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{{ii}} A [[Games For Windows Live]] (GFWL) account is required to play the game.
 
{{ii}} A [[Games For Windows Live]] (GFWL) account is required to play the game.

Revision as of 21:33, 25 March 2013

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A poor port of the console versions of the game with few PC options.[1]
Use DSfix by Durante to increase rendering resolution.
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 Hub Discussion.
Steam Forum.

Availability

Template:Availability Table

A Games For Windows Live (GFWL) account is required to play the game.

Improvements

Game window renders in small box unless in-game anti-aliasing is turned off while using DSfix.

DSfix by Durante

No matter what resolution you set in the options, Dark Souls will render an anamorphic 1024x720 picture and stretch it to fit the user's chosen resolution.
A few interactive examples of the game running with and without the DSfix:
Instructions

Skip intro movies

Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Game data

Save game location

Template:Game Location Table

Save game cloud syncing

Template:Save Game Cloud Syncing

Video settings

Template:Video Settings

3D support

The game suffers from poor 3D support.
Instructions

Input settings

Control scheme tips from Tru3Magic.

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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

Remapping

Mouse 4 and 5 cannot be remapped.[2]

Controller

'Hot swap' between keyboard and mouse controls and controller is available.[3]
Use of controller is highly recommended.[4]

Controller not working

Instructions

Controller with wrong mapping

Non-Xbox 360 controllers most likely have incorrect button mapping.
Instructions

Network settings

Signing into Games For Windows Live is mandatory for the first time, and a connection needs to be maintained for multiplayer.
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Issues fixed

General low performance

Instructions
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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

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

Sounds (ambient) broken by default

Various sounds like ambient sounds do not work because the game is set to 5.1 surround and sounds are lost if your PC is set to stereo.
Instructions

Windows 8

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System requirements

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References