagnostics and prevent the console window from closing on startup:

# Windows PowerShell (Recommended)$env:ANYPS5_INPUT_CONFIG="./anyps5-input.ini"; .\relinker-v0.1.2.exe --title PPSA-01342 --renderer vulkan 2> stderr.log

# Linux BashANYPS5_INPUT_CONFIG="./anyps5-input.ini" ./relinker-v0.1.2 --title PPSA-01342 --renderer vulkan 2> stderr.log

fact_checkBlocker PRX Module & Upstream Bring-Up Discussion

Active Blocker TelemetrysceGnmxDrawIndex / Tessellation ISA & PS5 SSD Compression

Throws std::runtime_error in core/libs/prx/libkernel.sprx: Unimplemented function sceKernelVirtualRange due to Kraken SSD hardware decompressor missing.

Upstream Pull Request / Reference

PR #2610 on GitHubopen_in_new

bug_reportTest Error Trace in Log Analyzer