#/DSG/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General ->**(and also bloodborne and sekiro and elden ring sometimes)**<- needs updating... To get the most of your enjoyment while browsing /dsg/, consider the following advice: ## General Info - The game series is ancient, so don't expect too much PvE lore discussion or meta exploration. - This is primarily a PC general, and we mainly do PvP. Invaderphobia is not tolerated. - Most activity in the general comes through invading, or doing fight clubs. - FCs are mainly done in DS3 through the **undead arena** (password **/dsg/**). Activity can be at **sl90** or **sl125**. - Hosting and Invading are primarily done at **Pontiff's Backyard**, also at **sl90 (dead)** or **125 (aids)** - People aren't owed replies, so don't get upset if someone responds without handing out a (you). No being selfish. - We love our thread personalities... but if you don't, consider adding them to your filters instead of making a scene. ## Useful things you should know before you start posting **Webm making for complete retards** - In order to easily make optimal webms, first download [Webm for Lazys](https://argorar.github.io/WebMConverter/). If you're still using [Webm for Retards](https://gitgud.io/nixx/WebMConverter), you might wanna update to Lazys. - To make your awesome webm, select your footage and then the destination. First, use the tools to resize your footage to 960x540 resolution, and trim the time down to only the important moments. You can bump the resolution up to 1280x720 for shorter clips, although your bitrate may suffer. Be sure to the filesize to about 4mb. You may need to put it at 3.9 in order to prevent it from going slightly over when encoding gets tight. V9/Opus should be checked by default, but make sure that it's not off. You can leave high quality mode on unless you're making a really long webm (?) - If you lack a recording software, go download OBS. You can set up instant replay to quickly make short clips right after you get a kill. You can also just use shadowplay, if you have an nvidia card. **Handy Resources** - [Fextralife](https://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Dark+Souls+3+Wiki), whilst shoddy, is generally your best bet for basic information. Their wikis cover all the games to a decent level of quality. The comment sections can also be checked for info that the page might not mention. Do note that they shove their own twitch stream onto every page, and also pay to be the first result on google. Put "wiki.fextralife.com###sidebar-wrapper" into your uBlock Origin filters if you have it to increase your quality of life. - [Wikidot](http://darksouls3.wikidot.com/) is older and *much* less maintained than cuckstra, but also doesn't have any of their bullshit. Is a bit lacking in the visual department, but has overall better writing. - For any bloodborne fans, use the [bloodborne-wiki](https://www.bloodborne-wiki.com/) over fextra or anything else. It has the highest quality by far. - If you want to plan a build, [SoulsPlanner](https://soulsplanner.com/) is by far the best site. [MugenMonkey](https://mugenmonkey.com/) is objectively worse, but can be used for Bloodborne and Demon's Souls since soulsplanner lacks those. - If you want more technical info, the [useful links google doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cPyuF_Rjc5nSKPAXTCjSs4hFCf_N4BRsE4tLjDWAmoY/edit) contains an assortment of links to data sheets, breakpoint lists, calculators, builds, and more. And don't worry, it's on anonymous viewing mode for any paranoid weirdos. **What mods should I download?** First off, these mods will not get you banned so don't be stupid. Dark Souls III: - [**Honest Merchant**:](https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/607) Lets you effortlessly create builds from firelink shrine by selling every item in the game for a single soul, as well as providing respecs, infusements, and arena access. You should go into the mod's settings to enable the experimental options and also make sold weapons scale with your upgrade level, which will save you a LOT of time. Do note that if you don't own the DLCs, you shouldn't buy the spells. This'll flag you. - [**Wex Dust**:](https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/405) When alone, this mod turns your repair powder into the Wex Dust item. Using it allows you to search every area in the game for an invasion at once. This can also be done anywhere, meaning you could invade from the comfort of firelink shrine. The wex dust turns back into repair powder the moment your red eye orb becomes inaccessible, so fret not MLGS users. - [**Blue Sentinels**:](https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/723) This is a QoL cheat detection mod to help spot hackers with invalid stats or suspicious actions. It also automatically backs up your save files, and displays player information on the screen. It's not super necessary anymore, but could be nice to have if you're paranoid. - [**DS3 Connection Info**:](https://github.com/tremwil/DS3ConnectionInfo) Useful program that displays character names, associated steam name, location, and ping of people in your game with a customizable overlay. Also allows you to enable **borderless full-screen**, although you need to have ds3 in windowed for it to work. Also has a basic ping filter to avoid invading people with subhuman net. ## Game Questions - Read the relevant Pastebin or Google Doc for the game you're having trouble with. It'll probably answer your questions, although it is pretty outdated. - Be specific as possible when asking questions, so that others know how to help you. No getting upset if you don't like the answer that you receive. - If you're going to post a build, posting it through a Soulsplanner (or mugenmonkey if you're weird) screenshot is preferred. - If you want in-game help in any games, state your soul level, location, and what platform you're playing on. Beware that most users are PC players, and you'll probably be out of luck if you play on console. ## What if I wanna talk about Elden Ring??? - If you wanna talk about loreslop, awful pve, or waifufaggotry, you can go visit our inferior child general **/erg/**. - We have a few ringworm players, so I guess you could ask a pvp question but don't expect much.