Modder Fixes Dark Souls PC Port in 23 Minutes
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I think when webepoop said that they meant neither community is better than the other.aceman67 said:
PC gaming is known for the elitist part of the community, believing themselves to be above everyone else, and that only they deserve the best and to be truly called "gamers", when in fact both sides are
Console gaming is known for it's racist, swearing, homophobic, sexist, mum-sexing (going by their own claims) 12 year olds whose voices irritate the living shit out of everyone around.
So both sides have their problems.
OT: Yeah, this is pretty embarrassing for From, even with the lack of experience they mentioned. Even with prior knowledge, you'd wouldn't expect one guy to fix a problem that a whole team couldn't in less than half an hour.
Even with this fix, there are still a lot of issues with the Dark Souls port which must be fixed before I'd even consider a purchase.
I called that one. I said that from day one, "if they don't do this right, some hacker is gonna come along and make them look like fools".
Though, they have zero PC experience and they are a good group of folks who make some fantastic games. I had it bought a while ago, I was just happy that someone helped out. I think the game was actually working harder when it was rendering small and upscaling, because my frame rate is 100% steady, no matter where I am, and it didn't start like that. You can also donate to the guy for his efforts, if you can swing it, I suggest you reward this fine gentleman/gentlelady for their hard work. If we could have this with AA it would be even better. Next he is gonna try to tackle the frame rate cap, but he already admitted that it may not even be possible to fix that.
Though, they have zero PC experience and they are a good group of folks who make some fantastic games. I had it bought a while ago, I was just happy that someone helped out. I think the game was actually working harder when it was rendering small and upscaling, because my frame rate is 100% steady, no matter where I am, and it didn't start like that. You can also donate to the guy for his efforts, if you can swing it, I suggest you reward this fine gentleman/gentlelady for their hard work. If we could have this with AA it would be even better. Next he is gonna try to tackle the frame rate cap, but he already admitted that it may not even be possible to fix that.
It's not only shameful, but it also all-but confirms my assertion that From Software, at least on a technical design level, is a terrible game development studio.Matthew94 said:
And I'm not just saying that to piss off fans of From. I've played several of their games across the years, even bought a few (for example, Lost Kingdoms on Gamecube). In every instance, even if one or two were fun, I was never impressed. The games were always buggy, clunky, and suffered from any number of technical issues.
I'll give them props for having one hell of a talented creative design team. There's no arguing that. They've got some fairly skillful and imaginative artists and writers over there. But again, at a technical level, they could use some improvement.
I get that reference. And it makes me sad that I do. O Disney, y I be older now?DVS BSTrD said:
Anywho, It's entirely possible that the programmers weren't familiar with DLLs and such. They're a pain in the ass and if you don't know what you're doing, more then a little intimating. Not a good excuse, but still.
Also, I still have to lol at PC gamers threatening boycotts over what is, to me, a small annoyance.
And once again we have a misleading title for a news article.
Title says he did it in 23 minutes, then later in the same article, they admit he'd worked on it for a week.
Cue people not reading the article and assuming this was a super easy thing and From Software is a bunch of monkeys.
Title says he did it in 23 minutes, then later in the same article, they admit he'd worked on it for a week.
Cue people not reading the article and assuming this was a super easy thing and From Software is a bunch of monkeys.
I don't understand why people are saying that Fromsoft was incompetent by not doing this themselves.
The day Skyrim released a similar mod community patch was also created and no one said Bethsoft sucked because in the 4 years they were making the game they didn't make that patch themselves.
Beside that what this article doesn't say is that this mods first version made it so you couldn't see the messages left by other players, which for a souls game is a very big deal. It's currently in its 3 version at the moment and that defect as been fixed.
But this type of "do it yourself" community fix is typical of pc gaming. By the end of September there will probably be an executable that will let you run the game without using game for windows live.
The day Skyrim released a similar mod community patch was also created and no one said Bethsoft sucked because in the 4 years they were making the game they didn't make that patch themselves.
Beside that what this article doesn't say is that this mods first version made it so you couldn't see the messages left by other players, which for a souls game is a very big deal. It's currently in its 3 version at the moment and that defect as been fixed.
But this type of "do it yourself" community fix is typical of pc gaming. By the end of September there will probably be an executable that will let you run the game without using game for windows live.
well, yeah, that's kind of obvious, I was more talking about the communities. I should have been a bit clearer.Tony2077 said:
you have made a reference to one of the most awesome Disney characters ever. This is required.DVS BSTrD said:
He set-up a little bit of the framework ahead of time, but when the game came out (or when he got it, anyway), it only took him 23 minutes of actually seeing the game code to fix it.Rabid Toilet said:
Are you kidding? People have been saying that about Bethesda since Morrowind. Heck, people used to mock them by giving them the motto of "We make the game, you fix it." You just don't hear about it as much anymore because it's just kind of expected at this point. What's that? New Bethesda game? Alright, gimme a sec to find the fix on the modding sites and I'll be right on board.Lex Darko said:
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