Metalmurphy
Member
Gotta say. Texture work is surprisingly good for a game that's running natively at 1024x720...
It's like they don't know what they're doing @ FROM -.-
It's like they don't know what they're doing @ FROM -.-
Dark Souls internal rendering resolution fix (DSfix)
- Thread starter Durante
- Start date
I'm using the 212+ and it works incredibly well. I'm switch the fan pretty soon though since it does get louder during super time.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Fantastic fix, hopefully the devs offer Durante a little something and get this integrated into an official patch.
I said "I'll wait until the hack fix" before playing Dark Souls PC, sound whaddaya know...
I said "I'll wait until the hack fix" before playing Dark Souls PC, sound whaddaya know...
Oh god, it's even more glorious than I had imagined.
I'm getting 30 fps most of the time with an internal res of 3840x2400 on a i5 2500k @ 4.7 and GTX460 @ 900/1800/2100. Only time it's really slowing down is when there's water around like with Firelink Shrine, and whenever I hit up a bonfire.
Not sure how it's going to perform in other areas or when combat encounters get more hectic, but even then I can just turn it back down to 2560x1600 and it'd be perfect.
I'm getting 30 fps most of the time with an internal res of 3840x2400 on a i5 2500k @ 4.7 and GTX460 @ 900/1800/2100. Only time it's really slowing down is when there's water around like with Firelink Shrine, and whenever I hit up a bonfire.
Not sure how it's going to perform in other areas or when combat encounters get more hectic, but even then I can just turn it back down to 2560x1600 and it'd be perfect.
TyphoonStruggle
Member
I get this when I start the game with the res fix...
Is it just me? anyone else have this problem?
i'm getting the same problem when i apply the fix.
i notice that DS opens in windowed mode, then turns on fullscreen mode. anyway to force it to start just in fullscreen mode?
ComputerMKII
Banned
*Nevermind*
Cannon Goose
Member
Do people still get drops from 30 to 15 when using D3DOverrider to force triple buffering?
RockTurtle
Member
turn off AA
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Durante should get a percentage of future Dark Souls PC sales.
Delusibeta
Banned
Have you turned off AA? It breaks stuff.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I'd really like to know how to supersample at least from 2560x1600 to my 1920x1200, if that's even possible (I'm not sure I understand what supersampling even is lol).
Turn off AA. edit: GAFs so full of ninjas...
It's rendering at a higher resolution than your native resolution, and downscaling to your native res. Just edit the INI.
davonaytor
Member
So I read this performs weirdly on AMD cards? I have a 7870, will that be ok?
Sutton Dagger
Member
So what is an even higher res I can downscale from on a 16:9 display? I'm running at 2560x1440 but I think I want to try another step above?
Couple random pics @ internal res of 3840x2400:
You just stick 2560 and 1600 as the values in the ini.
You just stick 2560 and 1600 as the values in the ini.
16:9 resolutions going up from 1080p:
1920×1080, 2048x1152, 2560×1440, 3840×2160 and 4096x2304.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Downloading now - this will be my first time playing Dark Souls. 
TyphoonStruggle
Member
Oh thanks. The OSD was the problem. I didn't even know I had it on.... I never used the damned thing before.
MvmntInGrn
Member
Wonderful. Started Dark Souls on PS3 but held of after the PC announcement. This fix alone makes it all worth it too. Beautiful and with a stable framerate as well, can't wait to dig into this game finally.
Many thanks, Durante.
Many thanks, Durante.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Anyone playing this on a Retina Macbook Pro?
Cloudius12
Member
I've played both PC and console games on this monitor at resolutions lower than my monitor's native resolution. Pretty easy to do when the options are either playing a great game or ignoring it entirely.
Thankfully we now have more options for Dark Souls.
I took that literally for a few seconds.
Thanks for the fix Durante, working well here besides the text issue. Unfortunately the game runs like ass on my machine even at default settings. My computers a bit old as far as a gaming PC goes and has a weak CPU, but Darksouls still runs worse than just about any other game I've tried.
Cannon Goose
Member
My graphics card (560ti) maxes out at 2880x1600. What do you need to be using to get higher resolutions?
Sutton Dagger
Member
Brilliant, I'll give it a try and report back. Thanks.
MatthewB92
Member
What would be a good resolution to go up to on a 550 ti?
Edit: Monitor is 1600x900 if that matters.
Edit: Monitor is 1600x900 if that matters.
That's okay, this is just for setting the render resolution. The idea is to scale it down to your monitors' native res.
Depending on performance, try 2048x1152
Freakinchair
Member
To think one of our very own would save this game from extinction - well done duder!
Thanks, I figured as much, but seemed too simple and thought it may be something more complicated than that.
Known issue, he said he'll fix it tomorrow.
Nope, Durante's fix lets you modify the render resolution into something greater than the default 1024x720, and ultimately allows for supersampling. Use multiples of your monitor's native res and test stuff out.
I don't start getting a bad framerate hit till 5120 x 3200
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
What internal res would I need to set to imitate supersampling? I'm running at 1360x768 right now. I want it to look even better even if it runs the same with slowdown.
I'm getting a solid 30 at 2560x1600. Bless you, based Durante.
I really, REALLY hope that it's possible to fix the text display and super-pixelated DOF effect though!
That... is actually very impressive. I'll look into it for my next build.
I really, REALLY hope that it's possible to fix the text display and super-pixelated DOF effect though!
It's progressed to an incredible point. Water cooling used to be the realm purely for enthusiasts with a massive radiator and tank and all sorts of crazy shit.
This is what water cooling looks like these days.
That... is actually very impressive. I'll look into it for my next build.
It's progressed to an incredible point. Water cooling used to be the realm purely for enthusiasts with a massive radiator and tank and all sorts of crazy shit.
This is what water cooling looks like these days.
wow, that is pretty fantastic. i haven't followed water cooling in years. amazing how it's evolved.
i try ^^
Felix Lighter
Member
Jacked up the resolution to 3840 x 2160 and performance remains the same and it looks great. I find it kind of hilarious that the game went from a locked 1024 x 720 res to people downsampling from 4096x2304 and above virtually the second the game was officially released.
At 4096x2304 I started getting a steep drop to 15 FPS on certain bonfires and backstab animations. Not a big deal since it's not essential to have 30 FPS at those moments, but it reminded me too much of the PS3 version. Dialed it back just a bit.
Matchmaking working really smooth. Amazing to see the game run in double digit frames during co-op. It was quiet terrible on the PS3. Game is really good looking... just thinking about what it could have been if they had put some effort... oh well.
Matchmaking working really smooth. Amazing to see the game run in double digit frames during co-op. It was quiet terrible on the PS3. Game is really good looking... just thinking about what it could have been if they had put some effort... oh well.