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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

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Revision as of 20:04, 4 September 2012 by Khalan (talk | contribs) (Durante 0.9 information)

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A 1:1 port of the console game with few PC options.[1]
By default, all ambient sounds are lost if your PC is set to stereo. See this sound fix on ways to fix it.
Controller is highly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.
Recommended to use Durante's fix to increase rendering resolution.

General Information

Steam Forum.
Steam Forum thread - Dark Souls General FAQ.
Dark Souls Wiki Forum - PC Discussion - very active community.

Availability

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Video Settings

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Rendering Resolution Fix

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.
Instructions
  • Comparison between unmodded and Durante moddded game.

  • Unmodded.

  • Modded at 1920x1080 resolution.

  • Unmodded - Eurogamer.

  • Modded at 1920x1080 resolution - Eurogamer.

3D Support

The game suffers from poor 3D support.
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Input Settings

Control scheme tips from Tru3Magic.

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Key Remapping

Key remapping is supported.
A number of inconsistent keys by default, for example, 'End key' brings up menu (and 'Escape key' does nothing).
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/Not Working (Non-Xbox 360 Controllers)

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, and requires that network ports are opened or are forwarded.
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Game Data

Save Game Location

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Cloud Syncing

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System Requirements

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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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