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Dark Souls internal rendering resolution fix (DSfix)
- Thread starter Durante
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How do i do that?
Open Nvidia control panel, on the left hand side, select "Adjust desktop size and position", set scaling to "Aspect Ratio" and set "Perform Scaling On" to "GPU".
Set in game resolution to a 16:9 aspect ratio res (1920x1080, 2560x1440, etc etc).
Should get you letterboxed gameplay.
I really want to finish Dark Souls before Dark Souls II comes out so I downloaded it again and applied the fix. I managed to get the resolution working and it looks great but when I unlock the framerate the game crashes on startup. I have no idea what is going on. Anyone have a clue?
TheCongressman1
Member
I posted this in another Dark Souls thread, but I thought I should post it here as well because it fits here better:
I'm on ATI atm (waiting for those Maxwells!) but i'll try an equivalent route, thanks!
You have to whitelist DATA.exe (in the Dark Souls directory) in the DEP (Data Execution Prevention).
Here's how:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-Data-Execution-Prevention-settings?SignedIn=1
(I don't think you need to reboot the PC, btw).
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Sorry for the double post.
Thank you so much! Now time to beat this game before Dark Souls II!
This is totally second hand information, but as far as I recall about ENB shaders specifically, Boris (the guy who does ENB) just doesn't like Dark Souls so he hasn't made specialized ENB for it.
What's causing the screen to turn yellow/white when this is enabled and how do I fix it? Everything is default, AA disabled in game and in DSFix
e- this is what happens
this happens to me too if disable fullscreen in the game settings. try turning it on or experiment with the borderless window option in the DSFix ini
neoism
Member
guys does anyone get stuttering with dsfix 22 basically anywhere it would load the level it stutters and the fps goes to shit... I'm only using dsfix and sweetfx and I took out the DINPUT8.dll
and it stopped but looked a lot worse.. wtf man I used an older version but cant remember the version # plus Im playing on an SSD now?
system is
i5 2.7x4
Radeon 5870 1gbvram
drivers are 13.1
8gb ram
can anyone help pls
and it stopped but looked a lot worse.. wtf man I used an older version but cant remember the version # plus Im playing on an SSD now?
system is
i5 2.7x4
Radeon 5870 1gbvram
drivers are 13.1
8gb ram
can anyone help pls
StarCreator
Member
If you removed dinput8.dll you basically removed DSfix entirely. Older versions used d3d9.dll, that's the one you should remove from your Dark Souls folder if it's present there. Those versions don't work on the current version of the game anyway.
paperspace
Member
Could someone please post their DarkSouls.ini (typically found in C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\NBGI\DarkSouls)?
Thanks
Thanks
That's what Solaire sees, 24/7
ambientmystic
Member
Here are the contents of mine:-
Code:
[DisplaySetting]
WindowMode = 1
[DisplaySettingWindow]
Left = 0
Top = 0
Width = 1920
Height = 1080
[DisplaySettingFullScreen]
Width = 1920
Height = 1080
ColorDepth = 32
Format = 7
RefreshRate = 60
[DisplaySettingFilter]
Blur = 0
Antialiasing = 0
ForceDisableAA = 0
[KeyConfigMove]
Forward = 87
Back = 83
Right = 68
Left = 65
WalkForward = 262231
WalkBack = 262227
WalkRight = 262212
WalkLeft = 262209
[KeyConfigCamera]
Up = 73
Down = 75
Right = 76
Left = 74
Lockon = 79
[KeyConfigEquip]
ChangeRightWep = 86
ChangeLeftWep = 67
ChangeGoods = 70
ChangeMagic = 82
[KeyConfigAction]
RightAction = 72
RightSubAction = 85
LeftAction = 1048576
LeftSubAction = 9
UseGoods = 69
BackStep = 32
Action = 81
ChangeArmStyle = 65536
[KeyConfigMenuDisp]
MenuDisp = 35
Gesture = 71
Live = 36
[KeyConfigMenuCtrl]
Up = 38
Down = 40
Left = 37
Right = 39
Enter = 13
Cancel = 8
Func1 = 45
Func2 = 46
NextMenu = 33
PrevMenu = 34paperspace
Member
Appreciated, thanks!
Just got a new video card that can run this at 3840x2160 with no problem, but even with SMAA at 4 it still looks really aliased. I changed presentWidth/Height to my monitor's resolution (1920x1080) and it looks sharp as hell, but the UI doesn't scale anymore and the textures don't look as sharp. Does that setting not do what I thought it did--which was downscale the render resolution to the monitor's resolution--or is it just not an ideal thing to use?
TiredGamer
Member
I'm in a similar boat wrt the HUD scaling not working.
Schweinehund
Member
I don't think I've ever thanked Durante for his work, but this seems to be the best place to do it. So thank you, Sir.
After being afraid of unlocking the FPS for the longest time due to GFWL ban warning and sliding through floors, I did it and its pretty awesome. Just gotta fix the screen tearing somehow, the vsync in the dsfix doesn't seem to be doing the job, I'll try Rivatuner.
After being afraid of unlocking the FPS for the longest time due to GFWL ban warning and sliding through floors, I did it and its pretty awesome. Just gotta fix the screen tearing somehow, the vsync in the dsfix doesn't seem to be doing the job, I'll try Rivatuner.
Prophet Steve
Member
D3DOverrider is doing a perfect job for me in that regard.
Also unlocked the FPS recently, haven't had any bugs, so happy with that.
I usually roll with 540 DoF and gaussian blur enabled.
Barrow Roll
Member
Try 810 with Additional Blur set to 1. It's very close to the original effect without being too blurry.
peronmls
Member
What if i set it to 4 instead of 1? Is it just stronger blur or somthing?
Barrow Roll
Member
Haven't tried it so I'm not too sure. But it recommends a 680+ so it must be pretty demanding. Just mess around with it, see what works for you.
peronmls
Member
What does increasing it actually do though?
Give it a try and find out!
peronmls
Member
I did. That's why I asked. I don't see anything different.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
What kind of CPU are we talking about if I'm to try and lock the game at 60fps?
I have a 1900x1200 monitor and a gtx 770 OC 2gig, any recommendation for settings? I should be able to do some downsampling? but I'm kinda noob on these things
I have a 1900x1200 monitor and a gtx 770 OC 2gig, any recommendation for settings? I should be able to do some downsampling? but I'm kinda noob on these things
ambientmystic
Member
Due to the poor threading of the game and its reliance on mainly 1 CPU core (as compared to DkS 2 which has excellent multicore CPU usage that scales with the number of cores at its disposal, which means good GPU utilization as a result), a highly clocked Sandy+ i5/i7 (with good single threaded performance) is your best bet. Even then, dips in Blighttown are unavoidable.
DkS 2 really, really fixed all of the above issues and then some. It lends credence to their PC first policy when developing the 2nd game. Can barely keep 30+ FPS at 900p in DkS1 with DSfix and the unlocked framerate option, but in DkS 2, I can jack it to 1080p and keep mostly 40 - 60 FPS with High settings + Medium shadows/effects.
To offer a dissenting opinion, I held a really stable framerate in blighttown and if rendering at 1080p 60fps without many of the DSFix bells and whistles I could stay 60 throughout most of the game.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Ok, will try to unlock FR tomorrow. My 770 certainly should handle it, even though my i5 is a couple of years old :/
Have anyone really experienced getting banned from gfwl for doing so?
Have anyone really experienced getting banned from gfwl for doing so?
OminoMichelin
Member
I have a 4400 and it never goes below 40FPS. I generally lock it at that framerate, keeps the bugs at a minimum: the only one I consistently get is fallind down the world when sliding down the ladder near the drake.
GFWL is getting shut down in June, so I doubt they'll be banning anybody.
And even if it weren't shutting down (and to be fair, LIVE as a service will still be alive on 360 and Xbone, so a ban would affect those as well I imagine), no one has actually gotten banned for unlocking the framerate, that we have heard anyway. And we've all done it, and nothing happened.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Anyway, tried unlocking the framerate, but the game crashes on start-up now. Any ideas?
So I just started using the DSfix and it keeps loading up my save file but that save is not at a bonfire amd it's just at the last place I stopped playing the game. How do I turn that off or fix it? It feels like cheating.
here's a vid of the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3cRpZWX1Hk
here's a vid of the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3cRpZWX1Hk
OminoMichelin
Member
Why would it be cheating?
Well that means I've been playing the game under the impression that I had to get to a bonfire to save for about 15 hours.
Nope, you just have to get to a bonfire to replenish and establish a spawn-point.
Heh. You can't quit in the middle of the boss and come back to the same point, you will spawn outside the fog gate with the boss at full health.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
dumbass.. Turns out I had installed an old version of the fix. Now it runs like butter locked @60
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Is 16:10 resolutions not supported?
I've been trying to set resolution to 1920x1200, but it seems to be running at 1920x1080 no matter what.
edit: Ok, I think it was restored to 1920x1080 in the game settings some what. But it is still not running at complete full screen.
I've been trying to set resolution to 1920x1200, but it seems to be running at 1920x1080 no matter what.
edit: Ok, I think it was restored to 1920x1080 in the game settings some what. But it is still not running at complete full screen.
Ill give it a try later and see what i can do.
StarCreator
Member
16:10 is not supported. There are tools (that are not DSFix) that can change the viewport size, but I don't know of much beyond that.
molnizzle
Member
Yo. I picked up this game from the Steam sale last weekend and was able to finally get DSfix running after disabling the custom D3D setting in Afterburner. It works great! Unbelievable improvement over the original now that it's rendering at native 1080p with maxed SMAA and VSSAO2.
My question is about downsampling. I take it that I can use the DSfix INI to accomplish that, but if I do, would I need to mess with any other settings like DoF and the like? And if so, how would I go about figuring out which settings those are? Should I just use GeDoSaTo or is that not possible/recommended for the first game?
Thanks.
My question is about downsampling. I take it that I can use the DSfix INI to accomplish that, but if I do, would I need to mess with any other settings like DoF and the like? And if so, how would I go about figuring out which settings those are? Should I just use GeDoSaTo or is that not possible/recommended for the first game?
Thanks.