Please help me to get dark souls to run on my shitty laptop

i started the game vanilla and it was playing, albeit at a very choppy framerate. my save was in the catacombs so even though it was running in a very small room with a tiny draw distance, it still ran like shit. i set the game to lower resolutions in dsfix and it crashes in the start menu. please help. i give no shits how low res it needs to be, as long as it runs at least a solid 30fps

here are my laptop specs
intel core i3-2310M 2.10GHz, 6GB ram, win 7 64-bit, intel HD 3000, 1366 x 768 60hz

there is a copypaste of my current DSfix.ini in following posts

Graphics Options

internal rendering resolution of the game

higher values will decrease performance

renderWidth 840 renderHeight 484
The display width/height

0 means use the same resolution as renderWidth/Height

(use for downscaling - if in doubt, leave at 0)

presentWidth 0 presentHeight 0
####### Anti Aliasing
AA toggle and quality setting

0 = off (best performance, worst IQ)

1 = low

2 = medium

3 = high

4 = ultra (worst performance, best IQ)

aaQuality 0
AA type

either "SMAA" or "FXAA"

aaType SMAA
####### Ambient Occlusion
Enable and set the strength of the SSAO effect (all 3 settings have the same performance impact!)

0 = off

1 = low

2 = medium

3 = high

ssaoStrength 0
Set SSAO scale

1 = high quality (default)

2 = lower quality, lower impact on performance

3 = lowest quality, lowest impact on performance

ssaoScale 3
Determine the type of AO used

"VSSAO" = Volumetric SSAO (default, only option pre-1.9)

"HBAO" = Horizon-Based Ambient Occlusion

"SCAO" = VSSAO + HBAO

"VSSAO2" = Volumetric SSAO with more samples (tweaked by Asmodean)

VSSAO and HBAO types have a slightly different effect. and similar performance

SCAO combines both, with a higher performance impact

VSSAO2 is generally more accurate, but also requires more performance

ssaoType VSSAO
####### Depth of field
Depth of Field resolution override, possible values:

0 = no change from default (DoF pyramid starts at 512x360)

540 = DoF pyramid starts at 960x540

810 = DoF pyramid starts at 1440x810

1080 = DoF pyramid starts at 1920x1080

2160 = DoF pyramid starts at 3840x2160

higher values will decrease performance

do NOT set this to the same value as your vertical rendering resolution!

dofOverrideResolution 540
Depth of Field scaling override (NOT RECOMMENDED)

0 = DoF scaling enabled (default, recommended)

1 = DoF scaling disabled (sharper, worse performance, not as originally intended)

disableDofScaling 0
Depth of field additional blur

allows you to use high DoF resolutions and still get the originally intended effect

suggested values:

o (off) at default DoF resolution

0 or 1 at 540 DoF resolution

1 or 2 above that

3 or 4 at 2160 DoF resolution (if you're running a 680+)

dofBlurAmount 1
####### Framerate
Enable variable framerate (up to 60)

NOTE:

- this requires in-memory modification of game code, and may get you banned from GFWL

- there may be unintended side-effects in terms of gameplay

- you need a very powerful system (especially CPU) in order to maintain 60 FPS

- in some instances, collision detection may fail. Avoid sliding down ladders

Use this at your own risk!

0 = no changes to game code

1 = unlock the frame rate

unlockFPS 1
FPS limit, only used with unlocked framerate

do not set this much higher than 60, this will lead to various issues with the engine

FPSlimit 30
FPS threshold

DSfix will dynamically disable AA if your framerate drops below this value

and re-enable it once it has normalized (with a bit of hysteresis thresholding)

FPSthreshold 28
####### Filtering
texture filtering override

0 = no change

1 = enable some bilinear filtering (use only if you need it!)

2 = full AF override (may degrade performance)

if in doubt, leave this at 0

filteringOverride 0
HUD options

Enable HUD modifications

0 = off (default) - none of the options below will do anything!

1 = on

enableHudMod 0
Remove the weapon icons from the HUD

(you can see which weapons you have equipped from your character model)

enableMinimalHud 1
Scale down HuD, examples:

1.0 = original scale

0.75 = 75% of the original size

hudScaleFactor 0.75
Set opacity for different elements of the HUD

1.0 = fully opaque

0.0 = fully transparent

Top left: health bars, stamina bar, humanity counter, status indicators

hudTopLeftOpacity 0.8f
Bottom left: item indicators & counts

hudBottomLeftOpacity 0.75f
Bottom right: soul count

hudBottomRightOpacity 0.5f
Window & Mouse Cursor Options

borderless fullscreen mode

make sure to select windowed mode in the game settings for this to work!

0 = disable

1 = enable

borderlessFullscreen 0
disable cursor at startup

0 = no change

1 = off at start

disableCursor 0
capture cursor (do not allow it to leave the window)

0 = don't capture

1 = capture

(this also works if the cursor is not visible)

captureCursor 0
Save Game Backup Options

enables save game backups

0 = no backups

1 = backups enabled

backups are stored in the save folder, as "[timestamp]_[original name].bak"

enableBackups 0
backup interval in seconds (1500 = 25 minutes)

(minimum setting 600)

backupInterval 1500
maximum amount of backups, older ones will be deleted

maxBackups 10
Texture Override Options

enables texture dumping

you only need this if you want to create your own override textures

textures will be dumped to "dsfix\tex_override[hash].tga"

enableTextureDumping 0
enables texture override

textures in "dsfix\tex_override[hash].png" will replace the corresponding originals

will cause a small slowdown during texture loading!

enableTextureOverride 0
Other Options

skip the intro logos

this should now be slightly more stable, but should still be

the first thing to disable in case you experience any problems

skipIntro 0
change the screenshot directory

default: . (current directory)

example: C:\Users\Peter\Pictures

directory must exist!

screenshotDir .
override the in-game language

none = no override

en-GB = English, fr = French, it = Italian, de = German, es = Spanish

ko = Korean, zh-tw = Chinese, pl = Polish, ru = Russian

this does not work in Windows XP!

overrideLanguage none
Dinput dll chaining

if you want to use another dinput8.dll wrapper together

with DSfix, rename it (e.g. "dinputwrapper.dll") and put the new name here

dinput8dllWrapper none
dsmfix.dll

D3D adapter override

-1 = no override

N = use adapter N

this setting is for multiple (non-SLI/crossfire) GPUs

everyone else should leave it at -1

d3dAdapterOverride -1
Log level - 0 to 11, higher numbers mean more logging

only enable for debugging

logLevel 0
The settings below are not yet ready to use!!

You can only set either forceFullscreen or forceWindowed (or neither)

0 = off, 1 = on

forceWindowed 0 forceFullscreen 0
turn on/off Vsync

enableVsync 0
adjust display refresh rate in fullscreen mode - this is NOT linked to FPS!

fullscreenHz 60

No :DDD

git gud

become proficient

Fuck off

Rude

get a better computer.Jesus, I can run the game just fine and I've got parts made years ago.

looks like vita game

user I don't even know how you fucked up that badly. As King of the fuck ups, I know present to you my crown. Wear it well, or not so well. You get the idea.

Build a not shit PC, this is pathetic user.

Wait until you're 16 and then get a part-time job, baka.

look… jesus christ you stupid illiterate faggots.

i already have a desktop that can run dark souls perfectly well. my laptop on the other hand is shit, and my job doesn't pay me anywhere close to enough to replace it with something competent.


how the fuck am i supposed to build a laptop?

Then either get a better job or deal with not being able to play the game. Holy fucking shit, you’re under 18, aren’t you?

i'm 23 jackass.
the game is capable of running in low resolutions for low end systems. is it so fucking hard for you faggots to explain how to do this without crashing the game? holy fucking shit.

just use dsfix and edit the config to be a notably lower resolution than your display, look up some elements in the config you can tweak to boost performance too. There is a hard limit because DaS doesn't really have proper graphics options, so you may honestly just be shit out of luck if you can't get desirable performance.

lmao poorfags

lmao poorfags with minimum wage jobs and no trust funds

Buy a better PC or just buy a used PS3

it not minimum wage, it just has shit hours because the company i work for can't afford to give me any hours.

Well, why are you complaining? You have a shitty laptop, you can't run Dork Sauce, and then you come here to bitch at us. Thats not very nice user. Besides, you already said you have a desktop that can play that shit fine so why do you need to run it on your laptop so badly?

I played 600 hours of the shit at 25 fps.

Console-like experience.

first of all, there are ways to run it at low resolutions. i know this is true. i came here asking for this extremely basic advice and all you cunts can do is call me a poorfag with a shitty computer, like i don't already know that, instead of just telling me how make the game playable with shit specs.

i want it to run on my laptop because i'm never able to spend time at my house, and i can't carry my heavy-ass desktop wherever i go. if i never left my basement like you faggots, then i wouldn't even need a laptop, would i?

anyways it doesn't matter anymore because i found a youtube video that solved the problem. this entire thread could have been solved and flushed from the board by now if someone just said "set the present height and width to a resolution"

Then don't waste time asking questions you can find answers to yourself, you fucking crybaby.