EDIT: Added a comment below the post briefly discussing Cheat Engine and how it could be used as a pseudo method of restoring lost progress for anyone who didn’t have a backup save. The caveat might be that you can’t play online anymore after using it so double check me on that before deciding (I’ve not personally used it).
EDIT2: Thanks for the sticky! Any questions about the PvP Overhaul Mod should be asked on it's Nexus page. I personally don't mod the DS games so I have absolutely no idea what will or won't get you banned. Perform your due diligence! :)
Long story short, some doofus is ruining people's games by instantly killing Gwyndolin and any other NPCs in Anor Londo (blacksmiths, Solaire, etc). I believe this is only occurring on PC.
I've messaged the Mods requesting a stickied thread be made warning players of this and how they can protect themselves but in the meantime, I can make a thread myself that will at least get eyes on for like......today? lol
Does This Mean I Can't Play Online?
No.
You can absolutely still invade and be summoned for Co-Op to your heart's content. But it's important to be aware of the danger that's currently plaguing (seemingly specifically) Anor Londo and of the steps you can take to mitigate its impact on your experience.
This first tip is the BEST way to defend yourself, bar none.
1. Back Up Your Save
Backing up your save is the difference between a hacker mildly inconveniencing you, and soul-crushing devastation that you'll literally need a day or two to recover from before deciding to even play again.
If a hacker ruins your game by killing NPCs or an unfortunate glitch has softlocked you or any other disaster befalls your play session, simply deleting that save and restoring a recently made backup can solve those woes immediately.
Here's how to do it (PC)
- Make sure the game isn't running whatsoever (later games allow you to remain on the title screen but not DSR)
- Navigate to your Documents folder
- Open the NGBI folder
- Open the folder labeled DARK SOULS REMASTERED
- Open the next folder (it'll be a folder labeled as a sequence of numbers)
- The DRAKS0005.sl2 file is the save file
- Copy it
- Create a new folder for your saves anywhere else on your computer and paste the .sl2 file you just copied into it
- You've now made a backup of your save!
So let's say you get hacked and the Gwyndolin cutscene immediately plays and every NPC in Anor Londo dies. To restore your backup, you'll just delete the .sl2 file containing the "corrupted" game save and replace it with the copy you made earlier.
It's advised that you don't just paste and replace the .sl2 file when restoring your backups. Actually delete the compromised .sl2 file first.
This is just to protect yourself from any mistakes you might make as deleted .sl2 files can be recovered later. If you just paste and replace, the replaced file will be gone for good.
I recommend making a new backup after each hour of play to minimize the effects of a hacker or other form of corruption. That way if it happens, it won't be a big deal.
NOTE: The DRAK file contains all of your data for all of your characters. Backing up this file will back up ALL of your saved characters.
2. Download the PvP Overhaul Mod
Full disclosure, I've not used this mod whatsoever as I don't often PvP, but word on the street in the wake of this string of hacks in Anor Londo is that it'll help prevent those hacks with it's own slew of anti-cheat and netcode improvements.
Understand though that these things are never foolproof and that backing up your save is still the BEST defense against hackers or other forms of corruption.
Hopefully this helps. Feel free to comment below if you have any other tips for preventive measures!
Why play such an old game just to contribute to the decline of the player base?
I don't know why, but hackers in general love doing this.
lol wut
He's referring to the hacker
You'll be surprised.
I remember once I played Team Fortress 2 on PS3, and players there constantly exploited the problems of the original version.
To the point where "the entire team camps at the enemy team's spawn and doesn't let them out."
You’d think it’s an old game without updates on an ancient console, and every player is worth their weight in gold—so you should be kinder.
But no.
People are strange creatures.
Yeah, it's actually insane. I have met some of the rudest and weirdest people in dying games. (Mostly speaking of mmos).
Can't you just go in as undead?
I probably should’ve mentioned it but yes, playing offline or in Hollow form is perfectly fine.
Yes. You don't need to do any of this.
some people actually, you know, want to play online?
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My Andre died and idk why. I teleported to undead parish (the bonfire where he is at) and decided to walk to my living room for a while. When I got back the game showed me the message of online's connection went wrong so I got to the menu to enter again. I noticed he died then. For that and some more reasons I decided to stop playing for a time.
that sucks. Andre is so important as well. Did you come back to the game?
Nah, I missed Return to Lordran this year. I'm sure I'm gonna play it back in these months btw
I wish I had something that could run a non pirated copy. I have it on Xbox 360 and laptop can’t run remastered. I would LOVE to do jolly cooperation again. I run through this game so much on my own. 1 2 and 3. Usually me vs boss or me and npc vs boss.
Solaire and I are battle brothers at this fucking point. 14 years,10 of which perpetually offline play.
happened to me today. I don't even like Pvp, and won't be playing online anymore. Some people just suck
That just happened to me today, so people are still doing it months later.
just block him https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198306500656
Is there no way to report him to steam?
under the 3 dots , option to report
reported so many cheaters yet they never face any repercussions by steam, but oh i said sussy baka to someone in mgs v forums and got banned for 2 weeks for being "combative". Seriously fuck that platform, it honestly feels like ea and ubi employees are now running it. even took away custom music player
steam doesn’t usually punish cheaters in any game that isn’t theirs (vac bans). it’s usually up to the devs
New page: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198179171371/
Thanks for the helpful guide fellow undead. Hope the hacker is getting the attention his parents never gave him lol
If they keep it up, we might get a PC Gamer article! Lol
this happened to me today at noon 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i’m so upset this is my first DS run
what did he do?
Killed Gwyndolin, Gwynevere, Giant Blacksmith
and Solaire and Seigmeyer
this mf killed the 2 most wholesome NPCs in the game 😭
honestly i was mostly just sad i could never craft a single boss weapon.
If it makes you feel any better they both died in my first play through too due to my own negligence and I tried to keep them alive.
It’s happened to me to today, how the fuck is he still able to do this almost a full year later
Same thing, same day...
Just got got today too
60days ago yikes he’s still doing it in 2025, I just finished Anor Londo yesterday seems like I lucked out I didn’t even know about this
Literally just happened to me and had to look up what happened. These hackers gotta be the lamest people on earth to still be doing stuff like this
I've been putting off the game for a while too and finally wanted to finish my playthrough just for this to happen 😐
FOR ANYONE AFFECTED WHO DOES NOT HAVE A BACKUP SAVE
PC players have access to software called “Cheat Engine” which can be used to help artificially restore your character by way of instantly spawning gear and key items into your inventory as well as giving yourself levels or souls.
Challenge runners & streamers will often utilize this software to facilitate various unique runs and the like so the program is viewed positively in that light.
You’d still have to start a brand new character, but granting that character everything you had before your game was hacked will ensure the early game goes by quickly and you can get back to where you were.
I’ve personally not used the software but I (think?) the major caveat is that you won’t be able to play online after using it — but I could be wrong.
But in the interest of a harmless pseudo-restoration of your character, it’s a decent option.
I actually made a clean vanilla save with a anor londo sl55 character myself and uploaded it:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/570940/discussions/0/6015206719890411723/
The more I learn about this game the less appealing the PVP becomes. Literally everyone is either trying to grief you or they are using some exploit to make themselves overpowered.
Which is a real shame because the PVP, when players are evenly matched, is extremely rewarding.
Yea, def ruins the experience for new player's (even though this game is old). I just began my first play through and I'm pretty much going offline any time I become human. Also, the whole "just play hollow" argument makes no sense when you have people ruining PVP, especially for new players.
These things do happen and probably more than they should. But its not that everyone is like this, its just that those are the only ones we hear about because thats what gets posted and talked about. Its only the assholes that get the attention unfortunately. Most of the fair/fun encounters never get posted or talked about.
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I have it and i can deffinetly still play online 😅
Recently got invaded while being invincible, i feot so bad for that guy that i just dropped him some humanity and jumped off a cliff
I'm playing through the game for the first time. When I was going through Anor Londo, some douche named Rainbow Dash kept invading and using lag to backstab me from the front. I didn't realize how lucky I was that's all he did. Some people are such assholes.
the legend never dies.
😭
Ah crap! This happened to me a couple of days ago and I thought it was some weird glitch! Was running back to take on O&S after being invaded. I got hit by one of the demons near the giant blacksmith and glitched through the floor. This auto killed Gwyndolin and then i subsequently found that both the blacksmith and Solaire were dead.
Looks like I’ll be deleting that character and starting again
lol so naive
"lol" what a useless comment that contributes nothing.
next time champ, keep it to yourself! :)
EDIT: oh hey they're suspended. who could have ever foreseen this?
/u/street_ronin , /u/e_0 /u/SammieAgnes
can we get someone to permanently (for now) sticky this thread?
Done! Here's to hoping the PvP Overhaul Mod doesn't break everyone's games and they yell at me for it (lol).
Thanks for the shout out and hope you've been doing well as always :)
Excellent, and thank you so much! Hope you're doing well as well!
My takeaway from this is that I should contact you if I want something pinned. :P
straight up, i'm asking anyone who sees this to let me know if this clown shoes character is still at it.
Yes
yes
What does the hacker get out of this? Just knowing he messed with people's games gets him off?
so because they set out to kill npcs *and* bosses, it's likely that part of what they were trying to do was to make it so pvp players could no longer be invaded. there's a good chance that being owned too many times made them do this.
so basically the final form of all the scrubs who whine about invaders was that guy.
lmao!
I got invaded in front of the fog gate by Ornstein and Smough. The guy watched me kill the Giants and then whooped my ass before I could summon Solaire. I was enraged and also thought it was hilarious! Just another humanities farming run in the depths got me back where I needed to be Part of the game, I guess!
see that's a healthy response. you didn't immediately download cheat engine!
I didn’t even know it was a thing!
Something to bear in mind with the PvP Overhaul Mod is that it, by default, makes some changes to the game (weapon movesets, etc), but you can toggle those off so the game remains unchanged but still offers the anti-cheat fixes.
where are the toggles for this feature? i am newb.
Press F5 to toggle into "legacy" mode.
Even more so - I'd recommend going through offline for the time being. You won't lose out on a ton of PVP content anyway unless you play during Return to Lordran.
Backup everything, but if you're new and going through the first time, playing offline won't hurt. And you can play stress free without dealing with this.
For sure!
I just specified that you could still play online moreso for those who like to stay within a certain level bracket of PvP or PvE.
When is Return to Lordran supposed to be?
I'm 4 months late to answer, but it Starts on Jan 3 2025. It's a community event where the fans go back to ds1 and be online as much as possible. Basically.
Maybe 4 months late but just in time for the actual event! I played thru with 2 characters but I have a third I'd like to do during this event plus maybe a ng+.
Do you happen to know when these community returns are for other Souls games?
Thankgod this didn’t happen, after beating ER+dlc I decided to experience old souls and finished ds1 couple days ago…
How was your journey? I hope it was a decent experience like the run i did myself.
It was phenominal! Took a while to get used to but did ger used to it and eventually beat it! Was very fun and went to ds2 afterwards (now on dlc) Playing these games make me appreciate the whole studio more tbh
How are you enjoying 2 so far? I had to get used to the ADP stat but other then that I've had a good time of it
I really enjoy it! I didn’t do juch with adp at first and just realized that if I wanna ‘dodge roll’ Something I just do it the opposite direction of attack to compensate for lack of iframes( eventually did level up adp tho have really enjoted the game, it looks AMAZING.
I did eventually finish it tho so currently in dlc 1 :)
Nice! I'm at 3 lord souls out of the 4 just have Iron Keep left but decided to go for the Sunken DLC since i could get the key fairly easily, think i might beat the DLCs first before i beat the main game
Damn nice! You coudld definitrly try that! I dadly ‘beat’ the game accidently unaware who the final boss was haha
I’ve been doing speedruns and try to get him to invade me so I can skip it all. No luck yet!
speedruns have to be done offline to be eligible for most leaderboards. are you doing a casual speedrun?
What kind of loser goes and ruins someone else’s game? How is that fun??
Good that i saw this. My Brother and i are currently doing a Coop Run with it being his first ever Dark Souls Game. This would suck if it would happen
I got invaded by 3 people in the forest with the transparent werecat covenant guys right after i killed them all. I was trying to get the flippy ring from the one bodyguard. killing them at that stage was a pain in the ass. It created a white fog gate because of the invaders. so i shut off the console, reloaded, set it to offline and havent looked back. Not dealing with that shit. I like the messages, but 3 on 1 is some guaranteed death bs.
Just FYI you can only be invaded by one player at a time unless they belong to the cats covenant, if they're part of her covenant they can be summoned to defend her and the other covenant members so bc u killed them they got summoned (at least thats how it works to my knowledge i may be way off base)
Whats his steam name?
Can’t name & shame.
Players can sometimes misinterpret what’s happened (not just this situation) and mistakenly report innocent people.
To further emphasize this point, I’ve seen 3 different names reported on Steam. Lol
And to further emphasize THAT point, blocks & ignores can be circumvented with simple name or account changes.
So naming & shaming is as pointless as it is potentially harmful.
It’s not happened to me so I wouldn’t have a name anyway.
Can confirm that it's at least like 3 people, assuming it's the same group who did it when I got hit a few weeks back. I ran into 2 in Anor Londo while someone else - according to a Steam Community post - ran into one in the Undead Parish.
Play on console. Done.
Ah yes, let me buy an entire fucking console plus a TV, AND the same game again, just to solve this one problem that can be solved for free. Thanks for the insight, genius.
Is not really worth playing Souls game online on pc, especially the classic ones like DS1, and if is your first time.
Those things with hacks on pc is way too common.
It’s honestly not that common. This rando in Anor Londo has only been active the last week or so but outside of that, you really didn’t encounter anything truly harmful any more or less frequently than anything else.
Not common...? I've seen around 5 posts in a few days... Also why did they create the software to combat it if it isn't common?
I'll be over here safely playing all the souls games on my Xbox thank you.
About a single individual in Anor Londo, correct.
They didn't.
The PvP Overhaul Mod is two years old now. lol
As for why there's adjustments to the netcode and their own protections against hacks at all --- well, it's a 13 year old game. Improvements to player connections would be an expected feature of a PvP Overhaul mod developed for such an old title.
......okay? Noone's pointing a gun at your head telling you to do otherwise.
noone wants to pay a monthly subscription cost to play online on top of their ISP bill, what a sham. You're choosing scammers over hackers, you should care about your money more.
Console is the way
Thanks for making this post! I've had little energy as of late, and I'm not a big thread-guy, so I only responded to some of the victims to tell them how to avoid it in the future.
For anyone reading this who's doubtful about the PvP Overhaul Mod: I can tell you with 99% certainty that it's not something you'll regret having, even if someone somehow manages to sneak past the mod's anti-cheat.
Is it guaranteed not to get people banned due to DSR not allowing mods or modified game files? I heard people were banned for graphical mods before on this game and it is unknown which mods trigger you to get banned. the only safe way it to always be offline but that would defeat the purpose of this mod.
You should ask that question in the mod's forum page on the Nexus site.
I don't use it (I don't mod the DS games at all, really) so I'm unclear about will or won't get you banned.
Currently completing my 8th playthrough and have never played online so I personally don't have a need for this info. But I just want to say that it's very kind of you to take the time to raise awareness like this and help other players avoid this embarrassing attention-desperate Joker wannabe shit-in-their-diaper deodorant-allergic dork from ruining their game
Gotta say, very kind of yuo to make this. I own Dark Souls for PC and recently my nintendo switch. I tend to play on my switch, less hackers. PC just has too many possibilities. ITs annoying. All your hard work feels for nothing when a hacker can change a few scrips to make themselves better than you
ATTENTION anyone using PVP Overhaul Mod
Mod is safe to use. HOWEVER, I do not know how to back up a save file with this mod active. I tried reloading a back up save (DRAK0000whatever.sl2) when using this mod, but it didn't work. The game loaded as if i didn't just replace the file.
I have posted a question the Nexus to see what the solution is.
In the meantime, just know you can't do that the normal way. Or if you use back up saves to reset events like me (I like to reload back up saves until 1 titanite slab drops in the great hollow, because it's bullshit that it's a random chance each run.) You won't be able to do that.
Edit: the author has gotten back to me. If using the overhaul mod, use the save file that ends in "overhaul". If you don't copy that one, it won't back up your save.
Hi this just happened to me , I have no back up saves and no mod pick sadly. I'm more afraid though for something I heard long ago about attacking people's computers from inside the game and stealing files , is this related ? Should I be afraid? Is there a way y to undo what has been done without having taken the measures above ? I wasn't aware of that issue and I feel like my game has been ruined ,I just wanted to play co-op with my friend
Your computer’s fine. This isn’t related that. That’s the good news.
The bad news is, depending on what’s happened, your save may be ruined.
Just FYI--he's still there. I didn't know about him when I made a new run so I got hit.
Honestly I just need the IDs for the Giant Blacksmith so I can respawn him with DSGadget and then I won't care. But I can't find anything other than his death state. Setting 1362 to false and 1360 to true doesn't seem to work.
EDIT: Found it but haven't confirmed it works. According to a post on Nexus Mods, you need to set ID 11510524 to false (disabled) in addition to setting 1362 to false.
Thanks for these tips. It happened to me yesterday and I was so confused, thinking it was a glitch. Now I know it was a waste of skin behind a computer doing this nonsense.
Thankfully I had another character from before so I did not had to start from scratch.
This whole thread is a savior to all skeletons out there. I hope the hacker got hit by a Sunlight Spear, a push to the pit from Bed of Chaos, and a piece of Wrath of the Gods to his end.
Is this still going on? I'm almost at Anor Londo and I'm scared to keep going now.
Yes it’s still going on.
Don’t be scared. Just make regular backups of your save like I explained. If you do that, it’ll only ever be an annoying inconvenience if it ever happens.
Got it, thank you so much!
Just fyi backing up and restoring saves can get you a ban, it is technically modifying the files but with how piss poor cheat detection is it's probably fine 99% of the time.
As a new player od DS1 I find this very helpful and very interesting 🤔 because it makes me wonder why in the world a person will intentionally invade you to ruin the experience of players where most often than not it might be a new player just like me that has no idea that these things can happen. I am also impressed that From software haven't done anything about it.
For instance I believe there should be an option that will allow us to decided if we want to be invaded or not, I believe that will prevent this kind of behavioral actions of evil players.
Wish I saw this sooner, but this hacking + npc deleting is still going on in Anor Londo. I'd also recommend the npc revive mod and the save manager.
It's still happening.
Silly question time - does the hacking only happen in Anor Londo? Or is it at any point of the game after Anor Londo as well?
My plan is to simply play offline throughout Anor Londo if the former, just wanting to see whether that's enough to keep me safe!
It can happen anywhere, but whoever does this seems to favor Anor Londo.
Playing offline keeps you safe from everything, yes.
Is this on PC? I play on ps5 . Can this happen on ps5?
Does this happen on PS? Someone just invaded me but I quit the game before anything could happen.
Just PC far as what’s been reported. It’d be harder to hack consoles.
How to backup on Steam Deck?
You’re gonna have to channel your Google-fu cuz I don’t have a steam deck. Sorry. 😬
Search for syncthing steam deck, there’s a tutorial. As a bonus this can let you have cloud saves for ds2 and 3
modders made a net code improvement!!!!!! holy shit this is what i mean by coding is wide spread and anyone can do dev level of work if given time and incentive. Really wish publishers paid modders as well for their commitment, heck i'm sure in the future , just like mercenaries are hired for their services, modders would be used by any number of gaming studios or simple offices for their experience in the field.
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Idk if this is still going on but thanks nonetheless. Just got to sens Fortress and came here to ask about some stuff and saw this by chance. Nearly at anal rodeo once I let tarkus solo the golem for me.
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Thats supposed to happen.
NG+ begins immediately after linking the fire or leaving the kiln.
Thanks for sharing this!
Does this happen On Playstation? I am going through my first run, and loving the messages on the floor (so would prefer to keep playing online) - but if an invader joined my game to troll, that would be a downer…
What is a good auto backup?
I’m unfamiliar with any automatic processes.
Enable shadow copies on your C: drive in windows.
Summoned a sunbro to help me with a boss and get a medal, he died immediately and I got items popping up on the screen, realised it was from npcs dying. When it popped up saying I got the crest of artorias I knew andre had died.
so this happened to you in undead parish, right?
the cheater dweeb that this thread serves as monument to was done four months ago. he isn't the only person with access to cheat engine, guys.
also it wasn't necessarily the sunbro -- an invasion could have come through at the same time. check your recent players and see if it looks like there was anyone extra.
i would suggest just treating backup saves like manual saves if you intend on playing online. do it after bosses and big stuff. or do it at the start of every session -- that's what i do. but also after i get groceries (lloyd's, mosses, etc).
Thank you for the shout out for the Overhaul Mod! At the moment it does appear that this hacker is bypassing some of the protections I implemented, but i should have fixes out for that within the week!
New release out that i hope should address this! It also auto backs up your saves now, so you don't have to manually.
Mml,(.(.(
A really easy way to combat this is by enabling shadow copies on your C: drive. Saves are usually in your documents folder and shadow copies creates a backup every time your PC boots. If this happens, then the worst you lose is a day/hours worth of progress.
Ok whoever is using hacks to invade your world and instakill your NPCs is a complete asshole
I was doing invasions today and it happened in my hosts world, just know i saw another invader that looked like that i think, name's Mephisto. It could be the guy, not sure again, but keep an eye out for that
Man, we are still fighting hackers 14 years later. Tragic.
So…PTDE is safe, right?
Yes because multiplayer isn’t supported on it anymore.
Ik this is a bit old but if this happens it still possible to progress the game? And by that I mean is it still possible to get the lord vessel and all that.
just happened to me, which sucks ):
Hey, happened to me as well yesterday. Do you have Onedrive? You can restore your savefile from there by going into \Documents\NBGI\DARK SOULS REMASTERED\ and check the version history of the savefile and restoring an onlder version. The Documents directory usually is synced with onedrive by default
So I used onedrive to restore the file since i didn't know about this and was not running any backup strategies. However The savegames are in the \Dokumente\NBGI\DARK SOULS REMASTERED\ directory which is synced by onedrive by default. You can just right click -> version history and restore an older version of the file from before the incident happened.
kind of insane a game over a decade old still has griefers lmao
Happened to me today 🫠
Why does this occur?? Could you tell me that I'm in London and it's only now that I found out that I'm lucky that I'm like a hollow
Are you asking why hackers hack? lol
Man, can't believe people would grief like that.... *boots up my twink giant dad build*
Haha well there’s legal griefing & illegal griefing. 😂
Is this for prepare to die or remastered version is the game?
Remastered.
Prepare to Die's servers were taken offline years ago.
or instead of doing allat: play offline
Some people still enjoy PvP or coop.
Backing up a save takes less than a minute once you know how.
i enjoy messages
i just alt-f4 when invaded. This game is a colander
This just happened to me on my first playthrough a few days ago... now I have the mod installed but have to do everything (till O&S) again...
Hey I downloaded the mod, and it added a red L icon to my status effects beneath the stamina bar, any idea why or what it means ?
Just ran into a similar asshole in Darkroot Garden, killed Sif within a second of spawning and peaced out. Some people suck. Thanks for the guide.
um in documents i don't have anything called ngbi.
Which characters did you lose specifically?
On my first playthrough of the game right now, a few seconds after getting up from the second fire of Anor Londo I got teleported into Gwyndolin's boss room, I thought it was odd but it didn't cause many problems... but I think the cheats may have evolved since this post was made, because it wasn't just the Anor Londo NPCs, but also every boss, and every single NPC in the game, or at the very least, everyone in Anor Londo, Firelink, Undead Burg (I just checked Andre), and the Hydra in the basin was dead as well.
This shit is wild, and extremely unfortunate as I was really enjoying the game.
Currently debating between just dropping the game and moving on to something else, or restarting my game from scratch... but I suppose this can be seen as a chance to try a new build?
Can they get you on Xbox or nah
Nah
happend to me today i will make a new character tommorow its so sad that people hack in this old game and ruin your run
that asshole just got me yesterday. if only i had seen this post i couldve avoided it
I had this happen to me and thought I bugged the game or something. Was very sad when the giant blacksmith was gone
I think this just happened to me before the O&S fight. Did not know this was a thing to look out for until I looked online for how Solaire could die randomly. Giant blacksmith and the lady by the bonfire also dead, Gwynevere too. Are all the other NPCs gonna be dead too like Andre? Is this gonna ruin the rest of the playthrough? Would rather start over now than realize it later down the line. What a bummer, was finally getting a decent handle on this game.
Happened to me just yesterday before O&S too and I haven't beaten them just yet. Did you find out if the NPCs outside of Anor Londo are dead in your save?
So far I can confirm the Anor Londo firekeeper, Solaire, and the giant blacksmith are dead for me (and probs Gywnevere as well if it was the same hacker). I feel the same way man, I saw this post a day too late just casually thinking to check out the subreddit. :')
I hate playing console and love my modded DS on PC, but I might have to go by the game for a THIRD time (I have it on Switch 2 (HORRIBLE)) and get it for PS5. This sucks. I wanted to play the game as intended.
You can still do that.
I had a good experience with it on PS5. Does it run poorly on Switch 2?
Absolutely pure trash on Switch 2. It runs at like 40 FPS or worse and is so choppy. I have it on PC so I play it there, and I have DS3 on PS5 which works fine. Switch just has mehish hardware and ppl should just play exclusive on it.
This still a thing?
Yes.
You can absolutely have fun and PVP. Just make sure to utilize one (preferably both) of the safeguards I talk about.
Well, after hours of exploring and realizing probably way too late that Andre was dead, I looked it up and found a post saying there were multiple 'Andres' and that it might actually have been his brother.
So I kept playing for hours and hours, only to slowly realize that there were no NPCs left, they were all dead.
I'm so disappointed… 27 hours of gameplay straight to the trash.
I’ll never enable online mode again, even though I really liked that feature.
Is there any way to see who was connected to my game?
Oh man, that stinks. Are you on PC?
That is actually hilarious and creepy at the same time 😂
I got hit with this today... it's fine though, I'll just go to Kathe next.
I can confirm this is still an issue, dokt go human in Anor Londo, sadly.
You can still enjoy playing online. Just take the precautions I've outlined above. They work.
I have no idea if this mod will get me banned so I'm kinda worried to use it.
You definitely won't get a ban for PVP Overhaul because it disables anti-cheat. Unless you get reported
I'm a console gamer. But I think I'll buy a steam version so I can participate in Rtl. Is this overhaul mod recommended? Doing a backup every hour kinda stinks too. But safe is safe. I just read a thread where someone got banned for picking up a forbidden item. This mod prevents this aswell? Wtf is wrong with pc gaming, man.
PVP Overhaul is strictly mandatory; it allows you to pick up items and prevents cheaters from killing your NPCs
Really disgusting that this person is doing this. I hope everyone at least reports then blocks them on Steam to get more exposure to it. PVP Overhaul Mod is great, what's perhaps most impressive is that it's compatible with the regular game so it doesn't interfere with anyone else according to the nexusmods page. Awesome stuff and a must have.
Hey Im pretty sure it sthe NBGI folder and not the NGBI folder