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Last updated: The purpose of this guide is to create a quick fix with some explanation on how to get the PC 2012 version of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition up to a good standard for playing on PC. Before it was released FromSoftware, Dark Souls' developers, stated the PC port of Dark Souls would be bare bones basic and would have zero optimisation for the PC / Windows audience as they aren't experienced in developing games for this platform. Chuck season 4 download torrent. Despite being a 1:1 port of the Xbox 360 version, a PC game without optimisation options is not considered a good port within the community. 13 minutes after release a fan-patch named DSFix by a man with the online handle of 'Durante' fixed almost all major problems with the title and continued to be updated allowing a similar customisability that even most PC games lack these days. I have published this guide to help any new players, I will try to expand on it whenever important issues are discovered and solved. Be aware that I am not a developer of the game and I am only offering advice.

The most essential modification that you need for Dark Souls is DSfix. It allows you to adjust your resolution, rendering quality and other things such as FPS unlocking/limiting and your user interface. Open the game and disable anti-aliasing, then follow the instructions provided to install DSFix correctly. (You will get anti-aliasing through the DSfix options.). Download the latest version (2.4) here: (Dark Souls Nexus mirror: ).

Set it up with the information provided in the download. Default settings, 1024x720 render resolution @ 1920x1080. DSfix 1920x1080 render resolution @1920x1080, 1080 (disabled) dof setting, no smaa. Information about the modification from the DSfix developer, Durante: How do I use it? Extract the files into the game's ' DATA ' directory. (The place where DARKSOULS.exe is) You can open DSfix.ini with a text editor to adjust the desired internal resolution. Make sure Anti-Aliasing is disabled in-game.

Will it work?. I can not and will not guarantee that it will work for anyone else, or not have any adverse effect on your game/computer.

Use at your own risk! If you encounter any issues that seem like they could be caused by DSfix, let me know.

Will it cause performance problems? That depends on your system configuration. Usually, performance scales rather linearly with framebuffer size, and so far this game does not seem different. With DSFix you may enable or disable the framerate limit on the fly by using the (default) Backspace key.

Dark Souls Prepare To Die Edition

Warning: Higher than 30 framerate may lead to shorter jumps, slower run speed, faster estus, and some ladders where if you slide down them you'll fall through the world. Consider enabling the limiter with Backspace.

Automative save back-ups require versions of DSfix that support save file back-ups. DSfix provides (if you enable it) a 'Time Machine' of 10 save game backups from the past, spaced 25 minutes apart. It's the only defense against corrupted save games, or hackers who can ruin your save file. 1) Open DSfix.ini with a text editor. 2) Make sure the 'enableBackups' variable is set to '1' (with that being enabled and '0' being disabled.) Optional: Change the 'backupInterval' variable from 1500 to 600 so backups are 10 minutes apart. 3) Save 'DSfix.ini' and close your text editor. 4) Play Backups are in 'Users Windows Account Name Documents NBGI DarkSouls Steam Account Numbers' Your current save is 'DRAKS0005.sl2', you may rename backups to this to use them.

Dark Souls Input Customizer provides a GUI to allow you to set keybindings easily. Download: The Dark Souls Input Customizer (DSIC) allows full customization of the controls of Dark Souls. It uses an intuitive input system that allows the rebinding of every action to arbitrary combinations of keys or buttons on the controller, mouse or keyboard.

Although this can in part also be achieved with existing tools, DSIC is much more flexible and wraps it all up in an easy to use package, with additional functionality that is specially tailored to Dark Souls. DSIC also fully includes the Dark Souls Mouse Fix, which does not have to be installed separately. I personally prefer Keyboard and Mouse for Dark Souls because of how you can adjust how weapons aim in the game by manipulating your camera view. Multiplayer Advice Is it okay to summon on first playthrough? I'd say it's a problem, but 1v2 boss fights may be daunting to newcomers. Try placing your White Soapstone sign to travel to another world so you can help another player and use the experience to learn the fight, so you can defeat your boss on your own, guilt-free! But, if you want to summon the help of another player, you have to kindle Humanity at a bonfire.

This will let you transform to Human form (shown by clearer skin and a white border around the Humanity meter at the top left of the UI) to summon help from other player White Soapstone signs. You may gain Humanity by helping another player beat a boss to obtain one soft Humanity point and use that to kindle. Multiplayer Matchmaking The range in which you can summon or invade is dictated by your Soul Level (SL), insert your SL value into this calculator to work it out for you: If you're worried about security against hackers, Dark Souls PVP Watchdog is a wrapper you can use to see if you're connecting to player nodes effectively. Crashes Dark Souls crashes referencing vsfilter.dll Players have reported that renaming vsfilter.dll fixs this problem.

Warning: Naturally changing a DLL may cause other programs to not work. Dark Souls crashes after the intro or endings Rename the 'movWW' folder in ' Steam SteamApps common Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition DATA'. Windows 7 crash on start-up Follow the following instructions for a possible fix:. Make a shortcut to 'DARKSOULS.exe' which is found in the game directory's 'DATA' folder. Right-click and select 'Properties'. Go to the 'Compatibility' tab, check 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:' and select 'Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)'.

Try running the game through this shortcut. Windows 8 crash Follow the following instructions for a possible fix:. Navigate to the game directory of Dark Souls and enter the 'DATA' folder. Right-click and select 'Properties'. Go to the 'Compatibility' tab, check 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:' and select 'Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)' or 'Windows 7'. Try running the game. Windows 10 crash Disable anti-aliasing through the in-game settings.

Use DSFix for anti-aliasing. In-game settings crash Make sure you're using Borderless Windowed mode via DSFix or your monitor is set to 60hz before trying to change settings again. Alternatively you may open up DarkSouls.ini in the directory and change the settings from there. DEP Crash Windows' Disable Excution Prevention settings may be messing with your game and causing it to crash.To find out how to disable this, click on the following link and add your Operating System to the end to find the instructions from one of Microsoft's own resource websites. Performance General When Dark Souls is running try opening Task Manager and setting 'DATA.exe' and set its Priority to 'High'. Also check if there's more than 2 cores using it and disable any unnecessary cores.

Consider turning off/on the FPS limiter that DSFix provides you with. Windows 7 Try turning on/off Window's Aero theme.

NVIDIA General If you're using Optimus make sure it is set it to use NVIDIA for Dark Souls. Open 'NVIDIA Control Panel'. Manage 3d Settings Program Settings and add 'DARKSOULS.exe' (find it by navigating to the game directory's 'DATA' folder) and set the prefered graphics processor to NVIDIA Graphics. AMD/ATI General Screen tearing If you suffer screen tearing try the following:. Disabling V-Sync in your GPU control panels.

Open dsfix.ini, make sure parameter is the following value. SsaoScale 3. Open the options in-game and make sure motion blur is disabled. Laptop has slow performance Find out if you can set up your laptop screen's refresh rate to 60hz. If not possible hook it up ot a TV or monitor with a VGA or HDMI cable. Low-end NVIDIA GPU performance boost If you find an old version of NVIDIA Inspector you can mess with the LoD (Level of Detail) values for DARKSOULS.exe and some other tweaks to help run the game better.

Be warned as the game will lose a lot of visual fidelity at the cost of this maybe helping your performance. AMD/ATI GPUs from 2006-2012 performance fix PhilDogTheMan from the steam forums published the following information on how to fix the performance issues on AMD/ATI graphics cards: Make a 3D profile for Dark Souls in the Catalyst Control Center and make sure no 'Use application settings' are checked.If that doesn't work, if it's possible try disabling AMD Cool 'N Quiet in your BIOS settings. Read orange soapstone signs. Up-vote them if they're handy or entertain you. Take things slow, look around.

Starting classes only dictate your starting items, stats and sometimes a bonus. Any class can find or use anything if you build them towards it. Don't worry too much about your first character's build and stats. Experiment and learn from any mistakes. Play how you like. Don't look up walkthrough guides unless you're very stuck or lost. You can beat the game with anything you want.

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Use 'Kindle' at Bonfires to increase the amount of Estus you can obtain from it while resting or respawning. You need to be human and have a soft Humanity point. Endurance is important, it allows you to perform more actions before stamina fatigue (40 endurance the is stamina cap). It also raises your equipment load, which allows you to use heavier weapons and armour without sacrificing your character's speed. You can equip a spell with 10 in the Attunement stat, Pyromancy spells don't require you to invest in Intelligence or Faith points. After you find a blacksmith, try to upgrade your weapons & armour before you increase your Soul Level stats. Weapon upgrades stat scaling.

The director wants you to consider taking the pendant as your starting gift. If you find a broken pendant, you may want to check a lake in a basin, maybe twice, or three times if you've never seen one. Consider buying 5-10 'Indictment' items, it'll punish online players who bully you. If you want to make more characters but don't have enough save slots; navigate to your save folder and make a backup of the folder using copy & paste. Open Dark Souls, delete an existing character and make a new character. To use your old save, do the same thing again but re-name accordingly to the file you want to use.

I suggest making a.txt file detailing the characters on each save and place them into their respective folders.