Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

Developers
	From Software
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	April 1, 2015

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

Key points

Updated version of Dark Souls II.

Although it supports mouse and keyboard, the button prompts show Xbox controller buttons and the default key binding settings cause mouse input lag.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\DarkSoulsII\GraphicsConfig_SOFS.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/335300/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\DarkSoulsII\<user-id>\DS2SOFS0000.sl2
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/335300/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video

Screen option menu.

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV with Cheat Engine[citation needed]

Download and install Cheat Engine. Start the game and Alt+Tab ↹ out. Download the Dark Souls II Cheat Table and double-click on it. In the window that opens, click the flashing button in the top left corner. Select DarkSoulsII.exe and click Open, then click Yes. At the bottom part of the window, check the boxes beside Change FOV and FOV Value. With FOV Value selected, press ↵ Enter and type in a new value (default is 0.76, meaning 76° horizontal), then press ↵ Enter again to apply.

Post-processing

Toggle post-process effects[citation needed]
Download Dark Souls II: SotFS 3D Vision Fix. Extract the contents to <path-to-game>\Game\. Hotkeys F3: Bloom toggle (on by default) F6: Weapon attack blur toggle (on by default) F8: FXAA edge detect cycle (0.2, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15) Notes By default the game effects aren't modified. You can change the default state in the [Constants] section of d3dx.ini.

Input settings

Game option menu.

Xbox buttons prompts explanation

The game is always displaying Xbox button prompts regardless of real input scheme thus making very hard to navigate menus.

Fortunately the game is also accepting in-game actions what would be bound on Xbox controller buttons. Use this as a reference guide.

Actions listed below can be bound to the same key.

Xbox controller button	Action in-game
A	Interact or confirm.
B	Dash/backstep/roll or Cancel.
X	Use item or Menu function 1
Y	Wield right weapon two-handed or Menu function 2

Audio settings

Localizations

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

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background[citation needed]
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\dxgi.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\DarkSoulsII.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true under [Window.System].

Network

Dark Souls II and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin players cannot play together.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		6

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer		Steam Networking P2P API
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Dark Souls 2 SotFS.

Issues fixed

White screen followed by crash at startup

Install ReShade[citation needed]
Download and install ReShade.

Delay between mouse clicks and actions

You can bind some of your actions to mouse double clicks, however this feature is causing slight delay between single click and its action as the game is waiting for another click.

Disable double click function[citation needed]
Open the Key Bindings menu and click the mouse options tab. Set Disable double clicking to On. Notes Some actions that are bound by default to double clicks will stop working, you will need to remap them. The setting has to be toggled off and on every time you start the game (unresolved programming bug). This can be resolved externally via mod.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate and 60 FPS cap[citation needed]

Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\dxgi.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\DarkSoulsII.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. Change TargetFPS=0.0 to TargetFPS=60.0 to enable 60 FPS cap. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 to set screen refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	AMD A8 3870 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 2100 3.1 GHz	AMD FX 8150 3.6 GHz Intel Core i7 2600 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	23 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 465 AMD Radeon HD 6870 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon HD 7850

Only 64-bit versions are supported.