Dark Souls - the laziest console-to-PC port? (Update: Resolution Rendering Update)

[Red Hawk]

But this is a JRPG :hmm:

JRPG, ironically enough, has nothing to do with where the game was produced. It's just where the genre originated. Japanese devs can make WRPGs and Western devs can make JRPGs. So no, Dark Souls is not a JRPG.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Amazon has the 360 controllers on sale right now so I picked one up. Apparently you can also hook a ps3 controller to the pc using some kind of adapter. That might be cheaper for some of you.

 

[PowerYoga]

Amazon has the 360 controllers on sale right now so I picked one up. Apparently you can also hook a ps3 controller to the pc using some kind of adapter. That might be cheaper for some of you.

you can use a bluetooth dongle for wireless, or just a mini USB cable. You will have to download a 3rd party app that's internet reliant, but I've been able to get it working after a lot of grief.

Definitely do NOT recommend it, just a get a xbox controller and save yourself some grief.

 

[Dumac]

JRPG, ironically enough, has nothing to do with where the game was produced. It's just where the genre originated. Japanese devs can make WRPGs and Western devs can make JRPGs. So no, Dark Souls is not a JRPG.

I know lol, that was the joke

 

[smackababy]

So this game isn't meant to be run on an Intl HD4000. I can play for a bit, but eventually, my frame rate will drop low enough it crashes. Happens like once ever hour or so.

 

[trigun500]

Random Question: Do the saved games get saved to the Steam Cloud? I'd hate to see a character I've been playing for weeks get lost if my HD died....

 

[Dumac]

Random Question: Do the saved games get saved to the Steam Cloud? I'd hate to see a character I've been playing for weeks get lost if my HD died....

No, I don't think so. I believe saves are local.

 

[smackababy]

Picked up a new graphics card and all smooth sailing. The res hack looks great.

Wow, I had to look up how to get to the DLC area. I even finished my playthrough to see if it happened after the last fight. Made a pvp character I am powering through stuff. 2 hours to get to Quelogg? Not bad.

I also killed my first cheater today. Invaded his ass and booted him off a ledge.

 

[EDUSAN]

there are cheaters already?

 

[smackababy]

Of course. What game doesn't have release day hacks?

 

[Dumac]

there are cheaters already?

Of course. What game doesn't have release day hacks?

Not to mention it is a lot easier to do on a PC.

 

[Jakeisbest]

How do you exit the game, other than pressing alt+f4?

Also has anyone gotten a PS3 controller to work using x360ce? The controller I have wont work with motionjoy.

 

[ImpulsE69]

How do you exit the game, other than pressing alt+f4?

Also has anyone gotten a PS3 controller to work using x360ce? The controller I have wont work with motionjoy.

There is a game exit option by pressing start. The problem is it plays like a console and "resets" the game to the intro screen before you can actually choose to quit.

I'm using a PS2 controller with x360ce and it works fine.

 

[-Slacker-]

OK so here's a stupid question for you:
If the game's internal resolution is 1024x720, a 4:3 aspect ratio , then why are the image proportions not changed when using durante's dsfix and the gpu can render at HD resolutions?

Like here, in the very first post (the first 2~3 comparison pictures):

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488240

How do those images have the same proportions? Shouldn't the first image, which is 4:3 1024x720 upscaled tp 16:9 1080p ... be all stretchy and wrong?

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

Because rendering doesn't work like that. The image that is being rendered is the same at any resolution.

Resolution just determines how many slices the image is cut into.

 

[-Slacker-]

I don't get it... how can the images be the same if they have different aspect ratios but are not distorted?

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

Assuming I understand correctly, Pixels don't actually have to be square. In it's native mode, "pixels" are rectangles. They account for that when they scale the image to display it.

 

[Ferzerp]

I don't get it... how can the images be the same if they have different aspect ratios but are not distorted?

cropping.

 

[Shortcut]

The game is sooo much nicer now with the fix to run it at 60fps!

 

[smackababy]

Is there a fix for that?

 

[Dumac]

Yeah, there is a 60fps fix. I can't tell you how it works personally.

I'm avoiding the 60FPS fix since I'm fine with 30fps and the fix is extremely invasive.

 

[Shortcut]

Is there a fix for that?

Yep. by the same guy who created the fix to the terribad resolution

http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=dsfix

 

[Ferzerp]

The game is sooo much nicer now with the fix to run it at 60fps!

Sweet. I may finish it on PC now. The framerate just kept getting to me.

 

[ImpulsE69]

There is also this mod nexus with a bunch of texture redraws etc.

http://darksouls.nexusmods.com/

Are any of the newer DSfix updates needed? I think I'm still running 1.3 or 1.4.

 

[Momar99]

durante is a god.