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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
- Thread starter indigo-cyclops
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They keep saying at time of release...but im hoping we get it sooner for preload..
I hope I can. Have to wait for GMG to give me my key and the game to unlock first. Then it's a question of whether From simply didn't bother to do it or if there are really large issues in the code base preventing it. If the former, it should be possible to fix it rather quickly. If the latter, well, it may take a long time or never happen.
PixelHorror
Member
Judging by the screens of the game where /v/ was injecting FXAA in the game I really think they hardcoded the whole thing. Look at the UI elements and how they get afected by the filters.
However, I believe in your witchcraft good sir.
That's standard. Try forcing MLAA on through the ATI catalyst thing some time -- since it's a shader it affects everything that's displayed on screen.
Any injector for post-process AA will affect 2D elements like that. As Durante explained a while ago, there ARE scenarios where it won't be realistic to fix the res, but we should continue to believe for the time being.
That would be because they are injecting the filters as a post-process after all the rendering is done (which is much simpler and possible to do generically for all games).
When working on an injector for a specific game, and when you have some expertise -- and more importantly, plenty of time -- then you can likely figure out at which point the 3D rendered image is done and the GUI rendering starts, and run the post-process AA pass at that specific point. However, that's just a secondary goal in case increasing the resolution doesn't work out.
Felix Lighter
Member
Are the HUD elements likely the biggest obstacle?
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It doesn't matter who you ask. It's a violation of 17 USC 1201(a)(1), which says that cracking the DRM on a game is illegal. There's no fair use defense, because it's governed by the DMCA.
That said, fuck tha police. Do what you want.
Well my friend and I live in Finland and I'm quite sure that cracking games you owned was never ruled illegal here.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Most countries aren't as restrictive as the US about this sorta stuff, so you're probably right.
Impossible to tell at this point. Ideally, you'd "just" need to adjust a few rendertarget sizes, the related viewport projection settings and scaling calls and everything works. However, that's not very likely since they'd probably have done that themselves (it's much easier still when you have the source code for the game and know how it works!).
If the HUD is hardcoded it requires a lot of annoying manual tinkering, and the same is the case (or even more so!) if the shaders are hardcoded. Everything is possible, but if either of these are the case I'd not expect a quick fix. If both are the case I wouldn't expect one, period.
In preparation, I've already created a d3d9.dll that intercepts and logs all the relevant calls. In case I'm not able to fix it I plan on at least open sourcing my efforts.
The retail version contains the whole game, but is restriced by the GFWL unlock so it's no wonder it's been cracked already. That's why I assumed my friend hadn't even needed to crack the game.
The screen on the right (assuming the injected one) looks way worse.
It's not a steamworks game, people are playing retail copies.
Yeah I know, I just meant I'm surprised that people cracked the GFWL unlock already (I thought GFWL was keeping people out). Unless it unlocked already?
Backfoggen
Banned
FXAA doesn't do anything unless you're running this game at 1024x720.
fluffydelusions
Member
Can't wait for total biscuit wtf is dark souls lol. Iirc he was the hyping the PC petition.
That's about in-line with the console sales if I recall correctly. Still interested in seeing what might happen when the Steam sale hits.
He slaughters ports like Prototype 2 which isn't half as sloppy as this
I eagerly await the video
i think GFWL is the only client where hackers are still able to crack games early.
Nabs
Member
I don't know if I'll be able to watch the entire thing. I will check it out to see how he manages with the keyboard and mouse.
He made like an entire 20 minute video based purely on the fact that The Darkness II didn't have a way to change FOV at launch.
Piercedveil
Member
I didn't even think about that. I cannot wait now lol. Should be pretty funny.
PixelHorror
Member
Man... Facebook GMG about Dark Souls preload -
(not my facebook account)
Casper Ye Ol SkoolGreen Man Gaming
Monday at 8:02pm ·
When will we receive our dark soul keys ?? We wanna preload
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Casper Ye Ol Skool no comment ?
Tuesday at 1:29am · 1
Green Man Gaming Keys will be sent out on day of release -James
Tuesday at 1:30am
Casper Ye Ol Skool Fair enough.. but what timezone are you guys running off ? some countries are getting it earlier than some.
Tuesday at 1:31am
Green Man Gaming It should be a simultaneous release Approximately midnight UTC 24th (so up to 8 hours earlier on the 23rd if you're in North America, for example) -James
So I guess we wont get keys until the actual game unlocks? That just puts a damper on things.
(not my facebook account)
Casper Ye Ol SkoolGreen Man Gaming
Monday at 8:02pm ·
When will we receive our dark soul keys ?? We wanna preload
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Casper Ye Ol Skool no comment ?
Tuesday at 1:29am · 1
Green Man Gaming Keys will be sent out on day of release -James
Tuesday at 1:30am
Casper Ye Ol Skool Fair enough.. but what timezone are you guys running off ? some countries are getting it earlier than some.
Tuesday at 1:31am
Green Man Gaming It should be a simultaneous release
Approximately midnight UTC 24th (so up to 8 hours earlier on the 23rd if you're in North America, for example) -JamesSo I guess we wont get keys until the actual game unlocks? That just puts a damper on things.
You know you're lazy when you see an Age Verification where you actually have to type in something, can't be bothered, closes it down.
Zomba13
Member
The should have just gone full steamworks.
That trailer was tight.
Anyone willing to put up a Youtube mirror? IGN deems me no worthy of watching their videos in HD lol.
Thanks.
Wait, you just ordered and already got a key?
indigo-cyclops
Member
Let me know when a Youtube mirror posts.
Seeing the FXAA stuff has me slightly hopeful that others may be able to fix the issues. We'll wait and see.
Surely you jest? GFWL has Zero Day Piracy Protection (ZDPP) - is a free service to help mitigate piracy prior to launch. Through a simple tool, the developer can encrypt their game, or portions of their game, such that they will be non-functional prior to the launch date. ZDPP requires one-time access to the Internet to check whether the launch date has passed.
I guess FROM couldn't even figure out how to use that as it isn't available in the 360 version of LIVE.
The Elite
BOSS
Yes. But it's not a Steam Key. It's a much longer string of characters. I assume it's the GFWL key. It's 5 sets of 5 characters.
what?
The Elite
BOSS
And this was after spending the entire day trying to order the thing. I wasn't able to order on my original GMG account due to a glitch so I created an entirely new account and received that code as soon as the order went through.
Try it in Steam if you can, because the page still says you need a Steam account to play.
The Elite
BOSS
I tried and it did not work.
Tesseract
Banned
excellent.
PixelHorror
Member
What? GMG already giving keys but not to the people who preorders?
AGAIN?
AGAIN?