Let's hope so.
I seriously cannot imagine any other reason which is remotely sane.
I mean, even by corporate publisher standards of sanity.
Edit: Holy fuck at that Vitafit post.
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DSFix 2.3 taken down after DMCA complaint [Up: Was mistake; being resolved]
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I seriously cannot imagine any other reason which is remotely sane.
I mean, even by corporate publisher standards of sanity.
Edit: Holy fuck at that Vitafit post.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
It fixed everything shitty. Allowed 60fps and >720p for starters.
To be clear I'm answering for the first game, not the second game.
For those who missed it, while things tick over with DMCA and Bandai Namco - DSFix 2.3.1 is now available for all your broken Dark Souls needs - http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=655
Dude isn't going to last.
No, Dark Souls 2 did not need any fix to unlock resolution or framerate
Yeah, this seems too bizarre to be malicious. Why would a corporate publisher actively try to take down something which makes their product more attractive and gives it better market presence, which they don't pay to support, and which they have no legal grounds for even being able to take down?
It has to be a mistake.
Kyleripman
Member
Terrible.
Don't know if I ever thanked Durante on here - thanks. Good to see GAF rallying round.
Don't know if I ever thanked Durante on here - thanks. Good to see GAF rallying round.
Until the day they make false DMCA claims have consequences, companies will just randomly machine gun them.
I haven't bought DS2 for PC yet, still waiting for it to get cheaper. But DS2 is locked to 30fps/720p!!!!!?????
edit: read post below, phew, Bamco can't be that incompetent.....
Dark Souls II already supported 60 FPS and arbitrary resolution on PC.
GeDoSato is the generic downsampling tool released alongside DSII that added supersampling, higher quality/alternative AA, AO, and DoF, color correction, etc. I'm not actually sure if the original DSFix works with Dark Souls II at all.
There are consequences, they're just not very strong. You can sue for damages, but you really only get economic damages. Basically, you'd get any money you lost because there was a false claim made against you. Which is virtually nothing in this case (and many others, I'm sure).
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I was answering for Dark Souls, not DkSII. Sorry. I should've made that a bit clearer.
lol
what a dumb comment. how much do you want to bet, ds2 sold better on PC than it did on consoles? juniors
Downloaded! Let's see you delete this from my hard drive, Namco.
Really? Don't do that shit. Someone being new isn't something to criticize.
That's up there as the most stupid thing a PC video game publisher could do. Way to kill every hard earned goodwill you may have and at the expense of the single person responsible for a lion share of your success in this platform. So their next step will be to consider any player using dsfix a pirate?
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
They're technically right, but this is fucked.
You know, I'm really happy I have an automated filtering + manual approval policy for comments on my blog.
I understand that people get upset, but the amount of threatening/violent/racist comments directed towards Bamco posted over the past half hour or so is pretty sobering to say the least.
I understand that people get upset, but the amount of threatening/violent/racist comments directed towards Bamco posted over the past half hour or so is pretty sobering to say the least.
No they're not. DSFix doesn't contain any copyrighted content, it just modifies the behavior of DirectX in a way that happens to be tailored to Dark Souls. It's generic enough that people got it working with several other games in the days before GeDoSaTo.
SolarPowered
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I'm 13.7 hours into Dark Souls thanks to Durante's DSFix 2.3 and that great person who fixed the framerate issue right after the steam update. I literally couldn't get over 15FPS no matter what resolution or graphics options I chose with the normal and broken release (you'd think the game would have been patched to perfection years after release).
Namco can spend the rest of their days in a room with an infinite health Capra Demon if they did this knowing how significant Durante's work has been for the Souls series on PC.
Namco can spend the rest of their days in a room with an infinite health Capra Demon if they did this knowing how significant Durante's work has been for the Souls series on PC.
The mob arises... Sigh
I'll take that bet.
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I still have no idea how that kind of behaviour manages to occur in these instances. I'm torn between thinking that either the internet is filled with 9 year old children, or it's just that people lose all moral integrity when they have the anonymity of the internet.
RoyaleDuke
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Wow what the actual fuck? Durante I am so sorry man, some people can't appreciate Art.
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Edit: I should probably say something on topic. Hopefully whoever made the mistake will wise up soon. I knew this DMCA stuff was bad news when they talked about it in 5th grade.
Strife In a Teacup
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Nevermind, read recap below.
And how would you validate that bet? Where would you get reliable numbers to tally that bet?
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
I swear, some people see a thread moving quickly and they just go. "Sure why not, lets post some systems warz bait in this thread. I want to be noticed"
CosmicSmash
Banned
"Please buy the Game of the Year edition to enjoy the true Dark Souls experience.
Love, Bamco"
Love, Bamco"
I got to give it to you junior you almost had me with your bait.
Anyways, the only reason I bought DS1 was being of the fix. This shit is ridiculous, hopefully it is some sort of mistake.
I still won't forgive Durante for not fixing Metal Gear Revengeance.
Enough people bought their shitty port that they decided to make a decent port for DS2, so they made enough money to not have an excuse to be lazy assholes and fix their shit.
Hell, they recently patched the game and didn't fix it.
If it helps, here's what people in this thread have pieced together: Bamco Europe seem to have hired File Defense Service FDS to take down files related to a debug version that leaked alongside the GFWL removal patch. To do this, FDS used an automated tool that identified DSFix as infringing content when it really wasn't.
I know you're probably kidding about the last part, but Durante's a busy guy and he has to pick his battles. MGR wasn't really broken compared to some of the other games he's put work into.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
So hopefully this should be resolved. I'd be surprised if Bamco were so oblivious that they don't realize the impact DSFix had on their sales.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Wait... what? I bought Dark Souls because of your fix Durante.
This is baffling.
This is baffling.
Hmm. Right. Hmm.
Yeah, I actually read through the entire thread (ouch :E)
Thanks though! Good summary.
The hurdle is that these are people from Bamco Japan (and audio/music people at that), so explaining what's going on in the PC world, what DSFix is, why it was amazing, etc will take time, not to mention timezones.
Dumb comment, yes, but you honestly believe that it sold better on PC than both 360 and PS3 combined?
Anyway, there's no numbers to back any of this up so it's a pretty stupid bet.
texhnolyze
Banned
Wow, what a mess. It's just terrible.
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