Souls Multithread

2016-02-09 04:53:02 pm

Yeah the PC version looks good, even w/o any of the many optional HD textures people made for the game.

And it's really cool that you can screenshots. Bloodborne lets you do that too, but I didn't bother because I didn't and still don't don't own a memory stick to conveniently transfer them to my PC anyways.

Idkbutlike2

2016-02-09 04:54:34 pm

You should mod the font and buttons to make the game look nicer.

Idkbutlike2

2016-02-09 04:55:18 pm

As for the HD textures, be warned: you need a really fast hard drive for those.

ryu

2016-02-09 04:58:42 pm

I already got the font and button textures. Thanks for mentioning them!

Didn't think it was the hard drive that mattered for the HD textures. The game ran pretty badly for me when I tried them. Had I known before I could've installed the game on my SSD. :/

Idkbutlike2

2016-02-09 05:03:24 pm

Oh, if it drops the framerate then don't bother using them period. The problem is even if you have a good processor and GPU, the game might have major framerate dips around areas where textures are loaded. It's really jarring at times.

Idkbutlike2

2016-02-09 05:04:02 pm

Hence you need a good hard drive to prevent that. Also, how did you set up DSfix's framerate settings?

Serris

2016-02-09 07:50:31 pm

You could also keep farming in the swamp. The bonfire is right there, the enemies give more souls, and you get shards. When you ring the second bell after the Blighttown boss, a new NPC appears in the Firelink pool area that lets you trade large and green shards for 5 regular shards each. You don't have much use for green shards with your build, so that's probably the best deal you can get.

Opium

2016-02-10 01:25:31 am

I killed the blighttown boss. I was going to go online to get pointers before the fight, but I only had a few thousand souls on me and didn't care if I died, so I went in. It was pretty easy, surprisingly. I rang the bell, then went into some demon area. I lit the bonfire, but then returned to blighttown. I really hate those enemies that spawn all those little bloodworms. I can take them out easily with ranged attacks, but melee is very difficult.

ryu

2016-02-10 01:43:45 am

I always just ignore those guys. Killing them just isn't worth the hassle.

I currently have the DSfix framerate settings turned off. Couldn't get rid off the screen tearing.

Serris

2016-02-10 01:46:41 am

You don't need to go into the demon area, the bell cutscene indicated you need to go next to the bonfire above the blacksmith in the Undead Parish. Also, if you got grabbed by the egg guys, check if your character's idle animations have one where he scratches his head. In that case, wait around a few minutes in the demon area instead of going back up Blighttown. You're infected and will soon undergo a transformation that halves all enemy soul drops. There's an illusory wall in the round area downstairs where the Blighttown bell is, and there's an NPC who gives you and then sells the only item to cure your disease.

Serris

2016-02-10 01:54:22 am

Also the NPC behind the illusory wall looks exactly like one of those egg enemies, don't hit him and ask questions later. :>

tomatobob

2016-02-10 02:00:55 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Counterpoint: Do hit him because is a dumb slow idiot.

Opium

2016-02-10 02:22:23 am

I didn't get grabbed by the egg guys, but I definitely took damage from the worms they spawned. Would that infect me? I quit playing at the blighttown marsh bonfire so I'm not far off.

Serris

2016-02-10 02:25:04 am

Those can also infect you, but it's not nearly as likely. Either way, just check for the headscratching animation to make sure before you set off.

ryu

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ryu: 2016-02-10 02:25:35 am

2016-02-10 02:25:22 am

I think yes. But you need to be bitten a lot to become infected. I once let it happen on purpose and it took forever to occur.

tomatobob

2016-02-10 02:25:36 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

There really isn't a good reason to do any of that, though.

ryu

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ryu: 2016-02-10 02:26:46 am

2016-02-10 02:26:37 am

Aren't there pyromancies you can only get when you talk to that one guy in an infected state?

Serris

2016-02-10 02:26:47 am

You have a chance of getting infected per hit, and the likelyhood depends on the attack. It's not accumulative like other status effects.

Serris

2016-02-10 02:27:32 am

Yeah, that's the same guy who has the item that cures the infection.

Opium

2016-02-10 02:32:55 am

I'll check the animation next time I play.

And screw these illusory walls. At least in DeS the walls looked different. Does DS offer any clue whatsoever about the illusory walls?! If not, that means you'd have to go around striking every wall in the game, or be told from an outside source, or just happen to stumble upon it through some grand accident.

ryu

2016-02-10 02:34:06 am

The point is to get the info from the internet and the messages. It's a mechanic to encourage sharing information between players.

ryu

2016-02-10 02:34:31 am

Which I think is part of why the series got so big. Making people talk about a game makes it sell.

Serris

2016-02-10 02:35:32 am

No, they're just secrets and never hide anything you need. This one is a notable exception since there's almost no other sources for the antidote.

Serris

2016-02-10 02:37:11 am

You can also uncover them by rolling into them, in case you're inclined to go fake wall hunting.

ryu

2016-02-10 02:37:30 am

Isn't that only a thing in Bloodborne?