Author Topic: Modder fixes Dark Souls PC resolution in 23 minutes (Read 2863 times)

Great Rumbler · « **on:** August 23, 2012, 05:32:42 PM »

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This is embarrassingly awesome. Apparently a NeoGAF user who goes by the name of Durante has managed to fix the oft-reported limited resolution options of Dark Souls on PC. The best part? He says it took him around half an hour to find the code line, fix it, and apply the change. You can follow this link to the NeoGAF thread to see the high-res screenshot of Dark Souls rendered at 2048x1440 with no anti-aliasing.

Took me 23 minutes, without source access. I dedicate this to the people that told me I'm unreasonable when I lambasted From for not doing something that takes a few hours at most in the other thread. I'll make a thread when it's in a state ready to release. So if all of this is to be believed, this is a tremendous black eye for From Software, which has been developing Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on PC for most of this year. But what's embarrassing for From is good for PC gamers: if one person has already gotten their hands on Dark Souls and started tinkering with the code, perhaps we could look forward to some great mods that could help turn Dark Souls into a decent-looking PC port after all. If you'd like to keep an eye on Durante's progress, keep an eye on this thread where he'll eventually post a download link for this resolution fix.

As for our review of Dark Souls on PC, well, it's going to be a little late. We were not given an early build -- as of this posting, we still have yet to receive one. We'll try to get one up as soon as humanly possible, but this is a pretty big game.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dark-souls/1225853p1.html

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2012, 05:43:46 PM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2012, 05:45:05 PM »

In a year the game will be so good.

Fucking Japan though.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2012, 05:57:01 PM »

smh Japanese coders

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2012, 06:05:10 PM »

Tbh, what will this do to the framerate. Cause they haven't even fixed that with all the xtra horsepower.

Himu · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2012, 06:05:54 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2012, 06:07:03 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on August 23, 2012, 06:05:10 PM

Tbh, what will this do to the framerate. Cause they haven't even fixed that with all the xtra horsepower.

Nothing, the purpose of this fix was only the resolution. I imagine framerate is top of the list of things for modders to work on, though.

archie4208 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 23, 2012, 07:22:58 PM »

PC gaming wins again.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2012, 07:43:20 PM »

Steam support are being difficult about letting me get a refund on my pre-purchase. :'(

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #9 on:** August 23, 2012, 07:46:23 PM »

Japan gets a kick in its "X years behind" minge yet again - who'd have thought from the land of Wii and DS/3DS

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #10 on:** August 23, 2012, 09:36:04 PM »

I can't understand why Japans devs are dying

oh wait

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #11 on:** August 23, 2012, 09:44:02 PM »

Durante is good people. I thought he was cool before he went mainstream.

iconoclast · « **Reply #12 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:19:55 PM »

Excellent. From is clearly not good with computer.

tiesto · « **Reply #13 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:21:51 PM »

Don't even understand why this is coming to PC one year late, Japanese game fans are mainly on console.

archie4208 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:30:06 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on August 23, 2012, 10:21:51 PM

Don't even understand why this is coming to PC one year late, Japanese game fans are mainly on console.

Large outcry from the PC community. I just hope PC gamers actually buy it instead of going 'lol shit port i'm gonna pirate it'.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:38:05 PM »

I thought the dev said they werent planning on patching fixing anything

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #16 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:40:54 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on August 23, 2012, 10:30:06 PM

Quote from: tiesto on August 23, 2012, 10:21:51 PM
Don't even understand why this is coming to PC one year late, Japanese game fans are mainly on console.

Large outcry from the PC community. I just hope PC gamers actually buy it instead of going 'lol shit port i'm gonna pirate it'.

lol shit port, gonna pirate

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2012, 11:10:42 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on August 23, 2012, 10:30:06 PM

Quote from: tiesto on August 23, 2012, 10:21:51 PM
Don't even understand why this is coming to PC one year late, Japanese game fans are mainly on console.

Large outcry from the PC community. I just hope PC gamers actually buy it instead of going 'lol shit port i'm gonna pirate it'.

Just because it was asked for doesn't justify a garbage port. Piracy is one thing, but I'd not hassle anyone over passing on this crap after asking for a port.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2012, 11:22:41 PM »

Despite all the problems, I'll definitely buy it...

spoiler (click to show/hide)

...during a Steam sale.

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Fifstar · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2012, 09:14:09 AM »

What's the deal with the framerate? Same as consoles? Or locked to 30?

Also, porting a game to pc in general must be much much tougher than making the res changeable, wtf is going on there?

iconoclast · « **Reply #20 on:** August 24, 2012, 09:24:29 AM »

It's capped at 30 currently. I still get frame drops every now and then, but overall it feels smoother and more responsive than the console versions. (specs = 6870, i5 2500k, 8gb RAM)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21 on:** August 24, 2012, 10:43:43 AM »

So...yeah...

Before:

After:

How is this even possible? I don't understand, people allegedly got paid to release this game, right? Was the blurriness supposed to make it more immersive and cinematic?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #22 on:** August 24, 2012, 10:48:08 AM »

Dear Japanese developers,

Just because some brain dead mungo on GAF says they like how low resolution and sluggish framerate produces a "cinematic" and "immersive" feel doesn't mean that anyone in their right mind thinks that way.

Thank you,
PC gamers

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #23 on:** August 24, 2012, 11:43:16 AM »

Quote from: archie4208 on August 23, 2012, 10:30:06 PM

Quote from: tiesto on August 23, 2012, 10:21:51 PM
Don't even understand why this is coming to PC one year late, Japanese game fans are mainly on console.

Large outcry from the PC community. I just hope PC gamers actually buy it instead of going 'lol shit port i'm gonna pirate it'.

I won't pirate it but I will wait till it's like $5.00, lol!

Fifstar · « **Reply #24 on:** August 24, 2012, 12:17:18 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on August 24, 2012, 09:24:29 AM

It's capped at 30 currently. I still get frame drops every now and then, but overall it feels smoother and more responsive than the console versions. (specs = 6870, i5 2500k, 8gb RAM)

Lol. Why would you ever cap the framerate if you're not able to lock it to a certain minimum. On a second thought it's not really possible to lock the framerate on a pc, so just leave it alone for god's sake.

And still framedrops is also a bit disheartening although it is to be expected considering the other problems of this port. I have the exact same specs and the game doesn't look so good that it should drop below 30...

chronovore · « **Reply #25 on:** August 24, 2012, 12:34:29 PM »

The only reason I can think of immediately is if some fundamental systems are coded to relate directly to the framerate instead of actual time. I would see stuff like that happen back in the PC-XT/PC-AT days a lot.

Momo · « **Reply #26 on:** August 24, 2012, 01:05:15 PM »

brob · « **Reply #27 on:** August 24, 2012, 01:51:00 PM »

^in before shaka.

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