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{{Series|Dark Souls}}
 
{{Series|Dark Souls}}
 
'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
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{{--}} A poor port of the console versions of the game with few configurable options.<ref>http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/dark-souls/1225854p1.html</ref>
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{{++}} Use [[#DSfix|DSfix]] to increase rendering resolution along with many other options.
 
{{ii}} Using a [[#Controller support|controller]] is highly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.
 
{{ii}} Using a [[#Controller support|controller]] is highly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.
 
{{ii}} If using keyboard and mouse controls, apply the [[#DSMfix|DSMfix]] to improve mouse control issues.
 
{{ii}} If using keyboard and mouse controls, apply the [[#DSMfix|DSMfix]] to improve mouse control issues.
{{--}} A poor port of the console versions of the game with few configurable options.<ref>http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/dark-souls/1225854p1.html</ref>
 
{{++}} Use [[#DSfix|DSfix]] to increase rendering resolution along with many other options.
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''

Revision as of 02:27, 30 July 2014

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
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Developers
From Software
Publishers
Namco Bandai Games
Release dates
Windows August 23, 2012
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on Wikipedia

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Dark Souls
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition 2012
Dark Souls II 2014
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin 2015
Dark Souls III 2016
Dark Souls: Remastered 2018

Key points

A poor port of the console versions of the game with few configurable options.[1]
Use DSfix to increase rendering resolution along with many other options.
Using a controller is highly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.
If using keyboard and mouse controls, apply the DSMfix to improve mouse control issues.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE.

Essential improvements

Using DSfix with in-game anti-aliasing enabled causes the game to only use part of the screen.
HD textures, fonts, and controller button prompts are available to download.

DSfix

A GUI for DSfix is available for inexperienced users
DSfix increases the rendering resolution for better visual quality; without it the game outputs anamorphic 1024x720. It also allows the 30fps lock to be lifted, HD or other alternate textures to be used, as well as giving options for anti-aliasing (AA), Screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO), Depth of Field (DOF) blurring, anisotropic filtering (AF) and many other features.
Raising the FPS cap may introduce clipping problems such as occasionally falling through elevators.
Instructions

1.02 Patch (2013-09-17) breaks compatibility of many mods

The main executable was patched so any mod reliant on locations in the executable/RAM need to be updated.

DSfix has been updated to version 2.2 which restores all features broken by patch 1.02.
DSVfix is no longer required as all of its fixes have been implemented into the game.
DSMfix has been unofficially updated by a fan of the project.[2]
DSCfix has been reported to be unaffected by the patch.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

DS Connectivity fix by M0tah

Main Thread

Download

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/211420/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/211420/pfx/[Note 1]
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\XLive must also be backed up.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

3D support

The game suffers from poor 3D support.
Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

Control scheme tips from Tru3Magic.

Template:Input settings

Keyboard

Unintuitive default keyboard scheme, for example, 'End' brings up menu (and 'Escape' does nothing).

Mouse

Mouse controls feel very jittery, with very unintuitive results when the camera collides with a wall or the floor.
Instructions

Controller support

'Hot swap' between keyboard and mouse controls and controller is available.[3]
Use of controller is highly recommended.[4]
Works well with the DualShock 3 using XInput Wrapper. PS button textures can be found here

Controller not working

Instructions

Controller with wrong mapping

DirectInput controllers most likely have incorrect button mapping.
Instructions

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 53,80,443,3074
UDP 53,88,3074
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
UPnP is working if the Games for Windows - LIVE Network Settings says "UPnP is available, in use"; if not, refer to this guide.

Issues fixed

Crash when lifting FPS-cap

Instructions

Improving FPS on lower-spec machines

Instructions
Instructions
Certain areas of the game are more demanding on your hardware causing slowdown in-game. It seems that the engine, when faced with an area where it struggles to render 30 FPS, will cut down to 15FPS. The most famous is Blighttown, but large animated characters can also produce this slowdown.
Unlock the FPS cap with DSfix (unlockFPS 1), set the frame cap at 30 (FPSlimit 30) and enable Vsync (enableVsync 1) For the most part you will have the same experience, but where the game would usually dip to 15FPS it will only drop as far as it needs to (results dependant on your machine).

General low performance

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Low performance ATI/AMD

Appears that ATI/AMD graphics cards are underutilised.
Instructions

Low performance Nvidia Optimus

Instructions

Crash VSFilter.dll

Crash occurs after start screen.[5]
Instructions

Crash On Windows 7

Crash on startup
Instructions

Progress bar stuck during installation

Problem may be caused by setup utility getting stuck whilst installing DirectX and Games for Windows - LIVE.
Instructions

Minimize with multiple monitors

When playing with two screens, the game seems to minimize.
Instructions

Windows 8

Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) AMD Phenom II X2 545 3.0 GHz - Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 4870
GeForce 9800 GTX+

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/211420/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (211420) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References