Difference between revisions of "Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition"
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Revision as of 02:51, 9 November 2012
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- A poor port of the console versions of the game with few PC options.[1]
- Durante's fix to increase rendering resolution.
- Controller is highly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.
General information
Availability
- A Games For Windows Live (GFWL) account is required to play the game.
Improvements
DSfix by Durante
- No matter what resolution you set in the options, Dark Souls will render an anamorphic 1024x720 picture and stretch it to fit the user's chosen resolution.
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Skip intro movies
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
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Game data
Save game location
Save game cloud syncing
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Video settings
3D support
- The game suffers from poor 3D support.
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Input settings
Keyboard
- Unintuitive default keyboard scheme, for example, 'End' brings up menu (and 'Escape' does nothing).
Mouse
- Mouse controls feel very jittery, with very unintuitive results when the camera collides with a wall or the floor.
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Remapping
- Mouse 4 and 5 cannot be remapped.[2]
Controller
- 'Hot swap' between keyboard and mouse controls and controller is available.[3]
- Controller must be plugged in before the game starts.[4]
- Use of controller is highly recommended.[5]
Controller not working
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Controller with wrong mapping
- Non-Xbox 360 controllers most likely have incorrect button mapping.
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Network settings
- Signing into Games For Windows Live (GFWL) is mandatory for the first time, and a connection needs to be maintained for multiplayer.
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Issues fixed
General low performance
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Low Performance ATI/AMD
- Appears that ATI/AMD graphics cards are underutilised.
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Low Performance Nvidia Optimus
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Crash VSFilter.dll
- Crash occurs after start screen.[6]
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Progress bar stuck during installation
- Problem may be caused by setup utility getting stuck whilst installing DirectX and Games For Windows Live (GFWL).
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Minimize with multiple monitors
- When playing with two screens, the game seems to minimize.
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Sounds (ambient) broken by default
- Various sounds like ambient sounds do not work because the game is set to 5.1 surround and sounds are lost if your PC is set to stereo.
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Windows 8
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System requirements
References
- ↑ http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/dark-souls/1225854p1.html
- ↑ http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/dark-souls/1225854p1.html
- ↑ http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/dark-souls/1225854p1.html
- ↑ http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32501436
- ↑ http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/dark-souls/1225854p1.html
- ↑ http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32497408