From Software The Dark Souls Discussion Thread

[Linden]

Funny DS video. That's all.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Stairway to heaven part is hilarious :D

 

[Jasede]

Normal.

 

[Fat Dragon]

Guys, does anyone have precise numbers of how much damage is increased for every type of weapon scale letter?
Cannot decide whether I want to go for +15 Normal Claymore or Raw.

Raw is a useless upgrade path, never take it. Just go with normal 15.

 

[Damned Registrations]

About the scaling; the letters are obviously imprecise, but more than that, they are proportional to base damage of the weapon. 'A' scaling on a dagger will give much less bonus damage than 'B' scaling on a scythe.

 

[ghostdog]

YAY, I installed Dark Souls Prepare to Die in my majestic PC.

After spending almost a day trying to configure this crappy half-assed port for the PC, in order for the gamepad to work properly and have actual HD resolution and better performance with the DSFix, I finally manged to start a game and be able to play it without hicckups. Or so I thought.

So, after I completed the first -tutorialistic- area and actually entered the game --AND stated to enjoy it-- after an hour or so, the game started to act fucked up and now each time I load the game, after a couple of minutes it starts flashing white, the graphics look corrupted and in the end it crashes into what usually is a white screen.

Any ideas ?

 

[Jaedar]

Try to disable some of the graphics changes in DSfix maybe?

 

[ghostdog]

I removed DSfix altogether, and it's still the same. What the fuck.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

From the readme:

It crashes, help!
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First, make sure that the .ini files are present in the correct location.
Additionally, the "dsfix" folder should be in that same location.
Turn off tools such as MSI Afterburner or other overlays that manipulate D3D.
Then try restoring the default settings in the .ini file
If none of these help then check if the problem still occurs when you remove/rename DINPUT8.dll
Finally, try rebooting
If the issue still persists, then report the problem, otherwise it has nothing to do with DSfix.


How can I uninstall the mod?
============================
Simply remove or rename DINPUT8.dll
The mod makes *no* permanent changes to *anything*.

Do you have the latest version?

 

[ghostdog]

From the readme:



Do you have the latest version?

Yep, and as I said I removed DSfix and the same thing happens in the vanilla game.

 

[Zeriel]

This has probably already been posted, but whatever.

 

[Average Manatee]

From the readme:

Do you have the latest version?

Yep, and as I said I removed DSfix and the same thing happens in the vanilla game.

Older DSfixes changed some files around, if you initially installed an old version you'll need to remove them too.

Also turn off in game AA, it fucks everything up.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

 

[Random]

You know, the game became a lot more fun when I got over my inherent fear of PvP. I learned that with a +5 Chaos Zweihander and plenty of poise, you can pretty much kick anyone's ass. All that's left after getting a decent weapon is gaining experience and learning how to counter all the strategies like lagstabs.

 

[betamin]

You know, the game became a lot more fun when I got over my inherent fear of PvP. I learned that with a +5 Chaos Zweihander and plenty of poise, you can pretty much kick anyone's ass. All that's left after getting a decent weapon is gaining experience and learning how to counter all the strategies like lagstabs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL8mpiAEWZ0

 

[Random]

You know, the game became a lot more fun when I got over my inherent fear of PvP. I learned that with a +5 Chaos Zweihander and plenty of poise, you can pretty much kick anyone's ass. All that's left after getting a decent weapon is gaining experience and learning how to counter all the strategies like lagstabs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL8mpiAEWZ0

Yeah, I totally started to make Giantdad just for the hell of it and realized that the game's PvP can be pretty fun if you don't suck. Yeah, yeah, I'm everything that's wrong with the PvP community, blah blah dark magic, blah MLG blah. Honestly I didn't even use the Mask of the Father and instead just wore full Giant's armor for the extra poise, regardless of the fact that I couldn't fast roll anymore. I also used Power Within for every fight AND I didn't even make the build right, I put more points into attunement and intelligence and resistance because I felt like it.

 

[Average Manatee]

I loved to hate those mushroom guys, their reach is ridiculous

And when you block them they still fuck you up so hard. Ancient Mushroom > Ancient Dragon.

 

[Turisas]

And when you block them they still fuck you up so hard. Ancient Mushroom > Ancient Dragon.

Why block when you can dodge? Or do they cheat and still able to move (as in, shift the attack direction) after starting the attack animation?

 

[Surf Solar]

I felt bad when I killed the shroom kids and then their parents were after me.

 

[Machocruz]

PvP is a lost cause with my connection. It's basically invincibility mode for the other player. I bet the total sum of damage I've actually done to people across both Souls game couldn't even fill my health bar.

 

[Random]

Well that seems random.

You just had to go for the low-hanging fruit, huh?

 

[Average Manatee]

And when you block them they still fuck you up so hard. Ancient Mushroom > Ancient Dragon.

Why block when you can dodge? Or do they cheat and still able to move (as in, shift the attack direction) after starting the attack animation?

They can rotate about halfway into the attack, before they lunge.

The reason you try to block is that after you've stopped the attacks of Manus/Artorias/Stone Golems/Dragons/etc you figure a 10 foot plantman should be no problem. But NOPE. Also when you are in The Great Hollow it's really hard to have room for dodging.

 

[Turisas]

Just killed a giantdad in Havel's + child's mask, using black knight greatsword. Shit was rad.

Was that the one with 50 STR requirement? Did you just solely increase STR or how many levels did it take to be able to wield it effectively?

 

[Random]

Real men use Havel's whole outfit and fat roll. Anything less is

 

[Damned Registrations]

Using full havel/stoneplate armor with a vit build and 27 str (or more for a tower shield as well) is probably the easiest way to play the game I can imagine. It utterly crushes every pve encounter. Rolling is totally irrelevant when you take forever to be killed and never stagger. The slow walking everywhere would be infuriating to me though.