Dark Souls crashes after the first cutscene

[Bloempje]

So since Bloodborne is out and everyone is streaming it I decided to go back to Dark Souls again. I never finished it and stopped at the dark underground city I think.

But now I have problem. I have the Dark Souls prepare to die edition (on Steam) but after the character creation and cutscene I get a loading screen and once that finishes the screen turns white and I receive a pop-up saying "DARK SOULS.EXE HAS STOPPED WORKING" or something along those lines.

Anyone know how to fix this? I can't find any solutions for this new version. Since Dark Souls lost it's GFWL integration and does something with Steamworks now.

- I deleted the GFWL programs on my PC, but that didn't help.
- I set the game to beta mode in the game properties.
(SOLUTION) - I turned AA to "OFF" and now I can play, weird. As soon as I turn it to "ON" in-game the game crashes again.

Had a problem with my HUD not being present, but that can be activated by pressing the "Right CTRL" button.


Hope this information can help others.

[Lucas, Elden Lord]

how did you turn aa off?
pc settings crashed when i open it
mine also crashes before the 1st cut scene

[Bloempje]

You can start Dark Souls and see the main menu? Then go to options and turn AA (Anti Aliasing) to off, at least that solved my crashes. I don't know what to do if Dark Souls crashes as soon as you launch it in Steam though.