Just loaded it up and installed all the prerequisites. It loaded in window for some reason, should i install the fix and then configure??
As I recall (it's been a while since I did this), you set the game to full screen mode via the in game options menu, then exit and configure Dsfix to your liking.
Have many of you done any of the various challenge runs in the game? I've been watching Vageta311's Low Level, One Shot Boss Challenge (first video here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=401muykHy4k), where the aim, rather obviously is to try and one shot all the bosses and mini bosses in the game. Rather than just levelling up until you're simply overpowered, you have to earn the right to level up by getting points. You get those points by actually managing to one shot the bosses and mini bosses. You get one point for one shotting a mini boss (so you can level up once), and 2 points for one shotting a main boss. By doing it this way it requires a lot more strategy than simply getting yourself overpowered, as you have to think ahead about the best way to try and kill the future bosses, so you don't waste points levelling up stats that won't actually help you.
So far I've been following the same strategy as Vageta, and have managed to one shot the following....
- Black Knight in Undead Burg
- Havel The Rock
- Tauras Demon
- Heavy Knight in Undead Parish
- Parasitic Wall Hugger in Blighttown
- The Belfry Gargoyles in Undead Parish (one hit per Gargoyle, as allowed)
- Armoured Tusk in Undead Parish
- Black Knight in Undead Parish
- Capra Demon (I ******* hate him because of those dogs with him!)
- The 2 Butchers in The Depths
- Giant Rat in The Depths
- Black Knight in Darkroot Basin
- Both Black Knights in the Asylum
All of the above was done while still at Soul Level 1, meaning I've not levelled up a single stat since starting the game. I think I've reached the level now where I can't take anyone else out using just melee (I have a +5 Fire Reinforced Club), so now comes the awful grind of getting enough souls to maximise my Pyro Glove (I need roughly 325k souls to do it), as even though I have enough points available to go up 18 levels, I'd rather challenge myself and keep the points in reserve, as I'm not sure whether to go back to melee later on using a huge weapon and weapon buffs, or whether to go down the sorcery route (I think Dark Bead will make the finish pretty easy).
If you're a good player on Dark Souls I highly recommend trying this challenge out. I thought I was a pretty good player having finished it 4 times, but restricting yourself makes for a really good challenge, and some bosses have taken me near 10 attempts to get just right (the Gargoyles mainly, as the first hit has to be perfectly timed). I'm also used to wearing heavier armour and being able to take a few hits, but so far I'm runnnig around in just gloves and some boots, effectively naked, as I need to be quick enough to move around properly. With base level vitality and endurance, it means that you can die easily in only a few hits (something that's happened a little too often to me so far!).
I'm recording my efforts so I can watch what I did right and what I did wrong, and might put up a video on YouTube at some point, if anyone would be interested in seeing it.
