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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

Developers
	FromSoftware
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Amusement
Japan	FromSoftware
Release dates
Windows	August 23, 2012
Reception
Metacritic	85
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct command
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Dark Souls

Night Souls
Night Souls: Prepare to Die Edition	2012
Dark Souls II	2014
Dark Souls Two: Scholar of the First Sin	2015
Dark Souls 3	2016
Dark Souls: Remastered	2018

Contents

• i Availability
• ii Essential improvements
  • ii.1 DSfix
  • 2.two Dark Souls Input Customizer
  • 2.3 Skip intro videos
  • ii.iv Patches
  • ii.v Launch from .exe (STEAM version)
• 3 Game information
  • 3.1 Configuration file(south) location
  • 3.2 Save game information location
  • 3.3 Save game cloud syncing
• 4 Video
  • 4.1 Multi-monitor
  • iv.2 Borderless fullscreen windowed
  • 4.3 Anisotropic filtering (AF)
  • four.4 Anti-aliasing (AA)
  • 4.5 Loftier frame rate
  • iv.6 Ambience occlusion (AO)
• 5 Input
• 6 Sound
  • 6.1 Localizations
• vii Network
  • vii.ane Multiplayer types
  • vii.2 Ports
  • 7.three Dark Souls PVP Watchdog
  • 7.4 Dark Souls Connectivity Modern
• 8 VR support
  • 8.1 Nvidia 3D Vision
• 9 Issues unresolved
  • 9.1 Snuggly the Crow dialogue doesn't work
• ten Problems fixed
  • 10.one Performances issues
    • ten.1.1 General fixes
    • 10.1.2 Lower-spec machine fixes
    • 10.1.3 ATI/AMD-specific fixes
    • 10.1.4 Nvidia Optimus-specific fixes
  • 10.2 Crashes
    • x.ii.ane Lifting FPS-cap using DSFix
    • 10.ii.2 VSFilter.dll
    • 10.2.3 Monitor refresh rate
    • 10.2.iv Windows 7
    • 10.2.five Windows viii
    • 10.two.6 RivaTuner
    • 10.ii.7 Reading summon sign
  • ten.3 Controller bug
    • 10.3.1 Controller not working
    • x.3.2 DirectInput controllers have wrong mapping
  • 10.4 Miscellaneous
    • 10.4.1 Jittery mouse controls
    • 10.4.2 Xbox button prompts always shown
    • 10.4.3 Run the game at screen refresh rate
    • ten.iv.four Black screen on startup
    • 10.four.5 Minimize with multiple monitors
    • x.4.vi Progress bar stuck during installation
    • 10.4.7 Transmission Salve Game conversion from GFWL version to Steam version
    • 10.four.8 Game just uses office of the screen
    • 10.iv.9 Steam requesting UAC on every launch
    • 10.4.x Fog/colour/color-banding graphical issues
    • 10.iv.11 Can't override language using DSfix
• eleven Other information
  • 11.ane API
  • 11.two Middleware
• 12 System requirements
• 13 Notes
• xiv References

Warnings

For Games for Windows - Live on Windows 8 or afterwards, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Key points

A port of the console versions of the game with few configurable options.^[ane] Utilize DSfix to increase rendering resolution and remove the xxx FPS cap along with many other options.

Using a controller is strongly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.^[1] If using keyboard and mouse controls, use Dark Souls Input Customizer to set up mouse command issues.

Games for Windows - Live DRM was removed from the Steam version on February sixteen, 2015; product keys activate on Steam.^[2]

Full general data

Steam Community Discussions

Availability [edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	Bone
Retail		Optional Steam unlock.[3]
Steam ( unavailable )

All not-Steam versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.^{[Note 1] [ii] [4] [five]}

The game is no longer available for purchase on Steam as of May 9, 2018.^{[half dozen]}

Essential improvements [edit]

High-resolution textures, fonts, and controller button prompts are bachelor to download (requires DSfix).

Dark Souls Configuration Utility is a launcher, mod manager, and configuration tool which bundles many of the following (and other) mods.

DSfix [edit]

• Unmodded and DSfix modded game.

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DSfix increases the rendering resolution for better visual quality; without it the game outputs anamorphic 1024x720. It besides allows the xxx FPS cap to be removed, Hard disk or other alternate textures to be used, as well every bit giving options for anti-aliasing (AA), screen-space ambient occlusion (SSAO), depth of field (DOF) blurring, anisotropic filtering (AF) and many other features.

Raising the FPS cap introduces minor clipping problems. Information technology is, all the same, mostly prophylactic to play at 60 FPS, and yous volition exist unlikely to encounter any issues. See High frame charge per unit for more than data.

Install DSfix[7]
Disable in-game anti-aliasing. Download the latest version of DSfix. Extract DSfix into the Information binder in the installation folder. Edit DSfix.ini to fix your resolution (for example, renderWidth 1366 renderHeight 768). Notes Set a resolution college than your native brandish if you want a supersampling anti-aliasing (SSAA) effect. A GUI for DSfix is available for inexperienced users

Night Souls Input Customizer [edit]

The Dark Souls Input Customizer (DSIC) allows full customization of the controls of Dark Souls. It uses an intuitive input organisation that allows the rebinding of every activeness to arbitrary combinations of keys or buttons on the controller, mouse or keyboard. Although this can in part too exist achieved with existing tools, DSIC is much more flexible and wraps information technology all upwards in an easy-to-use package, with boosted functionality that is specially tailored to Night Souls. DSIC besides fully includes the Nighttime Souls Mouse Fix, which does not have to exist installed separately. Get mouse and keyboard prompts (but default settings) here.

Skip intro videos [edit]

Skip intro[7]
Install DSfix. Edit DSfix.ini Change skipIntro 0 to skipIntro i Salvage your changes.

Patches [edit]

A Championship Update is available for the Games for Windows - LIVE version. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update tin besides be downloaded manually (Title Update 1 (1.0.1.0), Title Update 2 (one.0.ii.0), Title Update three (Steamworks migration patch) - extract the contents and run TitleUpdate.msi).

Launch from .exe (STEAM version) [edit]

The current version of the game tin only be launched from the STEAM client. If you desire to run it by clicking DarkSouls.exe or a Windows shortcut, create a text file "steam_appid.txt" with the post-obit content: "211420" (without quotes) and place information technology adjacent to DarkSouls.exe.

Game data [edit]

Configuration file(s) location [edit]

Salve game information location [edit]

For the Games for Windows - LIVE version %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\XLive must also exist backed up.

Salvage game deject syncing [edit]

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud		95,87 MB bachelor

Video [edit]

Video settings.

Multi-monitor [edit]

3rd political party fixes [commendation needed]
Use DSfix together with Widescreen Logroller. For v1.0.2 & v1.0.three use the updated Widescreen Logroller plugin.

Borderless fullscreen windowed [edit]

borderlessFullscreen 1[7]
Install DSfix. Open DSfix.ini. Change borderlessFullscreen 0 to borderlessFullscreen 1 Salve your changes. Select windowed mode in the game settings. If y'all leave it on fullscreen manner, the game will crash if you alt-tab.

Anisotropic filtering (AF) [edit]

Set AF override [commendation needed]
Install DSfix. Edit DSfix.ini Modify filteringOverride 0 to filteringOverride 2 Save your changes.

Anti-aliasing (AA) [edit]

Anti-aliasing may exist forced with the compatibility flag 0x004000C0. Sparse Grid Supersampling gives a blurry outcome. Multisampling combined with transparency supersampling seems to piece of work well (this author uses 4x on each). Some nighttime diagonal line artifacts are visible on my organisation occasionally with these settings but aren't obtrusive. DSfix's antialiasing should be turned off for this.

High frame charge per unit [edit]

Brand changes in dsfix.ini[10]

Install DSfix. Open DSfix.ini. Change unlockFPS 0 to unlockFPS 1 Optionally, change FPSlimit threescore to the desired frame rate cap. Salvage your changes. Notes Some side effects affecting gameplay:[11] Gamble to fall through the flooring when sliding down ladders Undead Burg Curt ladder leading to three firebomb throwing hollows warriors.[12] [thirteen] The ladder beneath the bridge with Hellkite Dragon.[13] Tomb of the Giants The entrance to Pinwheel's crypt. Chance to "run" slower than you walk when frame charge per unit is over sixty FPS.[14] Bound/curlicue distance is slightly reduced at 60 FPS. Slope interactions are slightly different at 60 FPS, may crusade getting "stuck" on small obstructions from fourth dimension to time.[15] Undead Dragon's "toxic sludge" doesn't render properly when playing at 60 FPS.[xvi] [17] Sometimes y'all become stuck at a bonfire and have to force quit game.[18] In that location is a mod that fixes the issue: https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/1343 Glowing red eyes of some undead merchants and enemies will start flickering when playing at 60 FPS (starts to exist noticeable at 40-45 FPS). Notes By default, DSfix includes a hotkey to toggle unlockFPS mid game. Simply press ← Backspace at any time to switch between 30 FPS and your configured FPSlimit.

Ambient occlusion (AO) [edit]

Just use one of the below methods; not both at the same time!

Enable ambient occlusion using DSfix
Install DSfix. Open up <path-to-game>\Information\DSfix.ini Scroll down to the Ambient Occlusion section and change the parameters as desired. Salvage and close the file when finished.

Enable ambient apoplexy using Nvidia Profile Inspector (Nvidia simply)
Download and launch Nvidia Profile Inspector. Change Profiles to Nighttime Souls. Prepare Ambient Occlusion compatibility to one of the following: Soft AO effect: 0x00000029 (Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim) Stronger AO upshot: 0x00000003 (Fallout - New Vegas, Fallout 3) Click Employ changes.

Input [edit]

Command scheme tips.^[19]

Audio [edit]

Sound feature	Land	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround audio		Upwardly to 7.1 output[21]
Subtitles
Airtight captions
Mute on focus lost		Tin can non be disabled.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German language
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Ukrainian				Fan translation.

Network [edit]

Online features in non-Steam versions crave a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	53,80,443,3074
UDP	53,88,3074

This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

UPnP is working in the Games for Windows - Alive version if the Games for Windows - Alive Network Settings says "UPnP is available, in utilise"; if not, refer to this guide.

Dark Souls PVP Watchdog [edit]

BitBucket, Main thread, Download

Dark Souls PVP Watchdog is a tool designed to prevent some common forms of cheating and tampering in online sessions, and gives the player the ability to ban offenders from their worlds.

Disclaimer: read the overview in the first link.

Installation of DSPVPWatchdog[seven]

Download the tool from the link in a higher place Extract it in Dark Souls DATA folder Launch Nighttime Souls as usual Should an offender invade your world (or should you invade the world of a cheater), printing F1 to disconnect the offender, or printing F5 to ignore the warning. Dangerous effects similar curse, petrify, egg head, and teleport are disabled and prevented during invasions and don't need whatsoever user interaction.

Dark Souls Connectivity Mod [edit]

Developer'south Site, Download, NexusMods

The problem: Recent versions of Dark Souls have trouble connecting to other nodes, making Multiplayer difficult or even incommunicable.

Dark Souls Connectivity Mod is a tool that attaches itself to Dark Souls process, assuasive it to connect to player nodes.

A side-effect of existence able to choose a node, Co-Op and PvP with select players becomes possible.

Install DSCM [commendation needed]

Download and excerpt DSCM to a binder of your choice. Simply run DSCM whenever you lot play Dark Souls. By default DSCM should already connect you to DSCM-Net, improving multiplayer connectivity. DSCM and Dark Souls practise not demand to exist started in any specific order. You tin can run DSCM before starting Dark Souls, or you lot can run DSCM after the game is already open. DSCM will "just work" no affair when information technology is started.

VR support [edit]

Nvidia 3D Vision [edit]

The game suffers from poor Nvidia 3D Vision back up.

3D Vision gear up by Helix [citation needed]
Use together with DSfix. 3D does not work with borderless fullscreen. Download the fix from Helix Modern's web site. Extract the content to <path-to-game>\DATA

Bug unresolved [edit]

Snuggly the Crow dialogue doesn't piece of work [edit]

Snuggly the Crow dialogue may non play when player approaches the nest.^{[22] [23]}

This issue was introduced by ane of the Steamworks updates in 2014-15, retail/GFWL version 1.0.2.0 is non affected.

Reloading the game after budgeted the nest can assistance trigger dialogue.

Bug stock-still [edit]

Performances problems [edit]

Full general fixes [edit]

Data.exe Priority [commendation needed]
Reportedly working with Nvidia cards.[24] Open Chore Manager. Fix priority of Information.exe to a college value.

Processor affinity [commendation needed]
Fix processor affinity to simply 2 of the available processors.

Lower-spec machine fixes [edit]

Adapt settings in DSfix [citation needed]
Disable anti-aliasing (aaQuality 0) Use lowest quality SSAO (ssaoScale 3) Set a resolution lower than your native display to meliorate performance on older machines, at the cost of up-scaled blurriness and aliasing.

Conform settings in game [citation needed]
Disable motion mistiness.

Certain areas of the game are more demanding on your hardware causing slowdown in-game. It seems that the engine, when faced with an area where it struggles to render 30 FPS, volition cutting down to 15FPS. The nigh famous is Blighttown, but big animated characters tin also produce this slowdown.

Unlock the FPS cap with DSfix (unlockFPS 1), set the frame cap at thirty (FPSlimit 30) and enable Vsync (enableVsync i) For the most part you lot will have the same experience, but where the game would usually dip to 15FPS information technology will only drop every bit far as information technology needs to (results depend on your machine).

ATI/AMD-specific fixes [edit]

Appears that ATI/AMD graphics cards are underutilised.

Set Goad Control Center 3D Profile[25]
Enter Catalyst Control Center and 3D Application Settings (avant-garde view). Tweak settings by unchecking 'Employ awarding settings' and switching sliders to the left. Apply the 3D contour to Dark Souls.

Disable AMD Cool'n'Quiet [citation needed]
Disabling AMD Cool 'North Repose in your BIOS tin can likewise fix the issue with low FPS.

Nvidia Optimus-specific fixes [edit]

Force Optimus To Use Nvidia Instead Of Intel Graphics [citation needed]
Go to Nvidia Command Panel (Control Panel > Hardware and Audio > Nvidia Control Panel). Go to Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings. Add together both executables (DARKSOULS.exe and Information.exe), and set the preferred graphics processor for both to Nvidia graphics instead of auto.

Crashes [edit]

Lifting FPS-cap using DSFix [edit]

Fix Data Execution Prevention setting [citation needed]
Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only).

VSFilter.dll [edit]

Crash occurs afterwards starting time screen.

Rename VSFilter.dll[26]

Monitor refresh rate [edit]

Crash when accessing in-game settings[27]

Pick 1: Use borderlessFullscreen and set RefreshRate = 60 in DarkSouls.ini. This setting is ignored when Dark Souls is not in true fullscreen- your desktop refresh rate will not be changed and the game won't crash when accessing the settings. Choice two: Make sure your monitor is set to 60Hz before attempting to access in-game PC Settings. Other frequencies may be acceptable, but something like 58Hz is not, nor are 120Hz, 144Hz The crash only happens when trying to admission the in-game PC Settings; it is prophylactic to use whatever frequency after you have finished adjusting in-game settings. Option three: Don't even try to admission the in game PC Settings, just edit DarkSouls.ini past hand. When creating your starting time character, the settings may automatically be accessed.

Windows vii [edit]

Crash on startup

Run DARKSOULS.exe nether Windows Vista SP2 Compatibility Mode [citation needed]

Windows 8 [edit]

Reinstall gfwlivesetup.exe[28]
Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable. Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows Market. Install the Games for Windows Market place Client. Uncheck compatibility way. If none of this works, endeavor downloading the latest windows essentials and signing in.

Steam Compatibility settings prepare [citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\DATA. Right click DATA and go to Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and uncheck Run as Ambassador. Click Apply.

DSfix [citation needed]
Get to <path-to-game>\DATA. Correct click DARKSOULS.exe and get to Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and check Run this programme in compatibility fashion for:. Select Windows vii from the drop down list. Click Employ. Repeat steps 2-5 for DATA.exe (not present in the Steam version)

RivaTuner [edit]

Plow off Custom Direct3D support [commendation needed]

Reading summon sign [edit]

Reading a summoning sign causes Dark Souls to crash to desktop.

Brand sure the user placing the summoning sign has a Steam profile name consisting of less than 16 characters[29]
Open Steam Open the Friends/Chat window Click the dropdown pointer next to your username Click Edit profile name Change your username to something less than 16 characters When done, click confirm

Controller problems [edit]

Controller not working [edit]

Brand your controller the 'first' ane[30]
Game detects 'first' controller driver.< Uninstall controller drivers. Reinstall controller drivers. If using Xbox 360 Controller, use these drivers: Wired and wireless drivers

Disable whatever not-360 controller[31]
Open device manager Disable whatever other HID-compliant game controller

DirectInput controllers take wrong mapping [edit]

Use X360ce to ready the issue past emulating the official Xbox 360 Controller.

Utilize X360ce [citation needed]

Download X360ce. Put xBox360ce.exe into <path-to-game>\DATA\ Start xBox360ce.exe and confirm creation of all DLLs. Controller should exist detected. Examination all buttons and sticks. Shut X360ce. Open x360ce.ini.[32] Go to section [InputHook]. Add together a line HookCOM=ane after HookMode=1. Save. Open Dark Souls, which should now find the not-Xbox 360 Controller as an official Xbox 360 Controller.

Miscellaneous [edit]

Jittery mouse controls [edit]

Mouse controls feel very jittery, with unintuitive results when the photographic camera collides with a wall or the floor.

Use raw mouse input gear up [citation needed]
Use Dark Souls Input Customizer.

Xbox push button prompts always shown [edit]

Add keyboard/mouse icons [citation needed]
Use Modern keyboard interface icons.

Run the game at screen refresh charge per unit [edit]

Fullscreen mode defaults to sixty Hz, fifty-fifty if the screen refresh charge per unit is gear up college than that.

Set up refresh rate through DSfix[33]
Install DSfix. Open DSfix.ini. Change forceFullscreen 0 to forceFullscreen 1. Alter fullscreenHz 60 to the screen refresh rate. Salvage your changes.

Set up refresh rate through DarkSouls.ini[33]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open DarkSouls.ini. Gear up RefreshRate to the screen refresh rate, east.g. RefreshRate = 120.

Blackness screen on startup [edit]

The game's window remains blackness after launching and is "Not Responding" if clicked on.

The issue can also occur when a USB DAC is plugged in i.e. Fiio E17K. ^{[citation needed]}

Nvidia drivers: Create a profile in Nvidia Control Console[34]
Start the Nvidia Control Panel. Navigate to Manage 3D settings. Select the Program Settings tab. Click Add and navigate to <path-to-game>\darksouls.exe. No profile changes are necessary. Click Use, then run the game.

Disable HID Game Controller[35]
Plug in your controller. Brand sure the game isn't running. Open the Device Manager. Under Human being Interface Devices disable HID-compliant game controller. Run the game.

Disable HID-Compliant consumer control device [citation needed]
Plug in your USB DAC. Make sure the game isn't running. Open the Device Director. Under Human Interface Devices disable HID-Compliant consumer control device. Run the game.

If the to a higher place fails, endeavor unplugging the controller and then running the game [citation needed]

Minimize with multiple monitors [edit]

Fix binds the mouse to a unmarried screen (DSFix has this characteristic built in).

CursorLock[30]
Download CursorLock. Open CursorLockSetup.exe Shortcut > Program Way. Set DARKSOULS.exe in the 'Open up Program' field. Fix Data.exe in the 'Lock Plan' field. Click 'Create Shortcut', and run the game using this shortcut.

Progress bar stuck during installation [edit]

Trouble may exist acquired by setup utility getting stuck whilst installing DirectX and Games for Windows - Alive.

End Install Processes [commendation needed]
Make sure DirectX and Games for Windows - Alive are individually updated. Open the Task Manager (Ctrl+ ⇧ Shift+Esc) and go to the 'Processes' tab. When dxsetup or gfwlsetup show up, cancel the processes. Note: the gfwlsetup may appear only briefly. This should let installation to continue.

Manual Salvage Game conversion from GFWL version to Steam version [edit]

Useful if the automatic conversion fails. All the same, this will but transfer your game land WITHOUT your achievements.

Manual save game conversion [commendation needed]
Open the save game folder located in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\NBGI\DarkSouls\. Yous will find a binder named later on your GFWL contour. Open information technology and copy the file named DRAKS0005.sl2. Go back one level and paste said file into %USERPROFILE%\Documents\NBGI\DarkSouls\.

Game merely uses part of the screen [edit]

DSfix anti-aliasing conflict

Using DSfix with in-game anti-aliasing enabled causes the game to only utilise part of the screen.

Disable the in-game anti-aliasing [citation needed]

Steam requesting UAC on every launch [edit]

The issue is that Steam is trying to install Gfwlivesetup.exe but Steam also stopped supplying the executable with new downloads.

UAC fix[36]
Copy %WINDIR%\System32\Notepad.exe to <path-to-game>\REDIST\GFWL\ Rename Notepad.exe to gfwlivesetup.exe Launch the game and it will ask for UAC 1 last time.

UAC fix using Regedit [commendation needed]
This method will force Steam into thinking it'south installed already Make a txt file Copy the following code into it Relieve it as a .reg file Run it & Merge it Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\211420] "directx"=dword:00000001 "gfwlivesetup"=dword:00000001

Fog/colour/colour-banding graphical issues [edit]

The graphics (mostly the colour) looks very weird. Instance prototype here.

Set anti-aliasing to FXAA in dsfix.ini[37]
Make sure that you have installed DSfix Brand sure anti-aliasing is disabled in the game options Make sure the game isn't running Open <path-to-game>\Information\DSfix.ini Set the option aaType to aaType FXAA Run the game

Can't override language using DSfix [edit]

Language override is being ignored on some Windows 10 systems

Use executable compatibility mode [citation needed]
Right click DARKSOULS.exe and go to 'Properties'. On the 'Compatibility' tab tick Run this program in compatibility mode for: and choose Windows 7.

Other information [edit]

API [edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware [edit]

System requirements [edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (Bone)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Phenom II X2 545 iii.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0 GHz
Arrangement memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hd (HDD)	4 GB
Video menu (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 4870 Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

1. ↑ Games for Windows - Alive DRM features: SSA+ZDPP activation, supports local profiles.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} File/binder structure inside this directory reflects the path(south) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (utilize Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud back up may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/211420/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (211420) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes every bit frontwards slashes. Encounter the glossary page for details.

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} GameSpy: Nighttime Souls: Prepare to Die Edition Review - Page 1
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.i 2.2} HOW TO: Replace Games for Windows Live functionality with Steamworks functionality in Dark Souls™ Prepare To Die Edition for PC :: Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition Full general Discussions
3. ↑ Retail version can now be added to Steam library - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
4. ↑ Steam Community - Rejoice, no Denuvo. - final accessed on 2018-02-26

   "It's mostly older titles, yeah, but in that location were a few more recent ones, and Dark Souls definitely does work: It has ZDPP, but not SSA (I have NO IDEA why that page keeps getting updated to show that it has SSA, because information technology definitely doesn't; the Wikipedia folio is the same mode). The squeamish matter almost ZDPP is that once the files are decrypted, yous can back them up like salve data and just overwrite the encrypted versions that are put there after a fresh installation, and everything starts exactly how it should. I've tested this myself, and I was able to go the game running from a brand-new installation completely offline.

   EDIT: I don't accept much going on today, so I tried my retail copy of the GFWL version of Dark Souls, and information technology worked perfectly. Complete offline installation on a machine that had never had annihilation related to GFWL installed on it earlier, and I was playing in near 20 minutes. I even got an old save file to load!

   "

5. ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2018-02-26

   Confirmed myself using a retail copy of the game, the ZDPP extracted files (DARKSOULS.exe, fmod_event.dll, fmodex.dll) and a virtual motorcar disconnected from the Cyberspace. The game is playable using no profile at all (progress tin't be saved) as well every bit when using a local profile (progress tin be saved). No server-side activation required to start playing the game after the ZDPP files have been extracted.

6. ↑ Existing game owners Will receive 50% discount for remastered edition - concluding accessed on 2018-04-25

   "The original version of Dark Souls will be de-listed from the Steam shop page on May 9th 2018, note that this will only effect the Steam shop folio list (meaning it can no longer be purchased). The bodily game in your library and multiplayer for the game will continue to exist in that location and volition not exist removed."

7. ↑ ^{seven.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Verified by User:Link Satonaka on 2016-11-22
8. ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/dark-souls-review/
9. ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/groups/frameratepolice#curation/app/211420/
10. ↑ New 120Hz Games Report 120hz.net: New 120Hz Games Study
11. ↑ DSFix 1.8 | metaclassofnilblog
12. ↑ undead burg short ladder past Link Satonaka, fps overlay in elevation right corner
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2016-xi
14. ↑ 80+FPS running demonstration past Link Satonaka, fps overlay in top correct corner
15. ↑ flooring collision issues by Link Satonaka, fps overlay in top left corner
16. ↑ Watch Bananasaurus_Rex on Twitch - last accessed on Nov 20, 2016
17. ↑ Nighttime Souls internal rendering resolution fix (DSfix) - Page 111 - NeoGAF - last accessed on November 20, 2016
18. ↑ Stuck at Bonfire on Reddit - last accessed on May 16, 2018
19. ↑ To the Dark Souls pc players. I made this out of frustration - thought I'd share... : gaming
20. ↑ Practice Not Buy - Page three - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
21. ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-upwardly
22. ↑ Snuggly doesn´t speak later latest Steamworks Beta Patch
23. ↑ Snuggly the Crow is Seemingly Absent
24. ↑ Reddit: AMD Users Having Trouble Running Dark Souls?
25. ↑ Fix for random FPS drops with ATI card? (now with possible fix) - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
26. ↑ Crashed on Press start screen. - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
27. ↑ Verified by User:Link Satonaka on July 2016

    I discovered these workarounds myself

28. ↑ Game crashing upon startup (Windows vii) - Page 2 - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
29. ↑ Darksouls PSA: graphic symbol name length
30. ↑ ^{30.0 30.1} Dark Souls General FAQ - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
31. ↑ Ps3 Controller :: Steam Customs Discussions
32. ↑ Game Compatibility Listing - x360ce
33. ↑ ^{33.0 33.one} Verified by User:Keith on 2017-05-25
34. ↑ Verified past User:Link Satonaka on April 2017
35. ↑ https://world wide web.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/1caq34/dark_souls_not_responding/c9eqgma
36. ↑ Verified past User:Link Satonaka on July 2016

    I discovered this ready myself

37. ↑ Weird graphic bug? help! on Steam Forums - terminal accessed on 2019-05-06

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