Keep in mind that streaming eats a lot of CPU performance. It can easily cut your framerate in half.
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Keep in mind that streaming eats a lot of CPU performance. It can easily cut your framerate in half.
Zomba13
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When I tried to log into my GFWL account (also my XBL account) for Iron Brigade it wouldn't let me even though the password was 100% right (I logged into my outlook/hotmail/live/whatever account just fine). I had to reset the password to log in.
That's my little GFWL story for the latest GFWL game I've played.
Also, those screens don't look as bad as I expected them to look. They are blurry and pretty bad but honestly I expected worst. Still won't bye until it's 'fixed' though.
Felix Lighter
Member
Also, the game saves constantly and, as long as, the saves aren't corrupt, which I acknowledge is a real possibility, you shouldn't lose progress.
Sorry guys, that was my first run through Dark Souls 
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Here's some more pics:
Those are both with AF/Supersampling forced through graphics card settings. Game ran smooth at 30fps when stream wasn't on. FPS drops were only occurring when I was streaming/encoding at 1080p while trying to play. First impressions are that it isn't as bad as people made it out to be. Runs well and doesn't look horrible. It's doesn't look great either, but it's playable.
.Here's some more pics:
Those are both with AF/Supersampling forced through graphics card settings. Game ran smooth at 30fps when stream wasn't on. FPS drops were only occurring when I was streaming/encoding at 1080p while trying to play. First impressions are that it isn't as bad as people made it out to be. Runs well and doesn't look horrible. It's doesn't look great either, but it's playable.
Well, is it pirated if he simply is using something to access the copy he already has a number of hours earlier? I mean sure, he's cracking it to play it early..
Was just watching another stream and the drops weren't present. Granted he was just in the VERY starting area, but still it was performing better than my PS3.
Fair Trial
Member
Playing it on an old 1024x768 lcd monitor (or a CRT) should achieve the minimum upscale possible, worth a shot if you have one and don't stand upscaling.
I am paraphrasing here but the only comment they have kind of made was "consider yourself lucky we did the port"
Alcoholikaust
Member
completely agree with this
If you are going to paraphrase someone in such a harsh light you better have a quote ready before you start shit.
Citation required.
I agree I made it sound harsh, but seriously this port seems as if it is a half assed effort. Link
"Gamers should give From Software the benefit of the doubt with the upcoming ‘Dark Souls’ PC edition; after all, the developer is only doing this thanks to a fan petition."
zephervack
Member
Damn the game looks gorgeous
when I open this pictures in a 800*600 Firefox window
For the love of God I really hope someone mods the resolution.
Fair Trial
Member
But the problem isn't the graphics though, it's the IQ. When we all wanted a PC port and when it was announced, what I expected to get was precisely the 360 version running at higher resolutions.
zephervack
Member
lol, imagine blowing up a picture to 3 times its size and then shrinking it back down 3 times.
It does nothing if the internal buffer is set in stone.
Uh, that's not something From said, just some random guy.
Piercedveil
Member
Yeah, he mentioned that, so hopefully that's just what was going on.
Moral Panic
Member
2v2 arena is where everything is gonna be at.
TWOP wil be back, Princess Guard Spells, More ring variety, AOE pyromancy. I can't wait to see how to metagame develops.
TWOP wil be back, Princess Guard Spells, More ring variety, AOE pyromancy. I can't wait to see how to metagame develops.
Eh I was thinking it was rendering the game at a higher native resolution then downscaling it back to 1024x720. But thats a pipe dream right now.
True, I'll have to see tomorrow if it's the reason for the unstability.
And as for the motion sickness (I've only got motion sickness before from reading in a car) it could be because I haven't been feeling all that well today and the blurry and flickering picture just increased it.
Still, it isn't looking too good for the game, but I'll still refrain giving final judgement before I've gotten around to try it a bit more.
No it will still be poiseathon WoGing blah blah. What ring variety? Slumbering dragoncrest?
I wonder how much space 4 swinging zweihanders are going to take up.
Felix Lighter
Member
The art really is great, even with the abysmal IQ. I still have a strong urge to buy the game but I'll give it a few days in the hopes that things work themselves out.
I've put in at least 80 hrs (probably a bit over 100, Steam counter isn't showing the real amount since it didn't work when you started it with SKSE or from the .exe before one of the patches) on Skyrim with uGrid at 9 without any crashes so far. Neither have I really had any bugs in the game so I guess I've been lucky.
As Durante said, better to wait and see whether that's the case with the non-cracked the game.
Yup, I was impressed by all the screenshots I've seen so far, but the art especially comes alive in motion. It's sad the tech really craps on it.
Sentenza
Gold Member
"LALALALALALALA WE CAN'T HEAR YOU!".
zephervack
Member
As someone that has played PC games for about 20 years, yes, this is the worst port ever.
Cant remember having to deal with something like this, ever... maybe some 2D games like VVVVvVVVV or weird Japanese titles, but those werent ports from consoles.
Felix Lighter
Member
I imagine when/if FROM makes a public statement, they will be humble and apologetic. They were basically begging for forgiveness when they responded to the Blighttown framerate issues.
Yeah, it doesn't look so bad tbh. I feared worse.
Well, there are plenty of indie 2D games with locked res etc. The Knytt series, NightSky and I think VVVVVV come to mind.
But none of them are ports.
Backfoggen
Banned
Apparently the pre-load is up. Where is my key GMG!
Snapshot King
Member
So where do I have to go to update GFWLive manually so I run into fewer problems?
zephervack
Member
Also waiting for my GMG key, hopefully they wont be super late, I remember them being reasonably fast with Deus Ex HR
hyperbole much? how about ports that would crash before even starting on PC? or ones with game wrecking bugs?
Man, there is a lot of hate here. Hopefully, once the game is out, people who don't own the game and have no intention of buying it until it is 99cents will leave.
PixelHorror
Member
Ever? Eh, I don't think so. Hell, Rage didn't even run properly for a lot of people and that game wasn't even a port.
Holy hell, that's even worse than I had imaged.
You aren't mentioning RAGE in relation to this are you, please tell me you didn't just do that.