Got it working. Fairly simple unpack in DATA folder affair. Does scale down quite a bit, haven't checked if there are any opacity options but you can toggle the elements on and off (which I made a right pigs ear of playing like that as the lock on reticule goes as well).
Dark Souls internal rendering resolution fix (DSfix)
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Got it working. Fairly simple unpack in DATA folder affair. Does scale down quite a bit, haven't checked if there are any opacity options but you can toggle the elements on and off (which I made a right pigs ear of playing like that as the lock on reticule goes as well).
Interceptor
Banned
Two screens i took:
Is there a proper fix for the hud? I resized it within DSfix to 0,25 (0,50) but nothing seems to work.
Awesome game though. I died so many times already...
Is there a proper fix for the hud? I resized it within DSfix to 0,25 (0,50) but nothing seems to work.
Awesome game though. I died so many times already...
My apologies for not coming back with my findings, sorry
I realised that while I was forcing windowed mode in the ini file, tucked away the game itself was a mode for 'fullscreen or window' and because it was set to fullscreen there, the game was for whatever reason, spazzing out.
So I switched it in game to no fullscreen and then everything seemed hunky dorey
Interceptor
Banned
Since the OT seems to be dead i´ll ask it here: Some invader came into my game dropped me a demon spear and then killed me. This weapon is incredible and it made the bell gargoyles very, very easy to kill. Should i keep it or would it ruin my game? I even killed one of the knights who would kill me before in a single blow.
It's really overpowered for the next few areas you will be in, but then it will even out. Up to you. OT's not dead!
Interceptor
Banned
Thx! The only OT i could find was untouched for more than a year. I will store it away to use it only as a joker if everything else fails.
The PC PtD one tapered off but the original OT is on to it's 5th thread already.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=755000
Hud resizing doesn't work while downsampling.
Chance Hale
Member
Does Dxfix not support 16:10? Getting black bars despite setting the resolution in the ini to a 16:10 one.
Cannon Goose
Member
Anyone else using Windows 8.1 and windowed mode together? Because it doesn't work at all for me.
Windowed mode works fine if I remove DSFix, but if I use windowed mode in conjunction with DSFix (with or without the borderless option activated) the game "freezes" here upon launch:
I say "freezes" because it's only the video that freezes; I can still move through menus and hear the sound but that screen never changes.
I have tried disabling the intro skip and texture override, as well as radeonpro and shadowplay but those things don't stop it from freezing just as the menu loads. I've also had DEP turned off for Dark Souls for months now.
The game runs fine in fullscreen mode but I would really like to use borderless windowed mode.
Windowed mode works fine if I remove DSFix, but if I use windowed mode in conjunction with DSFix (with or without the borderless option activated) the game "freezes" here upon launch:
I say "freezes" because it's only the video that freezes; I can still move through menus and hear the sound but that screen never changes.
I have tried disabling the intro skip and texture override, as well as radeonpro and shadowplay but those things don't stop it from freezing just as the menu loads. I've also had DEP turned off for Dark Souls for months now.
The game runs fine in fullscreen mode but I would really like to use borderless windowed mode.
Nabs
Member
You have to find the updated plugin file. It's somewhere on the widescreen forum.
Interceptor
Banned
I tried downsampling but i am back to "just" 1080p for 50-60 frames. So this can´t be the reason for my problem.
Cannon Goose
Member
Started playing again and i reinstalled, with the DSfix 22. Looks good but i'm getting some artifacting?
It takes the form of a translucent line running horizontally across the full width of the screen and moves from the bottom of the screen to the top.
Any known fix for this?
I have:
i5 3570k
Crossfire HD7850 w/ latest drivers
It takes the form of a translucent line running horizontally across the full width of the screen and moves from the bottom of the screen to the top.
Any known fix for this?
I have:
i5 3570k
Crossfire HD7850 w/ latest drivers
Game crashes for me immediately after opening the game
Click Play > DS Window pops up > Immediate crash.
Anyone know what settings might be causing this?
The most common cause of this seems to be forgetting to extract the dsfix folder to the data folder. Can you confirm if it's there or not?
Yeah, folder is there as well. I just threw the zip in the directory and unpacked everything there. Folder is there along with everything else.
Oddly enough, I just tried to start the game outside of steam by opening the executable and the game worked that way. Except it told me I wasn't connected and couldn't save my progress...with no way to connect?
Edit: That only worked once, game crashes now also if I boot it from the executable.
But either way, I'd rather launch the game from Steam.
Edit: Or are you saying I need to put the contents from that folder into the DATA folder? As in take it all out of there and put it in data, or is having the dsfix folder in there enough?
No, it sounds like the files are where they need to be.
Have you changed any of the settings in dsfix.ini? IIRC, setting UnlockFPS 1 can cause crashes if Windows' Data Execution Prevention is enabled.
If that's not the case try renaming DINPUT8.dll to something else, just to confirm that the game runs without dsfix.
Edit: Also are you running Windows 8? I seems to recall some posters having issues.
Renamed DINPUT8.dll to sDINPUT8 and still crashes. So not the fix that's causing it then eh?
Edit: Yeah, I'm on 8.1
Apparently GFWL games have problems starting in Windows 8. Someone on the Steam forums said these steps got Dark Souls running for him:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/205350/discussions/0/846943514174506118/
That fixed it! I'm ready to die now. Thanks!
Nice! Assuming you've renamed the dll again, is dsfix working?
Seems to be. Except I can't figure out how to open my damn inventory lol.
Hey all. Just updated to dsfix version 22, and I'm apparently unable to use my wired XBox 360 controller now. Any idea what gives? It looks like the last version of dsfix I was using was 19, so I'm assuming that whatever is causing the problem changed between versions 19 and 22.
I've already tried a few recommendations from the Steam forums, including disabling the HID-compliant game controller items under the Device Manager. I would have tried disabling dsmfix.dll, as some suggested, but it appears to already be disabled. EDIT: For fun, also tried downloading dsmfix and *enabling* it. That didn't do anything, either. The controller works fine with other games.
EDIT the second: Disabled dsfix entirely, controller still not working. Something's wonky with Dark Souls proper, I guess. Going to check my drivers and reboot to see if that helps.
EDIT the third: looks like my Razor Hydra was interfering in some way. Unplugged it and everything started working nicely again.
I've already tried a few recommendations from the Steam forums, including disabling the HID-compliant game controller items under the Device Manager. I would have tried disabling dsmfix.dll, as some suggested, but it appears to already be disabled. EDIT: For fun, also tried downloading dsmfix and *enabling* it. That didn't do anything, either. The controller works fine with other games.
EDIT the second: Disabled dsfix entirely, controller still not working. Something's wonky with Dark Souls proper, I guess. Going to check my drivers and reboot to see if that helps.
EDIT the third: looks like my Razor Hydra was interfering in some way. Unplugged it and everything started working nicely again.
I'm experiencing a slightly strange issue with stuttering after about 1-2 hours of play. Basically the game plays fine (unlocked framerate capped at 30fps) but after a seemingly random amount of time I start to get minor input lag and micro-stuttering. Anyone else experience this at all? I'm using Win 7 x64 if that's important?
Game crashes for me immediately after opening the game
Click Play > DS Window pops up > Immediate crash.
Anyone know what settings might be causing this?
I'm havint the same issue on Windows 7; i extracted the files on the Data folder and as soon as i launch the game, it crashes. I think i will try the same steps even for the fix on Win8.
Maybe its because you re playing in Blighttown or somewhere where the framerate usually drops. Anyway have you try playing in windowed mode or borderless mode ? It fixed the slowdowns i had.
Thanks, i'll give borderless mode a shot. Is there any way of getting a non 16:9 resolution is windowed mode? I ask only because I currently have to manually switch to 1680x945 before starting the game, otherwise it all gets stretched out...
King Gilga
Member
Hi, I was redirected here from the dark souls OT with my query:
So I turned down all the graphics settings in DSFix to low/off when I was in Blight town because for some reason that place killed my FPS.
So I figure I should change them back since that was ages ago, most settings are pretty self explanatory (aa etc) but I'm not exactly sure what settings I need to change for these:
Also what setting is this that makes the character get super blurry up close when it's fine when the camera is just like 1 foot further.
So I turned down all the graphics settings in DSFix to low/off when I was in Blight town because for some reason that place killed my FPS.
So I figure I should change them back since that was ages ago, most settings are pretty self explanatory (aa etc) but I'm not exactly sure what settings I need to change for these:
Which setting do I change so I can actually see the wall instead of just black? (it's not a brightness or gamma thing).
Also what setting is this that makes the character get super blurry up close when it's fine when the camera is just like 1 foot further.
Cheers.
Just a guess. Remove the files and do this.
That images maked me lol so hard. But, i actually turned off AA even before putting the DSfix files for the first time. I removed the DSfix and the game works fine. Gotta find what could be.
First troubleshooting steps are usually to disable the framerate unlock and intro skip in DSFix.
I'm interested in finding out about the fix for this myself as well. I have the same issue and it pops up just about everywhere. In all honesty I just thought it was supposed to be like that, until I saw a video that could actually look a lot further and wasn't as dark. It's one of the reasons I wasn't able to find where the blacksmith was hiding in catacombs
Maybe it's just the PC version that's dark, but I'd love to find out.
I'm interested in finding out about the fix for this myself as well. I have the same issue and it pops up just about everywhere. In all honesty I just thought it was supposed to be like that, until I saw a video that could actually look a lot further and wasn't as dark. It's one of the reasons I wasn't able to find where the blacksmith was hiding in catacombs
Maybe it's just the PC version that's dark, but I'd love to find out.
Seems like it might be a problem with DoF. What are your settings for that?
King Gilga
Member
I think it was DoF thanks!
I just set dofOverrideResolution to the max and dofBlurAmount to the lowest setting, but can't test it yet. Currently wandering in stupid Blighttown (uggh, I only just got there and I already hate the amount of stupid poison creatures there.. especially those poison dart dudes) and I don't have time to check the old places sadly. As soon as I get a chance, I'll test the new settings in the familiar places.
In other news, since I changed to borderless fullscreen mode (I totally missed the borderless option before) the game is running super smooth for me as well. Before that there were a few random, totally weird, FPS spikes but I haven't had them since. So great tip guys!
Hoping someone knows what this is?