Game won't launch correctly on new computer. (White Screen)

[tinf0ilhat]

Whenever I try to run the game it opens in windowed mode and the screen is white. It plays the menu music and sounds and does not crash, however the screen remains white. I have been unable to fix this so far. I have tried redownloading, dsfix, and running the game in compatibility mode. (I have Windows 10) People have mentioned downloading Games for Windows Live but I thought the whole point was it doesn't require that anymore. Has this happened to anyone else and has anyone figured out how to fix it?

[Derikay]

Happening to me right now :( The same thing happens to me but i have windows 8.1

[Ash Blossom & Unjoyous Spring]

It happened to me, idk what to do :(

[o0HaMaD0o]

me too , i need help

[Stone1269]

I had this happen as well on my laptop. My laptop has Intel Integrated Graphics as well as a Nvidia GTX 965M. What I had to do was force the game to initially run with the integrated graphics. I set the game to run at my desired resolution and to run at full screen. I then exited the game, and used the Nvidia control panel to set my default graphics back to my Nvidia card. Then, when I ran the game, it came up properly.

[Derikay]

OMG THANK YOU SO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MUCH I COULD KISS YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have the same exept a Nvidia GTX 990M and i did that and it works, ive tried everything for the past 2 days and nothing has worked, stupid me for not thinking of this sooner, SO THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!!

[Ash Blossom & Unjoyous Spring]

THANK YOU, I CAN FINALLY PLAY AGAIN <3<3<3<3

[Derikay]

Stone1269, Quite a few people have been having this problem, any chance you could make a quick guide or another discussion to help them out?? Thanks again man :)

[Joe]

Originally posted by Brandon:

Stone1269, Quite a few people have been having this problem, any chance you could make a quick guide or another discussion to help them out?? Thanks again man :)

I just had this happen to me since I'm also on a laptop:

1) Right-click on your desktop, then open NVIDIA Control Panel
2) Head to "Manage 3D Settings" > Program Settings > Select Dark Souls (darksouls.exe), or add it if it isn't there.
3) Select the preferred graphics processor for the program: "Integrated Graphics"

Then the game launches properly.

4) In the menu PC Settings, change it to Fullscreen and select your resolution
5) Quit the game

Open NVIDIA Control Panel again and this time select High-performance NVIDIA Processor and you're done.

Enjoy 1080p goodness!

-Iro

[tinf0ilhat]

I can confirm that this works. Thank you so much for the help.

[Bombadil]

THANK YOU!!!!! <3 <3 <3

[アクマLeonセンパイ]

wow nice tutorial 10 out of 10

[✚ Telepath ✚]

Thank you so much, been looking around for a solution on Google for ages now, lol.

[sjsamphex]

This fixed it! Thanks so much!

[Hicalibre]

It doesn't work for me and my GPU is more than capable. Posted a thread hoping for something.

[Dr. Armstrong]

The game runs correctly when I do that but when I press PC Settings my game crashes, anybody know how to fix this?