[sceAudio] added basic audio output support

- Enable VertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics/FragmentStoresAndAtomics:
  fixes vkCreateGraphicsPipelines() rejecting guestBuffers storage
  descriptor as NonWritable in vertex/fragment stages.
- Enable ShaderInt64: fixes vkCreateShaderModule() rejecting SPIR-V
  using 64-bit integer capability.
- Query GetPhysicalDeviceFeatures first and only enable what the GPU
  actually reports as supported, with a warning fallback otherwise.

Also adds optional Vulkan Validation Layers (SHARPEMU_VK_VALIDATION=1)
to surface these VUID errors during development instead of silent
VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST.

.editorconfig

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ indent_size = 4
 indent_style = space
 tab_width = 4
 
-[*.{md,json,yml,props,csproj}]
+[*.{md,json,yml,xml,props,csproj}]
 
 indent_size = 2
 tab_width = 2

.github/workflows/workflow.yml

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - init
       - build
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write

.gitignore

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ arm64/
 *.userosscache
 *.sln.docstates
 
+.packages
 packages/
 *.nupkg
 .nuget/

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 -->
-
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="Iced" Version="1.21.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.Vulkan" Version="2.23.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT" Version="2.23.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR" Version="2.23.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.Windowing" Version="2.23.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.Shaderc" Version="2.23.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>

REUSE.toml

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ version = 1
 [[annotations]]
 path = [
     "REUSE.toml",
+    "nuget.config",
     "global.json",
     "**/packages.lock.json",
     "scripts/ps5_names.txt",
     "src/SharpEmu.HLE/Aerolib/aerolib.bin",
     "_logs/**",
-    ".github/images/**"
+    ".github/images/**",
+    "assets/images/**"
 ]
 precedence = "aggregate"
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "SharpEmu Emulator Project"

nuget.config

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<configuration>
+  <config>
+    <add key="globalPackagesFolder" value=".packages" />
+  </config>
+
+  <packageSources>
+    <clear />
+    <add key="Nuget" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
+  </packageSources>
+
+  <packageSourceMapping>
+    <packageSource key="Nuget">
+      <package pattern="*" />
+    </packageSource>
+  </packageSourceMapping>
+</configuration>

src/SharpEmu.CLI/SharpEmu.CLI.csproj

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;linux-x64;osx-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
-    <IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>true</IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>
+    <!-- <IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>true</IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract> -->
     <EnableCompressionInSingleFile>true</EnableCompressionInSingleFile>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
     <RestorePackagesWithLockFile>true</RestorePackagesWithLockFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'win-x64' Or '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == ''">
+    <ApplicationIcon>..\..\assets\images\SharpEmu.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+    <Win32Icon>..\..\assets\images\SharpEmu.ico</Win32Icon>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="..\..\LICENSE.txt">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>

src/SharpEmu.CLI/packages.lock.json

@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
         "resolved": "2.23.0",
         "contentHash": "r8PdIVzME8EH0qAgbmRPO87I4GfgR2j8TofT7EMuRJDf1QluoQwnVypDoFJjQ2ZBSRsGYk5unYxxogI05Ogsmw=="
       },
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": {
-        "type": "Transitive",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "H6OMLIWdh2HITvkmj+ALs8LTIdQvQ2/JTtkDXinVbJ3xxrQIBXhVmc9jnuTQ67YDybGlENSMrgthzhLwK0rjnQ=="
-      },
       "Silk.NET.Windowing.Common": {
         "type": "Transitive",
         "resolved": "2.23.0",
@@ -85,8 +80,8 @@
         "type": "Project",
         "dependencies": {
           "SharpEmu.HLE": "[1.0.0, )",
-          "Silk.NET.Shaderc": "[2.23.0, )",
           "Silk.NET.Vulkan": "[2.23.0, )",
+          "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT": "[2.23.0, )",
           "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR": "[2.23.0, )",
           "Silk.NET.Windowing": "[2.23.0, )"
         }
@@ -100,16 +95,6 @@
         "resolved": "1.21.0",
         "contentHash": "dv5+81Q1TBQvVMSOOOmRcjJmvWcX3BZPZsIq31+RLc5cNft0IHAyNlkdb7ZarOWG913PyBoFDsDXoCIlKmLclg=="
       },
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc": {
-        "type": "CentralTransitive",
-        "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "+pXfOhmSCeeMECOo9HMi3C63LVbQ7FBxPFgxPKOT6mXD8Gg/90Wt4fLX4LqUuVbGid5LW6BXAUu1g17XQoawdA==",
-        "dependencies": {
-          "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0",
-          "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": "2.23.0"
-        }
-      },
       "Silk.NET.Vulkan": {
         "type": "CentralTransitive",
         "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
@@ -119,6 +104,16 @@
           "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0"
         }
       },
+      "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT": {
+        "type": "CentralTransitive",
+        "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
+        "resolved": "2.23.0",
+        "contentHash": "+Oth189ksRiL6HvGCwIdnsYHawqrbO8y49u1H61z3wsfcHhQZeVDYe/wF5LD7fk3NcdgDvwFD3mLm1QWhdZySw==",
+        "dependencies": {
+          "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0",
+          "Silk.NET.Vulkan": "2.23.0"
+        }
+      },
       "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR": {
         "type": "CentralTransitive",
         "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
@@ -141,11 +136,6 @@
       }
     },
     "net10.0/linux-x64": {
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": {
-        "type": "Transitive",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "H6OMLIWdh2HITvkmj+ALs8LTIdQvQ2/JTtkDXinVbJ3xxrQIBXhVmc9jnuTQ67YDybGlENSMrgthzhLwK0rjnQ=="
-      },
       "Ultz.Native.GLFW": {
         "type": "Transitive",
         "resolved": "3.4.0",
@@ -153,11 +143,6 @@
       }
     },
     "net10.0/osx-arm64": {
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": {
-        "type": "Transitive",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "H6OMLIWdh2HITvkmj+ALs8LTIdQvQ2/JTtkDXinVbJ3xxrQIBXhVmc9jnuTQ67YDybGlENSMrgthzhLwK0rjnQ=="
-      },
       "Ultz.Native.GLFW": {
         "type": "Transitive",
         "resolved": "3.4.0",
@@ -165,11 +150,6 @@
       }
     },
     "net10.0/win-x64": {
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": {
-        "type": "Transitive",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "H6OMLIWdh2HITvkmj+ALs8LTIdQvQ2/JTtkDXinVbJ3xxrQIBXhVmc9jnuTQ67YDybGlENSMrgthzhLwK0rjnQ=="
-      },
       "Ultz.Native.GLFW": {
         "type": "Transitive",
         "resolved": "3.4.0",

src/SharpEmu.Core/Cpu/Native/DirectExecutionBackend.Imports.cs

@@ -338,10 +338,15 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 				{
 					orbisGen2Result = DispatchBootstrapBridge();
 				}
-				else if (string.Equals(importStubEntry.Nid, RuntimeStubNids.KernelDynlibDlsym, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+				else if (string.Equals(importStubEntry.Nid, RuntimeStubNids.KernelDynlibDlsym, StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+					string.Equals(importStubEntry.Nid, "LwG8g3niqwA", StringComparison.Ordinal))
 				{
 					orbisGen2Result = DispatchKernelDynlibDlsym();
 				}
+				else if (string.Equals(importStubEntry.Nid, "r8mvOaWdi28", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+				{
+					orbisGen2Result = DispatchIl2CppApiLookupSymbol();
+				}
 				else if (importStubEntry.Export is { } cachedExport &&
 					(cachedExport.Target & cpuContext.TargetGeneration) != 0)
 				{
@@ -482,6 +487,8 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 		catch (Exception ex)
 		{
 			LastError = $"HLE dispatch error for {importStubEntry.Nid}: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}";
+			Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][ERROR] {LastError}");
+			Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][ERROR] {ex.StackTrace}");
 			cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rax] = 18446744071562199298uL;
 			return 18446744071562199298uL;
 		}
@@ -533,12 +540,8 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 				$"ret=0x{returnRip:X16}");
 		}
 
-		var previousImportCallFrame = GuestThreadExecution.EnterImportCallFrame(
-			returnRip,
-			(ulong)argPackPtr + 104uL,
-			ActiveGuestReturnSlotAddress);
 		int returnValue;
-		try
+		if (IsNoBlockLeafImport(importStubEntry.Nid))
 		{
 			cpuContext.ClearRaxWriteFlag();
 			returnValue = export.Function(cpuContext);
@@ -547,9 +550,25 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 				cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)returnValue);
 			}
 		}
-		finally
+		else
 		{
-			GuestThreadExecution.RestoreImportCallFrame(previousImportCallFrame);
+			var previousImportCallFrame = GuestThreadExecution.EnterImportCallFrame(
+				returnRip,
+				(ulong)argPackPtr + 104uL,
+				ActiveGuestReturnSlotAddress);
+			try
+			{
+				cpuContext.ClearRaxWriteFlag();
+				returnValue = export.Function(cpuContext);
+				if (!cpuContext.WasRaxWritten)
+				{
+					cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)returnValue);
+				}
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				GuestThreadExecution.RestoreImportCallFrame(previousImportCallFrame);
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (returnValue != (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK)
@@ -594,20 +613,76 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	private static bool IsNoBlockLeafImport(string nid) =>
+		nid is
+			"8aI7R7WaOlc" or // sceAmprCommandBufferConstructor
+			"a8uLzYY--tM" or // sceAmprAprCommandBufferConstructor
+			"Qs1xtplKo0U" or // sceAmprAprCommandBufferDestructor
+			"GuchCTefuZw" or // sceAmprCommandBufferDestructor
+			"N-FSPA4S3nI" or // sceAmprCommandBufferSetBuffer
+			"baQO9ez2gL4" or // sceAmprCommandBufferReset
+			"ULvXMDz56po" or // sceAmprCommandBufferClearBuffer
+			"mQ16-QdKv7k" or // sceAmprAprCommandBufferReadFile
+			"vWU-odnS+fU" or // sceAmprMeasureCommandSizeReadFile
+			"sSAUCCU1dv4" or // sceAmprMeasureCommandSizeWriteKernelEventQueue_04_00
+			"C+IEj+BsAFM" or // sceAmprMeasureCommandSizeWriteAddressOnCompletion
+			"tZDDEo2tE5k" or // sceAmprCommandBufferGetSize
+			"GnxKOHEawhk" or // sceAmprCommandBufferGetCurrentOffset
+			"H896Pt-yB4I" or // sceAmprCommandBufferWriteKernelEventQueue_04_00
+			"sJXyWHjP-F8" or // sceAmprCommandBufferWriteAddressOnCompletion
+			"ASoW5WE-UPo" or // sceKernelAprSubmitCommandBufferAndGetResult
+			"rqwFKI4PAiM" or // sceKernelAprWaitCommandBuffer
+			"eE4Szl8sil8" or // sceKernelAprSubmitCommandBuffer
+			"qvMUCyyaCSI" or // sceKernelAprSubmitCommandBufferAndGetId
+			"Q2V+iqvjgC0" or // vsnprintf
+			"q1cHNfGycLI" or // scePadRead
+			"xk0AcarP3V4" or // scePadOpen
+			"yH17Q6NWtVg" or // sceUserServiceGetEvent
+			"D-CzAxQL0XI" or // sceUserServiceGetPlatformPrivacySetting
+			"K-jXhbt2gn4";   // scePthreadMutexTrylock
+
 	private bool ShouldLogImportResult(string nid, OrbisGen2Result result)
 	{
+		var resultValue = unchecked((int)result);
+		if (resultValue > 0)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		var expectedFileProbeMiss =
 			result == OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND &&
 			IsExpectedFileProbeNotFoundNid(nid);
 		var expectedTimedWaitTimeout =
 			string.Equals(nid, "27bAgiJmOh0", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
 			unchecked((int)result) == 60;
-		if (!expectedFileProbeMiss && !expectedTimedWaitTimeout)
+		var expectedEqueueTimeout =
+			string.Equals(nid, "fzyMKs9kim0", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
+			result == OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_TIMED_OUT;
+		var expectedMutexTrylockBusy =
+			string.Equals(nid, "K-jXhbt2gn4", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
+			result == OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_BUSY;
+		var expectedUserServiceNoEvent =
+			string.Equals(nid, "yH17Q6NWtVg", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
+			resultValue == unchecked((int)0x80960007);
+		var expectedPrivacyInvalidParameter =
+			string.Equals(nid, "D-CzAxQL0XI", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
+			resultValue == unchecked((int)0x80960009);
+		if (!expectedFileProbeMiss &&
+			!expectedTimedWaitTimeout &&
+			!expectedEqueueTimeout &&
+			!expectedMutexTrylockBusy &&
+			!expectedUserServiceNoEvent &&
+			!expectedPrivacyInvalidParameter)
 		{
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		var key = nid + "\0" + (int)result;
+		if (!ShouldLogExpectedImportResults())
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		var key = nid + "\0" + resultValue;
 		int count;
 		lock (_importResultLogSampleGate)
 		{
@@ -619,6 +694,12 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 		return count <= 8 || count % 10000 == 0;
 	}
 
+	private static bool ShouldLogExpectedImportResults() =>
+		string.Equals(
+			Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_EXPECTED_IMPORT_RESULTS"),
+			"1",
+			StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
 	private static bool IsExpectedFileProbeNotFoundNid(string nid) =>
 		nid is
 			"eV9wAD2riIA" or // sceKernelStat
@@ -684,7 +765,12 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 			"Vo5V8KAwCmk" or // sceSystemServiceHideSplashScreen
 			"TywrFKCoLGY" or // sceSaveDataInitialize3
 			"dyIhnXq-0SM" or // sceSaveDataDirNameSearch
+			"ZP4e7rlzOUk" or // sceSaveDataMount3
+			"ERKzksauAJA" or // sceSaveDataDialogGetStatus
+			"KK3Bdg1RWK0" or // sceSaveDataDialogUpdateStatus
+			"en7gNVnh878" or // sceSaveDataDialogIsReadyToDisplay
 			"jO8DM8oyego" or // sceNpEntitlementAccessInitialize
+			"TFyU+KFBv54" or // sceNpEntitlementAccessGetAddcontEntitlementInfoList
 			"27bAgiJmOh0" or // pthread_cond_timedwait
 			"iQw3iQPhvUQ" or // sceNetCtlCheckCallback
 			"Q2V+iqvjgC0" or // vsnprintf
@@ -1136,8 +1222,11 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 			cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rax] = 18446744073709551615uL;
 			return OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
 		}
-		if (!TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAddress(symbolName, out var resolvedAddress))
+		if (!TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAddress(symbolName, out var resolvedAddress) &&
+			!TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAlias(symbolName, out resolvedAddress))
 		{
+			Console.Error.WriteLine(
+				$"[LOADER][WARN] sceKernelDlsym failed: handle=0x{cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rdi]:X} symbol='{symbolName}'");
 			cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rax] = 18446744073709551615uL;
 			return OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
 		}
@@ -1150,6 +1239,62 @@ public sealed partial class DirectExecutionBackend
 		return OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
 	}
 
+	private bool TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAlias(string symbolName, out ulong address)
+	{
+		address = 0;
+		var alias = symbolName switch
+		{
+			"scriptingGetMem" => "malloc",
+			"scriptingFreeMem" => "free",
+			"scriptingRealloc" => "realloc",
+			"scriptingCalloc" => "calloc",
+			_ => null,
+		};
+
+		return alias != null && TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAddress(alias, out address);
+	}
+
+	private OrbisGen2Result DispatchIl2CppApiLookupSymbol()
+	{
+		var cpuContext = ActiveCpuContext;
+		if (cpuContext == null)
+		{
+			return OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+		}
+
+		var symbolNameAddress = cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+		var outputAddress = cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+		if (!TryReadAsciiZ(symbolNameAddress, 512, out var symbolName) ||
+			outputAddress == 0 ||
+			!TryResolveIl2CppApiAddress(symbolName, out var resolvedAddress) ||
+			!TryWriteUInt64Compat(outputAddress, resolvedAddress))
+		{
+			Console.Error.WriteLine(
+				$"[LOADER][WARN] il2cpp_api_lookup_symbol failed: name='{symbolName}' out=0x{outputAddress:X16}");
+			if (outputAddress != 0)
+			{
+				_ = TryWriteUInt64Compat(outputAddress, 0);
+			}
+
+			cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rax] = ulong.MaxValue;
+			return OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+		}
+
+		cpuContext[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+		return OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+	}
+
+	private bool TryResolveIl2CppApiAddress(string symbolName, out ulong address)
+	{
+		if (TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAddress(symbolName, out address))
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return Aerolib.Instance.TryGetByExportName(symbolName, out var symbol) &&
+			TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAddress(symbol.Nid, out address);
+	}
+
 	private OrbisGen2Result DispatchBootstrapBridge()
 	{
 		var cpuContext = ActiveCpuContext;

src/SharpEmu.Core/Cpu/Native/DirectExecutionBackend.cs

@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 
 		public GuestThreadRunState State { get; set; }
 
+		public ulong ExitValue { get; set; }
+
 		public string? BlockReason { get; set; }
 
 		public bool HasBlockedContinuation { get; set; }
@@ -1266,7 +1268,7 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 			   libraryName.IndexOf("Kernel", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0;
 	}
 
-	private static bool PreferLleForLibcExport(string exportName)
+	private bool PreferLleForLibcExport(string exportName)
 	{
 		if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(exportName))
 		{
@@ -1287,6 +1289,10 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 		{
 			return true;
 		}
+		if (IsLibcAllocatorExport(exportName))
+		{
+			return CanUseLleLibcAllocatorFamily();
+		}
 		if (string.Equals(value, "0", StringComparison.Ordinal))
 		{
 			return true;
@@ -1298,6 +1304,51 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 		return IsSafeLleLibcExport(exportName);
 	}
 
+	private bool CanUseLleLibcAllocatorFamily()
+	{
+		return HasUsableLleLibcExport("gQX+4GDQjpM", "malloc") &&
+			   HasUsableLleLibcExport("tIhsqj0qsFE", "free") &&
+			   HasUsableLleLibcExport("2X5agFjKxMc", "calloc") &&
+			   HasUsableLleLibcExport("Y7aJ1uydPMo", "realloc") &&
+			   HasUsableLleLibcExport("Ujf3KzMvRmI", "memalign") &&
+			   HasUsableLleLibcExport("2Btkg8k24Zg", "aligned_alloc") &&
+			   HasUsableLleLibcExport("cVSk9y8URbc", "posix_memalign");
+	}
+
+	private bool HasUsableLleLibcExport(string nid, string exportName)
+	{
+		if (TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAddress(nid, out var address) && IsDirectImportTargetUsable(address))
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		foreach (var candidate in EnumerateRuntimeSymbolCandidates(exportName))
+		{
+			if (TryResolveRuntimeSymbolAddress(candidate, out address) && IsDirectImportTargetUsable(address))
+			{
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private static bool IsLibcAllocatorExport(string exportName)
+	{
+		return exportName switch
+		{
+			"malloc" or
+			"free" or
+			"calloc" or
+			"realloc" or
+			"memalign" or
+			"aligned_alloc" or
+			"posix_memalign" or
+			"malloc_usable_size" => true,
+			_ => false,
+		};
+	}
+
 	private static bool IsSafeLleLibcExport(string exportName)
 	{
 		return exportName switch
@@ -2406,6 +2457,69 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 
 	public bool SupportsGuestContextTransfer => true;
 
+	public bool TryJoinThread(
+		CpuContext callerContext,
+		ulong threadHandle,
+		out ulong returnValue,
+		out string? error)
+	{
+		returnValue = 0;
+		error = null;
+		if (threadHandle == 0)
+		{
+			error = "thread handle is zero";
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (threadHandle == GuestThreadExecution.CurrentGuestThreadHandle)
+		{
+			error = "thread cannot join itself";
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		while (!ActiveForcedGuestExit)
+		{
+			Thread? hostThread;
+			lock (_guestThreadGate)
+			{
+				if (!_guestThreads.TryGetValue(threadHandle, out var thread))
+				{
+					error = $"unknown guest thread 0x{threadHandle:X16}";
+					return false;
+				}
+
+				if (thread.State == GuestThreadRunState.Exited)
+				{
+					returnValue = thread.ExitValue;
+					return true;
+				}
+
+				if (thread.State == GuestThreadRunState.Faulted)
+				{
+					error =
+						$"guest thread 0x{threadHandle:X16} faulted: " +
+						(thread.BlockReason ?? "unknown error");
+					return false;
+				}
+
+				hostThread = thread.HostThread;
+			}
+
+			if (hostThread is not null &&
+				!ReferenceEquals(hostThread, Thread.CurrentThread))
+			{
+				hostThread.Join(1);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				Thread.Sleep(1);
+			}
+		}
+
+		error = "guest execution stopped while joining thread";
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	public void Pump(CpuContext callerContext, string reason)
 	{
 		_ = callerContext;
@@ -3254,6 +3368,7 @@ public sealed unsafe partial class DirectExecutionBackend : INativeCpuBackend, I
 				switch (exitReason)
 				{
 					case GuestNativeCallExitReason.Returned:
+						thread.ExitValue = thread.Context[CpuRegister.Rax];
 						thread.State = GuestThreadRunState.Exited;
 						break;
 					case GuestNativeCallExitReason.Blocked:

src/SharpEmu.Core/Memory/PhysicalVirtualMemory.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 {
     private readonly ReaderWriterLockSlim _gate = new(LockRecursionPolicy.SupportsRecursion);
     private readonly object _guestAllocationGate = new();
+    private readonly object _allocationSearchHintGate = new();
     private readonly List<MemoryRegion> _regions = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<(ulong DesiredAddress, ulong Alignment, bool Executable), ulong> _allocationSearchHints = new();
     private readonly Dictionary<ulong, ProgramHeaderFlags> _pageProtections = new();
     private bool _disposed;
     private const ulong PageSize = 0x1000;
@@ -19,7 +21,8 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
     private const ulong GuestAllocationArenaSize = 0x0100_0000;
     private const ulong GuestAllocationArenaStartOffset = PageSize;
     private const ulong LargeDataReserveThreshold = 0x4000_0000UL; // 1 GiB
-    private const ulong LazyReservePrimeBytes = 0x5000_0000UL; // 1.25 GiB
+    private const ulong FullCommitRegionLimit = 4UL << 30;
+    private const ulong DefaultLazyReservePrimeBytes = 0x0400_0000UL; // 64 MiB
     private const ulong LazyReservePrimeChunkBytes = 0x0200_0000UL; // 32 MiB
 
     private const uint MEM_COMMIT = 0x1000;
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 
     private ulong _guestAllocationArenaBase;
     private ulong _guestAllocationOffset;
+    private static readonly ulong LazyReservePrimeBytes = ResolveLazyReservePrimeBytes();
 
     [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
     private static extern void* VirtualAlloc(void* lpAddress, nuint dwSize, uint flAllocationType, uint flProtect);
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         _gate.EnterWriteLock();
         try
         {
-            _regions.Add(new MemoryRegion
+            InsertRegionSorted(new MemoryRegion
             {
                 VirtualAddress = actualAddress,
                 Size = alignedSize,
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         }
 
         var allocationKind = executable ? "executable memory" : "data memory";
-        Console.Error.WriteLine($"[VMEM] Allocated exact {allocationKind}: 0x{actualAddress:X16} - 0x{actualAddress + alignedSize:X16} ({alignedSize} bytes)");
+        TraceVmem($"Allocated exact {allocationKind}: 0x{actualAddress:X16} - 0x{actualAddress + alignedSize:X16} ({alignedSize} bytes)");
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -110,7 +114,9 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         var protection = executable ? PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE : PAGE_READWRITE;
         var allocationType = MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE;
         var reservedOnly = false;
-        var preferReserveOnly = !executable && alignedSize >= LargeDataReserveThreshold;
+        var preferReserveOnly = !executable &&
+            alignedSize >= LargeDataReserveThreshold &&
+            alignedSize > FullCommitRegionLimit;
 
         void* result = null;
         if (preferReserveOnly)
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to allocate exact mapping at 0x{desiredAddress:X16} ({alignedSize} bytes)");
             }
 
-            Console.Error.WriteLine($"[VMEM] Could not allocate at 0x{desiredAddress:X16}, trying any address...");
+            TraceVmem($"Could not allocate at 0x{desiredAddress:X16}, trying any address...");
             result = VirtualAlloc(null, (nuint)alignedSize, allocationType, protection);
 
             if (result == null)
@@ -193,12 +199,12 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
                     lazyPrimeState = committedBytes == primeBytes
                         ? $"ok:{committedBytes:X}"
                         : $"partial:{committedBytes:X}/{primeBytes:X}";
-                    Console.Error.WriteLine($"[VMEM] Primed lazy region: 0x{actualAddress:X16} - 0x{actualAddress + committedBytes:X16} ({committedBytes} bytes)");
+                    TraceVmem($"Primed lazy region: 0x{actualAddress:X16} - 0x{actualAddress + committedBytes:X16} ({committedBytes} bytes)");
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     lazyPrimeState = $"fail:{primeBytes:X}";
-                    Console.Error.WriteLine($"[VMEM] Failed to prime lazy region at 0x{actualAddress:X16} ({primeBytes} bytes), continuing with on-demand commit");
+                    TraceVmem($"Failed to prime lazy region at 0x{actualAddress:X16} ({primeBytes} bytes), continuing with on-demand commit");
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         _gate.EnterWriteLock();
         try
         {
-            _regions.Add(new MemoryRegion
+            InsertRegionSorted(new MemoryRegion
             {
                 VirtualAddress = actualAddress,
                 Size = alignedSize,
@@ -227,7 +233,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         var allocationKind = reservedOnly
             ? "reserved data memory (lazy commit)"
             : (executable ? "executable memory" : "data memory");
-        Console.Error.WriteLine($"[VMEM] Allocated {allocationKind}: 0x{actualAddress:X16} - 0x{actualAddress + alignedSize:X16} ({alignedSize} bytes) lazy_prime={lazyPrimeState}");
+        TraceVmem($"Allocated {allocationKind}: 0x{actualAddress:X16} - 0x{actualAddress + alignedSize:X16} ({alignedSize} bytes) lazy_prime={lazyPrimeState}");
 
         return actualAddress;
     }
@@ -247,7 +253,8 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 
         var alignedSize = AlignUp(size, PageSize);
         var effectiveAlignment = Math.Max(PageSize, alignment == 0 ? PageSize : alignment);
-        var cursor = AlignUp(desiredAddress, effectiveAlignment);
+        var requestedCursor = AlignUp(desiredAddress, effectiveAlignment);
+        var cursor = GetAllocationSearchCursor(desiredAddress, requestedCursor, effectiveAlignment, executable);
 
         for (var attempt = 0; attempt < 0x10000; attempt++)
         {
@@ -267,6 +274,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
                 actualAddress = AllocateAt(cursor, alignedSize, executable, allowAlternative: false);
                 if (actualAddress == cursor)
                 {
+                    UpdateAllocationSearchCursor(desiredAddress, effectiveAlignment, executable, actualAddress + alignedSize);
                     return true;
                 }
 
@@ -334,6 +342,10 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
                 }
                 _regions.Clear();
                 _pageProtections.Clear();
+                lock (_allocationSearchHintGate)
+                {
+                    _allocationSearchHints.Clear();
+                }
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -390,7 +402,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 
             ApplySegmentProtection(mapStart, mapEnd, protection);
 
-            Console.Error.WriteLine($"[VMEM] Mapped segment: 0x{virtualAddress:X16} - 0x{virtualAddress + memorySize:X16} (file: {fileData.Length} bytes, prot: {protection})");
+            TraceVmem($"Mapped segment: 0x{virtualAddress:X16} - 0x{virtualAddress + memorySize:X16} (file: {fileData.Length} bytes, prot: {protection})");
         }
         finally
         {
@@ -473,30 +485,34 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         _gate.EnterReadLock();
         try
         {
-            foreach (var region in _regions)
+            var region = FindRegion(virtualAddress, (ulong)destination.Length);
+            if (region is not null &&
+                TryResolveRegionOffset(
+                    virtualAddress,
+                    (ulong)destination.Length,
+                    region,
+                    out var offset))
             {
-                if (TryResolveRegionOffset(virtualAddress, (ulong)destination.Length, region, out var offset))
+                var srcPtr = (void*)(region.VirtualAddress + offset);
+                if (destination.IsEmpty)
                 {
-                    var srcPtr = (void*)(region.VirtualAddress + offset);
-                    if (destination.IsEmpty)
-                    {
-                        return true;
-                    }
+                    return true;
+                }
 
-                    if (region.IsReservedOnly)
+                if (region.IsReservedOnly)
+                {
+                    if (!EnsureRangeCommitted((ulong)srcPtr, (ulong)destination.Length, region))
                     {
-                        if (!EnsureRangeCommitted((ulong)srcPtr, (ulong)destination.Length, region))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if (!CanReadWithoutProtectionChange((ulong)srcPtr, (ulong)destination.Length, region))
-                    {
-                        requiresExclusiveAccess = true;
-                        break;
+                        return false;
                     }
+                }
 
+                if (!CanReadWithoutProtectionChange((ulong)srcPtr, (ulong)destination.Length, region))
+                {
+                    requiresExclusiveAccess = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
                     fixed (byte* destPtr = destination)
                     {
                         Buffer.MemoryCopy(srcPtr, destPtr, (nuint)destination.Length, (nuint)destination.Length);
@@ -533,30 +549,34 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         _gate.EnterReadLock();
         try
         {
-            foreach (var region in _regions)
+            var region = FindRegion(virtualAddress, (ulong)source.Length);
+            if (region is not null &&
+                TryResolveRegionOffset(
+                    virtualAddress,
+                    (ulong)source.Length,
+                    region,
+                    out var offset))
             {
-                if (TryResolveRegionOffset(virtualAddress, (ulong)source.Length, region, out var offset))
+                var destPtr = (void*)(region.VirtualAddress + offset);
+                if (source.IsEmpty)
                 {
-                    var destPtr = (void*)(region.VirtualAddress + offset);
-                    if (source.IsEmpty)
-                    {
-                        return true;
-                    }
+                    return true;
+                }
 
-                    if (region.IsReservedOnly)
+                if (region.IsReservedOnly)
+                {
+                    if (!EnsureRangeCommitted((ulong)destPtr, (ulong)source.Length, region))
                     {
-                        if (!EnsureRangeCommitted((ulong)destPtr, (ulong)source.Length, region))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if (!CanWriteWithoutProtectionChange((ulong)destPtr, (ulong)source.Length, region))
-                    {
-                        requiresExclusiveAccess = true;
-                        break;
+                        return false;
                     }
+                }
 
+                if (!CanWriteWithoutProtectionChange((ulong)destPtr, (ulong)source.Length, region))
+                {
+                    requiresExclusiveAccess = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
                     fixed (byte* srcPtr = source)
                     {
                         Buffer.MemoryCopy(srcPtr, destPtr, (nuint)source.Length, (nuint)source.Length);
@@ -589,13 +609,14 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 
     private bool TryReadExclusive(ulong virtualAddress, Span<byte> destination)
     {
-        foreach (var region in _regions)
+        var region = FindRegion(virtualAddress, (ulong)destination.Length);
+        if (region is not null &&
+            TryResolveRegionOffset(
+                virtualAddress,
+                (ulong)destination.Length,
+                region,
+                out var offset))
         {
-            if (!TryResolveRegionOffset(virtualAddress, (ulong)destination.Length, region, out var offset))
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
             var srcPtr = (void*)(region.VirtualAddress + offset);
             if (!EnsureRangeCommitted((ulong)srcPtr, (ulong)destination.Length, region))
             {
@@ -637,13 +658,14 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 
     private bool TryWriteExclusive(ulong virtualAddress, ReadOnlySpan<byte> source)
     {
-        foreach (var region in _regions)
+        var region = FindRegion(virtualAddress, (ulong)source.Length);
+        if (region is not null &&
+            TryResolveRegionOffset(
+                virtualAddress,
+                (ulong)source.Length,
+                region,
+                out var offset))
         {
-            if (!TryResolveRegionOffset(virtualAddress, (ulong)source.Length, region, out var offset))
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
             var destPtr = (void*)(region.VirtualAddress + offset);
             if (!EnsureRangeCommitted((ulong)destPtr, (ulong)source.Length, region))
             {
@@ -699,15 +721,9 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         _gate.EnterReadLock();
         try
         {
-            foreach (var region in _regions)
-            {
-                if (virtualAddress >= region.VirtualAddress &&
-                    virtualAddress < region.VirtualAddress + region.Size)
-                {
-                    return (void*)virtualAddress;
-                }
-            }
-            return null;
+            return FindRegion(virtualAddress, 1) is not null
+                ? (void*)virtualAddress
+                : null;
         }
         finally
         {
@@ -720,14 +736,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         _gate.EnterReadLock();
         try
         {
-            foreach (var region in _regions)
-            {
-                if (TryResolveRegionOffset(virtualAddress, size, region, out _))
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-            return false;
+            return FindRegion(virtualAddress, size) is not null;
         }
         finally
         {
@@ -737,14 +746,48 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
 
     private MemoryRegion? FindRegion(ulong address, ulong size)
     {
-        foreach (var region in _regions)
+        var low = 0;
+        var high = _regions.Count - 1;
+        MemoryRegion? candidate = null;
+        while (low <= high)
         {
-            if (TryResolveRegionOffset(address, size, region, out _))
+            var middle = low + ((high - low) >> 1);
+            var region = _regions[middle];
+            if (region.VirtualAddress <= address)
             {
-                return region;
+                candidate = region;
+                low = middle + 1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                high = middle - 1;
             }
         }
-        return null;
+
+        return candidate is not null &&
+            TryResolveRegionOffset(address, size, candidate, out _)
+                ? candidate
+                : null;
+    }
+
+    private void InsertRegionSorted(MemoryRegion region)
+    {
+        var low = 0;
+        var high = _regions.Count;
+        while (low < high)
+        {
+            var middle = low + ((high - low) >> 1);
+            if (_regions[middle].VirtualAddress < region.VirtualAddress)
+            {
+                low = middle + 1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                high = middle;
+            }
+        }
+
+        _regions.Insert(low, region);
     }
 
     private bool TryGetOverlappingRegionEnd(ulong address, ulong size, out ulong overlapEnd)
@@ -762,6 +805,16 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
             foreach (var region in _regions)
             {
                 var regionEnd = region.VirtualAddress + region.Size;
+                if (region.VirtualAddress >= end)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                if (regionEnd <= address)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 if (address < regionEnd && region.VirtualAddress < end)
                 {
                     overlapEnd = Math.Max(overlapEnd, regionEnd);
@@ -776,6 +829,37 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         return overlapEnd != 0;
     }
 
+    private ulong GetAllocationSearchCursor(
+        ulong desiredAddress,
+        ulong requestedCursor,
+        ulong alignment,
+        bool executable)
+    {
+        lock (_allocationSearchHintGate)
+        {
+            var key = (desiredAddress, alignment, executable);
+            if (_allocationSearchHints.TryGetValue(key, out var hintedCursor) &&
+                hintedCursor > requestedCursor)
+            {
+                return AlignUp(hintedCursor, alignment);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return requestedCursor;
+    }
+
+    private void UpdateAllocationSearchCursor(
+        ulong desiredAddress,
+        ulong alignment,
+        bool executable,
+        ulong nextCursor)
+    {
+        lock (_allocationSearchHintGate)
+        {
+            _allocationSearchHints[(desiredAddress, alignment, executable)] = AlignUp(nextCursor, alignment);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static bool TryResolveRegionOffset(ulong address, ulong size, MemoryRegion region, out ulong offset)
     {
         offset = 0;
@@ -944,6 +1028,29 @@ public sealed unsafe class PhysicalVirtualMemory : IVirtualMemory, IGuestMemoryA
         return checked((value + mask) & ~mask);
     }
 
+    private static ulong ResolveLazyReservePrimeBytes()
+    {
+        var configured = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LAZY_RESERVE_PRIME_MB");
+        if (ulong.TryParse(configured, out var megabytes))
+        {
+            return megabytes == 0
+                ? 0
+                : checked(Math.Min(megabytes, 4096UL) * 1024UL * 1024UL);
+        }
+
+        return DefaultLazyReservePrimeBytes;
+    }
+
+    private static void TraceVmem(string message)
+    {
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_VMEM"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Console.Error.WriteLine($"[VMEM] {message}");
+    }
+
     public void Dispose()
     {
         if (!_disposed)

src/SharpEmu.Core/Runtime/SharpEmuRuntime.cs

@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ public sealed class SharpEmuRuntime : ISharpEmuRuntime
         {
             Path.Combine(ebootDirectory, "sce_module"),
             Path.Combine(ebootDirectory, "sce_modules"),
+            Path.Combine(ebootDirectory, "Media", "Modules"),
         }
         .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
         .Where(Directory.Exists)
@@ -554,7 +555,9 @@ public sealed class SharpEmuRuntime : ISharpEmuRuntime
         }
 
         var allModulePaths = moduleDirectories
-            .SelectMany(Directory.EnumerateFiles)
+            .SelectMany(directory => Directory
+                .EnumerateFiles(directory)
+                .OrderBy(path => path, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             .Where(path =>
             {
                 var extension = Path.GetExtension(path);
@@ -562,7 +565,6 @@ public sealed class SharpEmuRuntime : ISharpEmuRuntime
                        string.Equals(extension, ".sprx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             })
             .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-            .OrderBy(path => path, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
             .ToArray();
 
         var modulePaths = allModulePaths

src/SharpEmu.Core/packages.lock.json

@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
         "resolved": "2.23.0",
         "contentHash": "r8PdIVzME8EH0qAgbmRPO87I4GfgR2j8TofT7EMuRJDf1QluoQwnVypDoFJjQ2ZBSRsGYk5unYxxogI05Ogsmw=="
       },
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": {
-        "type": "Transitive",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "H6OMLIWdh2HITvkmj+ALs8LTIdQvQ2/JTtkDXinVbJ3xxrQIBXhVmc9jnuTQ67YDybGlENSMrgthzhLwK0rjnQ=="
-      },
       "Silk.NET.Windowing.Common": {
         "type": "Transitive",
         "resolved": "2.23.0",
@@ -76,8 +71,8 @@
         "type": "Project",
         "dependencies": {
           "SharpEmu.HLE": "[1.0.0, )",
-          "Silk.NET.Shaderc": "[2.23.0, )",
           "Silk.NET.Vulkan": "[2.23.0, )",
+          "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT": "[2.23.0, )",
           "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR": "[2.23.0, )",
           "Silk.NET.Windowing": "[2.23.0, )"
         }
@@ -85,16 +80,6 @@
       "sharpemu.logging": {
         "type": "Project"
       },
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc": {
-        "type": "CentralTransitive",
-        "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "+pXfOhmSCeeMECOo9HMi3C63LVbQ7FBxPFgxPKOT6mXD8Gg/90Wt4fLX4LqUuVbGid5LW6BXAUu1g17XQoawdA==",
-        "dependencies": {
-          "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0",
-          "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": "2.23.0"
-        }
-      },
       "Silk.NET.Vulkan": {
         "type": "CentralTransitive",
         "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
@@ -104,6 +89,16 @@
           "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0"
         }
       },
+      "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT": {
+        "type": "CentralTransitive",
+        "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
+        "resolved": "2.23.0",
+        "contentHash": "+Oth189ksRiL6HvGCwIdnsYHawqrbO8y49u1H61z3wsfcHhQZeVDYe/wF5LD7fk3NcdgDvwFD3mLm1QWhdZySw==",
+        "dependencies": {
+          "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0",
+          "Silk.NET.Vulkan": "2.23.0"
+        }
+      },
       "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR": {
         "type": "CentralTransitive",
         "requested": "[2.23.0, )",

src/SharpEmu.HLE/GuestThreadExecution.cs

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ public interface IGuestThreadScheduler
 
     bool TryStartThread(CpuContext creatorContext, GuestThreadStartRequest request, out string? error);
 
+    bool TryJoinThread(
+        CpuContext callerContext,
+        ulong threadHandle,
+        out ulong returnValue,
+        out string? error);
+
     void Pump(CpuContext callerContext, string reason);
 
     int WakeBlockedThreads(string wakeKey, int maxCount = int.MaxValue);

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Agc/Gen5ShaderIr.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Agc;
+
+internal enum Gen5ShaderEncoding
+{
+    Sop1,
+    Sop2,
+    Sopc,
+    Sopp,
+    Sopk,
+    Smrd,
+    Smem,
+    Mubuf,
+    Mtbuf,
+    Vop1,
+    Vop2,
+    Vopc,
+    Vop3,
+    Vintrp,
+    Ds,
+    Flat,
+    Vop3p,
+    Mimg,
+    Exp,
+}
+
+internal enum Gen5OperandKind
+{
+    ScalarRegister,
+    VectorRegister,
+    EncodedConstant,
+    LiteralConstant,
+}
+
+internal enum Gen5ShaderResourceKind
+{
+    ReadOnlyTexture,
+    ReadWriteTexture,
+    Sampler,
+    ConstantBuffer,
+}
+
+internal enum Gen5PixelOutputKind
+{
+    Float,
+    Uint,
+    Sint,
+}
+
+internal enum Gen5SpirvStage
+{
+    Vertex,
+    Pixel,
+    Compute,
+}
+
+internal sealed record Gen5SpirvShader(
+    byte[] Spirv,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5GlobalMemoryBinding> GlobalMemoryBindings,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5ImageBinding> ImageBindings,
+    uint AttributeCount,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5VertexInputBinding> VertexInputs);
+
+internal readonly record struct Gen5ShaderResourceMapping(
+    Gen5ShaderResourceKind Kind,
+    uint Slot,
+    uint OffsetDwords,
+    bool SizeFlag);
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ShaderMetadata(
+    uint ExtendedUserDataSizeDwords,
+    uint ShaderResourceTableSizeDwords,
+    IReadOnlyDictionary<uint, uint> DirectResources,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5ShaderResourceMapping> Resources);
+
+internal readonly record struct Gen5ComputeSystemRegisters(
+    uint? WorkGroupXRegister,
+    uint? WorkGroupYRegister,
+    uint? WorkGroupZRegister,
+    uint? ThreadGroupSizeRegister)
+{
+    public bool TryGetExpression(uint scalarRegister, out string expression)
+    {
+        if (WorkGroupXRegister == scalarRegister)
+        {
+            expression = "gl_WorkGroupID.x";
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (WorkGroupYRegister == scalarRegister)
+        {
+            expression = "gl_WorkGroupID.y";
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (WorkGroupZRegister == scalarRegister)
+        {
+            expression = "gl_WorkGroupID.z";
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (ThreadGroupSizeRegister == scalarRegister)
+        {
+            expression = "(gl_WorkGroupSize.x * gl_WorkGroupSize.y * gl_WorkGroupSize.z)";
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        expression = string.Empty;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void ClearStaticValues(Span<uint> scalarRegisters)
+    {
+        ClearStaticValue(scalarRegisters, WorkGroupXRegister);
+        ClearStaticValue(scalarRegisters, WorkGroupYRegister);
+        ClearStaticValue(scalarRegisters, WorkGroupZRegister);
+        ClearStaticValue(scalarRegisters, ThreadGroupSizeRegister);
+    }
+
+    private static void ClearStaticValue(Span<uint> scalarRegisters, uint? scalarRegister)
+    {
+        if (scalarRegister is { } register && register < scalarRegisters.Length)
+        {
+            scalarRegisters[(int)register] = 0;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ShaderState(
+    Gen5ShaderProgram Program,
+    IReadOnlyList<uint> UserData,
+    Gen5ShaderMetadata? Metadata,
+    Gen5ComputeSystemRegisters? ComputeSystemRegisters = null,
+    uint UserDataScalarRegisterBase = 0);
+
+internal readonly record struct Gen5Operand(Gen5OperandKind Kind, uint Value)
+{
+    public static Gen5Operand Scalar(uint index) =>
+        new(Gen5OperandKind.ScalarRegister, index);
+
+    public static Gen5Operand Vector(uint index) =>
+        new(Gen5OperandKind.VectorRegister, index);
+
+    public static Gen5Operand Source(uint encoded, uint? literal = null)
+    {
+        if (encoded >= 256)
+        {
+            return Vector(encoded - 256);
+        }
+
+        if (encoded is 249 or 255 && literal.HasValue)
+        {
+            return new(Gen5OperandKind.LiteralConstant, literal.Value);
+        }
+
+        if (encoded <= 105 || encoded is 106 or 107 or 124 or 126 or 127)
+        {
+            return Scalar(encoded);
+        }
+
+        return new(Gen5OperandKind.EncodedConstant, encoded);
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString() => Kind switch
+    {
+        Gen5OperandKind.ScalarRegister => $"s{Value}",
+        Gen5OperandKind.VectorRegister => $"v{Value}",
+        Gen5OperandKind.LiteralConstant => $"0x{Value:X8}",
+        _ => $"src[{Value}]",
+    };
+}
+
+internal abstract record Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ImageControl(
+    uint Dmask,
+    uint VectorAddress,
+    IReadOnlyList<uint> AddressRegisters,
+    uint VectorData,
+    uint ScalarResource,
+    uint ScalarSampler,
+    uint Dimension,
+    bool IsArray,
+    bool Glc,
+    bool Slc) : Gen5InstructionControl
+{
+    public uint GetAddressRegister(int component) =>
+        component < AddressRegisters.Count
+            ? AddressRegisters[component]
+            : VectorAddress + (uint)component;
+}
+
+internal sealed record Gen5GlobalMemoryControl(
+    uint DwordCount,
+    uint VectorAddress,
+    uint VectorData,
+    uint ScalarAddress,
+    int OffsetBytes,
+    bool Glc,
+    bool Slc) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5BufferMemoryControl(
+    uint DwordCount,
+    uint VectorAddress,
+    uint VectorData,
+    uint ScalarResource,
+    int OffsetBytes,
+    bool IndexEnabled,
+    bool OffsetEnabled,
+    bool Glc,
+    bool Slc) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ExportControl(
+    uint Target,
+    uint EnableMask,
+    bool Compressed,
+    bool Done,
+    bool ValidMask) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5InterpolationControl(
+    uint Attribute,
+    uint Channel) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5Vop3Control(
+    uint AbsoluteMask,
+    uint NegateMask,
+    uint OutputModifier,
+    bool Clamp,
+    uint? ScalarDestination) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5SdwaControl(
+    uint DestinationSelect,
+    uint Source0Select,
+    uint Source1Select,
+    uint AbsoluteMask,
+    uint NegateMask,
+    uint OutputModifier,
+    bool Clamp) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5DppControl(
+    uint Control,
+    bool FetchInactive,
+    bool BoundControl,
+    uint AbsoluteMask,
+    uint NegateMask,
+    uint BankMask,
+    uint RowMask) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ScalarMemoryControl(
+    uint DestinationCount,
+    int ImmediateOffsetBytes,
+    uint? DynamicOffsetRegister) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5DataShareControl(
+    uint Offset0,
+    uint Offset1,
+    bool Gds) : Gen5InstructionControl;
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ImageBinding(
+    uint Pc,
+    string Opcode,
+    Gen5ImageControl Control,
+    IReadOnlyList<uint> ResourceDescriptor,
+    IReadOnlyList<uint> SamplerDescriptor,
+    uint? MipLevel);
+
+internal sealed record Gen5GlobalMemoryBinding(
+    uint ScalarAddress,
+    ulong BaseAddress,
+    IReadOnlyList<uint> InstructionPcs,
+    byte[] Data);
+
+internal sealed record Gen5VertexInputBinding(
+    uint Pc,
+    uint Location,
+    uint ComponentCount,
+    uint DataFormat,
+    uint NumberFormat,
+    ulong BaseAddress,
+    uint Stride,
+    uint OffsetBytes,
+    byte[] Data);
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ShaderEvaluation(
+    IReadOnlyList<uint> InitialScalarRegisters,
+    IReadOnlyList<uint> ScalarRegisters,
+    IReadOnlyDictionary<uint, IReadOnlyList<uint>> ScalarRegistersByPc,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5ImageBinding> ImageBindings,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5GlobalMemoryBinding> GlobalMemoryBindings,
+    Gen5ComputeSystemRegisters? ComputeSystemRegisters = null,
+    IReadOnlySet<uint>? RuntimeScalarRegisters = null,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5VertexInputBinding>? VertexInputs = null);
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ShaderInstruction(
+    uint Pc,
+    Gen5ShaderEncoding Encoding,
+    string Opcode,
+    IReadOnlyList<uint> Words,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5Operand> Sources,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5Operand> Destinations,
+    Gen5InstructionControl? Control);
+
+internal sealed record Gen5ShaderProgram(
+    ulong Address,
+    IReadOnlyList<Gen5ShaderInstruction> Instructions)
+{
+    public IEnumerable<Gen5ImageControl> ImageResources =>
+        Instructions
+            .Select(instruction => instruction.Control)
+            .OfType<Gen5ImageControl>();
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Agc/Gen5ShaderMetadataReader.cs

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+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Agc;
+
+internal static class Gen5ShaderMetadataReader
+{
+    private const ulong ShaderUserDataOffset = 0x08;
+    private const int ResourceClassCount = 4;
+    private const int MaxMetadataEntries = 4096;
+
+    public static bool TryRead(
+        CpuContext ctx,
+        ulong shaderHeaderAddress,
+        out Gen5ShaderMetadata metadata)
+    {
+        metadata = default!;
+        if (!TryReadUInt64(ctx, shaderHeaderAddress + ShaderUserDataOffset, out var userDataAddress) ||
+            userDataAddress == 0 ||
+            !TryReadUInt64(ctx, userDataAddress, out var directResourceOffsetsAddress))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var resourceOffsets = new ulong[ResourceClassCount];
+        for (var resourceClass = 0; resourceClass < ResourceClassCount; resourceClass++)
+        {
+            if (!TryReadUInt64(
+                    ctx,
+                    userDataAddress + 0x08 + (ulong)(resourceClass * sizeof(ulong)),
+                    out resourceOffsets[resourceClass]))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!TryReadUInt16(ctx, userDataAddress + 0x28, out var extendedUserDataSize) ||
+            !TryReadUInt16(ctx, userDataAddress + 0x2A, out var shaderResourceTableSize) ||
+            !TryReadUInt16(ctx, userDataAddress + 0x2C, out var directResourceCount) ||
+            directResourceCount > MaxMetadataEntries)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var resourceCounts = new ushort[ResourceClassCount];
+        for (var resourceClass = 0; resourceClass < ResourceClassCount; resourceClass++)
+        {
+            if (!TryReadUInt16(
+                    ctx,
+                    userDataAddress + 0x2E + (ulong)(resourceClass * sizeof(ushort)),
+                    out resourceCounts[resourceClass]) ||
+                resourceCounts[resourceClass] > MaxMetadataEntries)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        var directResources = new Dictionary<uint, uint>();
+        if (directResourceCount != 0)
+        {
+            if (directResourceOffsetsAddress == 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (uint type = 0; type < directResourceCount; type++)
+            {
+                if (!TryReadUInt16(ctx, directResourceOffsetsAddress + type * sizeof(ushort), out var offset))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (offset != ushort.MaxValue)
+                {
+                    directResources[type] = offset;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        var resources = new List<Gen5ShaderResourceMapping>();
+        for (var resourceClass = 0; resourceClass < ResourceClassCount; resourceClass++)
+        {
+            var count = resourceCounts[resourceClass];
+            if (count == 0)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (resourceOffsets[resourceClass] == 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (uint slot = 0; slot < count; slot++)
+            {
+                if (!TryReadUInt16(
+                        ctx,
+                        resourceOffsets[resourceClass] + slot * sizeof(ushort),
+                        out var sharp))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                var offset = (uint)(sharp & 0x7FFF);
+                if (offset == 0x7FFF)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                resources.Add(new Gen5ShaderResourceMapping(
+                    (Gen5ShaderResourceKind)resourceClass,
+                    slot,
+                    offset,
+                    (sharp & 0x8000) != 0));
+            }
+        }
+
+        metadata = new Gen5ShaderMetadata(
+            extendedUserDataSize,
+            shaderResourceTableSize,
+            directResources,
+            resources);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryReadUInt16(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, out ushort value)
+    {
+        Span<byte> bytes = stackalloc byte[sizeof(ushort)];
+        if (!ctx.Memory.TryRead(address, bytes))
+        {
+            value = 0;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        value = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(bytes);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryReadUInt64(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, out ulong value)
+    {
+        Span<byte> bytes = stackalloc byte[sizeof(ulong)];
+        if (!ctx.Memory.TryRead(address, bytes))
+        {
+            value = 0;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        value = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt64LittleEndian(bytes);
+        return true;
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Agc/SpirvFixedShaders.cs

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+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Agc;
+
+internal static class SpirvFixedShaders
+{
+    public static byte[] CreateFullscreenVertex(uint attributeCount)
+    {
+        var module = new SpirvModuleBuilder();
+        module.AddCapability(SpirvCapability.Shader);
+
+        var voidType = module.TypeVoid();
+        var boolType = module.TypeBool();
+        var uintType = module.TypeInt(32, signed: false);
+        var floatType = module.TypeFloat(32);
+        var vec4Type = module.TypeVector(floatType, 4);
+        var inputUintPointer = module.TypePointer(SpirvStorageClass.Input, uintType);
+        var outputVec4Pointer = module.TypePointer(SpirvStorageClass.Output, vec4Type);
+
+        var vertexIndex = module.AddGlobalVariable(inputUintPointer, SpirvStorageClass.Input);
+        module.AddName(vertexIndex, "vertexIndex");
+        module.AddDecoration(
+            vertexIndex,
+            SpirvDecoration.BuiltIn,
+            (uint)SpirvBuiltIn.VertexIndex);
+
+        var position = module.AddGlobalVariable(outputVec4Pointer, SpirvStorageClass.Output);
+        module.AddName(position, "position");
+        module.AddDecoration(position, SpirvDecoration.BuiltIn, (uint)SpirvBuiltIn.Position);
+
+        var attributes = new uint[attributeCount];
+        for (uint index = 0; index < attributeCount; index++)
+        {
+            attributes[index] =
+                module.AddGlobalVariable(outputVec4Pointer, SpirvStorageClass.Output);
+            module.AddName(attributes[index], $"attr{index}");
+            module.AddDecoration(attributes[index], SpirvDecoration.Location, index);
+            module.AddDecoration(attributes[index], SpirvDecoration.NoPerspective);
+        }
+
+        var functionType = module.TypeFunction(voidType);
+        var main = module.BeginFunction(voidType, functionType);
+        module.AddName(main, "main");
+        module.AddLabel();
+
+        var indexValue = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.Load, uintType, vertexIndex);
+        var one = module.Constant(uintType, 1);
+        var two = module.Constant(uintType, 2);
+        var shifted = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.ShiftLeftLogical, uintType, indexValue, one);
+        var xBits = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.BitwiseAnd, uintType, shifted, two);
+        var yBits = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.BitwiseAnd, uintType, indexValue, two);
+        var x = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.ConvertUToF, floatType, xBits);
+        var y = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.ConvertUToF, floatType, yBits);
+        var zero = module.ConstantFloat(floatType, 0f);
+        var oneFloat = module.ConstantFloat(floatType, 1f);
+        var twoFloat = module.ConstantFloat(floatType, 2f);
+        var xPosition = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.FMul, floatType, x, twoFloat);
+        xPosition = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.FSub, floatType, xPosition, oneFloat);
+        var yPosition = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.FMul, floatType, y, twoFloat);
+        yPosition = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.FSub, floatType, yPosition, oneFloat);
+        var positionValue = module.AddInstruction(
+            SpirvOp.CompositeConstruct,
+            vec4Type,
+            xPosition,
+            yPosition,
+            zero,
+            oneFloat);
+        module.AddStatement(SpirvOp.Store, position, positionValue);
+
+        var attributeValue = module.AddInstruction(
+            SpirvOp.CompositeConstruct,
+            vec4Type,
+            x,
+            y,
+            zero,
+            oneFloat);
+        foreach (var attribute in attributes)
+        {
+            module.AddStatement(SpirvOp.Store, attribute, attributeValue);
+        }
+
+        module.AddStatement(SpirvOp.Return);
+        module.EndFunction();
+
+        var interfaces = new uint[2 + attributes.Length];
+        interfaces[0] = vertexIndex;
+        interfaces[1] = position;
+        attributes.CopyTo(interfaces, 2);
+        module.AddEntryPoint(SpirvExecutionModel.Vertex, main, "main", interfaces);
+        _ = boolType;
+        return module.Build();
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] CreateCopyFragment()
+    {
+        var module = new SpirvModuleBuilder();
+        module.AddCapability(SpirvCapability.Shader);
+
+        var voidType = module.TypeVoid();
+        var floatType = module.TypeFloat(32);
+        var vec2Type = module.TypeVector(floatType, 2);
+        var vec4Type = module.TypeVector(floatType, 4);
+        var inputVec4Pointer = module.TypePointer(SpirvStorageClass.Input, vec4Type);
+        var outputVec4Pointer = module.TypePointer(SpirvStorageClass.Output, vec4Type);
+        var imageType = module.TypeImage(
+            floatType,
+            SpirvImageDim.Dim2D,
+            depth: false,
+            arrayed: false,
+            multisampled: false,
+            sampled: 1,
+            SpirvImageFormat.Unknown);
+        var sampledImageType = module.TypeSampledImage(imageType);
+        var sampledImagePointer =
+            module.TypePointer(SpirvStorageClass.UniformConstant, sampledImageType);
+
+        var attribute = module.AddGlobalVariable(inputVec4Pointer, SpirvStorageClass.Input);
+        module.AddName(attribute, "attr0");
+        module.AddDecoration(attribute, SpirvDecoration.Location, 0);
+
+        var texture = module.AddGlobalVariable(
+            sampledImagePointer,
+            SpirvStorageClass.UniformConstant);
+        module.AddName(texture, "tex0");
+        module.AddDecoration(texture, SpirvDecoration.DescriptorSet, 0);
+        module.AddDecoration(texture, SpirvDecoration.Binding, 1);
+
+        var output = module.AddGlobalVariable(outputVec4Pointer, SpirvStorageClass.Output);
+        module.AddName(output, "outColor");
+        module.AddDecoration(output, SpirvDecoration.Location, 0);
+
+        var functionType = module.TypeFunction(voidType);
+        var main = module.BeginFunction(voidType, functionType);
+        module.AddName(main, "main");
+        module.AddLabel();
+
+        var attributeValue = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.Load, vec4Type, attribute);
+        var coordinates = module.AddInstruction(
+            SpirvOp.VectorShuffle,
+            vec2Type,
+            attributeValue,
+            attributeValue,
+            0,
+            1);
+        var sampledImage = module.AddInstruction(SpirvOp.Load, sampledImageType, texture);
+        var lod = module.ConstantFloat(floatType, 0f);
+        var color = module.AddInstruction(
+            SpirvOp.ImageSampleExplicitLod,
+            vec4Type,
+            sampledImage,
+            coordinates,
+            2,
+            lod);
+        module.AddStatement(SpirvOp.Store, output, color);
+        module.AddStatement(SpirvOp.Return);
+        module.EndFunction();
+
+        module.AddEntryPoint(
+            SpirvExecutionModel.Fragment,
+            main,
+            "main",
+            [attribute, texture, output]);
+        module.AddExecutionMode(main, SpirvExecutionMode.OriginUpperLeft);
+        return module.Build();
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Agc/SpirvModuleBuilder.cs

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+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Agc;
+
+internal enum SpirvOp : ushort
+{
+    Nop = 0,
+    Name = 5,
+    Extension = 10,
+    ExtInstImport = 11,
+    ExtInst = 12,
+    MemoryModel = 14,
+    EntryPoint = 15,
+    ExecutionMode = 16,
+    Capability = 17,
+    TypeVoid = 19,
+    TypeBool = 20,
+    TypeInt = 21,
+    TypeFloat = 22,
+    TypeVector = 23,
+    TypeImage = 25,
+    TypeSampler = 26,
+    TypeSampledImage = 27,
+    TypeArray = 28,
+    TypeRuntimeArray = 29,
+    TypeStruct = 30,
+    TypePointer = 32,
+    TypeFunction = 33,
+    ConstantTrue = 41,
+    ConstantFalse = 42,
+    Constant = 43,
+    ConstantComposite = 44,
+    ConstantNull = 46,
+    Function = 54,
+    FunctionParameter = 55,
+    FunctionEnd = 56,
+    FunctionCall = 57,
+    Variable = 59,
+    Load = 61,
+    Store = 62,
+    AccessChain = 65,
+    ArrayLength = 68,
+    Decorate = 71,
+    VectorExtractDynamic = 77,
+    VectorInsertDynamic = 78,
+    VectorShuffle = 79,
+    CompositeConstruct = 80,
+    CompositeExtract = 81,
+    CompositeInsert = 82,
+    CopyObject = 83,
+    SampledImage = 86,
+    ImageSampleImplicitLod = 87,
+    ImageSampleExplicitLod = 88,
+    ImageSampleDrefImplicitLod = 89,
+    ImageSampleDrefExplicitLod = 90,
+    ImageFetch = 95,
+    ImageGather = 96,
+    ImageDrefGather = 97,
+    ImageRead = 98,
+    ImageWrite = 99,
+    Image = 100,
+    ImageQuerySizeLod = 103,
+    ImageQuerySize = 104,
+    ImageQueryLod = 105,
+    ImageQueryLevels = 106,
+    ImageQuerySamples = 107,
+    ConvertFToU = 109,
+    ConvertFToS = 110,
+    ConvertSToF = 111,
+    ConvertUToF = 112,
+    UConvert = 113,
+    SConvert = 114,
+    FConvert = 115,
+    Bitcast = 124,
+    SNegate = 126,
+    FNegate = 127,
+    IAdd = 128,
+    FAdd = 129,
+    ISub = 130,
+    FSub = 131,
+    IMul = 132,
+    FMul = 133,
+    UDiv = 134,
+    SDiv = 135,
+    FDiv = 136,
+    UMod = 137,
+    SRem = 138,
+    SMod = 139,
+    FRem = 140,
+    FMod = 141,
+    IAddCarry = 149,
+    ISubBorrow = 150,
+    UMulExtended = 151,
+    SMulExtended = 152,
+    Any = 154,
+    All = 155,
+    IsNan = 156,
+    IsInf = 157,
+    LogicalEqual = 164,
+    LogicalNotEqual = 165,
+    LogicalOr = 166,
+    LogicalAnd = 167,
+    LogicalNot = 168,
+    Select = 169,
+    IEqual = 170,
+    INotEqual = 171,
+    UGreaterThan = 172,
+    SGreaterThan = 173,
+    UGreaterThanEqual = 174,
+    SGreaterThanEqual = 175,
+    ULessThan = 176,
+    SLessThan = 177,
+    ULessThanEqual = 178,
+    SLessThanEqual = 179,
+    FOrdEqual = 180,
+    FUnordEqual = 181,
+    FOrdNotEqual = 182,
+    FUnordNotEqual = 183,
+    FOrdLessThan = 184,
+    FUnordLessThan = 185,
+    FOrdGreaterThan = 186,
+    FUnordGreaterThan = 187,
+    FOrdLessThanEqual = 188,
+    FUnordLessThanEqual = 189,
+    FOrdGreaterThanEqual = 190,
+    FUnordGreaterThanEqual = 191,
+    ShiftRightLogical = 194,
+    ShiftRightArithmetic = 195,
+    ShiftLeftLogical = 196,
+    BitwiseOr = 197,
+    BitwiseXor = 198,
+    BitwiseAnd = 199,
+    Not = 200,
+    BitFieldInsert = 201,
+    BitFieldSExtract = 202,
+    BitFieldUExtract = 203,
+    BitReverse = 204,
+    BitCount = 205,
+    ControlBarrier = 224,
+    MemoryBarrier = 225,
+    AtomicIAdd = 234,
+    Phi = 245,
+    LoopMerge = 246,
+    SelectionMerge = 247,
+    Label = 248,
+    Branch = 249,
+    BranchConditional = 250,
+    Switch = 251,
+    Kill = 252,
+    Return = 253,
+    ReturnValue = 254,
+    Unreachable = 255,
+    GroupNonUniformElect = 333,
+    GroupNonUniformAll = 334,
+    GroupNonUniformAny = 335,
+    GroupNonUniformAllEqual = 336,
+    GroupNonUniformBroadcast = 337,
+    GroupNonUniformBroadcastFirst = 338,
+    GroupNonUniformBallot = 339,
+    GroupNonUniformShuffle = 345,
+    GroupNonUniformShuffleXor = 346,
+    GroupNonUniformShuffleUp = 347,
+    GroupNonUniformShuffleDown = 348,
+}
+
+internal enum SpirvCapability : uint
+{
+    Shader = 1,
+    Float16 = 9,
+    Float64 = 10,
+    Int64 = 11,
+    Int16 = 22,
+    ImageGatherExtended = 25,
+    StorageImageExtendedFormats = 49,
+    ImageQuery = 50,
+    StorageImageReadWithoutFormat = 55,
+    StorageImageWriteWithoutFormat = 56,
+    GroupNonUniform = 61,
+    GroupNonUniformVote = 62,
+    GroupNonUniformBallot = 64,
+    GroupNonUniformShuffle = 65,
+    RuntimeDescriptorArray = 5302,
+}
+
+internal enum SpirvStorageClass : uint
+{
+    UniformConstant = 0,
+    Input = 1,
+    Uniform = 2,
+    Output = 3,
+    Workgroup = 4,
+    Private = 6,
+    Function = 7,
+    PushConstant = 9,
+    Image = 11,
+    StorageBuffer = 12,
+}
+
+internal enum SpirvExecutionModel : uint
+{
+    Vertex = 0,
+    Fragment = 4,
+    GLCompute = 5,
+}
+
+internal enum SpirvExecutionMode : uint
+{
+    OriginUpperLeft = 7,
+    DepthReplacing = 12,
+    LocalSize = 17,
+}
+
+internal enum SpirvDecoration : uint
+{
+    Block = 2,
+    ArrayStride = 6,
+    BuiltIn = 11,
+    NoPerspective = 13,
+    Flat = 14,
+    Location = 30,
+    Binding = 33,
+    DescriptorSet = 34,
+    Offset = 35,
+}
+
+internal enum SpirvBuiltIn : uint
+{
+    Position = 0,
+    VertexIndex = 42,
+    InstanceIndex = 43,
+    FragCoord = 15,
+    FrontFacing = 17,
+    WorkgroupId = 26,
+    LocalInvocationId = 27,
+    GlobalInvocationId = 28,
+    LocalInvocationIndex = 29,
+    SubgroupLocalInvocationId = 41,
+}
+
+internal enum SpirvImageDim : uint
+{
+    Dim1D = 0,
+    Dim2D = 1,
+    Dim3D = 2,
+    Cube = 3,
+    Buffer = 5,
+}
+
+internal enum SpirvImageFormat : uint
+{
+    Unknown = 0,
+    Rgba32f = 1,
+    Rgba16f = 2,
+    R32f = 3,
+    Rgba8 = 4,
+    Rgba8Snorm = 5,
+    Rg32f = 6,
+    Rg16f = 7,
+    R11fG11fB10f = 8,
+    R16f = 9,
+    Rgba16 = 10,
+    Rgb10A2 = 11,
+    Rg16 = 12,
+    Rg8 = 13,
+    R16 = 14,
+    R8 = 15,
+    Rgba16Snorm = 16,
+    Rg16Snorm = 17,
+    Rg8Snorm = 18,
+    R16Snorm = 19,
+    R8Snorm = 20,
+    Rgba32i = 21,
+    Rgba16i = 22,
+    Rgba8i = 23,
+    R32i = 24,
+    Rg32i = 25,
+    Rg16i = 26,
+    Rg8i = 27,
+    R16i = 28,
+    R8i = 29,
+    Rgba32ui = 30,
+    Rgba16ui = 31,
+    Rgba8ui = 32,
+    R32ui = 33,
+    Rgb10A2ui = 34,
+    Rg32ui = 35,
+    Rg16ui = 36,
+    Rg8ui = 37,
+    R16ui = 38,
+    R8ui = 39,
+}
+
+internal sealed class SpirvModuleBuilder
+{
+    private const uint Magic = 0x07230203;
+    private const uint Version15 = 0x00010500;
+    private const uint Generator = 0x53504500; // "SPE"
+
+    private readonly List<uint> _capabilities = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _extensions = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _imports = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _memoryModel = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _entryPoints = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _executionModes = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _debug = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _annotations = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _typesConstantsGlobals = [];
+    private readonly List<uint> _functions = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<(uint Width, bool Signed), uint> _integerTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<uint, uint> _floatTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<(uint Component, uint Count), uint> _vectorTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<
+        (
+            uint SampledType,
+            SpirvImageDim Dimension,
+            bool Depth,
+            bool Arrayed,
+            bool Multisampled,
+            uint Sampled,
+            SpirvImageFormat Format
+        ),
+        uint> _imageTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<uint, uint> _sampledImageTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<(SpirvStorageClass Storage, uint Type), uint> _pointerTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<(uint Element, uint Count), uint> _arrayTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<uint, uint> _runtimeArrayTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, uint> _functionTypes = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<(uint Type, ulong Value), uint> _constants = [];
+    private readonly HashSet<SpirvCapability> _declaredCapabilities = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, uint> _extInstImports = [];
+    private uint _nextId = 1;
+    private uint? _voidType;
+    private uint? _boolType;
+
+    public uint AllocateId() => _nextId++;
+
+    public void AddCapability(SpirvCapability capability)
+    {
+        if (_declaredCapabilities.Add(capability))
+        {
+            Emit(_capabilities, SpirvOp.Capability, (uint)capability);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void AddExtension(string extension) =>
+        EmitWithString(_extensions, SpirvOp.Extension, [], extension);
+
+    public uint ImportExtInst(string name)
+    {
+        if (_extInstImports.TryGetValue(name, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        EmitWithString(_imports, SpirvOp.ExtInstImport, [id], name);
+        _extInstImports.Add(name, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void SetLogicalGlsl450MemoryModel() =>
+        Emit(_memoryModel, SpirvOp.MemoryModel, 0, 1);
+
+    public void AddEntryPoint(
+        SpirvExecutionModel model,
+        uint function,
+        string name,
+        IReadOnlyList<uint> interfaces)
+    {
+        var prefix = new uint[2 + interfaces.Count];
+        prefix[0] = (uint)model;
+        prefix[1] = function;
+        for (var index = 0; index < interfaces.Count; index++)
+        {
+            prefix[index + 2] = interfaces[index];
+        }
+
+        EmitWithString(_entryPoints, SpirvOp.EntryPoint, prefix, name, stringBeforeTailCount: 2);
+    }
+
+    public void AddExecutionMode(uint function, SpirvExecutionMode mode, params uint[] operands)
+    {
+        var values = new uint[2 + operands.Length];
+        values[0] = function;
+        values[1] = (uint)mode;
+        operands.CopyTo(values, 2);
+        Emit(_executionModes, SpirvOp.ExecutionMode, values);
+    }
+
+    public void AddName(uint target, string name) =>
+        EmitWithString(_debug, SpirvOp.Name, [target], name);
+
+    public void AddDecoration(uint target, SpirvDecoration decoration, params uint[] operands)
+    {
+        var values = new uint[2 + operands.Length];
+        values[0] = target;
+        values[1] = (uint)decoration;
+        operands.CopyTo(values, 2);
+        Emit(_annotations, SpirvOp.Decorate, values);
+    }
+
+    public void AddMemberDecoration(
+        uint target,
+        uint member,
+        SpirvDecoration decoration,
+        params uint[] operands)
+    {
+        var values = new uint[3 + operands.Length];
+        values[0] = target;
+        values[1] = member;
+        values[2] = (uint)decoration;
+        operands.CopyTo(values, 3);
+        EmitRaw(_annotations, 72, values);
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeVoid()
+    {
+        if (_voidType is { } existing)
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeVoid, id);
+        _voidType = id;
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeBool()
+    {
+        if (_boolType is { } existing)
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeBool, id);
+        _boolType = id;
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeInt(uint width, bool signed)
+    {
+        var key = (width, signed);
+        if (_integerTypes.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeInt, id, width, signed ? 1u : 0u);
+        _integerTypes.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeFloat(uint width)
+    {
+        if (_floatTypes.TryGetValue(width, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeFloat, id, width);
+        _floatTypes.Add(width, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeVector(uint componentType, uint count)
+    {
+        var key = (componentType, count);
+        if (_vectorTypes.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeVector, id, componentType, count);
+        _vectorTypes.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeImage(
+        uint sampledType,
+        SpirvImageDim dimension,
+        bool depth,
+        bool arrayed,
+        bool multisampled,
+        uint sampled,
+        SpirvImageFormat format)
+    {
+        var key = (
+            sampledType,
+            dimension,
+            depth,
+            arrayed,
+            multisampled,
+            sampled,
+            format);
+        if (_imageTypes.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(
+            _typesConstantsGlobals,
+            SpirvOp.TypeImage,
+            id,
+            sampledType,
+            (uint)dimension,
+            depth ? 1u : 0u,
+            arrayed ? 1u : 0u,
+            multisampled ? 1u : 0u,
+            sampled,
+            (uint)format);
+        _imageTypes.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeSampledImage(uint imageType)
+    {
+        if (_sampledImageTypes.TryGetValue(imageType, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeSampledImage, id, imageType);
+        _sampledImageTypes.Add(imageType, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeArray(uint elementType, uint count)
+    {
+        var key = (elementType, count);
+        if (_arrayTypes.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var length = Constant(TypeInt(32, false), count);
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeArray, id, elementType, length);
+        _arrayTypes.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeRuntimeArray(uint elementType)
+    {
+        if (_runtimeArrayTypes.TryGetValue(elementType, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeRuntimeArray, id, elementType);
+        _runtimeArrayTypes.Add(elementType, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeStruct(params uint[] memberTypes)
+    {
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        var operands = new uint[memberTypes.Length + 1];
+        operands[0] = id;
+        memberTypes.CopyTo(operands, 1);
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeStruct, operands);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypePointer(SpirvStorageClass storageClass, uint type)
+    {
+        var key = (storageClass, type);
+        if (_pointerTypes.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypePointer, id, (uint)storageClass, type);
+        _pointerTypes.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint TypeFunction(uint returnType, params uint[] parameterTypes)
+    {
+        var key = returnType + ":" + string.Join(',', parameterTypes);
+        if (_functionTypes.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        var operands = new uint[parameterTypes.Length + 2];
+        operands[0] = id;
+        operands[1] = returnType;
+        parameterTypes.CopyTo(operands, 2);
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.TypeFunction, operands);
+        _functionTypes.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint ConstantBool(bool value)
+    {
+        var type = TypeBool();
+        var key = (type, value ? 1UL : 0UL);
+        if (_constants.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(
+            _typesConstantsGlobals,
+            value ? SpirvOp.ConstantTrue : SpirvOp.ConstantFalse,
+            type,
+            id);
+        _constants.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint Constant(uint type, uint value)
+    {
+        var key = (type, (ulong)value);
+        if (_constants.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.Constant, type, id, value);
+        _constants.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint Constant64(uint type, ulong value)
+    {
+        var key = (type, value);
+        if (_constants.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(
+            _typesConstantsGlobals,
+            SpirvOp.Constant,
+            type,
+            id,
+            (uint)value,
+            (uint)(value >> 32));
+        _constants.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint ConstantFloat(uint type, float value) =>
+        Constant(type, BitConverter.SingleToUInt32Bits(value));
+
+    public uint ConstantComposite(uint type, params uint[] constituents)
+    {
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        var operands = new uint[constituents.Length + 2];
+        operands[0] = type;
+        operands[1] = id;
+        constituents.CopyTo(operands, 2);
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.ConstantComposite, operands);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint ConstantNull(uint type)
+    {
+        var key = (type, ulong.MaxValue);
+        if (_constants.TryGetValue(key, out var existing))
+        {
+            return existing;
+        }
+
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.ConstantNull, type, id);
+        _constants.Add(key, id);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint AddGlobalVariable(
+        uint pointerType,
+        SpirvStorageClass storageClass,
+        uint? initializer = null)
+    {
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        if (initializer.HasValue)
+        {
+            Emit(
+                _typesConstantsGlobals,
+                SpirvOp.Variable,
+                pointerType,
+                id,
+                (uint)storageClass,
+                initializer.Value);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Emit(_typesConstantsGlobals, SpirvOp.Variable, pointerType, id, (uint)storageClass);
+        }
+
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint BeginFunction(uint returnType, uint functionType)
+    {
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        Emit(_functions, SpirvOp.Function, returnType, id, 0, functionType);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint AddFunctionParameter(uint type) =>
+        EmitResult(_functions, SpirvOp.FunctionParameter, type);
+
+    public uint AddLabel(uint? id = null)
+    {
+        var result = id ?? AllocateId();
+        Emit(_functions, SpirvOp.Label, result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public uint AddFunctionVariable(uint pointerType, uint? initializer = null)
+    {
+        var id = AllocateId();
+        if (initializer.HasValue)
+        {
+            Emit(
+                _functions,
+                SpirvOp.Variable,
+                pointerType,
+                id,
+                (uint)SpirvStorageClass.Function,
+                initializer.Value);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Emit(
+                _functions,
+                SpirvOp.Variable,
+                pointerType,
+                id,
+                (uint)SpirvStorageClass.Function);
+        }
+
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public uint AddInstruction(SpirvOp opcode, uint resultType, params uint[] operands) =>
+        EmitResult(_functions, opcode, resultType, operands);
+
+    public void AddStatement(SpirvOp opcode, params uint[] operands) =>
+        Emit(_functions, opcode, operands);
+
+    public void EndFunction() => Emit(_functions, SpirvOp.FunctionEnd);
+
+    public byte[] Build()
+    {
+        if (_memoryModel.Count == 0)
+        {
+            SetLogicalGlsl450MemoryModel();
+        }
+
+        var wordCount =
+            5 +
+            _capabilities.Count +
+            _extensions.Count +
+            _imports.Count +
+            _memoryModel.Count +
+            _entryPoints.Count +
+            _executionModes.Count +
+            _debug.Count +
+            _annotations.Count +
+            _typesConstantsGlobals.Count +
+            _functions.Count;
+        var words = new uint[wordCount];
+        var offset = 0;
+        WriteWord(Magic);
+        WriteWord(Version15);
+        WriteWord(Generator);
+        WriteWord(_nextId);
+        WriteWord(0);
+        WriteSection(_capabilities);
+        WriteSection(_extensions);
+        WriteSection(_imports);
+        WriteSection(_memoryModel);
+        WriteSection(_entryPoints);
+        WriteSection(_executionModes);
+        WriteSection(_debug);
+        WriteSection(_annotations);
+        WriteSection(_typesConstantsGlobals);
+        WriteSection(_functions);
+        var bytes = new byte[wordCount * sizeof(uint)];
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(words, 0, bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
+        return bytes;
+
+        void WriteWord(uint value)
+        {
+            words[offset++] = value;
+        }
+
+        void WriteSection(List<uint> section)
+        {
+            foreach (var value in section)
+            {
+                WriteWord(value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private uint EmitResult(
+        List<uint> section,
+        SpirvOp opcode,
+        uint resultType,
+        params uint[] operands)
+    {
+        var result = AllocateId();
+        var values = new uint[operands.Length + 2];
+        values[0] = resultType;
+        values[1] = result;
+        operands.CopyTo(values, 2);
+        Emit(section, opcode, values);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static void Emit(List<uint> section, SpirvOp opcode, params uint[] operands) =>
+        EmitRaw(section, (ushort)opcode, operands);
+
+    private static void EmitRaw(List<uint> section, ushort opcode, params uint[] operands)
+    {
+        section.Add(((uint)(operands.Length + 1) << 16) | opcode);
+        section.AddRange(operands);
+    }
+
+    private static void EmitWithString(
+        List<uint> section,
+        SpirvOp opcode,
+        IReadOnlyList<uint> prefix,
+        string value,
+        int stringBeforeTailCount = -1)
+    {
+        var encoded = EncodeString(value);
+        if (stringBeforeTailCount < 0)
+        {
+            var operands = new uint[prefix.Count + encoded.Length];
+            for (var index = 0; index < prefix.Count; index++)
+            {
+                operands[index] = prefix[index];
+            }
+
+            encoded.CopyTo(operands, prefix.Count);
+            Emit(section, opcode, operands);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var result = new uint[prefix.Count + encoded.Length];
+        for (var index = 0; index < stringBeforeTailCount; index++)
+        {
+            result[index] = prefix[index];
+        }
+
+        encoded.CopyTo(result, stringBeforeTailCount);
+        for (var index = stringBeforeTailCount; index < prefix.Count; index++)
+        {
+            result[index + encoded.Length] = prefix[index];
+        }
+
+        Emit(section, opcode, result);
+    }
+
+    private static uint[] EncodeString(string value)
+    {
+        var byteCount = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(value) + 1;
+        var words = new uint[(byteCount + 3) / 4];
+        Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value, System.Runtime.InteropServices.MemoryMarshal.AsBytes(words.AsSpan()));
+        return words;
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Ampr/AmprExports.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using SharpEmu.HLE;
 using SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 
@@ -23,8 +24,12 @@ public static class AmprExports
     private const uint KernelEventQueueRecordType = 2;
     private const uint WriteAddressRecordType = 3;
     private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<ulong, CommandBufferState> _commandBuffers = new();
+    private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, Lazy<CachedHostFile>> _hostFileCache = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     private static readonly bool _traceAmpr =
         string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_AMPR"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    private static readonly bool _traceAmprReads =
+        _traceAmpr ||
+        string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_AMPR_READS"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal);
 
     private sealed class CommandBufferState
     {
@@ -33,6 +38,23 @@ public static class AmprExports
         public ulong WriteOffset;
     }
 
+    private sealed class CachedHostFile
+    {
+        public CachedHostFile(string path)
+        {
+            Stream = new FileStream(
+                path,
+                FileMode.Open,
+                FileAccess.Read,
+                FileShare.ReadWrite | FileShare.Delete,
+                bufferSize: 1024 * 1024,
+                FileOptions.RandomAccess);
+        }
+
+        public object Gate { get; } = new();
+        public FileStream Stream { get; }
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "8aI7R7WaOlc",
         ExportName = "sceAmprCommandBufferConstructor",
@@ -245,7 +267,7 @@ public static class AmprExports
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
 
-        if (!AmprFileRegistry.TryGetHostPath(fileId, out var hostPath) || !File.Exists(hostPath))
+        if (!AmprFileRegistry.TryGetHostPath(fileId, out var hostPath))
         {
             TraceAmprRead(ctx, commandBuffer, fileId, destination, size, fileOffset, bytesRead: 0, hostPath, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND);
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -625,23 +647,48 @@ public static class AmprExports
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
         }
 
-        const int ChunkSize = 64 * 1024;
-        var buffer = new byte[(int)Math.Min((ulong)ChunkSize, size)];
+        const int ChunkSize = 1024 * 1024;
+        var buffer = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent((int)Math.Min((ulong)ChunkSize, size));
 
         try
         {
-            using var stream = new FileStream(hostPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite | FileShare.Delete);
-            if (fileOffset >= (ulong)stream.Length)
+            if (!TryGetCachedHostFile(hostPath, out var cachedFile, out var openResult))
+            {
+                return openResult;
+            }
+
+            long fileLength;
+            lock (cachedFile.Gate)
+            {
+                fileLength = cachedFile.Stream.Length;
+            }
+
+            if (fileOffset >= (ulong)fileLength)
             {
                 return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
             }
 
-            stream.Position = unchecked((long)fileOffset);
-
             while (bytesRead < size)
             {
+                if (bytesRead > ulong.MaxValue - fileOffset)
+                {
+                    return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+                }
+
+                var absoluteOffset = fileOffset + bytesRead;
+                if (absoluteOffset > long.MaxValue)
+                {
+                    return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+                }
+
                 var request = (int)Math.Min((ulong)buffer.Length, size - bytesRead);
-                var read = stream.Read(buffer, 0, request);
+                int read;
+                lock (cachedFile.Gate)
+                {
+                    cachedFile.Stream.Position = unchecked((long)absoluteOffset);
+                    read = cachedFile.Stream.Read(buffer, 0, request);
+                }
+
                 if (read <= 0)
                 {
                     break;
@@ -663,10 +710,52 @@ public static class AmprExports
         {
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
         }
+        finally
+        {
+            ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(buffer);
+        }
 
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    private static bool TryGetCachedHostFile(string hostPath, out CachedHostFile file, out int result)
+    {
+        file = null!;
+        result = (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+
+        string cachePath;
+        try
+        {
+            cachePath = Path.GetFullPath(hostPath);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            cachePath = hostPath;
+        }
+
+        var lazy = _hostFileCache.GetOrAdd(
+            cachePath,
+            static path => new Lazy<CachedHostFile>(() => new CachedHostFile(path), isThreadSafe: true));
+
+        try
+        {
+            file = lazy.Value;
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
+        {
+            _hostFileCache.TryRemove(cachePath, out _);
+            result = (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED;
+            return false;
+        }
+        catch (IOException)
+        {
+            _hostFileCache.TryRemove(cachePath, out _);
+            result = (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static bool AppendReadFileRecord(
         CpuContext ctx,
         ulong commandBuffer,
@@ -831,7 +920,7 @@ public static class AmprExports
         string? hostPath,
         int result)
     {
-        if (!_traceAmpr)
+        if (!_traceAmprReads)
         {
             return;
         }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Audio/AudioOutExports.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Audio;
+
+public static class AudioOutExports
+{
+    private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<int, PortState> Ports = new();
+    private static int _nextPortHandle;
+
+    private sealed class PortState : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly object _paceGate = new();
+        private long _nextSilentOutput;
+
+        public PortState(
+            int userId,
+            int type,
+            uint bufferLength,
+            uint frequency,
+            int format,
+            int channels,
+            int bytesPerSample,
+            bool isFloat,
+            WinMmAudioPort? backend)
+        {
+            UserId = userId;
+            Type = type;
+            BufferLength = bufferLength;
+            Frequency = frequency;
+            Format = format;
+            Channels = channels;
+            BytesPerSample = bytesPerSample;
+            IsFloat = isFloat;
+            Backend = backend;
+        }
+
+        public int UserId { get; }
+        public int Type { get; }
+        public uint BufferLength { get; }
+        public uint Frequency { get; }
+        public int Format { get; }
+        public int Channels { get; }
+        public int BytesPerSample { get; }
+        public bool IsFloat { get; }
+        public WinMmAudioPort? Backend { get; }
+        public int BufferByteLength =>
+            checked((int)BufferLength * Channels * BytesPerSample);
+
+        public void PaceSilence()
+        {
+            long delay;
+            lock (_paceGate)
+            {
+                var now = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+                if (_nextSilentOutput < now)
+                {
+                    _nextSilentOutput = now;
+                }
+
+                delay = _nextSilentOutput - now;
+                _nextSilentOutput += checked(
+                    (long)Math.Ceiling(
+                        Stopwatch.Frequency * (double)BufferLength / Frequency));
+            }
+
+            if (delay > 0)
+            {
+                Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds((double)delay / Stopwatch.Frequency));
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose() => Backend?.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "JfEPXVxhFqA",
+        ExportName = "sceAudioOutInit",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAudioOut")]
+    public static int AudioOutInit(CpuContext ctx) => SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "ekNvsT22rsY",
+        ExportName = "sceAudioOutOpen",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAudioOut")]
+    public static int AudioOutOpen(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var userId = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        var type = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi]);
+        var bufferLength = unchecked((uint)ctx[CpuRegister.Rcx]);
+        var frequency = unchecked((uint)ctx[CpuRegister.R8]);
+        var format = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.R9]);
+        if (bufferLength == 0 || frequency == 0 ||
+            !TryGetFormat(format, out var channels, out var bytesPerSample, out var isFloat))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+        }
+
+        WinMmAudioPort? backend = null;
+        string backendName;
+        try
+        {
+            backend = new WinMmAudioPort(frequency);
+            backendName = "winmm";
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception)
+        {
+            backendName = "silent";
+            Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                $"[LOADER][WARN] AudioOut host backend unavailable: {exception.Message}");
+        }
+
+        var handle = Interlocked.Increment(ref _nextPortHandle);
+        Ports[handle] = new PortState(
+            userId,
+            type,
+            bufferLength,
+            frequency,
+            format,
+            channels,
+            bytesPerSample,
+            isFloat,
+            backend);
+        Console.Error.WriteLine(
+            $"[LOADER][INFO] AudioOut port {handle}: {frequency} Hz, " +
+            $"{channels} ch, {(isFloat ? "float32" : "s16")}, " +
+            $"{bufferLength} frames, backend={backendName}");
+        return SetReturn(ctx, handle);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "s1--uE9mBFw",
+        ExportName = "sceAudioOutClose",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAudioOut")]
+    public static int AudioOutClose(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var handle = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        if (!Ports.TryRemove(handle, out var port))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+        }
+
+        port.Dispose();
+        return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "QOQtbeDqsT4",
+        ExportName = "sceAudioOutOutput",
+        Target = Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAudioOut")]
+    public static int AudioOutOutput(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var handle = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        var sourceAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        if (!Ports.TryGetValue(handle, out var port))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+        }
+
+        if (sourceAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+        }
+
+        var buffer = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(port.BufferByteLength);
+        try
+        {
+            var source = buffer.AsSpan(0, port.BufferByteLength);
+            if (!ctx.Memory.TryRead(sourceAddress, source))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+            }
+
+            if (port.Backend is null ||
+                !port.Backend.Submit(
+                    source,
+                    port.BufferLength,
+                    port.Channels,
+                    port.BytesPerSample,
+                    port.IsFloat))
+            {
+                port.PaceSilence();
+            }
+
+            return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "b+uAV89IlxE",
+        ExportName = "sceAudioOutSetVolume",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAudioOut")]
+    public static int AudioOutSetVolume(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var handle = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        return SetReturn(
+            ctx,
+            Ports.ContainsKey(handle)
+                ? 0
+                : (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+    }
+
+    private static int SetReturn(CpuContext ctx, int result)
+    {
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryGetFormat(
+        int rawFormat,
+        out int channels,
+        out int bytesPerSample,
+        out bool isFloat)
+    {
+        var format = rawFormat & 0xFF;
+        channels = format switch
+        {
+            0 or 3 => 1,
+            1 or 4 => 2,
+            2 or 5 or 6 or 7 => 8,
+            _ => 0,
+        };
+        bytesPerSample = format is >= 3 and <= 5 or 7 ? 4 : 2;
+        isFloat = bytesPerSample == 4;
+        return channels != 0;
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Audio/WinMmAudioPort.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Audio;
+
+internal sealed class WinMmAudioPort : IDisposable
+{
+    private const uint WaveMapper = uint.MaxValue;
+    private const uint CallbackEvent = 0x0005_0000;
+    private const ushort WaveFormatPcm = 1;
+    private const uint WaveHeaderDone = 0x0000_0001;
+    private const int MaximumQueuedPcmBytes = 32 * 1024;
+
+    private readonly object _gate = new();
+    private readonly AutoResetEvent _completion = new(false);
+    private readonly Queue<NativeBuffer> _buffers = new();
+    private IntPtr _device;
+    private int _queuedPcmBytes;
+    private bool _disposed;
+
+    public WinMmAudioPort(uint sampleRate)
+    {
+        if (!OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
+        {
+            throw new PlatformNotSupportedException("WinMM audio is only available on Windows.");
+        }
+
+        var format = new WaveFormat
+        {
+            FormatTag = WaveFormatPcm,
+            Channels = 2,
+            SamplesPerSecond = sampleRate,
+            AverageBytesPerSecond = checked(sampleRate * 4),
+            BlockAlign = 4,
+            BitsPerSample = 16,
+            ExtraSize = 0,
+        };
+        var result = WaveOutOpen(
+            out _device,
+            WaveMapper,
+            ref format,
+            _completion.SafeWaitHandle.DangerousGetHandle(),
+            IntPtr.Zero,
+            CallbackEvent);
+        if (result != 0)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"waveOutOpen failed with MMRESULT {result}.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public bool Submit(
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> source,
+        uint frames,
+        int channels,
+        int bytesPerSample,
+        bool isFloat)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_disposed)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var outputLength = checked((int)frames * 4);
+            ReapCompletedBuffers();
+            while (_queuedPcmBytes != 0 &&
+                   _queuedPcmBytes + outputLength > MaximumQueuedPcmBytes)
+            {
+                if (!_completion.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                ReapCompletedBuffers();
+            }
+
+            var output = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(outputLength);
+            try
+            {
+                ConvertToStereoPcm16(
+                    source,
+                    output.AsSpan(0, outputLength),
+                    checked((int)frames),
+                    channels,
+                    bytesPerSample,
+                    isFloat);
+                return QueueBuffer(output.AsSpan(0, outputLength));
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(output);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_disposed)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _disposed = true;
+            if (_device != IntPtr.Zero)
+            {
+                WaveOutReset(_device);
+                while (_buffers.TryDequeue(out var buffer))
+                {
+                    ReleaseBuffer(buffer);
+                }
+
+                WaveOutClose(_device);
+                _device = IntPtr.Zero;
+            }
+
+            _completion.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private bool QueueBuffer(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
+    {
+        var dataAddress = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(data.Length);
+        var headerAddress = IntPtr.Zero;
+        try
+        {
+            unsafe
+            {
+                data.CopyTo(new Span<byte>((void*)dataAddress, data.Length));
+            }
+
+            var header = new WaveHeader
+            {
+                Data = dataAddress,
+                BufferLength = checked((uint)data.Length),
+            };
+            headerAddress = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf<WaveHeader>());
+            Marshal.StructureToPtr(header, headerAddress, false);
+
+            var result = WaveOutPrepareHeader(
+                _device,
+                headerAddress,
+                checked((uint)Marshal.SizeOf<WaveHeader>()));
+            if (result != 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            result = WaveOutWrite(
+                _device,
+                headerAddress,
+                checked((uint)Marshal.SizeOf<WaveHeader>()));
+            if (result != 0)
+            {
+                WaveOutUnprepareHeader(
+                    _device,
+                    headerAddress,
+                    checked((uint)Marshal.SizeOf<WaveHeader>()));
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            _buffers.Enqueue(new NativeBuffer(dataAddress, headerAddress, data.Length));
+            _queuedPcmBytes += data.Length;
+            dataAddress = IntPtr.Zero;
+            headerAddress = IntPtr.Zero;
+            return true;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (headerAddress != IntPtr.Zero)
+            {
+                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(headerAddress);
+            }
+
+            if (dataAddress != IntPtr.Zero)
+            {
+                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(dataAddress);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void ReapCompletedBuffers()
+    {
+        while (_buffers.TryPeek(out var buffer))
+        {
+            var header = Marshal.PtrToStructure<WaveHeader>(buffer.Header);
+            if ((header.Flags & WaveHeaderDone) == 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _buffers.Dequeue();
+            ReleaseBuffer(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void ReleaseBuffer(NativeBuffer buffer)
+    {
+        WaveOutUnprepareHeader(
+            _device,
+            buffer.Header,
+            checked((uint)Marshal.SizeOf<WaveHeader>()));
+        _queuedPcmBytes -= buffer.Length;
+        Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer.Header);
+        Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer.Data);
+    }
+
+    private static void ConvertToStereoPcm16(
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> source,
+        Span<byte> destination,
+        int frames,
+        int channels,
+        int bytesPerSample,
+        bool isFloat)
+    {
+        var sourceFrameSize = checked(channels * bytesPerSample);
+        for (var frame = 0; frame < frames; frame++)
+        {
+            var sourceFrame = source.Slice(frame * sourceFrameSize, sourceFrameSize);
+            var left = ReadSample(sourceFrame, 0, bytesPerSample, isFloat);
+            var right = channels == 1
+                ? left
+                : ReadSample(sourceFrame, 1, bytesPerSample, isFloat);
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt16LittleEndian(destination[(frame * 4)..], left);
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt16LittleEndian(destination[((frame * 4) + 2)..], right);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static short ReadSample(
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> frame,
+        int channel,
+        int bytesPerSample,
+        bool isFloat)
+    {
+        var sample = frame.Slice(channel * bytesPerSample, bytesPerSample);
+        if (!isFloat)
+        {
+            return BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt16LittleEndian(sample);
+        }
+
+        var bits = BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(sample);
+        var value = Math.Clamp(BitConverter.Int32BitsToSingle(bits), -1.0f, 1.0f);
+        return checked((short)MathF.Round(value * short.MaxValue));
+    }
+
+    private readonly record struct NativeBuffer(IntPtr Data, IntPtr Header, int Length);
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 2)]
+    private struct WaveFormat
+    {
+        public ushort FormatTag;
+        public ushort Channels;
+        public uint SamplesPerSecond;
+        public uint AverageBytesPerSecond;
+        public ushort BlockAlign;
+        public ushort BitsPerSample;
+        public ushort ExtraSize;
+    }
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    private struct WaveHeader
+    {
+        public IntPtr Data;
+        public uint BufferLength;
+        public uint BytesRecorded;
+        public nuint User;
+        public uint Flags;
+        public uint Loops;
+        public IntPtr Next;
+        public nuint Reserved;
+    }
+
+    [DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "waveOutOpen")]
+    private static extern uint WaveOutOpen(
+        out IntPtr device,
+        uint deviceId,
+        ref WaveFormat format,
+        IntPtr callback,
+        IntPtr instance,
+        uint flags);
+
+    [DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "waveOutPrepareHeader")]
+    private static extern uint WaveOutPrepareHeader(IntPtr device, IntPtr header, uint headerSize);
+
+    [DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "waveOutWrite")]
+    private static extern uint WaveOutWrite(IntPtr device, IntPtr header, uint headerSize);
+
+    [DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "waveOutUnprepareHeader")]
+    private static extern uint WaveOutUnprepareHeader(IntPtr device, IntPtr header, uint headerSize);
+
+    [DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "waveOutReset")]
+    private static extern uint WaveOutReset(IntPtr device);
+
+    [DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "waveOutClose")]
+    private static extern uint WaveOutClose(IntPtr device);
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/AvPlayer/AvPlayerExports.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.AvPlayer;
+
+public static class AvPlayerExports
+{
+    private const int InvalidParameters = unchecked((int)0x806A0001);
+    private static readonly object StateGate = new();
+    private static readonly HashSet<ulong> Players = new();
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "aS66RI0gGgo",
+        ExportName = "sceAvPlayerInit",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAvPlayer")]
+    public static int AvPlayerInit(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        if (ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi] == 0 ||
+            !KernelMemoryCompatExports.TryAllocateHleData(ctx, 0x40, 16, out var handle))
+        {
+            ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            Players.Add(handle);
+        }
+
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = handle;
+        return unchecked((int)handle);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "HD1YKVU26-M",
+        ExportName = "sceAvPlayerPostInit",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAvPlayer")]
+    public static int AvPlayerPostInit(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var handle = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var dataAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(
+                ctx,
+                handle != 0 && dataAddress != 0 && Players.Contains(handle)
+                    ? 0
+                    : InvalidParameters);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "NkJwDzKmIlw",
+        ExportName = "sceAvPlayerClose",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceAvPlayer")]
+    public static int AvPlayerClose(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(
+                ctx,
+                Players.Remove(ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]) ? 0 : InvalidParameters);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int SetReturn(CpuContext ctx, int result)
+    {
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)result);
+        return result;
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/CommonDialog/MsgDialogExports.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.CommonDialog;
+
+public static class MsgDialogExports
+{
+    private const int AlreadyInitialized = unchecked((int)0x80B80002);
+    private static int _initialized;
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "lDqxaY1UbEo",
+        ExportName = "sceMsgDialogInitialize",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceMsgDialog")]
+    public static int MsgDialogInitialize(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var result = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _initialized, 1) == 0
+            ? 0
+            : AlreadyInitialized;
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)result);
+        return result;
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelEventQueueCompatExports.cs

@@ -276,6 +276,22 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
         var outCountAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rcx];
         var timeoutAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.R8];
 
+        if (!IsValidEqueue(handle))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
+        }
+
+        if (eventsAddress == 0 || eventCapacity < 1)
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        uint timeoutUsec = 0;
+        if (timeoutAddress != 0 && !TryReadUInt32(ctx, timeoutAddress, out timeoutUsec))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+        }
+
         var deliveredCount = DequeueEvents(ctx, handle, eventsAddress, eventCapacity);
         if (outCountAddress != 0 && !TryWriteUInt32(ctx, outCountAddress, (uint)deliveredCount))
         {
@@ -300,6 +316,41 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
         }
 
+        if (timeoutAddress != 0 && ctx.TryReadUInt64(timeoutAddress, out var timeoutRaw))
+        {
+            var timeoutMicros = timeoutRaw & 0xFFFF_FFFFUL;
+            var deadline = Environment.TickCount64 +
+                Math.Max(1L, (long)Math.Min(timeoutMicros / 1000, int.MaxValue));
+            lock (_eventQueueGate)
+            {
+                while (!HasPendingEvents(handle))
+                {
+                    var remaining = deadline - Environment.TickCount64;
+                    if (remaining <= 0)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    Monitor.Wait(_eventQueueGate, (int)Math.Min(remaining, 100));
+                }
+            }
+
+            deliveredCount = DequeueEvents(ctx, handle, eventsAddress, eventCapacity);
+            if (outCountAddress != 0 && !TryWriteUInt32(ctx, outCountAddress, (uint)deliveredCount))
+            {
+                return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+            }
+
+            if (deliveredCount > 0)
+            {
+                TraceEventQueue(ctx, "wait-timed-deliver", handle);
+                return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+            }
+
+            TraceEventQueue(ctx, "wait-timeout", handle);
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_TIMED_OUT;
+        }
+
         TraceEventQueue(ctx, "wait", handle);
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
@@ -330,6 +381,7 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
 
             queue.AddLast(queuedEvent);
             queued = true;
+            Monitor.PulseAll(_eventQueueGate);
         }
 
         if (queued)
@@ -494,7 +546,9 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
 
-        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+        return deliveredCount > 0
+            ? (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK
+            : (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_TIMED_OUT;
     }
 
     private static bool HasPendingEvents(ulong handle)
@@ -612,4 +666,17 @@ public static class KernelEventQueueCompatExports
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buffer, value);
         return ctx.Memory.TryWrite(address, buffer);
     }
+
+    private static bool TryReadUInt32(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, out uint value)
+    {
+        Span<byte> buffer = stackalloc byte[sizeof(uint)];
+        if (!ctx.Memory.TryRead(address, buffer))
+        {
+            value = 0;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        value = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(buffer);
+        return true;
+    }
 }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelExceptionCompatExports.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
+
+public static class KernelExceptionCompatExports
+{
+    private static readonly HashSet<int> AllowedSignals = new() { 1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 30 };
+    private static readonly Dictionary<int, ulong> _installedHandlers = new();
+    private static readonly object _gate = new();
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "WkwEd3N7w0Y",
+        ExportName = "sceKernelInstallExceptionHandler",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int InstallExceptionHandler(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var signum = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        var handler = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+
+        if (!AllowedSignals.Contains(signum))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_installedHandlers.ContainsKey(signum))
+            {
+                return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS;
+            }
+
+            _installedHandlers[signum] = handler;
+        }
+
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "Qhv5ARAoOEc",
+        ExportName = "sceKernelRemoveExceptionHandler",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int RemoveExceptionHandler(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var signum = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+
+        if (!AllowedSignals.Contains(signum))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            _installedHandlers.Remove(signum);
+        }
+
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelExports.cs

@@ -306,10 +306,6 @@ public static class KernelExports
     {
         var threadId = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
         var returnValueAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
-        if (returnValueAddress != 0 && !ctx.TryWriteUInt64(returnValueAddress, 0))
-        {
-            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
-        }
 
         if (ShouldTracePthread())
         {
@@ -317,6 +313,30 @@ public static class KernelExports
                 $"[LOADER][TRACE] pthread_join: thread=0x{threadId:X16} retval_out=0x{returnValueAddress:X16}");
         }
 
+        var returnValue = 0UL;
+        if (GuestThreadExecution.Scheduler is { } scheduler &&
+            !scheduler.TryJoinThread(ctx, threadId, out returnValue, out var error))
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                $"[LOADER][ERROR] pthread_join: thread=0x{threadId:X16}: {error}");
+            var result = string.Equals(
+                error,
+                "thread cannot join itself",
+                StringComparison.Ordinal)
+                ? OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT
+                : OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
+            ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)(int)result);
+            return (int)result;
+        }
+
+        if (returnValueAddress != 0 &&
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt64(returnValueAddress, returnValue))
+        {
+            ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] =
+                unchecked((ulong)(int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+        }
+
         ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
@@ -345,6 +365,13 @@ public static class KernelExports
         LibraryName = "libKernel")]
     public static int KernelOpen(CpuContext ctx) => KernelMemoryCompatExports.KernelOpenUnderscore(ctx);
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "mqQMh1zPPT8",
+        ExportName = "fstat",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libc")]
+    public static int Fstat(CpuContext ctx) => KernelMemoryCompatExports.KernelFstat(ctx);
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "hcuQgD53UxM",
         ExportName = "printf",

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelMemoryCompatExports.cs

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ using SharpEmu.HLE;
 using SharpEmu.Libs.Ampr;
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Globalization;
@@ -99,12 +99,16 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
     private static readonly object _tlsGate = new();
     private static readonly object _ioTraceGate = new();
     private static readonly object _statCacheGate = new();
+    private static readonly object _guestMountGate = new();
     private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, DirectAllocation> _directAllocations = new();
     private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, LibcHeapAllocation> _libcAllocations = new();
     private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, MappedRegion> _mappedRegions = new();
+    private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, string> _mappedRegionNames = new();
     private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, ulong> _tlsModuleBlocks = new();
+    private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> _guestMounts = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     private static readonly HashSet<string> _tracedStatResults = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
     private static readonly HashSet<string> _negativeStatCache = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, ulong> _aprFileSizeCache = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     private static long _nextFileDescriptor = 2;
     private static ulong _nextPhysicalAddress;
     private static ulong _nextVirtualAddress;
@@ -153,6 +157,32 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
     private readonly record struct MappedRegion(ulong Address, ulong Length, int Protection, bool IsFlexible, bool IsDirect, ulong DirectStart);
     private readonly record struct BatchMapEntry(ulong Start, ulong Offset, ulong Length, byte Protection, byte Type, int Operation);
 
+    public static void RegisterGuestPathMount(string guestMountPoint, string hostRoot)
+    {
+        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(guestMountPoint);
+        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(hostRoot);
+
+        var normalizedMountPoint = NormalizeGuestStatCachePath(guestMountPoint);
+        if (normalizedMountPoint is null || normalizedMountPoint == "/")
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Guest mount point must name a directory.", nameof(guestMountPoint));
+        }
+
+        var normalizedHostRoot = Path.GetFullPath(hostRoot);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(normalizedHostRoot);
+        lock (_guestMountGate)
+        {
+            _guestMounts[normalizedMountPoint] = normalizedHostRoot;
+        }
+
+        lock (_statCacheGate)
+        {
+            _negativeStatCache.RemoveWhere(path =>
+                string.Equals(path, normalizedMountPoint, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                path.StartsWith(normalizedMountPoint + "/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        }
+    }
+
     internal static bool TryAllocateHleData(
         CpuContext ctx,
         ulong length,
@@ -203,6 +233,25 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         return true;
     }
 
+    internal static void RegisterReservedVirtualRange(ulong address, ulong length)
+    {
+        if (address == 0 || length == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        lock (_memoryGate)
+        {
+            _mappedRegions[address] = new MappedRegion(
+                address,
+                length,
+                Protection: 0,
+                IsFlexible: false,
+                IsDirect: false,
+                DirectStart: 0);
+        }
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "8zTFvBIAIN8",
         ExportName = "memset",
@@ -1294,6 +1343,7 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
             if (IsMutatingOpen(flags))
             {
                 InvalidateNegativeStatCacheForPathAndAncestors(guestPath);
+                InvalidateAprFileSizeCache(hostPath);
             }
 
             LogOpenTrace($"_open file path='{guestPath}' host='{hostPath}' flags=0x{flags:X8} fd={fd}");
@@ -1502,6 +1552,7 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
 
             File.Delete(hostPath);
             InvalidateNegativeStatCacheForPathAndAncestors(guestPath);
+            InvalidateAprFileSizeCache(hostPath);
             AddNegativeStatCacheForGuestPath(guestPath);
             LogOpenTrace($"unlink path='{guestPath}' host='{hostPath}'");
             ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
@@ -2407,6 +2458,36 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+    Nid = "hwVSPCmp5tM",
+    ExportName = "sceKernelCheckedReleaseDirectMemory",
+    Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+    LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int KernelCheckedReleaseDirectMemory(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var start = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var length = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+
+        if (length == 0)
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        lock (_memoryGate)
+        {
+            if (!_directAllocations.TryGetValue(start, out var allocation) ||
+                allocation.Length != length)
+            {
+                return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
+            }
+
+            _directAllocations.Remove(start);
+            _nextPhysicalAddress = GetDirectMemoryHighWaterMarkLocked();
+        }
+
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "L-Q3LEjIbgA",
         ExportName = "sceKernelMapDirectMemory",
@@ -2518,8 +2599,11 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         var length = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
         var protection = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx]);
         var flags = ctx[CpuRegister.Rcx];
-        Console.Error.WriteLine(
-            $"[LOADER][TRACE] map_flexible: inout=0x{inOutAddressPointer:X16} len=0x{length:X16} prot=0x{protection:X8} flags=0x{flags:X16}");
+        if (ShouldTraceDirectMemory())
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                $"[LOADER][TRACE] map_flexible: inout=0x{inOutAddressPointer:X16} len=0x{length:X16} prot=0x{protection:X8} flags=0x{flags:X16}");
+        }
         if (inOutAddressPointer == 0 || length == 0)
         {
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
@@ -2549,8 +2633,11 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
                     : AllocateMappedGuestAddress(ctx, length, 0x1000UL);
             }
 
-            Console.Error.WriteLine(
-                $"[LOADER][TRACE] map_flexible reserve: requested=0x{requestedAddress:X16} desired=0x{desiredAddress:X16} mapped=0x{mappedAddress:X16}");
+            if (ShouldTraceDirectMemory())
+            {
+                Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                    $"[LOADER][TRACE] map_flexible reserve: requested=0x{requestedAddress:X16} desired=0x{desiredAddress:X16} mapped=0x{mappedAddress:X16}");
+            }
 
             if (mappedAddress == 0)
             {
@@ -2586,6 +2673,16 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         return KernelMapNamedFlexibleMemory(ctx);
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "4h6F1LLbTiw",
+        ExportName = "sceKernelMapFlexibleMemoryInternal",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int KernelMapFlexibleMemoryInternal(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        return KernelMapNamedFlexibleMemory(ctx);
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "2SKEx6bSq-4",
         ExportName = "sceKernelBatchMap",
@@ -2639,6 +2736,44 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "DGMG3JshrZU",
+        ExportName = "sceKernelSetVirtualRangeName",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int KernelSetVirtualRangeName(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var address = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var length = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        var nameAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx];
+        if (nameAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+        }
+
+        if (!TryReadCString(ctx, nameAddress, OrbisKernelMaximumNameLength, out var nameBytes))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        var name = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(nameBytes);
+        lock (_memoryGate)
+        {
+            if (!TryFindVirtualQueryRegionLocked(address, findNext: false, out var region) ||
+                length > region.Length ||
+                address < region.Address ||
+                length > region.Address + region.Length - address)
+            {
+                return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
+            }
+
+            _mappedRegionNames[region.Address] = name;
+        }
+
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "rVjRvHJ0X6c",
         ExportName = "sceKernelVirtualQuery",
@@ -2696,11 +2831,16 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(payload[28..32], memoryType);
         payload[32] = unchecked((byte)stateFlags);
 
-        var name = region.IsDirect
-            ? "direct"
-            : region.IsFlexible
-                ? "flexible"
-                : string.Empty;
+        string name;
+        lock (_memoryGate)
+        {
+            name = _mappedRegionNames.GetValueOrDefault(region.Address)
+                ?? (region.IsDirect
+                    ? "direct"
+                    : region.IsFlexible
+                        ? "flexible"
+                        : string.Empty);
+        }
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
         {
             var nameBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(name);
@@ -3842,118 +3982,17 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         ulong alignment,
         out ulong mappedAddress)
     {
-        mappedAddress = 0;
-        if (length == 0)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        try
-        {
-            object memoryObject = ctx.Memory;
-            MethodInfo? allocateAt = null;
-            MethodInfo? allocateAtOrAbove = null;
-            var allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = false;
-            for (var depth = 0; depth < 4; depth++)
-            {
-                foreach (var candidate in memoryObject.GetType().GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance))
-                {
-                    var parameters = candidate.GetParameters();
-                    if (string.Equals(candidate.Name, "TryAllocateAtOrAbove", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
-                        parameters.Length == 5 &&
-                        parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                        parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                        parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool) &&
-                        parameters[3].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                        parameters[4].ParameterType == typeof(ulong).MakeByRefType())
-                    {
-                        allocateAtOrAbove = candidate;
-                    }
-                    else if (string.Equals(candidate.Name, "AllocateAt", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-                    {
-                        if (parameters.Length == 3 &&
-                            parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                            parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                            parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool))
-                        {
-                            allocateAt = candidate;
-                            allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = false;
-                        }
-                        else if (parameters.Length == 4 &&
-                            parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                            parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                            parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool) &&
-                            parameters[3].ParameterType == typeof(bool))
-                        {
-                            allocateAt = candidate;
-                            allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = true;
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if (allocateAtOrAbove is not null && allocateAt is not null)
-                    {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (allocateAtOrAbove is not null || allocateAt is not null)
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                var innerProperty = memoryObject.GetType().GetProperty("Inner", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
-                if (innerProperty is null)
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                var innerValue = innerProperty.GetValue(memoryObject);
-                if (innerValue is null || ReferenceEquals(innerValue, memoryObject))
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                memoryObject = innerValue;
-            }
-
-            var executable = (protection & OrbisProtCpuExec) != 0;
-            if (allocateAtOrAbove is not null)
-            {
-                var searchArgs = new object[] { desiredAddress, length, executable, alignment, 0UL };
-                var searchResult = allocateAtOrAbove.Invoke(memoryObject, searchArgs);
-                if (searchResult is bool trueValue && trueValue &&
-                    searchArgs[4] is ulong searchedAddress && searchedAddress != 0)
-                {
-                    mappedAddress = searchedAddress;
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (allocateAt is null)
-            {
-                Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] reserve range: AllocateAt missing on {ctx.Memory.GetType().FullName}");
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            var invokeArgs = allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg
-                ? new object[] { desiredAddress, length, executable, false }
-                : new object[] { desiredAddress, length, executable };
-            var result = allocateAt.Invoke(memoryObject, invokeArgs);
-            if (result is not ulong allocated || allocated == 0)
-            {
-                var resultType = result?.GetType().FullName ?? "null";
-                Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] reserve range: AllocateAt returned {resultType} value={result ?? "null"}");
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            mappedAddress = allocated;
-            return true;
-        }
-        catch
-        {
-            Console.Error.WriteLine("[LOADER][TRACE] reserve range threw while invoking AllocateAt");
-            return false;
-        }
+        var executable = (protection & OrbisProtCpuExec) != 0;
+        return KernelVirtualRangeAllocator.TryReserve(
+            ctx,
+            desiredAddress,
+            length,
+            executable,
+            alignment,
+            allowSearch: true,
+            allowAllocateAtAlternative: false,
+            "reserve range",
+            out mappedAddress);
     }
 
     private static bool IsMappedGuestRangeAvailable(
@@ -4033,6 +4072,11 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
             return guestPath;
         }
 
+        if (TryResolveRegisteredGuestMount(guestPath, out var mountedPath))
+        {
+            return mountedPath;
+        }
+
         if (guestPath.StartsWith("/devlog/app/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             var relative = NormalizeMountRelativePath(guestPath["/devlog/app/".Length..]);
@@ -4101,6 +4145,20 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         var app0Root = ResolveApp0Root();
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(app0Root))
         {
+            if (string.Equals(guestPath, "$", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                string.Equals(guestPath, "$/", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                string.Equals(guestPath, "$\\", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                return app0Root;
+            }
+
+            if (guestPath.StartsWith("$/", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+                guestPath.StartsWith("$\\", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                var relative = NormalizeMountRelativePath(guestPath[2..]);
+                return Path.Combine(app0Root, relative);
+            }
+
             if (string.Equals(guestPath, "/app0", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
                 string.Equals(guestPath, "app0", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
@@ -4131,6 +4189,51 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         return guestPath;
     }
 
+    private static bool TryResolveRegisteredGuestMount(string guestPath, out string hostPath)
+    {
+        hostPath = string.Empty;
+        var normalizedGuestPath = NormalizeGuestStatCachePath(guestPath);
+        if (normalizedGuestPath is null)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        string? matchedMountPoint = null;
+        string? matchedHostRoot = null;
+        lock (_guestMountGate)
+        {
+            foreach (var (mountPoint, hostRoot) in _guestMounts)
+            {
+                if ((string.Equals(normalizedGuestPath, mountPoint, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                     normalizedGuestPath.StartsWith(mountPoint + "/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) &&
+                    (matchedMountPoint is null || mountPoint.Length > matchedMountPoint.Length))
+                {
+                    matchedMountPoint = mountPoint;
+                    matchedHostRoot = hostRoot;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (matchedMountPoint is null || matchedHostRoot is null)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var relativePath = normalizedGuestPath[matchedMountPoint.Length..].TrimStart('/');
+        var candidate = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(
+            matchedHostRoot,
+            NormalizeMountRelativePath(relativePath)));
+        var rootWithSeparator = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(matchedHostRoot) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+        if (!string.Equals(candidate, matchedHostRoot, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
+            !candidate.StartsWith(rootWithSeparator, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        hostPath = candidate;
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static string? ResolveApp0Root()
     {
         var cached = Volatile.Read(ref _cachedApp0Root);
@@ -5310,6 +5413,37 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         }
     }
 
+    internal static bool TryReadTrackedLibcHeap(
+        ulong address,
+        Span<byte> destination)
+    {
+        if (destination.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        var length = (ulong)destination.Length;
+        lock (_libcAllocGate)
+        {
+            foreach (var (allocationAddress, allocation) in _libcAllocations)
+            {
+                var allocationSize = (ulong)allocation.Size;
+                var offset = address >= allocationAddress
+                    ? address - allocationAddress
+                    : ulong.MaxValue;
+                if (offset > allocationSize ||
+                    length > allocationSize - offset)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                return TryReadHostMemory(address, destination);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private static bool TryAllocateLibcHeap(ulong requestedSize, nuint alignment, bool zeroFill, out ulong address)
     {
         address = 0;
@@ -5687,22 +5821,40 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
     private static bool TryGetAprFileSize(string hostPath, out ulong size)
     {
         size = 0;
+
+        string cachePath;
         try
         {
-            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(hostPath);
+            cachePath = Path.GetFullPath(hostPath);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            cachePath = hostPath;
+        }
+
+        if (_aprFileSizeCache.TryGetValue(cachePath, out size))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(cachePath);
             if (fileInfo.Exists)
             {
                 var length = fileInfo.Length;
                 size = length < 0 ? 0UL : unchecked((ulong)length);
+                _aprFileSizeCache.TryAdd(cachePath, size);
                 return true;
             }
 
-            if (!new DirectoryInfo(hostPath).Exists)
+            if (!new DirectoryInfo(cachePath).Exists)
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
             size = 65536;
+            _aprFileSizeCache.TryAdd(cachePath, size);
             return true;
         }
         catch
@@ -6001,6 +6153,20 @@ public static class KernelMemoryCompatExports
         }
     }
 
+    private static void InvalidateAprFileSizeCache(string hostPath)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            hostPath = Path.GetFullPath(hostPath);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // The cache key remains the original path when normalization fails.
+        }
+
+        _aprFileSizeCache.TryRemove(hostPath, out _);
+    }
+
     private static string PreviewIoBytes(byte[] buffer, int count, int maxBytes)
     {
         if (count <= 0)

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelPthreadCompatExports.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
 
 public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
 {
-    private const int MutexTypeDefault = 0;
     private const int MutexTypeErrorCheck = 1;
     private const int MutexTypeRecursive = 2;
     private const int MutexTypeNormal = 3;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         public SemaphoreSlim Semaphore { get; } = new(1, 1);
         public ulong OwnerThreadId { get; set; }
         public int RecursionCount { get; set; }
-        public int Type { get; set; } = MutexTypeDefault;
+        public int Type { get; set; } = MutexTypeErrorCheck;
         public int Protocol { get; set; }
     }
 
@@ -96,6 +95,13 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "7Xl257M4VNI",
+        ExportName = "pthread_equal",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libc")]
+    public static int PosixPthreadEqual(CpuContext ctx) => PthreadEqual(ctx);
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "T72hz6ffq08",
         ExportName = "scePthreadYield",
@@ -541,7 +547,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
                     return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
                 }
 
-                if (state.Type is MutexTypeDefault or MutexTypeNormal or MutexTypeAdaptiveNp)
+                if (state.Type is MutexTypeNormal or MutexTypeAdaptiveNp)
                 {
                     if (tryOnly)
                     {
@@ -676,7 +682,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
         }
 
-        var initialState = new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeDefault, 0);
+        var initialState = new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeErrorCheck, 0);
         if (!WriteMutexAttrObject(ctx, handle, initialState))
         {
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
@@ -735,7 +741,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         {
             if (!_mutexAttrStates.TryGetValue(resolvedAddress, out var state))
             {
-                state = new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeDefault, 0);
+                state = new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeErrorCheck, 0);
             }
 
             updatedState = state with { Type = NormalizeMutexType(type) };
@@ -764,7 +770,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         {
             if (!_mutexAttrStates.TryGetValue(resolvedAddress, out var state))
             {
-                state = new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeDefault, 0);
+                state = new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeErrorCheck, 0);
             }
 
             updatedState = state with { Protocol = protocol };
@@ -847,7 +853,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
             return false;
         }
 
-        return CreateImplicitMutexState(ctx, mutexAddress, MutexTypeDefault, out resolvedAddress, out state);
+        return CreateImplicitMutexState(ctx, mutexAddress, MutexTypeErrorCheck, out resolvedAddress, out state);
     }
 
     private static ulong ResolveMutexAttrHandle(CpuContext ctx, ulong attrAddress)
@@ -891,7 +897,7 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
         {
             return _mutexAttrStates.TryGetValue(resolvedAddress, out var state)
                 ? state
-                : new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeDefault, 0);
+                : new PthreadMutexAttrState(MutexTypeErrorCheck, 0);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1293,12 +1299,12 @@ public static class KernelPthreadCompatExports
     {
         return type switch
         {
-            0 => MutexTypeDefault,
+            0 => MutexTypeErrorCheck,
             1 => MutexTypeErrorCheck,
             2 => MutexTypeRecursive,
             3 => MutexTypeNormal,
             4 => MutexTypeAdaptiveNp,
-            _ => MutexTypeDefault,
+            _ => MutexTypeErrorCheck,
         };
     }
 

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelPthreadExtendedCompatExports.cs

@@ -717,6 +717,35 @@ public static class KernelPthreadExtendedCompatExports
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "FXPWHNk8Of0",
+        ExportName = "scePthreadAttrGetschedparam",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libKernel")]
+    public static int PthreadAttrGetschedparam(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var attrAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var schedParamAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        if (attrAddress == 0 || schedParamAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+        }
+
+        PthreadAttrState state;
+        lock (_stateGate)
+        {
+            state = GetOrCreateAttrStateLocked(attrAddress);
+        }
+
+        if (!TryWriteInt32(ctx, schedParamAddress, state.SchedPriority))
+        {
+            return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT;
+        }
+
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = 0;
+        return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
+    }
+
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "DzES9hQF4f4",
         ExportName = "scePthreadAttrSetschedparam",

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelRuntimeCompatExports.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Runtime.Intrinsics.X86;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
@@ -87,11 +86,11 @@ public static class KernelRuntimeCompatExports
 
         if (micros < 1000)
         {
-            // Guest worker pools use usleep(1) as a polling backoff. Periodically
-            // relinquish a full host time slice so spin workers cannot starve producers.
-            if ((++_shortUsleepCount & 31) == 0)
+            // Guest worker pools use usleep(1) as a polling backoff. Do not turn
+            // PS microsecond waits into Windows millisecond sleeps on hot paths.
+            if ((++_shortUsleepCount & 255) == 0)
             {
-                Thread.Sleep(1);
+                Thread.Sleep(0);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -739,8 +738,11 @@ public static class KernelRuntimeCompatExports
             return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
         }
 
-        Console.Error.WriteLine(
-            $"[LOADER][TRACE] reserve_virtual_range: req=0x{requestedAddress:X16} desired=0x{desiredAddress:X16} mapped=0x{mappedAddress:X16} len=0x{length:X16} flags=0x{flags:X8} align=0x{effectiveAlignment:X16}");
+        if (ShouldTraceVirtualMemory())
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                $"[LOADER][TRACE] reserve_virtual_range: req=0x{requestedAddress:X16} desired=0x{desiredAddress:X16} mapped=0x{mappedAddress:X16} len=0x{length:X16} flags=0x{flags:X8} align=0x{effectiveAlignment:X16}");
+        }
 
         if (!ctx.TryWriteUInt64(inOutAddressPointer, mappedAddress))
         {
@@ -752,6 +754,7 @@ public static class KernelRuntimeCompatExports
             _nextReservedVirtualBase = Math.Max(_nextReservedVirtualBase, mappedAddress + length);
         }
 
+        KernelMemoryCompatExports.RegisterReservedVirtualRange(mappedAddress, length);
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
@@ -1732,117 +1735,16 @@ public static class KernelRuntimeCompatExports
         bool allowSearch,
         out ulong mappedAddress)
     {
-        mappedAddress = 0;
-        if (length == 0)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        try
-        {
-            object memoryObject = ctx.Memory;
-            MethodInfo? allocateAt = null;
-            MethodInfo? allocateAtOrAbove = null;
-            var allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = false;
-            for (var depth = 0; depth < 4; depth++)
-            {
-                foreach (var candidate in memoryObject.GetType().GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance))
-                {
-                    var parameters = candidate.GetParameters();
-                    if (string.Equals(candidate.Name, "TryAllocateAtOrAbove", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
-                        parameters.Length == 5 &&
-                        parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                        parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                        parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool) &&
-                        parameters[3].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                        parameters[4].ParameterType == typeof(ulong).MakeByRefType())
-                    {
-                        allocateAtOrAbove = candidate;
-                    }
-                    else if (string.Equals(candidate.Name, "AllocateAt", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-                    {
-                        if (parameters.Length == 3 &&
-                            parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                            parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                            parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool))
-                        {
-                            allocateAt = candidate;
-                            allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = false;
-                        }
-                        else if (parameters.Length == 4 &&
-                            parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                            parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
-                            parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool) &&
-                            parameters[3].ParameterType == typeof(bool))
-                        {
-                            allocateAt = candidate;
-                            allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = true;
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if (allocateAtOrAbove is not null && allocateAt is not null)
-                    {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (allocateAtOrAbove is not null || allocateAt is not null)
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                var innerProperty = memoryObject.GetType().GetProperty("Inner", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
-                if (innerProperty is null)
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                var innerValue = innerProperty.GetValue(memoryObject);
-                if (innerValue is null || ReferenceEquals(innerValue, memoryObject))
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                memoryObject = innerValue;
-            }
-
-            if (allowSearch && allocateAtOrAbove is not null)
-            {
-                var searchArgs = new object[] { desiredAddress, length, false, alignment, 0UL };
-                var searchResult = allocateAtOrAbove.Invoke(memoryObject, searchArgs);
-                if (searchResult is bool trueValue && trueValue &&
-                    searchArgs[4] is ulong searchedAddress && searchedAddress != 0)
-                {
-                    mappedAddress = searchedAddress;
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (allocateAt is null)
-            {
-                Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] reserve_virtual_range: AllocateAt missing on {ctx.Memory.GetType().FullName}");
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            var invokeArgs = allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg
-                ? new object[] { desiredAddress, length, false, allowSearch }
-                : new object[] { desiredAddress, length, false };
-            var result = allocateAt.Invoke(memoryObject, invokeArgs);
-            if (result is not ulong allocated || allocated == 0)
-            {
-                var resultType = result?.GetType().FullName ?? "null";
-                Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] reserve_virtual_range: AllocateAt returned {resultType} value={result ?? "null"}");
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            mappedAddress = allocated;
-            return true;
-        }
-        catch
-        {
-            Console.Error.WriteLine("[LOADER][TRACE] reserve_virtual_range: AllocateAt invocation threw");
-            return false;
-        }
+        return KernelVirtualRangeAllocator.TryReserve(
+            ctx,
+            desiredAddress,
+            length,
+            executable: false,
+            alignment,
+            allowSearch,
+            allowAllocateAtAlternative: allowSearch,
+            "reserve_virtual_range",
+            out mappedAddress);
     }
 
     private static ulong AlignUp(ulong value, ulong alignment)
@@ -1855,4 +1757,9 @@ public static class KernelRuntimeCompatExports
         var mask = alignment - 1;
         return (value + mask) & ~mask;
     }
+
+    private static bool ShouldTraceVirtualMemory()
+    {
+        return string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_VIRTUAL_MEMORY"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
 }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Kernel/KernelVirtualRangeAllocator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
+
+internal static class KernelVirtualRangeAllocator
+{
+    private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<Type, Accessor> _accessors = new();
+
+    public static bool TryReserve(
+        CpuContext ctx,
+        ulong desiredAddress,
+        ulong length,
+        bool executable,
+        ulong alignment,
+        bool allowSearch,
+        bool allowAllocateAtAlternative,
+        string traceName,
+        out ulong mappedAddress)
+    {
+        mappedAddress = 0;
+        if (length == 0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            if (!TryResolveAccessor(ctx.Memory, out var target, out var accessor))
+            {
+                Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] {traceName}: AllocateAt missing on {ctx.Memory.GetType().FullName}");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (allowSearch && accessor.AllocateAtOrAbove is not null)
+            {
+                var searchArgs = new object[] { desiredAddress, length, executable, alignment, 0UL };
+                var searchResult = accessor.AllocateAtOrAbove.Invoke(target, searchArgs);
+                if (searchResult is bool trueValue && trueValue &&
+                    searchArgs[4] is ulong searchedAddress && searchedAddress != 0)
+                {
+                    mappedAddress = searchedAddress;
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (accessor.AllocateAt is null)
+            {
+                Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] {traceName}: AllocateAt missing on {target.GetType().FullName}");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var invokeArgs = accessor.AllocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg
+                ? new object[] { desiredAddress, length, executable, allowAllocateAtAlternative }
+                : new object[] { desiredAddress, length, executable };
+            var result = accessor.AllocateAt.Invoke(target, invokeArgs);
+            if (result is not ulong allocated || allocated == 0)
+            {
+                var resultType = result?.GetType().FullName ?? "null";
+                Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] {traceName}: AllocateAt returned {resultType} value={result ?? "null"}");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            mappedAddress = allocated;
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] {traceName}: AllocateAt invocation threw");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryResolveAccessor(object rootMemory, out object target, out Accessor accessor)
+    {
+        target = rootMemory;
+        accessor = default;
+
+        for (var depth = 0; depth < 4; depth++)
+        {
+            accessor = _accessors.GetOrAdd(target.GetType(), DiscoverAccessor);
+            if (accessor.AllocateAt is not null || accessor.AllocateAtOrAbove is not null)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (accessor.InnerProperty is null)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            var innerValue = accessor.InnerProperty.GetValue(target);
+            if (innerValue is null || ReferenceEquals(innerValue, target))
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            target = innerValue;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static Accessor DiscoverAccessor(Type type)
+    {
+        MethodInfo? allocateAt = null;
+        MethodInfo? allocateAtOrAbove = null;
+        var allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = false;
+
+        foreach (var candidate in type.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance))
+        {
+            var parameters = candidate.GetParameters();
+            if (string.Equals(candidate.Name, "TryAllocateAtOrAbove", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
+                parameters.Length == 5 &&
+                parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
+                parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
+                parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool) &&
+                parameters[3].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
+                parameters[4].ParameterType == typeof(ulong).MakeByRefType())
+            {
+                allocateAtOrAbove = candidate;
+            }
+            else if (string.Equals(candidate.Name, "AllocateAt", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                if (parameters.Length == 3 &&
+                    parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
+                    parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
+                    parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool))
+                {
+                    allocateAt = candidate;
+                    allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = false;
+                }
+                else if (parameters.Length == 4 &&
+                    parameters[0].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
+                    parameters[1].ParameterType == typeof(ulong) &&
+                    parameters[2].ParameterType == typeof(bool) &&
+                    parameters[3].ParameterType == typeof(bool))
+                {
+                    allocateAt = candidate;
+                    allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        var innerProperty = type.GetProperty("Inner", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
+        return new Accessor(allocateAt, allocateAtOrAbove, allocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg, innerProperty);
+    }
+
+    private readonly record struct Accessor(
+        MethodInfo? AllocateAt,
+        MethodInfo? AllocateAtOrAbove,
+        bool AllocateAtHasAllowAlternativeArg,
+        PropertyInfo? InnerProperty);
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Ngs2/Ngs2Exports.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Ngs2;
+
+public static class Ngs2Exports
+{
+    private const int OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidOutAddress = unchecked((int)0x804A0053);
+    private const int OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidSystemHandle = unchecked((int)0x804A0230);
+    private const int OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidRackHandle = unchecked((int)0x804A0261);
+    private const int OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidVoiceHandle = unchecked((int)0x804A0300);
+    private const ulong HandleStorageSize = 0x20;
+    private const int RenderBufferInfoSize = 0x18;
+    private const ulong MaximumRenderBufferSize = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+    private static readonly object StateGate = new();
+    private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, SystemState> Systems = new();
+    private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, RackState> Racks = new();
+    private static readonly Dictionary<ulong, VoiceState> Voices = new();
+    private static long _nextUid;
+    private static long _renderCount;
+
+    private sealed record SystemState(uint Uid);
+    private sealed record RackState(ulong SystemHandle, uint RackId);
+    private sealed record VoiceState(ulong RackHandle, uint VoiceIndex);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "mPYgU4oYpuY",
+        ExportName = "sceNgs2SystemCreateWithAllocator",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNgs2")]
+    public static int Ngs2SystemCreateWithAllocator(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var outHandleAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx];
+        if (outHandleAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidOutAddress);
+        }
+
+        if (!TryCreateHandle(ctx, type: 1, ownerHandle: 0, out var handle) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt64(outHandleAddress, handle))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+        }
+
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            Systems[handle] = new SystemState(unchecked((uint)Interlocked.Increment(ref _nextUid)));
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "u-WrYDaJA3k",
+        ExportName = "sceNgs2SystemDestroy",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNgs2")]
+    public static int Ngs2SystemDestroy(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var handle = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            if (!Systems.Remove(handle))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidSystemHandle);
+            }
+
+            var rackHandles = Racks
+                .Where(pair => pair.Value.SystemHandle == handle)
+                .Select(pair => pair.Key)
+                .ToArray();
+            foreach (var rackHandle in rackHandles)
+            {
+                RemoveRackLocked(rackHandle);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "U546k6orxQo",
+        ExportName = "sceNgs2RackCreateWithAllocator",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNgs2")]
+    public static int Ngs2RackCreateWithAllocator(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var systemHandle = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var rackId = unchecked((uint)ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi]);
+        var outHandleAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.R8];
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            if (!Systems.ContainsKey(systemHandle))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidSystemHandle);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (outHandleAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidOutAddress);
+        }
+
+        if (!TryCreateHandle(ctx, type: 2, systemHandle, out var handle) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt64(outHandleAddress, handle))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+        }
+
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            Racks[handle] = new RackState(systemHandle, rackId);
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "lCqD7oycmIM",
+        ExportName = "sceNgs2RackDestroy",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNgs2")]
+    public static int Ngs2RackDestroy(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var handle = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            if (!Racks.ContainsKey(handle))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidRackHandle);
+            }
+
+            RemoveRackLocked(handle);
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "MwmHz8pAdAo",
+        ExportName = "sceNgs2RackGetVoiceHandle",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNgs2")]
+    public static int Ngs2RackGetVoiceHandle(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var rackHandle = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var voiceIndex = unchecked((uint)ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi]);
+        var outHandleAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx];
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            if (!Racks.ContainsKey(rackHandle))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidRackHandle);
+            }
+
+            var existing = Voices.FirstOrDefault(
+                pair => pair.Value.RackHandle == rackHandle && pair.Value.VoiceIndex == voiceIndex);
+            if (existing.Key != 0)
+            {
+                return ctx.TryWriteUInt64(outHandleAddress, existing.Key)
+                    ? SetReturn(ctx, 0)
+                    : SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (outHandleAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidOutAddress);
+        }
+
+        if (!TryCreateHandle(ctx, type: 4, rackHandle, out var handle) ||
+            !ctx.TryWriteUInt64(outHandleAddress, handle))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+        }
+
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            Voices[handle] = new VoiceState(rackHandle, voiceIndex);
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "uu94irFOGpA",
+        ExportName = "sceNgs2VoiceControl",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNgs2")]
+    public static int Ngs2VoiceControl(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(
+                ctx,
+                Voices.ContainsKey(ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]) ? 0 : OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidVoiceHandle);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "AbYvTOZ8Pts",
+        ExportName = "sceNgs2VoiceRunCommands",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNgs2")]
+    public static int Ngs2VoiceRunCommands(CpuContext ctx) => Ngs2VoiceControl(ctx);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "i0VnXM-C9fc",
+        ExportName = "sceNgs2SystemRender",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNgs2")]
+    public static int Ngs2SystemRender(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var systemHandle = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var bufferInfoAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        var bufferInfoCount = unchecked((uint)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx]);
+        lock (StateGate)
+        {
+            if (!Systems.ContainsKey(systemHandle))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisNgs2ErrorInvalidSystemHandle);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (bufferInfoCount != 0 && bufferInfoAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+        }
+
+        for (uint i = 0; i < bufferInfoCount; i++)
+        {
+            var entryAddress = bufferInfoAddress + (i * RenderBufferInfoSize);
+            if (!ctx.TryReadUInt64(entryAddress, out var bufferAddress) ||
+                !ctx.TryReadUInt64(entryAddress + 8, out var bufferSize))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+            }
+
+            if (bufferAddress != 0 && bufferSize != 0)
+            {
+                if (bufferSize > MaximumRenderBufferSize || !TryClearGuestBuffer(ctx, bufferAddress, bufferSize))
+                {
+                    return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        var count = Interlocked.Increment(ref _renderCount);
+        if (ShouldTrace() && (count <= 4 || count % 10_000 == 0))
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                $"[LOADER][TRACE] ngs2.render#{count} system=0x{systemHandle:X16} buffers={bufferInfoCount}");
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryCreateHandle(CpuContext ctx, uint type, ulong ownerHandle, out ulong handle)
+    {
+        handle = 0;
+        if (!KernelMemoryCompatExports.TryAllocateHleData(ctx, HandleStorageSize, 16, out handle))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        Span<byte> data = stackalloc byte[(int)HandleStorageSize];
+        data.Clear();
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt64LittleEndian(data[0..8], handle);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt64LittleEndian(data[8..16], ownerHandle);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data[16..20], 1);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data[24..28], type);
+        return ctx.Memory.TryWrite(handle, data);
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryClearGuestBuffer(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, ulong length)
+    {
+        Span<byte> zeroes = stackalloc byte[4096];
+        zeroes.Clear();
+        for (ulong offset = 0; offset < length;)
+        {
+            var chunkSize = (int)Math.Min((ulong)zeroes.Length, length - offset);
+            if (!ctx.Memory.TryWrite(address + offset, zeroes[..chunkSize]))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            offset += unchecked((uint)chunkSize);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static void RemoveRackLocked(ulong rackHandle)
+    {
+        Racks.Remove(rackHandle);
+        foreach (var voiceHandle in Voices
+                     .Where(pair => pair.Value.RackHandle == rackHandle)
+                     .Select(pair => pair.Key)
+                     .ToArray())
+        {
+            Voices.Remove(voiceHandle);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static bool ShouldTrace() =>
+        string.Equals(
+            Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_NGS2"),
+            "1",
+            StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
+    private static int SetReturn(CpuContext ctx, int result)
+    {
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)result);
+        return result;
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Np/NpEntitlementAccessExports.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Np;
 public static class NpEntitlementAccessExports
 {
     private const int BootParamClearSize = 0x20;
+    private const int EmptyAddcontInfoListSize = 0x10;
 
     [SysAbiExport(
         Nid = "jO8DM8oyego",
@@ -33,6 +34,30 @@ public static class NpEntitlementAccessExports
         return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "TFyU+KFBv54",
+        ExportName = "sceNpEntitlementAccessGetAddcontEntitlementInfoList",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceNpEntitlementAccess")]
+    public static int NpEntitlementAccessGetAddcontEntitlementInfoList(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var listAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        if (listAddress != 0)
+        {
+            Span<byte> emptyList = stackalloc byte[EmptyAddcontInfoListSize];
+            emptyList.Clear();
+            if (!ctx.Memory.TryWrite(listAddress, emptyList))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+            }
+        }
+
+        TraceNpEntitlementAccess(
+            $"get_addcont_info_list service=0x{ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]:X16} list=0x{listAddress:X16} " +
+            $"max={ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx]} flags=0x{ctx[CpuRegister.Rcx]:X16} -> empty");
+        return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
+    }
+
     private static int SetReturn(CpuContext ctx, OrbisGen2Result result)
     {
         ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)(int)result);

src/SharpEmu.Libs/Pad/PadExports.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using SharpEmu.HLE;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace SharpEmu.Libs.Pad;
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public static class PadExports
             return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisPadErrorDeviceNotConnected);
         }
 
+        Console.Error.WriteLine("[LOADER][INFO] Keyboard controls: Arrow keys = D-pad, WASD = left stick, IJKL = right stick, Z/Enter = Cross, X/Esc = Circle, C = Square, V = Triangle, Q = L1, E = R1, R = L2, F = R2, Tab/Backspace = Options");
         return SetReturn(ctx, PrimaryPadHandle);
     }
 
@@ -158,14 +160,33 @@ public static class PadExports
             : SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+    Nid = "W2G-yoyMF5U",
+    ExportName = "scePadSetVibrationMode",
+    Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+    LibraryName = "libScePad")]
+    public static int PadSetVibrationMode(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK);
+    }
+
     private static bool WriteNeutralPadData(CpuContext ctx, ulong dataAddress)
     {
         Span<byte> data = stackalloc byte[PadDataSize];
         data.Clear();
-        data[0x04] = 128;
-        data[0x05] = 128;
-        data[0x06] = 128;
-        data[0x07] = 128;
+        var acceptsKeyboardInput = IsEmulatorWindowFocused();
+        var buttons = acceptsKeyboardInput ? ReadKeyboardButtons() : 0;
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data[0x00..], buttons);
+        var leftX = acceptsKeyboardInput ? ReadAnalogStick(IsKeyDown(0x41), IsKeyDown(0x44)) : (byte)128;
+        var leftY = acceptsKeyboardInput ? ReadAnalogStick(IsKeyDown(0x57), IsKeyDown(0x53)) : (byte)128;
+        var rightX = acceptsKeyboardInput ? ReadAnalogStick(IsKeyDown(0x4A), IsKeyDown(0x4C)) : (byte)128;
+        var rightY = acceptsKeyboardInput ? ReadAnalogStick(IsKeyDown(0x49), IsKeyDown(0x4B)) : (byte)128;
+        data[0x04] = leftX;
+        data[0x05] = leftY;
+        data[0x06] = rightX;
+        data[0x07] = rightY;
+        data[0x08] = acceptsKeyboardInput && IsKeyDown(0x52) ? (byte)255 : (byte)0;
+        data[0x09] = acceptsKeyboardInput && IsKeyDown(0x46) ? (byte)255 : (byte)0;
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteSingleLittleEndian(data[0x18..], 1.0f);
         data[0x4C] = 1;
         var timestampTicks = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
@@ -185,4 +206,58 @@ public static class PadExports
         ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)result);
         return result;
     }
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+    private static extern short GetAsyncKeyState(int vKey);
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+    private static extern nint GetForegroundWindow();
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+    private static extern uint GetWindowThreadProcessId(nint hWnd, out uint processId);
+
+    private static bool IsKeyDown(int vk) =>
+        (GetAsyncKeyState(vk) & 0x8000) != 0;
+
+    private static bool IsEmulatorWindowFocused()
+    {
+        var foregroundWindow = GetForegroundWindow();
+        if (foregroundWindow == 0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        GetWindowThreadProcessId(foregroundWindow, out var processId);
+        return processId == (uint)Environment.ProcessId;
+    }
+
+    private static uint ReadKeyboardButtons()
+    {
+        uint buttons = 0;
+        // D-pad
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x25)) buttons |= 0x0080; // Left
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x27)) buttons |= 0x0020; // Right
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x26)) buttons |= 0x0010; // Up
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x28)) buttons |= 0x0040; // Down
+        // Face buttons
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x5A) || IsKeyDown(0x0D)) buttons |= 0x4000; // Z / Enter = Cross
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x58) || IsKeyDown(0x1B)) buttons |= 0x2000; // X / Escape = Circle
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x43)) buttons |= 0x8000; // C = Square
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x56)) buttons |= 0x1000; // V = Triangle
+        // Shoulder buttons
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x51)) buttons |= 0x0400; // Q = L1
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x45)) buttons |= 0x0800; // E = R1
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x52)) buttons |= 0x0100; // R = L2 (digital)
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x46)) buttons |= 0x0200; // F = R2 (digital)
+        // Options (Start)
+        if (IsKeyDown(0x09) || IsKeyDown(0x08)) buttons |= 0x0008; // Tab / Backspace = Options
+        return buttons;
+    }
+
+    private static byte ReadAnalogStick(bool negative, bool positive)
+    {
+        if (negative && !positive) return 0;
+        if (positive && !negative) return 255;
+        return 128;
+    }
 }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/SaveData/SaveDataDialogExports.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace SharpEmu.Libs.SaveData;
+
+public static class SaveDataDialogExports
+{
+    private const int StatusNone = 0;
+    private const int StatusInitialized = 1;
+    private const int StatusRunning = 2;
+    private const int StatusFinished = 3;
+
+    private const int ErrorOk = 0;
+    private const int ErrorNotInitialized = unchecked((int)0x80B80003);
+    private const int ErrorAlreadyInitialized = unchecked((int)0x80B80004);
+    private const int ErrorNotFinished = unchecked((int)0x80B80005);
+    private const int ErrorNotRunning = unchecked((int)0x80B8000B);
+    private const int ErrorArgNull = unchecked((int)0x80B8000D);
+
+    private const int ResultSize = 0x48;
+    private static int _status;
+    private static int _lastMode;
+    private static ulong _lastUserData;
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "s9e3+YpRnzw",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogInitialize",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogInitialize(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _status, StatusInitialized, StatusNone) != StatusNone)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorAlreadyInitialized);
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorOk);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "4tPhsP6FpDI",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogOpen",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogOpen(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var paramAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        if (paramAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorArgNull);
+        }
+
+        if (_status is not (StatusInitialized or StatusFinished))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorNotInitialized);
+        }
+
+        _lastMode = TryReadInt32(ctx, paramAddress, out var mode) ? mode : 0;
+        _lastUserData = TryReadUInt64(ctx, paramAddress + 0xC8, out var userData) ? userData : 0;
+
+        // There is no host save dialog yet. Complete immediately with OK so
+        // guest polling sees a finished dialog instead of spinning forever.
+        Interlocked.Exchange(ref _status, StatusFinished);
+        TraceSaveDataDialog($"open mode={_lastMode} userData=0x{_lastUserData:X16} -> finished");
+        return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorOk);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "ERKzksauAJA",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogGetStatus",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogGetStatus(CpuContext ctx) => SetReturn(ctx, Volatile.Read(ref _status));
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "KK3Bdg1RWK0",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogUpdateStatus",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogUpdateStatus(CpuContext ctx) => SetReturn(ctx, Volatile.Read(ref _status));
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "en7gNVnh878",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogIsReadyToDisplay",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogIsReadyToDisplay(CpuContext ctx) => SetReturn(ctx, 1);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "yEiJ-qqr6Cg",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogGetResult",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogGetResult(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var resultAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        if (resultAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorArgNull);
+        }
+
+        if (Volatile.Read(ref _status) != StatusFinished)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorNotFinished);
+        }
+
+        Span<byte> result = stackalloc byte[ResultSize];
+        result.Clear();
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(result[0x00..], _lastMode);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(result[0x04..], 0);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(result[0x08..], 0);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt64LittleEndian(result[0x20..], _lastUserData);
+
+        if (!ctx.Memory.TryWrite(resultAddress, result))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorOk);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "fH46Lag88XY",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogClose",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogClose(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _status, StatusFinished, StatusRunning) != StatusRunning)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorNotRunning);
+        }
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorOk);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "YuH2FA7azqQ",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogTerminate",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogTerminate(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _status, StatusNone) == StatusNone)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorNotInitialized);
+        }
+
+        _lastMode = 0;
+        _lastUserData = 0;
+        return SetReturn(ctx, ErrorOk);
+    }
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "V-uEeFKARJU",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogProgressBarInc",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogProgressBarInc(CpuContext ctx) => SetReturn(ctx, ErrorOk);
+
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "hay1CfTmLyA",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataDialogProgressBarSetValue",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveDataDialog")]
+    public static int SaveDataDialogProgressBarSetValue(CpuContext ctx) => SetReturn(ctx, ErrorOk);
+
+    private static bool TryReadInt32(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, out int value)
+    {
+        value = 0;
+        Span<byte> bytes = stackalloc byte[sizeof(int)];
+        if (!ctx.Memory.TryRead(address, bytes))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        value = BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(bytes);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryReadUInt64(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, out ulong value)
+    {
+        value = 0;
+        Span<byte> bytes = stackalloc byte[sizeof(ulong)];
+        if (!ctx.Memory.TryRead(address, bytes))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        value = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt64LittleEndian(bytes);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static int SetReturn(CpuContext ctx, int result)
+    {
+        ctx[CpuRegister.Rax] = unchecked((ulong)result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static void TraceSaveDataDialog(string message)
+    {
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_SAVEDATA"), "1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Console.Error.WriteLine($"[LOADER][TRACE] save_data_dialog.{message}");
+    }
+}

src/SharpEmu.Libs/SaveData/SaveDataExports.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 using SharpEmu.HLE;
+using SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ namespace SharpEmu.Libs.SaveData;
 public static class SaveDataExports
 {
     private const int OrbisSaveDataErrorParameter = unchecked((int)0x809F0000);
+    private const int OrbisSaveDataErrorExists = unchecked((int)0x809F0007);
+    private const int OrbisSaveDataErrorNotFound = unchecked((int)0x809F0008);
     private const int OrbisSaveDataErrorInternal = unchecked((int)0x809F000B);
     private const int SaveDataTitleIdSize = 10;
     private const int SaveDataDirNameSize = 32;
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ public static class SaveDataExports
     private const ulong ResultInfosOffset = 0x20;
     private const uint SortKeyFreeBlocks = 5;
     private const uint SortOrderDescent = 1;
+    private const uint MountModeCreate = 1u << 2;
+    private const uint MountModeCreate2 = 1u << 5;
+    private const int MountResultSize = 0x40;
     private static readonly object _stateGate = new();
     private static string? _titleId;
 
@@ -149,6 +155,125 @@ public static class SaveDataExports
         }
     }
 
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "ZP4e7rlzOUk",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataMount3",
+        Target = Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveData")]
+    public static int SaveDataMount3(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var mountAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi];
+        var resultAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        if (mountAddress == 0 || resultAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisSaveDataErrorParameter);
+        }
+
+        if (!TryReadInt32(ctx, mountAddress, out var userId) ||
+            !ctx.TryReadUInt64(mountAddress + 0x08, out var dirNameAddress) ||
+            !ctx.TryReadUInt64(mountAddress + 0x10, out var blocks) ||
+            !ctx.TryReadUInt64(mountAddress + 0x18, out var systemBlocks) ||
+            !TryReadUInt32(ctx, mountAddress + 0x20, out var mountMode) ||
+            !TryReadUInt32(ctx, mountAddress + 0x24, out var resource) ||
+            !TryReadUInt32(ctx, mountAddress + 0x28, out var mode) ||
+            dirNameAddress == 0 ||
+            !TryReadFixedAscii(ctx, dirNameAddress, SaveDataDirNameSize, out var dirName))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+        }
+
+        if (userId < 0 || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dirName))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisSaveDataErrorParameter);
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            var titleId = ResolveConfiguredTitleId();
+            var savePath = Path.Combine(
+                ResolveTitleSaveRoot(userId, titleId),
+                SanitizePathSegment(dirName));
+            var existed = Directory.Exists(savePath);
+            var create = (mountMode & MountModeCreate) != 0;
+            var createIfMissing = (mountMode & MountModeCreate2) != 0;
+
+            if (!existed && !create && !createIfMissing)
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisSaveDataErrorNotFound);
+            }
+
+            if (existed && create)
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisSaveDataErrorExists);
+            }
+
+            if (!existed)
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(savePath);
+            }
+
+            const string mountPoint = "/savedata0";
+            KernelMemoryCompatExports.RegisterGuestPathMount(mountPoint, savePath);
+
+            Span<byte> result = stackalloc byte[MountResultSize];
+            result.Clear();
+            WriteAscii(result[..16], mountPoint);
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(result[0x1C..], createIfMissing && !existed ? 1u : 0u);
+            if (!ctx.Memory.TryWrite(resultAddress, result))
+            {
+                return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+            }
+
+            TraceSaveData(
+                $"mount3 user={userId} title={titleId} dir={dirName} blocks={blocks} " +
+                $"system_blocks={systemBlocks} mount_mode=0x{mountMode:X} resource={resource} mode={mode} " +
+                $"mount_point={mountPoint} created={!existed} root='{savePath}'");
+            return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+        }
+        catch (IOException)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisSaveDataErrorInternal);
+        }
+        catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisSaveDataErrorInternal);
+        }
+        catch (ArgumentException)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisSaveDataErrorParameter);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int _nextTransactionResource;
+    [SysAbiExport(
+        Nid = "gjRZNnw0JPE",
+        ExportName = "sceSaveDataCreateTransactionResource",
+        Target = Generation.Gen4 | Generation.Gen5,
+        LibraryName = "libSceSaveData")]
+    public static int SaveDataCreateTransactionResource(CpuContext ctx)
+    {
+        var userId = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdi]);
+        var reserved = ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi];
+        var resourceAddress = ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx];
+
+        if (resourceAddress == 0)
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, OrbisSaveDataErrorParameter);
+        }
+
+        var id = (uint)Interlocked.Increment(ref _nextTransactionResource);
+
+        if (!TryWriteUInt32(ctx, resourceAddress, id))
+        {
+            return SetReturn(ctx, (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_ERROR_MEMORY_FAULT);
+        }
+
+        TraceSaveData(
+            $"create_transaction_resource user={userId} reserved=0x{reserved:X} resource_addr=0x{resourceAddress:X} id={id}");
+
+        return SetReturn(ctx, 0);
+    }
+
     private static bool TryReadSearchCond(CpuContext ctx, ulong address, out SearchCond cond)
     {
         cond = default;
@@ -305,7 +430,7 @@ public static class SaveDataExports
     {
         var configured = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_SAVEDATA_DIR");
         var root = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configured)
-            ? Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, "user", "savedata")
+            ? Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "user", "savedata")
             : configured;
         return Path.GetFullPath(root);
     }

src/SharpEmu.Libs/SharpEmu.Libs.csproj

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.Vulkan" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT" />
     <PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR" />
     <PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.Windowing" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Silk.NET.Shaderc" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>

src/SharpEmu.Libs/VideoOut/VideoOutExports.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using SharpEmu.HLE;
 using SharpEmu.Libs.Kernel;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Threading;
 
@@ -48,6 +49,13 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
     private static int _frameDumpCount;
     private static long _nextFrameDumpIndex;
     private static string _windowTitle = "SharpEmu VideoOut";
+    private static readonly bool _logFrameRate = string.Equals(
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_VIDEOOUT_FPS"),
+        "1",
+        StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    private static long _frameRateWindowStart = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+    private static long _submittedFrameCount;
+    private static long _presentedFrameCount;
 
     public static void ConfigureApplicationInfo(string? title, string? titleId, string? version)
     {
@@ -360,7 +368,7 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         var bufferIndex = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rsi]);
         var flipMode = unchecked((int)ctx[CpuRegister.Rdx]);
         var flipArg = unchecked((long)ctx[CpuRegister.Rcx]);
-        return SubmitFlip(ctx, handle, bufferIndex, flipMode, flipArg);
+        return SubmitFlip(ctx, handle, bufferIndex, flipMode, flipArg, submitGpuImage: true);
     }
 
     [SysAbiExport(
@@ -440,7 +448,7 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
     }
 
     public static int SubmitFlipFromAgc(CpuContext ctx, int handle, int bufferIndex, int flipMode, long flipArg) =>
-        SubmitFlip(ctx, handle, bufferIndex, flipMode, flipArg);
+        SubmitFlip(ctx, handle, bufferIndex, flipMode, flipArg, submitGpuImage: false);
 
     internal static void SubmitHostRgbaFrame(ReadOnlySpan<byte> rgbaFrame, uint width, uint height)
     {
@@ -748,7 +756,13 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         return groupIndex < 0 ? groupIndex : setIndex;
     }
 
-    private static int SubmitFlip(CpuContext ctx, int handle, int bufferIndex, int flipMode, long flipArg)
+    private static int SubmitFlip(
+        CpuContext ctx,
+        int handle,
+        int bufferIndex,
+        int flipMode,
+        long flipArg,
+        bool submitGpuImage)
     {
         if (!TryGetPort(handle, out var port))
         {
@@ -776,6 +790,17 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
             flipEvents = new List<FlipEventRegistration>(port.FlipEvents);
         }
 
+        if (submitGpuImage &&
+            bufferIndex >= 0 &&
+            TryGetDisplayBufferInfo(handle, bufferIndex, out var displayBuffer))
+        {
+            _ = VulkanVideoPresenter.TrySubmitGuestImage(
+                displayBuffer.Address,
+                displayBuffer.Width,
+                displayBuffer.Height,
+                displayBuffer.PitchInPixel);
+        }
+
         if (string.Equals(
                 Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_DUMP_VIDEOOUT"),
                 "1",
@@ -795,9 +820,46 @@ public static class VideoOutExports
         }
 
         TraceVideoOut($"videoout.submit_flip handle={handle} index={bufferIndex} mode={flipMode} arg={flipArg} events={flipEvents.Count}");
+        ReportFrameRate(presented: false);
         return (int)OrbisGen2Result.ORBIS_GEN2_OK;
     }
 
+    internal static void ReportPresentedFrame() =>
+        ReportFrameRate(presented: true);
+
+    private static void ReportFrameRate(bool presented)
+    {
+        if (!_logFrameRate)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (presented)
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _presentedFrameCount);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _submittedFrameCount);
+        }
+
+        var started = Volatile.Read(ref _frameRateWindowStart);
+        var now = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+        var elapsedTicks = now - started;
+        if (elapsedTicks < Stopwatch.Frequency ||
+            Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _frameRateWindowStart, now, started) != started)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var elapsedSeconds = (double)elapsedTicks / Stopwatch.Frequency;
+        var submitted = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _submittedFrameCount, 0);
+        var presentedCount = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _presentedFrameCount, 0);
+        Console.Error.WriteLine(
+            $"[LOADER][PERF] videoout submitted_fps={submitted / elapsedSeconds:F1} " +
+            $"presented_fps={presentedCount / elapsedSeconds:F1}");
+    }
+
     private static int RegisterBufferRange(VideoOutPortState port, int startIndex, ReadOnlySpan<ulong> addresses, BufferAttribute attribute, int requestedGroupIndex = -1)
     {
         lock (_stateGate)

src/SharpEmu.Libs/packages.lock.json

@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@
   "version": 2,
   "dependencies": {
     "net10.0": {
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc": {
-        "type": "Direct",
-        "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "+pXfOhmSCeeMECOo9HMi3C63LVbQ7FBxPFgxPKOT6mXD8Gg/90Wt4fLX4LqUuVbGid5LW6BXAUu1g17XQoawdA==",
-        "dependencies": {
-          "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0",
-          "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": "2.23.0"
-        }
-      },
       "Silk.NET.Vulkan": {
         "type": "Direct",
         "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
@@ -21,6 +11,16 @@
           "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0"
         }
       },
+      "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT": {
+        "type": "Direct",
+        "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
+        "resolved": "2.23.0",
+        "contentHash": "+Oth189ksRiL6HvGCwIdnsYHawqrbO8y49u1H61z3wsfcHhQZeVDYe/wF5LD7fk3NcdgDvwFD3mLm1QWhdZySw==",
+        "dependencies": {
+          "Silk.NET.Core": "2.23.0",
+          "Silk.NET.Vulkan": "2.23.0"
+        }
+      },
       "Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR": {
         "type": "Direct",
         "requested": "[2.23.0, )",
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@
         "resolved": "2.23.0",
         "contentHash": "r8PdIVzME8EH0qAgbmRPO87I4GfgR2j8TofT7EMuRJDf1QluoQwnVypDoFJjQ2ZBSRsGYk5unYxxogI05Ogsmw=="
       },
-      "Silk.NET.Shaderc.Native": {
-        "type": "Transitive",
-        "resolved": "2.23.0",
-        "contentHash": "H6OMLIWdh2HITvkmj+ALs8LTIdQvQ2/JTtkDXinVbJ3xxrQIBXhVmc9jnuTQ67YDybGlENSMrgthzhLwK0rjnQ=="
-      },
       "Silk.NET.Windowing.Common": {
         "type": "Transitive",
         "resolved": "2.23.0",