This is the 60 fps fix for Dark Souls. You can play online with GFWL. Credit goes to Nwks On Durantes Blog. Now working with dsfix 1.5
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DURANTE AND NWKS, DONT FORGET TO THANK THEM, WITHOUT THEM THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. AND ROT13 FOR HIS MOUSE FIX! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR AWESOME WORK
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NOTE: NEW DSFIX 1.6.1 IS OUT AND IT FIZES THE FPS ISSUE. HOWEVER, IF FOR SOME REASON I DOESNT WORK LIKE 1.5 YOU CAN STILL USE THIS. OTHER THAN THAT, I DONT THINK THIS IS NEEDED ANYMORE. LETS HOPE IT STAYS IN HE NEXUS HOWEVER, FOR JUST IN CASE.
USE AT OWN RISK: REPORTS OF BAN ARE GOING OUT, DO NOT KNOW HOW TRUE THEY ARE,JUST BE CAREFUL. After 30 hours+ on gfwl online, nothing has happened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINALLY: A TRUE 60 FPS VIDEO OF DARK SOULS, GAME GOES AT 1.5X SPEED FOR ME IN THIS AREA, BUT ITS SO SMOOTH.
TO UNINSTALL: DELETE ALL 3 FILES ====================================================================================
UPDATE 2: I added another file that includes the dsfix 1.5 from genius Durante and the dsound.dll and ASI file in there as well.
DSFIX settings are all set to 1080p and set for best results. CHANGE AT WILL.
Reports are that 45fps (default) is causing major drops, change it to 60 on dsfix.ini and see if that works.
This is so there is no confusion on what to change, delete or replace.
At some points am getting 1.5x speed, which is awesome cause its crazy smooth.
DURANTES DSFIX 1.5: http://darksouls.nexusmods.com/mods/19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================================== IMPORTANT: This will only work on fast CPUs. Intel only at the moment. It will not work on laptops. We can only hope for a new version to come out soon. ======================================================================================
UPDATE 2: THIS PATCH REQUIRES .NET FRAMEWORK 4.0 to work (link below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxrPy0TiNjU - Thanks to user VaatiVidya for video.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This fix will allow you to play Dark Souls at 60 fps while online with Games For Windows Live. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: If you are going to downsample, make sure you have a BEASTLY cpu, otherwise keep it at 1080.
Dual Cores and even older models of Quad Cores may not be enough to run the game at 60 fps at this stage of the mod. You can try, I am sorry and as soon as a fix comes about it will be here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Credit goes to Durante and all others who have helped with this. I am just including the files that were not in order to make this a proper patch.
-For Ultimate results, disable intro skipping as well as texture dumping and save backup. It seems these three options prevent the game from running at 60 fps.
-Just place the files in your Dark Souls main folder (where the .exe is located)
-For best results, if you are downsampling, using smaa and ssao try to lower the settings just a bit.
-Game works fine with DSfix versions 1.1 - 1.4 and tested. Havent tested anything lower, but should work fine.
This is not a perfect patch, and there are bugs in it. However, it does enable you to play with Games for Windows Live On which is what a lot of people wanted.
Feel free to report any issue to Durante and others at
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=223 and for latest DSfix as well.