Dark Souls 2: looks great!
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Hi, Helifax thanks for take a look the game (You made my day) please contact to mike_ar69 because he spend a few hours trying fix the game....maybe he can help you :)
Hi, Helifax thanks for take a look the game (You made my day) please contact to mike_ar69 because he spend a few hours trying fix the game....maybe he can help you :)

i7 4970k@4.5Ghz, SLI GTX1080Ti Aorus Gigabyte Xtreme, 16GB G Skill 2400hrz, 3*PG258Q in 3D surround.

Posted 09/09/2014 09:38 AM   
For what it's worth, I've so far spent 105 hours playing Dark Souls 2, all of it in 3D. A huge reason I keep going back to the game is that it works so well in 3D. That said, I'm familiar with the shadow problems. I consider them to be few but worth fixing.
For what it's worth, I've so far spent 105 hours playing Dark Souls 2, all of it in 3D. A huge reason I keep going back to the game is that it works so well in 3D.

That said, I'm familiar with the shadow problems. I consider them to be few but worth fixing.

Posted 09/09/2014 11:25 AM   
If you don't get enough volunteers, I'll be happy to test. I'll only be able to look around the early areas though, as I'll be starting a new game without the time to progress too far.
If you don't get enough volunteers, I'll be happy to test. I'll only be able to look around the early areas though, as I'll be starting a new game without the time to progress too far.

Posted 09/09/2014 03:21 PM   
[quote="Pirateguybrush"]Looking at these two: http://iforce.co.nz/i/dz3k4zzk.ig3.jpg http://iforce.co.nz/i/osd0vef3.vyi.jpg It appears as if the shadow cast by the character is correct in the original shot, and a little broken in the fixed version.[/quote] The shadows cast by the characters (NOT the dynamic ones that are present when a "fire" light source is present) are all 2D. (at screen depth). Thats why in the 1st image it looked correct. I pushed these shadows into depth using some approximations. I don't have access to the Projection matrix in the shaders and thus I cannot apply a proper calculation there. (It will require some time for me to learn to do this using HelixMod debugger and also for bo3b to put up the lessons detailing how I can take a matrix from one shader and route it through the wrapper to use it in other shaders). The things that are 100% perfectly fixed are the WEIRD lighting issues (that can be seen in the 1st pic I posted) and some (not all) armor reflections which were rendered in one eye. I don't want people to expect this fix to be a "perfect 3D" fix. It's just my attempt to make the game render "better" with 3D Vision:) Later this evening I will wrap and release what I've done so far;))
Pirateguybrush said:Looking at these two:


http://iforce.co.nz/i/dz3k4zzk.ig3.jpg


http://iforce.co.nz/i/osd0vef3.vyi.jpg


It appears as if the shadow cast by the character is correct in the original shot, and a little broken in the fixed version.


The shadows cast by the characters (NOT the dynamic ones that are present when a "fire" light source is present) are all 2D. (at screen depth). Thats why in the 1st image it looked correct.

I pushed these shadows into depth using some approximations. I don't have access to the Projection matrix in the shaders and thus I cannot apply a proper calculation there. (It will require some time for me to learn to do this using HelixMod debugger and also for bo3b to put up the lessons detailing how I can take a matrix from one shader and route it through the wrapper to use it in other shaders).

The things that are 100% perfectly fixed are the WEIRD lighting issues (that can be seen in the 1st pic I posted) and some (not all) armor reflections which were rendered in one eye.

I don't want people to expect this fix to be a "perfect 3D" fix. It's just my attempt to make the game render "better" with 3D Vision:)

Later this evening I will wrap and release what I've done so far;))

1x Palit RTX 2080Ti Pro Gaming OC(watercooled and overclocked to hell)
3x 3D Vision Ready Asus VG278HE monitors (5760x1080).
Intel i9 9900K (overclocked to 5.3 and watercooled ofc).
Asus Maximus XI Hero Mobo.
16 GB Team Group T-Force Dark Pro DDR4 @ 3600.
Lots of Disks:
- Raid 0 - 256GB Sandisk Extreme SSD.
- Raid 0 - WD Black - 2TB.
- SanDisk SSD PLUS 480 GB.
- Intel 760p 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.
Creative Sound Blaster Z.
Windows 10 x64 Pro.
etc


My website with my fixes and OpenGL to 3D Vision wrapper:
http://3dsurroundgaming.com

(If you like some of the stuff that I've done and want to donate something, you can do it with PayPal at tavyhome@gmail.com)

Posted 09/09/2014 04:01 PM   
Looks like you have desire for the same games as I. Thank you so much mate - I will appreciate any improvement to visuals. So much looking forward to it :)
Looks like you have desire for the same games as I. Thank you so much mate - I will appreciate any improvement to visuals. So much looking forward to it :)
It's actually pretty cool to know you're going through bo3b's school with everyone else. :)
It's actually pretty cool to know you're going through bo3b's school with everyone else. :)

Posted 09/09/2014 06:39 PM   
@helifax: Great to see that You are trying to fix the game! I have "cheated" and wrote an ahk script that made a backup of the autosvae files. Regarding to a possible S3D fix I have kept some of them when I discovered areas with shadow issues (even with disabled dynamic shadows). Maybe this way I can help testing Your fix...
@helifax: Great to see that You are trying to fix the game! I have "cheated" and wrote an ahk script that made a backup of the autosvae files. Regarding to a possible S3D fix I have kept some of them when I discovered areas with shadow issues (even with disabled dynamic shadows). Maybe this way I can help testing Your fix...

My original display name is 3d4dd - for some reason Nvidia changed it..?!

Posted 09/10/2014 06:24 PM   
Oh shit Dark Souls II is getting some attention again! I couldn't be more stoked. The benefits of playing this game in 3D with ENB are huge. Look how cool this is [img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/253/f/1/darksoulsii010_by_aloo81-d7yr1km.jpg[/img] And that is WITHOUT enb. Super excited for the fix.
Oh shit Dark Souls II is getting some attention again!

I couldn't be more stoked. The benefits of playing this game in 3D with ENB are huge.

Look how cool this is

Image

And that is WITHOUT enb.

Super excited for the fix.

Posted 09/11/2014 05:29 AM   
I decided to take some new 3D screenshots to help show off some DLC areas, as well as how fantastic the sense of place can be with 3D. [img]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3896/15018747737_1b33fe73d1_o.jpg[/img] [img]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3905/15205317265_0aa12f22ae_o.jpg[/img] [img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/15018753908_c57ca3ba68_o.jpg[/img]
I decided to take some new 3D screenshots to help show off some DLC areas, as well as how fantastic the sense of place can be with 3D.

Image

Image

Image

Posted 09/11/2014 06:49 AM   
I did a bit more testing and unfortunately the shadow approximation only works in certain places...Currently I am trying to see how I can use a different matrix rather than the one present in the shaders...
I did a bit more testing and unfortunately the shadow approximation only works in certain places...Currently I am trying to see how I can use a different matrix rather than the one present in the shaders...

1x Palit RTX 2080Ti Pro Gaming OC(watercooled and overclocked to hell)
3x 3D Vision Ready Asus VG278HE monitors (5760x1080).
Intel i9 9900K (overclocked to 5.3 and watercooled ofc).
Asus Maximus XI Hero Mobo.
16 GB Team Group T-Force Dark Pro DDR4 @ 3600.
Lots of Disks:
- Raid 0 - 256GB Sandisk Extreme SSD.
- Raid 0 - WD Black - 2TB.
- SanDisk SSD PLUS 480 GB.
- Intel 760p 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.
Creative Sound Blaster Z.
Windows 10 x64 Pro.
etc


My website with my fixes and OpenGL to 3D Vision wrapper:
http://3dsurroundgaming.com

(If you like some of the stuff that I've done and want to donate something, you can do it with PayPal at tavyhome@gmail.com)

Posted 09/11/2014 11:23 AM   
Hey helifax , do you play in 3D Surround? VAC ban risk??
Hey helifax , do you play in 3D Surround? VAC ban risk??

i7 4970k@4.5Ghz, SLI GTX1080Ti Aorus Gigabyte Xtreme, 16GB G Skill 2400hrz, 3*PG258Q in 3D surround.

Posted 09/12/2014 08:52 AM   
[quote="murilladas"]Hey helifax , do you play in 3D Surround? VAC ban risk??[/quote] I always play the games on Surround on my desktop (and 95% of them are on Steam). Haven't got banned so far and haven't heard about anyone getting banned. VAC monitors for other type of activity not this type.
murilladas said:Hey helifax , do you play in 3D Surround? VAC ban risk??


I always play the games on Surround on my desktop (and 95% of them are on Steam). Haven't got banned so far and haven't heard about anyone getting banned.
VAC monitors for other type of activity not this type.

1x Palit RTX 2080Ti Pro Gaming OC(watercooled and overclocked to hell)
3x 3D Vision Ready Asus VG278HE monitors (5760x1080).
Intel i9 9900K (overclocked to 5.3 and watercooled ofc).
Asus Maximus XI Hero Mobo.
16 GB Team Group T-Force Dark Pro DDR4 @ 3600.
Lots of Disks:
- Raid 0 - 256GB Sandisk Extreme SSD.
- Raid 0 - WD Black - 2TB.
- SanDisk SSD PLUS 480 GB.
- Intel 760p 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.
Creative Sound Blaster Z.
Windows 10 x64 Pro.
etc


My website with my fixes and OpenGL to 3D Vision wrapper:
http://3dsurroundgaming.com

(If you like some of the stuff that I've done and want to donate something, you can do it with PayPal at tavyhome@gmail.com)

Posted 09/12/2014 05:22 PM   
so excited for the fix! thanks for working on this! btw, I think reflection problems are more annoying than shadows (which can be turned off), so I would enjoy your fix in any state! :)
so excited for the fix! thanks for working on this!

btw, I think reflection problems are more annoying than shadows (which can be turned off), so I would enjoy your fix in any state! :)

Posted 09/19/2014 11:55 AM   
This is fantastic news, I really can't wait to see what you come up with helifax, I'd given up hope for this game and started playing it anyway a month ago in 2d Can you elaborate about the 3d surround issue with shadows ? Looking forward to playing this in 3d surround :)
This is fantastic news, I really can't wait to see what you come up with helifax, I'd given up hope for this game and started playing it anyway a month ago in 2d

Can you elaborate about the 3d surround issue with shadows ?

Looking forward to playing this in 3d surround :)

Intel 4770K @ 4.8GHz
nVidia GTX TITAN SLI 3D Vision Surround
ASRock Z87 Extreme9/ac
Custom Watercooling

Posted 09/20/2014 08:40 AM   
I haven't been played so much with the DS2 fix so far... since now I am back on my OpenGL wrapper again to fix the eye-sync issue (actually re-writing) the wrapper almost completely :)) But I got the fix in a stable location. However, I couldn't fix the shadows + reflections to work both... So, I ended up with having 2 presets... One for (dynamic shadows) and one for reflections... I will post some screenies to show exactly what I mean. I haven't tested it yet on my 3D Surround Rig, as I made it on my laptop. But I will test it there as well and if needed I will make a Surround version as well:) I will release this fix soon.
I haven't been played so much with the DS2 fix so far... since now I am back on my OpenGL wrapper again to fix the eye-sync issue (actually re-writing) the wrapper almost completely :))
But I got the fix in a stable location. However, I couldn't fix the shadows + reflections to work both...
So, I ended up with having 2 presets... One for (dynamic shadows) and one for reflections...
I will post some screenies to show exactly what I mean.

I haven't tested it yet on my 3D Surround Rig, as I made it on my laptop. But I will test it there as well and if needed I will make a Surround version as well:)

I will release this fix soon.

1x Palit RTX 2080Ti Pro Gaming OC(watercooled and overclocked to hell)
3x 3D Vision Ready Asus VG278HE monitors (5760x1080).
Intel i9 9900K (overclocked to 5.3 and watercooled ofc).
Asus Maximus XI Hero Mobo.
16 GB Team Group T-Force Dark Pro DDR4 @ 3600.
Lots of Disks:
- Raid 0 - 256GB Sandisk Extreme SSD.
- Raid 0 - WD Black - 2TB.
- SanDisk SSD PLUS 480 GB.
- Intel 760p 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.
Creative Sound Blaster Z.
Windows 10 x64 Pro.
etc


My website with my fixes and OpenGL to 3D Vision wrapper:
http://3dsurroundgaming.com

(If you like some of the stuff that I've done and want to donate something, you can do it with PayPal at tavyhome@gmail.com)

Posted 09/20/2014 10:30 AM   
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