Exactly. I certainly won't release this.
This is a good question. Out of morbid curiousity I'm thinking of including a toggle in my personal version and activating it the next time a cheater invades me
haha that would be priceless. Record it
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Dark Souls internal rendering resolution fix (DSfix)
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haha that would be priceless. Record it
Exactly. I certainly won't release this.
This is a good question. Out of morbid curiousity I'm thinking of including a toggle in my personal version and activating it the next time a cheater invades me
haha that would be priceless. Record it
I approve of this.
Any possibility of implementing a FPS display with your fix?
Afterburner's OSD or whatever it's called works fine already, you can add anything you want to it pretty much. (temps, usage, fps, etc)
Worked for me too! Fixed all my fps issues, getting 30 fps no problem with my gtx690 at 3840x2160 now.
Thinking it might have something to do with AF settings in the control panel though, can't test it right now but if anyone wants to try different AF settings I think it might be the issue here.
I just upgraded from my GTX 460 to a GTX 670, not for dark souls purposes, but it didn't really change the games performance.
The card still goes into 2D mode or low power mode in certain areas like blighttown when looking down, and chasm of the abyss. Locking the game to 15fps.
I still need to try a few more things, and mess some more with forcing AA and increasing or decreasing the rendering resolution. But the stuff I tried last night didn't seem to make a difference.
Also running the 306 drivers that were just released.
The card still goes into 2D mode or low power mode in certain areas like blighttown when looking down, and chasm of the abyss. Locking the game to 15fps.
I still need to try a few more things, and mess some more with forcing AA and increasing or decreasing the rendering resolution. But the stuff I tried last night didn't seem to make a difference.
Also running the 306 drivers that were just released.
fierrotlepou
Member
I can't seem to find an option to turn on FXAA in my ati graphics menu. Damn it.
When you are rendering the game at a higher resolution than that of your display, your ( or display ) will resize the image so it fits your native resolution, hence you are getting the best kind of AA out there ( supersampling/downsampling )
heliconsoul
Member
RadeonPro has the option to force FXAA.
I had no AF settings set in either my global or DkS profile. I had nothing being overriden, in fact. Really not sure why a driver reinstall fixed things.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
What do I have to do to get bearable performance on 1920x1080 using a GT555M?
The game disconnected me for running on 8 FPS for a minute.
Should I wait for the Optimus fix? I've disabled Optimus and run everything using the nVidia GPU, but the game still used the integrated graphics.
The game disconnected me for running on 8 FPS for a minute.
Should I wait for the Optimus fix? I've disabled Optimus and run everything using the nVidia GPU, but the game still used the integrated graphics.
Felix Lighter
Member
I thought you might have meant MLAA but I just did some searching. I had no idea that the RadeonPro development started back up again. I don't know how I missed that, I guess I just assumed awhile ago that it was no longer going to be get any support so I never thought to look.
You'll have to play without the fix for now, sorry. You have to either hope for NV to fix it (and make it work in accordance with their own documentation!) or for me to work around it. The latter is really hard, since it's almost impossible to write software for a platform you cannot test.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
So we (people with Optimus laptops and nVidia GPUs) are kinda screwed. Oh well, no worries Durante, you did a pretty good job fixing it (change was obvious even at 8 FPS, first dungeon
).I really hope Nvidia updates their drivers for this game in the next iteration. It's bumming me out that I can't get a steady 30 fps with my 670. Fire/particle effects send it sub-30 instantaneously. Super jealous of those of you running 2 or 3 times native resolution at 30 fps!
So we (people with Optimus laptops and nVidia GPUs) are kinda screwed. Oh well, no worries Durante, you did a pretty good job fixing it (change was obvious even at 8 FPS, first dungeon
Maybe a dumb suggestion but you could try run another game/program minimized that kicks the GPU into 3d mode or whatever the problem is, probably not great for your GPU but DS only runs at like 30-40% usage for me ..... so if you can find something else that will still actively run in the bg it may work?
Backfoggen
Banned
Any fire/particle effect or just backstabs & bonfires? Cause that's where I get framerate drops but it's ok considering the game was build around those limitations.
zephervack
Member
Holy slowdowns batman, I was fighting a big furry enemy yesterday, and whenever the camera collided with his fur, as I was running away from him, would see the game slow down to 5fps.
I wish there was a way to fix this, maybe its better without supersampling res, but it would be a shame to turn off super sampling when the rest of the game runs fine.
I wish there was a way to fix this, maybe its better without supersampling res, but it would be a shame to turn off super sampling when the rest of the game runs fine
.Nope, fires in general. Bonfires drop me down to 15-20 fps. But, for example, last night I played through a bit of Undead Parish and just looking at the fires in the first area dropped me down to 26-28 fps. That's on top of, seemingly, random drops in framerate in most areas thus far.
What resolution settings do you have it running in? I only get occasional dips during backstabs with blood on and when I first rest at a bonfire.
1920 x 1080, in game AA off and I tried turning the DOF down to 540 last night in an effort to improve performance. It didn't seem to help.
Edit: Also have tried disabling Afterburner completely (nothing) and fraps (which only meant that, while I could tell when it dipped I couldn't tell by how many frames exactly.)
Betta Lines
Member
I'm running a 560Ti and I get 30fps at bonfires at 1920x1080, 540 DOF, forcing V-sync and FXAA in the drivers. Your 670 should handle this much better...
Yeah, this is what's so frustrating. I posted about these problems earlier but here's the rundown of what I'm working with:
i5 2500K (Stock speed)
GTX 670 4 GB (factory overclocked, 304.79 drivers)
16 GB of RAM
Windows 7 64 Bit
For those of you having issues where the gpu goes into low power mode or 2d mode.
Try forcing constant voltage setting in afterburner or messing with your windows power settings.
If you turn on forced voltage before you play it can't scale down.
Come on man. Get to oc'ing with those components.
Factory over clock is just a trick to get you to pay more btw. Its the exact same silicon. Theoretically they should be binned higher but this is really never the case.
Try forcing constant voltage setting in afterburner or messing with your windows power settings.
If you turn on forced voltage before you play it can't scale down.
Come on man. Get to oc'ing with those components.
Factory over clock is just a trick to get you to pay more btw. Its the exact same silicon. Theoretically they should be binned higher but this is really never the case.
As I suggested at the top of this page, do a clean install of the latest NVidia beta drivers.
Not at all. It would become de-synchronized with a 60 Hz display at that framerate resulting in serious image judder.
Betta Lines
Member
I'm on the 301.42 drivers and it's fine.
Heh, I think the 4GB model only comes factory overclocked. Got it for the VRAM not the clock speed!
Overclocking: I know, I know! I'm just super nervous about it mostly because of an old, old (and, perhaps, irrational) fear that overclocking a cpu can cause small errors in computing that will eventually result in having to reinstall Windows. (I blame this fear solely on Tweakguides. I read it in his PC building guide, and it has never left me.)
I should really just suck it up and do it already.
Betta Lines
Member
My stock i7 870 is probably not as fast as your stock i5 2500k. So I dunno what's happening here...
I thought reinstalling the drivers clean had fixed my fps issues but it turns out they came back when I loaded the game up again.
I think I managed to permanently fix them this time though, turning on the power management mode to prefer maximum performance in the Nvidia control panel seems to have solved the problem.
The game just performs differently, I stay at 30 fps even at bonfires or while fighting Sif at 3840x2160 with aa and ssao.
Anyone having weird fps issues may want to try this, definitely solved my issue!
Btw, which SSAO compatibility bits are people using? The Skyrim one doesn't work for me and the Fable one gives weird results (super thick black outlines on rock walls among other things)?
I think I managed to permanently fix them this time though, turning on the power management mode to prefer maximum performance in the Nvidia control panel seems to have solved the problem.
The game just performs differently, I stay at 30 fps even at bonfires or while fighting Sif at 3840x2160 with aa and ssao.
Anyone having weird fps issues may want to try this, definitely solved my issue!
Btw, which SSAO compatibility bits are people using? The Skyrim one doesn't work for me and the Fable one gives weird results (super thick black outlines on rock walls among other things)?
Sorry I couldn't follow all the thread.
My monitor has a 1280x1024 res: should I use this one when modifying the fix .ini file (in example setting the internal renderer to 1280x1024 or 1920x1536 for a 1.5 scaling), or those values* refers to the original 16:9 aspect ration of the game (that is: the letterbox, excluding the black bars)?
* renderWidth, renderHeigh and dofOverrideResolution
Also in the game I should set 1280x1024 or again something else?
Thanks.
My monitor has a 1280x1024 res: should I use this one when modifying the fix .ini file (in example setting the internal renderer to 1280x1024 or 1920x1536 for a 1.5 scaling), or those values* refers to the original 16:9 aspect ration of the game (that is: the letterbox, excluding the black bars)?
* renderWidth, renderHeigh and dofOverrideResolution
Also in the game I should set 1280x1024 or again something else?
Thanks.
indigo-cyclops
Member
So I just got my GTX 670, and I'm going to want to mess around with the SSAO stuff; could someone kindly point me to the post(s) that describe the process?
That's weird, I have the same specs essentially (670 TOP) and a 2500K at 4Ghz (that cpu can easily handle 4ghz even with the tiny stock cooler without getting hot). Make sure you have stuff like the turbo boost or whatever it's called on the i5 off, it tends to cause performance issues in some games like hyperthreading does with i7's. just oc the old fashioned way instead of setting boost clocks for the cpu, mine is either at idle clocks or when used it shoots right up to 4ghz instead of fluctuating in different clock speeds depending on usage.
Same with the new 600-series Nvidia's, afaik you can't get rid of the boost feature but make sure you have a fan profile that keeps the boost clock as high as it gets. The card forces itself to drop the boost clock under use when it gets above a certain temperature and will start going up and down in the core clocks which isn't all that great in games. I'm not sure how much of a problem this is in Dark Souls though, since it hardly stresses the 670 at 30fps. I'll keep an eye on the fps when I get around to playing again this weekend. I'm playing at downsampled 1440p, 1080p DOF and 3D though (it's glorious).
I would not EVER install beta drivers from nvidia. I did that once and started getting all sorts of weird crashes. Never again.
Here you go:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41452645&postcount=2784
You'll also need Nvidia Inspector:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/NVIDIA-Inspector-1.9.6.6-download-2612.html
zephervack
Member
Open game
Turn off AA and blur
Set the resolution in the game menu to your native res (never change this again)
Close game
open dsfix.ini, set the internal res to your native res
Open game
Test frame rate
If everything is fine, try super sampling by setting the internal res to 2560 * 2048 in dsfix.ini
Test again.
When you find a good resolution you rig can handle, turn blur on.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
zephervack
Member
Mine isnt but I wish I could see a video of this hehe.
Sorry for being petulant but:
Code:
# Depth of Field resolution override, possible values:
# 0 = no change from default (DoF pyramid starts at 512x360)
# 540 = DoF pyramid starts at 960x540
# 1080 = DoF pyramid starts at 1920x1080 (for high end systems)
# 2160 = DoF pyramid starts at 3840x2160 (if you have an utterly insane ultra high end PC)
# higher values will decrease performance
dofOverrideResolution 1024Is it ok? Or should I use one between 360-540-1080-2160 even if my native res is 1280x1024?
Thanks
StarCreator
Member
All values refer to the 16:9 aspect ratio. You can't make the game render in any other ratio.
Basically, 1280x720 will be the resolution you want to set in the internal renderer for a 1:1 pixel match with your monitor. If you're going to supersample, multiply the ratio by 1.5 or 2 based on what you think your video card can handle. Set DoF to half of the vertical resolution of what you set the internal renderer to.
Just going to have to live with black bars on the top and bottom.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
The fact that Durante is still untagged proves the system is broken.
I think, provided I understood correctly, that zephervack said the opposite.
zephervack
Member
Actually you can make the game run in different ratios with Flawless Widescreen, but it causes the HUD to stretch a little.
Im playing at 48:10 right now, and other than the HUD, the game is perfect.
Im not sure how the game will behave in a 4:3 screen though, worth a try.
https://www.flawlesswidescreen.org