If dark souls 2 is the worst souls game then why does it get the best mods?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_V7sPyNnhQ
>>737350627good maarning
>>737351068MAAM I ASK GROK MAKED DS2 BETTER HE SAY SIR I CANNOT DO IT IT IS ALREADY THE BETTER
>>737350627cuz the game is shit people make mods trying to fix it, like skyrimother souls games are fine with no mods, not dark shit 2
>>7373513543 is unplayable without mods
Dark Souls 2 is on sale, should I buy it if I have already played Scholar?
>here's your reshader bro>that'll be 400fps plus tip
Looks incredible, ngl
>>737351705Also, this part right here becomes even worse. Gotta love those transitions into the dark.
>>737351705looks like a shitty indie game from Turkey.
>>737350627In some cases it's an improvement, but then there is shit like picrel.
>>737351737THE LIE. FINALLY A REALITY.
>>737351819Miyazaki probably still has those original buildsIt's the RE1.5 of Souls
>>737350627Pictured image is set in a day, it's a little open ruin in the forest with a small bonfire, goy tracing overdoes the lighting so hard it makes it look as if was some fucking underground dungeon.
>>737350627Sucks, totally fucks up the mood in every example
>>737350627>realistic lighting and shadows is when you can't see shitJust like my modern hollywood movies.
>>737351806Damn dude! It's like you're finally incentivized to use a feature of the game! Or use sorceries to light the way.
>>737350627>If dark souls 2 is the worst souls gameIt's not.
>>737350627Only retards will enjoy this mod.
>>737350627>Remove all the color and fill the levels with antisoul gas
>>737351806Yeah, I guess if there is no light source, there also won't be no light. Are the Discord trannies active again? Or what are those incredible shit takes on realistic lightning in this thread?
>>737352035You can stick the torch up your ass and suck on sorcery wand dude. I'll play with 2h strength build as God and Miyazaki intended and simply won't use your sloppy mods.
>>737352160I am sorry for your loss, anon. Hopefully one day you will be able to purchase a high end card, and enjoy path tracing.
kek
>>737352160>miyazakithe guy that had nothing to do with this game?
>>737352329He was there for an emotional support
>>737352160Ds2 gave all bosses high immunity to sorcery and many enemies in the DLCs are resistant to sorcery , basically sorcery in ds2 is the in game hard mode, at least for SOFTS not sure about the OG
>>737352104There is a lighting rework mod in works where the author was also adding extra lighting sources to the environment to avoid the situations where you suddenly can't see shit. Though it's half-abandoned.But still hopefully someone would make a version of path tracing mod that doesn't force you to choose between being fucking blind or hugging a torch 24/7.
>>737352296soulless soul
>>737352470wut. Sorcery is literally ez baby mode in 2. Like basically skip fights easy
>>737352487Have you ever been in a church?
>>737351861Everyone is obsessed with earthen peak letting you go into the lava castle but NOBODY, No ONE ever mentions how you taker an elevator from this lab to the peak of caucuses mountains
>>737352526Not in SOFTS
And the best thing about all this is, that DS2 still has an active user base at low level invading thanks to the Blue Acolyte mod. Truly the best Souls for PvP up to this date.
>>737352232>>737352241>>737351819These are good>>737351806>>737352104>>737352296>>737352704These are beyond shit
ALSO:REAL MIRRORS!The bane of every Discord tranny.
>>737352786this looks like trash
PEAK ATMOSPHERE
>>737352921Well it's Dark Souls 2
>>737350627Kinda looks like pic rel but the opposite
Why are there so many lightingfags? These mods exceed any other in numbers.All they do is remove color and add orange gas.
Yep this is insane. I think i'll tip the modder a couple of coffees just to keep the development flowing. You really need to appreciate it in HDr though
>>737353031>nobody can see that the castle is lame and empty if everything is darkGenius
>>737353345Does he not offer a denoiser?
How do the darker areas look with a torch out?
Post the mirror knight.
>>737353420they look lit
Sunken City. So dark!
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>I add a bunch of shadows to make things barely visible>BRAVO BRAVO GAYMING IS SAVEDlol it looks like reshade hbao on steroid
>>737353728Where are you getting these screenshots from?
>>737353121>how can I make this about Whites
>>737354090I post them myself.
>>737350627ugly goytracing is not a substitute for artist work you need to redo the maps with proper lighting - like another mod was doing this shit is lazy and still looks crap
>>737354148Wait, how did you get the mod? I thought it was still being developed / work in progress.
>>737354193Public beta is out on the mods official trannycord server>>737354163Funny how you say that this mod is betraying the developers original intentions, when dark areas, and torches WERE the developers original intention to begin with, you disingenuous faggot.
>>737354264>discord serverFuck that noise then.
>>737354523Will be on Nexus eventually.
>>737354562There's only one problem, I'm already nearing the end of my DS2 playthrough, just finished Iron King DLC, going through Ivory King now.
>>737354562How expensive RT is DS2?
>>737351819Looks like ass compared to>>737351861A lie will remain a lie
>>737354602Am running DS2 with a 4070ti at 4k, and I get 30fps at Max quality DLSS. Quality DLSS preset is 60fps, but it's clearly a little bit washed out. All the screenshots I posted so far are with the best quality preset.
>>737354671If you were to get a job, and save some money at the end of every month, you yourself could buy a new PC too.
>>737350627>if i have a tiny dick why do i own a ferrari
>>737353121Every time.
>>737350627Did they fix the dogshit animations?
so did it ever get mods to restore the original lighting?
Crazy how many people here are trying to move goal posts, or are just jealous about not being able to play this game with path tracing. One day, you guys will make it, I believe in you.
>>737355089A lot of your screenshots make it look like the world is made of really clean clay. Which kinda looks cool sometimes, but looks really wrong in most places as DS2 was a pretty dingy game.Feel like path tracing injection is better suited for sci-fi games
>>737352584>People are cropping this gif now to hide the foot getting stabbedGrim
Well that's definitely WIP.
>>737355193>A lot of your screenshots make it look like the world is made of really clean clay.probably because the textures aren't designed for this in mind, which usually results in things being overly smooth and shiny for no good reason. there's texture mods out there but i dunno if anything is 100% comprehensive.
>>737350627All the lighting mods make the games worse the DS1 mod can't restro the original lighting and DS2 mod just adds anti soul gas everywhere. Good mods for these games are far and few inbetween
>>737356767>JEALOUSY: THE POST
Okay, No Man's Wharf ain't supposed to be near pitch black.
>>737350627I'm playing through DS2 right now and I'm done with the base game and Ivory king so two expansions left. I don't think you can fix the game by making it prettier. It's not a bad game but it's clearly rushed, and if you want to "fix" it, you would need to redo the entirety of the base game area design first, before even thinking about improving graphics.
>>737350627>goy tracing>good
>>737358376What does that mean, what needs to be ''fixed''
>dark souls 2 :(>dark souls 2 at 12fps path tracing :O
>>737350627It's kinda crazy that people are still working towards restoring the lighting from that decade old trailer
>>737358482if you can run above a 3060 ti, you're golden. this thing is extremely performant somehow.
>>737352584
>>737359619This alongside the other screenshots look pretty good. Any texture enhancement mods or similiar visuals alterations you're running with it?
>>737359847in my case, that one was using some of the default DS2LE textures they put in the original download page, the textures that come with the path tracing beta right now, and the gear renewal project. don't wanna deal with nexus downloads for texture renewal, but may as well eventually. big problem is that without PBR textures it can look really bad, but some of the stuff already put out there are so exaggerated or "HD" that it looks out of place instead, and i'm hoping texture renewal doesn't turn everything in that direction; you can see the wall on the right here being smeared and clay-like due to a lack of PBR versus the floor texture.
>>737356767None of the materials or light sources were made with PT in mind. Still requires tuning and taste to get a good look.
>>737360057Gotcha, appreciate the clarification. Going to give it a try when I get off work. Thanks bud
I'm finally playing the dark souls trilogy. The first one was a lot of fun but 2 seems to have left mixed impressions.Any advice?
>>737351068>>737351143lmfao fpbp
>>737360242torches are very useful so try not to sword & board too much
>>737360242Level ADP first to 40 before anything else
>>737360275holy fucking shit my sides>jam boy
>>737353121Cowardly little poo rat.
>>737360275mosquitoes aren't attracted to jamthis is just anti-brit indian ragebait much like the anti-white nigger ragebait about whites using nigger babies as gator bait
>>737360275Lmfao, no way this is true
>>737352526i fucking hate the sorcery discourse in souls games cause it's hard mode in literally every one besides 1 and des. But you retards beat the game once on release before it was nerfed to the ground and now spout everywhere about how ez mode it is
>>737360512sar...the most authoritative source says otherwise....
>>737360275>jamboyI think I have a new insult.
>>737350627invading in this game is really fun
my understanding from the previous thread about this is that there were people working on the art direction side of the mod, but both of them left the project for one reason or another. apparently it's a lot of work to actually configure every area to look good.i'm not really surprised it looks like a UE5 tech demo
>>737351068lol/thread
>>737360295>>737360345Thanks.
>>737358115No Man's Wharf does have a bunch of torches all over the fucking place, a great torch in the ceiling that you unlock with a pharros stone, and an enemy type that hates the light, so it being dark makes some sense.
>>737350627DS3 has Convergence and Archstones, so it moggs.
>>737363575>ArchthronesThe mod author will likely die from cancer before finishing it.
>>737351819Not realistic, the light should bounce lighting up the surrounding moreAlso, a polished turf is still a turd
Fuck, I guess I'm replaying DS2 for the nth time
>>737351068so this is all vibe coded huh? lol
>>737360275Reminder that the British spearheaded globohomo and deserve all they are reaping! You are conscious of India because of the Brits
>>737352470>fire sorcery at enemy>they dodge>fire again>they dodge again>die because oomwow
PT is kind of brute forcing it, no? Judging by these screenshots all it really needs is a simple RTGI system, not full blown path tracing.
>modsgaywhy haven't you played the network test yet faggot?
>>737350627>makes the whole game monotone>add anti-soul gas everywhereWhy the fuck do zoomers eat this shit up all the time?
Oh, requires windows 11....
>>737350627If everything is dark then nobody will call the graphics bad because you can't see the graphics to begin with.
>>737371961That was the idea, yes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BBuGdBJThg
>>737360512How is it anti-brit or anti-white. The Jam Boy and feeding nigglets to gators thing makes me embrace the whyte man even more.
>>7373506271. It doesn't2. Those things are unrelated
>>737350627Right looks worse. Everything looks more washed out and less vivid.
Can you adjust ray and bounce per pixel ?
>doesn't work on pirated copies for no reason>scholar of the worst version onlyYeah, nice novelty, I guess.
>>737353345>>737353408From Software games have graphics that are no better than Thief 3.
>>737350627Because it’s the most unfinished, what a retarded thread
>>737350627>a flood of posts defending DS2s graphicshas to be botsor children that werent born when DS2 came out are that numerous here
Someone post gargoyles, Iron King, and Alonne.
