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Here are some news for you folks on what we have so far achieved.
We are working hard on the DS3 Arena Mod. We will ask more people understanding scripting stuff with Cheat Engine to Join us.
Currently the Project Team are White Lord and Benzoin-Gum. Anyone able to do codding stuff is welcome :)
Meanwhile some new gameplay videos.
Old Demon King Control Gameplay
Nameless King's Storm Ridder Control Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzb5OiUNfeQ (Requested by many)
You can watch more videos here :
Also I am to make a closed beta release for testing purposes. Those willing to join us let me know.
Thank you.
Best Regards: DS3 Arena Mod Team.
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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock lizard for the past several months, you’ll know the wonderfully twisted and challenging action role-player Dark Souls returned to our PC telly boxes earlier this year. With series director Hidetaka Miyazaki reinstated at the (knight) helm, the third installment isn’t necessarily the best but is probably the most realised, and like its forerunners – and console cousins Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne – it’ll swallow you whole if you don’t know how to handle it. And even when/if you do it rarely shows mercy.
Out next week, Ashes of the Ariandel marks Dark Souls 3 [official site]’s first of two proposed DLCs before the series is laid to rest, which seems like a good time to explore the mods which might, just might, make reading the words YOU DIED over and over and over again that little bit easier to stomach. If not, they should at least help you have fun doing so. Git gud or die trying.
How to install Dark Souls 3 mods
Like many of other games we’ve covered here before, Dark Souls 3 doesn’t have Steam Workshop support – thus its mods are housed within the game’s corner of Nexus Mods. These can be installed manually – details of which are almost always noted on each respective mod’s page – or via the Nexus Mod Manager. Personally, I prefer the latter as it not only keeps things tidy, but also handles updates automatically. This is purely personal preference, though, so please do whatever you’re most comfortable with.
NB – It’s also worth nothing some of the mods featured here are best suited to offline play, due to the fact they may offer an unfair advantage online. To avoid being soft banned, do check for disclaimers/warnings on each mod’s page prior to installation.
Infinite Possibilities
By mouthmilk
If you’re reading this list, I assume you’ve played at least one Dark Souls game before now. Which means, on the off-chance you didn’t believe my habitual expiration-related predication above, you’re well aware just how much death Dark Souls involves. As such, success requires perseverance in spades, and new areas and seemingly impossible bosses often demand long spells of grind, determination and luck.
Unless you can’t be arsed with all that. And that’s where mouthmilk’s Infinite Possibilities comes in, by offering players three unique characters already tooled up, kitted out and ready to rumble. Each set has bespoke weaponry, magic and armour ensembles and is dropped into Lothric at specific times in the game when specific events have occurred and enemies felled.
The Ashen One profile, for example, boasts all weapons besides boss weapons; all boss souls; all armor sets; all pyromancies besides boss pyromancies; all spells besides boss spells; all miracles besides boss miracles; all bonfires unlocked; and a wad of gems and upgrade items. If you’re pressed for time or perhaps find NG+ too much of a challenge/headache, this mod’s the one for you.
Poise
By unknown
Ah, poise in Dark Souls 3 – such a small change that’s caused such a big rammy. To be honest, the poise statistic isn’t something that bothers me all that much, but I do understand why it’s caused such a furore – especially if PvP is your thing.
To recap: in past games, poise values were tied to both armour and shields and offset the chances of players being staggered. In Dark Souls 3, however, poise is, in essence, an invisible stat that has very little effect – even if you’re kitted out in the most powerful clobber. Upon the game’s release, some players thought the adjustments were the result of a bug, until From Software confirmed otherwise, and while poise is set to become “more effective for heavier weapons and armor” in the incoming DLC, some folks just like it the way it was.
Like the intuitive person that created the Dark Souls 3 Poise mod, which, as you’ve probably guessed by now, reintroduces the poise stat as it were in the series’ prior games.
“A small cheat engine script to turn on the classic Poise system,” reads a disclaimer on the mod’s page. “Using it offline is recommended. Don’t use it while online or you may get softbanned.” Judging how passionately certain facets of the playerbase feel about poise, I bet that’s a risk some people are will to take.
First Person Cam
By Zullie the Witch
HEATHEN! cries the bloodthirsty third-person action role-playing faithful. BUT LISTEN, I reply, DARK SOULS LOOKS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD IN FIRST-PERSON VIEW.
Which, if you’ve spied the image above, is a statement I’m sure you totally agree with. Replicating the first-person perspective otherwise facilitated by bows, crossbows and binoculars, Zullie the Witch’s First Person Cam transforms Dark Souls 3 into a wonderfully different game entirely. Minus a wider overview, it makes the game increasingly difficult and while I’ve seen the odd commentator compare this mod’s visual overhaul to the likes of Skyrim, I think that’s doing it a disservice. The next Elder Scrolls really would do well to recreate what’s on show here.
Customisation options include being able to tinker with:
– Left/Right Offset
– Up/Down Offset
– Cam Center Location Offset
– Cam Lens Distance Offset
– Rotation Angle Min/Max
– Rotation Speed X/Y
– Field of View
– Up/Down Offset
– Cam Center Location Offset
– Cam Lens Distance Offset
– Rotation Angle Min/Max
– Rotation Speed X/Y
– Field of View
And here it is in practice:
It should be noted that as a cheat engine script, this mod is best used offline.
Aggression Mod
By Zullie the Witch
Another from Zullie which ups the ante, and then some. Remember your first trip to Anor Londo in the original Dark Souls? Remember those bastard Greatbow Archer Knights with the incomprehensible aggro detection ranges that, assuming you arrived without the Ring of Fog, would fire at will from a stupendous distance causing you to launch your control pad against the wall more times that you care to admit? I know I’m not alone here. Well that’s pretty much what to expect from the Aggression mod.
“The Aggression Mod is a Cheat Engine script that increases the distance from which enemies become aware of the player, the range from which they will run to attack the player, and how far from their spawn point they will go when chasing the player,” is how Zullie puts it with decidedly less contempt than I.
On top of that, the mod has a neat special effect modifier that, by default, gives enemies glowing red eyes. You can of course choose to disable it if you like, but it’s pretty cool and served as a handy beacon-cum-target for me to expend my displaced Anor Londo archer rage upon. A second modifier can be applied which simulates the Obscuring Ring – where enemies only become visible within melee range. Good luck with that.
Save Game Backup Tool
By svaalbard
Okay, so perhaps that last one pushed you a little too hard and you’d like to roll things back a little. I get it – Dark Souls can be brutal, my recently deceased hand-to-wall control pads are testament to that very fact. So what if we added an undo button of sorts? Something that rewound every bout of misadventure or autosaved your progress lending less significance to trivial mishaps between bonfires.
Save Game Backup Tool is “a program that creates backups of save games of Dark Souls 3 every 15 minutes (can be customized between 1 minute to 59 minutes using the Time Interval setting),” explains mod creator svaalbard. Better still, there’s no limit to how many saved are backed up, although you’ll want to manually delete your old ‘uns as you go to free up space for new ones.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but having spent an hour or so with this mod, it’s perhaps makes things a little too easy. Think of this as the complete polar opposite of Zullie’s aforementioned Aggression Mod, though, which makes actually lets you more freely explore DS3’s world without worry of being savagely slaughtered along the way.
Incandescent Reshade, 50 Cell-Shades of Dark Souls and iGP11
By Obanon, Axcalay and S17L respectively
Dark Souls 3 is easily the best looking game of the series (and gives Bloodborne a run for its money), however when there are mods, there will always be reshaders and other such ways to tinker with a game’s aesthetic. Incandescent Reshade is probably the best available for DS3, as it removes some of the grey and washed out colours from the original game. It doesn’t saturate or add any unnecessary effects, though, which means torchlight, candles and reflections appear more vibrant and emit more light; while tombs, shadows and areas set after dark appear, well, darker. Choose between the mod’s Incandescent and Lite variations as you desire.
50 Cell-Shades of Dark Souls errs in the opposite direction by transforming Lothric into a Dragon Quest-inspired world of vivid watercolours. Similar to First Person Cam above, this mod makes Dark Souls 3 feel like an entirely different game – one which really must be experienced to understand its potential.
Lastly, iGP11 lets you “dump and replace textures used by the game”. Which has led to some modders to replace the game’s textures with faces of Nic Cage, Shrek and, um, crabs. Observe:
Weird.
Restored Lothric Kinght Armour, Por Artorias Shield and Dragonslayer Greatsword
By mauskal, Niarlatoteph/LAGM4N and EvilDeadAsh34 respectively
Some more eye candy to round things up. While there are plenty of DS3 mods out there that tweak, improve or shoe horn players’ favourite weapons into the game – Restored Lothric Armour, Por Artorias Shield and Dragonslayer Greatsword are my favourites.
From front to back, the Dragonslayer is a retexture of the game’s titular sword that enables it to look like Guts’ variation from the Berserk series. It comes in four different styles – “Bumpy Black Center Blade, Flat Black Center Blade, Bumpy Black Center Blade with Flat Hilt/Guard,
Flat Black Center Blade with Flat Hilt/Guard” – each of which is as cool as the last.
Flat Black Center Blade with Flat Hilt/Guard” – each of which is as cool as the last.
The Por Artorias Shield comes to Dark Souls 3 courtesy of Niarlatoteph who’s borrowed textures from LAGM4N’s work in the original Dark Souls. With permission, this has brought one of the coolest-looking shields in the series to Lothric and I for one am very pleased with that.
Restored Lothric Knight Armour is as superficial as they come, but is lovely nevertheless. Due its well-worn appearance in Dark Souls 3, this mod cleans, polishes and removes rust from the esteemed Lothric Knight Armour, making it instantly more presentable. The mod even replaces the cape for dazzling undead decimating results.
Honourable Mentions
Play as a NPC
By AlphaAshen
By AlphaAshen
Play as NPCs from DS, DS2, DS3 and even Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne.
No More Patchy Beards
By mauskal
By mauskal
One for all the beardies out there who’re sick of misrepresentative facial thatch.
DS 3 Items Checklist
By Braduzz619
By Braduzz619
So simple yet so welcomed. “I was struggling to keep track of all the items I found in Dark Soul 3,” says creator Braduzz619. “So I had a quick search for a checklist online, but found nothing that was helpful so I decided to make my own list in excel.” Thanks mate!
So, do you reckon these mods will help you git gud? Either way, I bet you die an awful lot trying. If we’ve missed any of your favourites, please do list them in the comments below. If I’ve not then, well, Praise the Sun! (Come on, we couldn’t get to the end of a Dark Souls list without this and you know it.)
Dark Souls 3 is out now on Steam and The Humble Store.
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Complete overhaul to the character creation menu including new customization features such as multiple RGBA warpaints, body paints, hand paint, and foot paints. (Requires SKSE)RaceMenu
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The #1 Weather & Lighting overhaul for Skyrim.Climates Of Tamriel - Weather - Lighting - Audio
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Enhanced Lights and FX has the goal to create a more dramatic and realistic mood to the Skyrim lighting.Skyrim Flora Overhaul
More detailed trees and flora.Skyrim Flora Overhaul
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is an SKSE plugin that applies the existing Havok physics engine (not generic animations) to other uses in Skyrim. Swishing hair, flowing skirts, or the ever popular bouncing boobs.ShowRaceMenu Precache Killer
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Set of enhancements to the follower system, for better and expanded follower use. Lotta stuff here so read the description for what you get and how.UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul
Set of enhancements to the follower system, for better and expanded follower use. Lotta stuff here so read the description for what you get and how.
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Three years ago, a mod team by the name of Datehacks released a Dark Souls boss arena mod which, using the leaked debug build of the game, let players control their favorite bosses and slaughter hapless NPCs. At the time, Datehacks couldn't manage much more than staged boss fights, but now the mod team is back with Age of Fire, a revamped mod which not only lets you play as every enemy and boss, but take them anywhere.
You can scale the flying buttresses of Anor Londo as the Sanctuary Guardian, conquer the Darkroot forest as Artorias, or bring light to the Abyss as Gwyn himself. Datehacks shared a bunch of great videos in this Reddit post, but I'm partial to the Gwyn footage myself. Have a look:
Age of Fire is still a work in progress, but it's already capable of much more than the boss arena mod. According to Datehacks' Reddit post, the finished mod will enable players to play as any enemy in any area. The best part is that size doesn't matter: even in tight areas, you'll be able to play as giants like Seath the Scaleless thanks to some camera tricks. I don't know about you, but I cannot wait to see people blast Sen's Fortress to hell and back as Seath and Ceaseless Discharge.
You can't seamlessly travel between maps due to engine limitations, but you can 'choose a map and control your chosen enemy and finish the whole map with it,' Datehacks says. Naturally, you'll be able to use any of that enemy's attacks as well. I can finally live out my lifelong dream of becoming a wheelie skeleton.
Age of Fire won't work in multiplayer, and it will only work with Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition, not the new remastered version. You'll also need the executable from the debug build to get it up and running. Datehacks says a demo version of the mod is coming soon.
UPDATE:DSFix, the most essential Dark Souls mod, has been updated in the wake of Dark Souls ditching Games for Windows Live. We’ve changed our list to include this new Steamworks version of the mod.
Dark Souls is a truly great game, but it’s also a shabby one. From Software, bless their hearts, gave us the PC port we were clamouring for even though (as they themselves admitted) they didn’t really know how to make one.
The final result was technically underwhelming, with low resolutions and poor framerates holding back an otherwise stunning game. Thankfully, this is PC gaming, which means when we don’t like something, we fix it ourselves.
Check inside for a collection of mods that will help turn Dark Souls into a port worthy of the PC.
Dark Souls 3 Mod Menu
DSFix
Dark Souls Arena Mod Download
I cannot understate how essential this mod is. If you plan to play Dark Souls on PC, you simply must install it. DSFix is called so because it fixes Dark Souls, specifically it fixes the unfortunate graphical issues created by the clumsy porting process. By default Dark Souls doesn’t render any higher than 1040×720, DSFix fixes that.
It also doesn’t run at more than 30 FPS, DSFixes that too.
Plus it lets you scale the UI to better suit high resolution monitors, provides a structure for other modders to replace textures and adds some fancy new post processing effects. Get it, install it, love it.
Morten242s UI for DSFix
This neat little program allows you to edit every aspect of DSFix: things like resolution, SSAO, depth of field, and the HUD options, without having to tinker around with the ini files. Instead just boot up Morten242sUI, and all your changes can be made in a simple options window, without any fuss.
Neoshroomish high resolution textures
Despite Durante’s sterling work with DSFix, Dark Souls’ visuals are still blurry and low resolution compared to high end PC games. This is why Neoshroomish has started the long process of replacing those textures with high resolution alternatives, beginning with the Blighttown and Sens Fortress areas. The result looks much sharper and cleaner, but loses something of Dark Souls’ signature grime. You can decide which matters more to you. There’s a second pack available here.
High Res UI and subtitle fonts
While DSFix upscales Dark Souls neatly, one element that comes off badly in the transition is the text. Dark Souls’ fonts are built for 720p, which means they look ugly and jagged on a decent size PC monitor. Thankfully Blackfoggen has produced a simple but effective mod that switches the fonts out for high resolution alternatives, leading to a much cleaner and simpler look.
Andres Cranial Ember
Dark Souls is a lonely, lonely world. So on the rare circumstances that you do actually see a friendly face, it would be nice if it wasn’t the soulless visage of a glass eyed doll. Andres Cranial Ember improves the facial textures used by both the player character and all NPCs, making them just a little bit more convincing and realistic.
![Dark Dark](/uploads/1/2/3/7/123705733/639789238.png)
Flora Overhaul
Fans of Skyrim may recognise mod maker Vurt for his impressive foliage improvement mods, which is why it’s great to see him bringing his talents to Dark Souls. His current Flora Overhaul mod is still a work in progress, so don’t expect every tree and bush to be as gloriously lush as it could be, but if his Skyrim mod is anything to go by, the finished article will be a treat. Trust me, Vurt knows plants.
Beards
Fact: PC gamers love beards. No noble adventurer would be complete without a spot of manly chin fuzz, proudly proclaiming his determination to go boldly forth. Joking aside, this new extra hirsute version of the male face textures are a serious improvement over the originals. The addition of the new Riker style beard gives him an aura of rugged competence, which will last right up until the first ‘You Died’ message.
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