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Key points
- Using a Controller is highly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.
- If using keyboard and mouse controls, apply the DSMfix to improve mouse control issues.
- Use DSfix by Durante to increase rendering resolution.
- A poor port of the console versions of the game with few PC options.[1]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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- A Games For Windows Live (GFWL) account is required to play the game.
Improvements
Game window renders in small box unless in-game anti-aliasing is turned off while using
DSfix.
- Unmodded and DSfix modded game.
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.
- A few interactive examples of the game running with and without the DSfix:
Skip intro movies
DS Connectivity fix by M0tah
Main Thread
Download
Game data
Save game location
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Video settings
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3D support
- The game suffers from poor 3D support.
Input settings
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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.
- Mouse 4 and 5 cannot be remapped.[2]
- 'Hot swap' between keyboard and mouse controls and controller is available.[3]
- Use of controller is highly recommended.[4]
- Works well with the DualShock3 using XInput Wrapper.
Controller not working
Controller with wrong mapping
- Non-Xbox 360 controllers most likely have incorrect button mapping.
Audio settings
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Network settings
- Signing into Games For Windows Live is mandatory for the first time, and a connection needs to be maintained for multiplayer.
Issues fixed
General low performance
Low performance ATI/AMD
- Appears that ATI/AMD graphics cards are underutilised.
Low performance Nvidia Optimus
Crash VSFilter.dll
- Crash occurs after start screen.[5]
Progress bar stuck during installation
- Problem may be caused by setup utility getting stuck whilst installing DirectX and Games For Windows Live.
Minimize with multiple monitors
- When playing with two screens, the game seems to minimize.
Windows 8
System requirements
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References
