Dark Soul's: Prepare to Die Edition (PC)

Witcher1979 · 28 Aug 2012 at 13:33

Neil79 said:
Why are all the shields upside down in screenshots?

LOL, serious? What happens to that shield when he/she bends the elbow upright? Correct, shield will face the correct way.

HankScorpio · 28 Aug 2012 at 16:36

Just killed the red dragon by shooting it, whacking it then running away and repeating until he died. Didn't get anything for my troubles except 10k souls....

dmcg · 28 Aug 2012 at 16:37

have i messed my char up? playing as a warrior and got the dark knight sword and specd to meet the requirements

Witcher1979 · 28 Aug 2012 at 17:22

HankScorpio said:
Just killed the red dragon by shooting it, whacking it then running away and repeating until he died. Didn't get anything for my troubles except 10k souls....

Make sure you have humanity, you don't have to be human but the more numbers in the top left box the more chances of loot, so to speak

ZeroUK · 28 Aug 2012 at 17:29

Tibbz2 said:
Its super, however playing with a keyboard is impossible.

The thing I find funny is the game doesn't even start until Sen's Fortress... God help me when I get to that stage.

I cleared Sen's for the first time over the weekend. Man I don't think I've ever hated a level (well, area) as much as that. So punishing if you do the slightest thing wrong... Would like to think I could clear it fairly easy next time around tho.

HankScorpio · 28 Aug 2012 at 17:32

voorhees1979 said:
Make sure you have humanity, you don't have to be human but the more numbers in the top left box the more chances of loot, so to speak

Oh right I've got 0 humanity, I'll use some then. the rats in the sewers seem to drop them a lot.

Warbie · 28 Aug 2012 at 17:41

ZeroUK said:
Would like to think I could clear it fairly easy next time around tho.

That's the great things about Demon's and Dark Souls - how areas and bosses that seemed impossible lose all their power as you get better at the game. Then you get killed by a random mob and it's brown trouser vulnerability time all over again. I go through a greater range of emotions walking down an empty corridor in Dark Souls than I did in the entirety of Skyrim.

Tibbz2 · 28 Aug 2012 at 18:18

ZeroUK said:
I cleared Sen's for the first time over the weekend. Man I don't think I've ever hated a level (well, area) as much as that. So punishing if you do the slightest thing wrong... Would like to think I could clear it fairly easy next time around tho.

I just beat it and I must say it was quite tough, but I didn't find it too bad, got through the whole of the fortress in 1 run including the boss

However I can see as an all melee character, Anor Londo is going to be HORRIBLE

My sword is a regular Black Knight sword to +3, and it already does 340+ damage! :eek:

Makes the bigger enemies like sentinels and gargoyles go down in 3 and 5 hits respectively. It is god.

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Witcher1979 · 28 Aug 2012 at 18:44

I just got given this ring that calls me in to invade other players when they try to attack the forest section, the bit where people farm a lot. Loving this game, never been this far before, got some nasty Armour from same section as well:

Tibbz2 · 28 Aug 2012 at 18:48

That stuff takes a beating but is so heavy

I'm trying to balance out mobility with protection this time, keeping my equip weight under half so I can sprint and roll quick, but still having some hefty armour (atm a full black iron set excluding the gauntlets is perfect!)

However I think i'm going to have to grind some souls from the sentinels before I get too far now

dmcg · 28 Aug 2012 at 20:54

stuck on stray demon in undead asylum

yay killed him

C64 · 29 Aug 2012 at 00:16

Not sure I fully understand how i am supposed to be applying the fix for this game ? is a 1920x1080 fix only what should my ini be on 1680-1050 ?

# internal rendering resolution of the game
# higher values will decrease performance
renderWidth 1680
renderHeight 1050

# 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 540

# Depth of Field scaling override (NOT RECOMMENDED)
# 0 = DoF scaling enabled (default, recommended)
# 1 = DoF scaling disabled (sharper, worse performance, not as originally intended)
disableDofScaling 0

# texture filtering override
# 0 = no change
# 1 = enable supersampling by downscaling
# 2 = full AF override (may degrade performance, for high end systems only)
# if in doubt, leave this at 1
filteringOverride 1

# disable cursor at startup
# 0 = no change
# 1 = off at start
# you can still toggle the cursor with F9
disableCursor 0

# capture cursor (do not allow it to leave the window)
# 0 = don't capture
# 1 = capture
# (this also works if the cursor is not visible)
# toggle this with F10
captureCursor 0

# D3D adapter override
# -1 = no override
# N = use adapter N
# this setting is for multiple (non-SLI/crossfire) GPUs
# everyone else should leave it at -1
D3DAdapterOverride -1

# Log level - 0 to 11, higher numbers mean more logging
# only enable for debugging
logLevel 0

###############################################################
# The settings below are not yet ready to use!! #
###############################################################

# You can only set either forceFullscreen or forceWindowed (or neither)
# 0 = off, 1 = on
forceWindowed 0
forceFullscreen 0

# The following settings are only functional if either forceFullscreen or forceWindowed is enabled
# The display width/height
presentWidth 1280
presentHeight 720
# turn on/off Vsync
enableVsync 0
# adjust display refresh rate in fullscreen mode - this is NOT linked to FPS!
fullscreenHz 60

yashiro · 29 Aug 2012 at 00:19

Change render width and height to the resolution of your screen. (or 2x the resolution if you want to try super sampling)

Neil79 · 29 Aug 2012 at 00:44

DSfix 0.6 is up http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=131 adds borderless windowed fullscreen mode and a language override option.

dmcg · 29 Aug 2012 at 01:12

what stats should I be putting points into now? or should I just go all out on stren

Neil79 · 29 Aug 2012 at 01:41

I hate the controls so much!, just can't get to grips with a controller and the k/m sucks in this game

This is going to remain in the cd rack for the time being

HankScorpio · 29 Aug 2012 at 01:45

I saw some beginners guide that said get to 20 endurance first of all since stamina goes into everything, blocking/attacking dodging and the more you've got the more options you have in fights.

ryryryan · 29 Aug 2012 at 02:02

dmcg said:
what stats should I be putting points into now? or should I just go all out on stren

Definatly get that endurance up, will allow you to carry more. Useful even if your using the Havel ring.

HankScorpio · 29 Aug 2012 at 02:10

Once an npc has been attacked how do you get them to calm down? I was in the sewers and talking to this merchant who sells crystal swords and a blob started to attack me so i whack it and catch the guy. Because I'm still fighting the blob he decides to attack me some more so I run away. I've just come back and he still ran to me to beat me, so I've put him down.

Anyway to calm them for future reference, Also was he an important guy? Didn't drop anything.

Tibbz2 · 29 Aug 2012 at 08:36

Neil79 said:
I hate the controls so much!, just can't get to grips with a controller and the k/m sucks in this game

This is going to remain in the cd rack for the time being

But controller is fine, I think its justt secretly too hard for you

HankScorpio said:
Once an npc has been attacked how do you get them to calm down? I was in the sewers and talking to this merchant who sells crystal swords and a blob started to attack me so i whack it and catch the guy. Because I'm still fighting the blob he decides to attack me some more so I run away. I've just come back and he still ran to me to beat me, so I've put him down.

Anyway to calm them for future reference, Also was he an important guy? Didn't drop anything.

You need to go to the bell tower above undead parish (after gargoyle boss fight) and speak to the guy there, it cost 9500 souls I think...