Ghost Song

Community report notes

Boot/render: reaches controllable gameplay (In game). Menus work. The problem is audio.

• In gameplay: audio is constant distorted/garbled noise (corrupted-sample static) instead of music and sound effects.
• In menus: sounds play correctly, navigation/UI audio is clean.

Log observations (full session log attached as _kyty.zip, 109 MB uncompressed):

• Unity + FMOD title.
• SDL audio streams open normally: 48000 Hz, 2 channels (F32 x2 + S16).
• FMOD initialises cleanly; zero fatal errors in the entire session.
• Exactly one stubbed audio-related import out of 166 total stubs (the rest are PSN/Net/Agc): unresolved PLT import patched to stub [372] [0000000901a62ec0] <- 0000000200000af5, wVwPU50pS1c[AudioOut_v1][AudioOut_v1.1][Func]
• Because menu audio is correct but gameplay audio is corrupted, the failure is likely in the FMOD/game-mix path rather than the host audio backend, but the stubbed AudioOut_v1 import may be worth checking too.

First test on this setup, so no older-build comparison yet.

Steps to reproduce

1. Build KytyPS5 from source (clang + lld, Release) and set printf_direction=File in the launcher settings.
2. Add Ghost Song (PPSA09232) and start it from the launcher.
3. Play through the title screen into controllable gameplay (keyboard: WASD to move).
4. Listen during gameplay: audio is distorted garbage noise.
5. Open a menu: menu sounds are clean and correct.

Expected behavior

Music and sound effects during gameplay should play cleanly, matching the already-correct menu audio. No distortion.

Extra notes

• Own dump, EUR, v01.005 (Backport 4.xx+), serial PPSA09232.
• Tested with default keyboard mapping, no gamepad.
• Config: printf_direction=File, shader_log_direction=File; attached log is the complete unmodified session (zipped to 4.5 MB).
• Built from source at commit 2aaf0c9 on 2026-09-24 with one local CMake-only fix (linker -Map path quoting for build paths containing spaces); no emulation code modified. The build fix will be submitted upstream separately.
• Host audio: PipeWire 1.6.8.

Community report notes

The game boots successfully and reaches playable gameplay. I did not notice any major visual, audio, or gameplay issues.

Steps to reproduce

1. Start KytyPS5.
2. Launch Ghost Song.
3. Wait for the game to reach the main menu.
4. Start a new game/session.
5. Enter a playable level.
6. Play normally for a few minutes.

The game reaches playable gameplay successfully.

Expected behavior

No known issue.