I think things like Drake Sword are actually a newbie trap. If you pick it up you don't get the right concept of how to upgrade your character or weapons to make him effective so when the Drake Sword stops being good it can leave people in a tough spot.

Elegance

Canada917 Posts

January 05 2013 20:05 GMT

#2042

Dammit, having trouble having my controller work on dark souls. Controller works fine with other steam games

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

January 05 2013 20:36 GMT

#2043

You may need to use X360CE.

Elegance

Canada917 Posts

January 05 2013 20:45 GMT

#2044

Already do

Excalibur_Z

United States12281 Posts

January 05 2013 21:38 GMT

#2045

Try MotionInJoy? You just need it to emulate a 360 controller in the MotionInJoy app (even though it's already a 360 controller). Might help.

crms

United States11933 Posts

January 05 2013 21:43 GMT

#2046

If you can't get it to work I bought the Razer Onza controller and it was completely plug and play.

Elegance

Canada917 Posts

January 05 2013 21:58 GMT

#2047

Tried motionjoy too. The controller is a logitech F710 which people were having no problem with for dark souls. When i access GFWL from the game, it recognizes that im using a controller and i can browse through GFWL with the controller completely fine, then it just doesnt work at all as soon as it goes in game. Tried unplugging and disabling mouse too (cant disable keyboard on this laptop)

Shinbi

338 Posts

January 05 2013 22:32 GMT

#2048

Try Xpadder perhaps? Since it can do keyboard/mouse emulation I believe.

Enki

United States2548 Posts

January 05 2013 22:35 GMT

#2049

Bought it a couple of days ago and have been loving it. Still pretty early in the game, I just beat that metal boar thing. Only complaint really is some areas where I get really bad framerate drops but I hear this is pretty common...kinda annoying. Also felt like a complete moron trying to play the first couple hours wearing a full suit of armor, never paid attention to weight. Was wondering why I couldn't dodge worth a shit. Also loving the melee combat, even if it is a bit unforgiving.

Elegance

Canada917 Posts

January 05 2013 22:56 GMT

#2050

On January 06 2013 07:32 Shinbi wrote:
Try Xpadder perhaps? Since it can do keyboard/mouse emulation I believe.

Thought this should do the trick. Works on notepad all nice and dandy then i go in game and darksoul just shuts off all input from my controller or something lol. Darn.

BeMannerDuPenner

Germany5638 Posts

January 06 2013 15:13 GMT

#2051

quick question, do i need a real gfwl account for multiplayer or is offline account fine?

FlamingForce

Netherlands701 Posts

January 07 2013 17:35 GMT

#2052

On January 07 2013 00:13 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
quick question, do i need a real gfwl account for multiplayer or is offline account fine?

Whatever would you need to know that for, if I may ask?
The game can be played in offline mode that I can access when my internet craps out and can't log in with GFWL so yeah, you should be able to.

unkkz

Norway2196 Posts

January 08 2013 00:46 GMT

#2053

Uhm any way to make this playable without a controller? Bought it thinking how bad can the port be? And... wow. The mouse sens is what gets me the most, messes everything up and not using mouse aka only keyboard is beyond awkward. Any mods that can fix the controls somewhat?

Iranon

United States983 Posts

January 08 2013 01:07 GMT

#2054

On January 08 2013 09:46 unkkz wrote:
Uhm any way to make this playable without a controller? Bought it thinking how bad can the port be? And... wow. The mouse sens is what gets me the most, messes everything up and not using mouse aka only keyboard is beyond awkward. Any mods that can fix the controls somewhat?

I hear the maker of DSfix made a mouse sensitivity tweak as well (DSMfix?), but I went ahead and bought a controller. I'll probably only ever use it for Dark Souls, but it's still worth it.

Maxyim

430 Posts

January 08 2013 01:59 GMT

#2055

I was actually able to play with keyboard + mouse, but is is more satisfying / fun with a controller.

Medrea

10003 Posts

January 08 2013 05:25 GMT

#2056

On January 06 2013 05:45 Elegance wrote:
Already do

I dont know why or how this works but try using 360CE from within the folder that runs the game.

Sandster

United States4054 Posts

January 09 2013 08:13 GMT

#2057

How mandatory is Darkwood Grain Ring these days? Mobility vs Poise, since it's tough to remain <25% and have good poise now.

FlamingForce

Netherlands701 Posts

January 09 2013 09:10 GMT

#2058

On January 09 2013 17:13 Sandster wrote:
How mandatory is Darkwood Grain Ring these days? Mobility vs Poise, since it's tough to remain <25% and have good poise now.

And what would you consider "Good poise"?
The DWGR isn't mandatory at all, you just need some slight roll timing instead of spamming it.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

January 09 2013 09:12 GMT

#2059

On January 09 2013 17:13 Sandster wrote:
How mandatory is Darkwood Grain Ring these days? Mobility vs Poise, since it's tough to remain <25% and have good poise now.

Just one day of PvP exp so take it with a grain of salt (no pun intended), but I think poise is much more important, especially given the lag that occurs. DWGR ends up taking too much of an investment.

ToT)OjKa(

Korea (South)2437 Posts

January 09 2013 10:41 GMT

#2060

I used to get ~55 poise for my PvP characters (pretty much all of them are <25% but seeing as I rarely get hit I don't bother anymore. I don't think DWGR is that special anyway, waste of a ring slot if I'm honest.