Phantasy Star Universe for the PC had this same issue, instead of dropping frames, it rendered all of them, so the game would slow down to half-speed at 15fps if there was a lot of stuff going on.
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Phantasy Star Universe for the PC had this same issue, instead of dropping frames, it rendered all of them, so the game would slow down to half-speed at 15fps if there was a lot of stuff going on.
maniac-kun
Member
Thanks Durante 
You saved us all!
You saved us all!fluffydelusions
Member
Nice they gave his name and everything unlike "random dude" on reddit.
CambriaRising
Member
His reasoning is right there. He is probably going to wait for the steam sale like the rest of us.
iNvid02
Member
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Ahh you're right. It's just that my library doesn't link to the store page properly for some reason. I might leave my PC on so I can get someone to start the download while I'm at work today.
PixelHorror
Member
No, other dude hex-edited the fps and res caps. He said the whole game got crazy fast, animations, physics, all of that.
That's good to know. Damn, I wish it would start preloading already.....
TheNamelessOne
Member
insane0hflex
Member
Just wanted to share my favorite Dark Souls video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76iPvmAclM0
I wanna yatta so bad
I wanna yatta so bad
GodlyPerfection
Member
Depends on how much overdraw is going on... if there is enough overdraw increasing resolution does affect performance as fillrate starts to become an issue. Increased resolution results in more pixels being overdrawn. No idea what algorithms are being used for rendering, but there is a chance that increased res can infact affect performance.
Regardless I have faith that you did an awesome job.
Just minor technicalities.
The Elite
BOSS
Yeah, what he said.
The dungeon is a very poor area to showcase the graphics. The other locals should showcase the game better.
RockTurtle
Member
btw dark souls virgins:
HAVE FUN WITH ANYTHING STAIRS RELATED!
HAVE FUN WITH ANYTHING STAIRS RELATED!
I like this idea. GAF Gold exclusive beta access.Durante should only give it to GAF members via PM. Premium item!
Also, for anyone else that are just now committing or changing their minds thanks to Durante, you can get a Steam key for $32 at GMG with the code DERHE-RRDER-RINGE.
The Elite
BOSS
Am I the only one getting this when I'm trying to checkout on GMG?
I had this and had GMG reps work on the issue for several hours. I ended up creating another account to buy the game.
I had previously cancelled a Dark Souls order and then decided to buy today. Not sure if that made a difference.
They have no idea what is causing the glitch.
fluffydelusions
Member
PC version first 7 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-hRBSqpx4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-hRBSqpx4o
Yeah, same situation for me, they don't seem to like multiple copies of a game on one account. I'll try to create a new one, thanks!
Backfoggen
Banned
Anyone got a pre-load link? Does that trick still work?
"And yes, I am playing with an xbox controller, but even without it, the button hints are still xbox 360 icons."
Wait...what?
Hunter-Zero
Member
Yeesh, now i can double dip, amazing work Durante
Now that the flame of hype has been rekindled, here's my favorite fan-made trailer for the game.
AcceptableGhost
Member
I assume anything that references buttons in the 360 version still does... on this PC version. Par for the course for lazy ports.
Felix Lighter
Member
They were afraid that key prompts would have broke the game. Better safe than sorry. Honestly, though, leaving Xbox 360 prompts has happened in past PC ports.
CambriaRising
Member
Give me a fucking break.
From the video:
"i should also note that my gtx 670 is over kill for this game. with the locked framerate, my card was barely pushing 30% GPU usage. I would think if you meet the requirements that your game would probably run very smoothly."
Maybe performance isnt going to be a problem in 1080p 4xSSAA with a 7970 OC card.
Is it like Nethack where you can get a cursed ball chained to yourself (I honestly can't remember how that happened but it did) and
kill yourself going down stairs?
MooMooChan
Member
So for those that pre-ordered from GMG how did you get the preload to work?
My entry just says Dark Souls preorder and doesn't even link to the main Dark Souls Steam page, and once I am there doesn't say I even own that specific game.
When I go to my steam account information, the game is titled "Dark Souls Retail 3P"
Good job Durante by the way, I've missed so much today but I've just read the past 7 or so pages. Amazing work, this is why I love the PC community.
My entry just says Dark Souls preorder and doesn't even link to the main Dark Souls Steam page, and once I am there doesn't say I even own that specific game.
When I go to my steam account information, the game is titled "Dark Souls Retail 3P"
Good job Durante by the way, I've missed so much today but I've just read the past 7 or so pages. Amazing work, this is why I love the PC community.
TricksterLoki
Member
As much as it pains me to admit it, my monitor only goes to 1280x1024, so Im not sure unlocking will do much for me... might do it anyways :/
Cool news about the res change. Whenever the game unlocks I'll be testing it's performance on my three main setups, which are:
Core2Quad Q9400 2.66GHz
4GBDDR2
GTX 460 1GB
64-bit Win7
i5 2500k OCed @ 4.2GHz
8GBDDR3
GTX580 3GB
64-bit Win7
i7 2600K OCed @ 4.4GHz
16GBDDR3
GTX 690SLI 4GB
64-bit Win7
And I'll report back on what I find out, this should give enough people a good idea of performance across mid-top end systems.
Edit: All have 120GB SSD's as the main OS drives.
Core2Quad Q9400 2.66GHz
4GBDDR2
GTX 460 1GB
64-bit Win7
i5 2500k OCed @ 4.2GHz
8GBDDR3
GTX580 3GB
64-bit Win7
i7 2600K OCed @ 4.4GHz
16GBDDR3
GTX 690SLI 4GB
64-bit Win7
And I'll report back on what I find out, this should give enough people a good idea of performance across mid-top end systems.
Edit: All have 120GB SSD's as the main OS drives.
CambriaRising
Member
You wouldn't notice a difference at that resolution, it would only worsen your performance.
Revenile
Member
You know what? I'm going to take the optimist view on why From didn't do it, even though I KNOW it's probably bullshit and say the publisher mandated the console port to be as it is vanilla, nice work on the patch though, hopefully now we can stop all the bitching, and just enjoy the game.
Grief.exe: Apparently the GMG keys don't have preload enabled at this time, it's bullshit I know since steam buyers are obviously preloading, but best submit a steam support request or something.
Grief.exe: Apparently the GMG keys don't have preload enabled at this time, it's bullshit I know since steam buyers are obviously preloading, but best submit a steam support request or something.
TricksterLoki
Member
Thats what I was thinking. Still, awesome Durante got a fix out for people that need it!
Locked framerate and low resolution framebuffer aside, that's a goddamn good looking game.
Of course it affects performance! I must have been unclear. My point was that it shouldn't affect performance superlinearly. Thus, a modern PC should have no trouble rendering at 4x console resolution.Depends on how much overdraw is going on... if there is enough overdraw increasing resolution does affect performance as fillrate starts to become an issue. Increased resolution results in more pixels being overdrawn. No idea what algorithms are being used for rendering, but there is a chance that increased res can infact affect performance.
Regardless I have faith that you did an awesome job.
Doesn't seem to do anything for me. In New Zealand with GMG key...
goldsoundz
Member
Yeah. I think you'll get good performance out of that rig. Probably.
dragonlife
Member
That actually looks really good still.
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
Pfft. Good luck with that heap.