Dark Souls III is not working (FIXED)

[Dylan]

So I just got the game today, I let it download and when I went to launch it, it got stuck on a white screen. If i clicked or waited a bit it would say that Dark Souls is not responding. I relaunched the game a couple of times with no luck. I went to check the Dark Souls folder in %appdata% and saw that nothing inside the folder. I was wondering if the white screen had anything to do with nothing being in the folder, and if anyone could help find a solution to launching the game properly.

[Lumen]

Are you by any chance using a 32 bit OS?

[Dylan]

Manafacturer: Alienware
Model: Inspiron M15X
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q820 @ 1.73GHz 1.73 GHz
Installed memory (Ram): 6.00 GB
System type: 64-bit Operating System

No, i have a 64 bit OS.

[grandma_moses]

And I used like 3 seconds to google, show some individual responsibility next time! :)
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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.
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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!
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Another poster writes about PS4 controller problems after the first fix didn't work for him:

Not working here. It wont load in integrated either. What I did iscover however is that it only Stops working If im using a DS4 controller. this just happened to me today after the newest windows update.
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[Dylan]

Thanks for the help so far, I assume I have an outdated version of NVIDIA since darksouls isnt showing up when Im choosing the program. At the moment im trying to update it to the latest version of NVIDIA and see if it pops up then. If it doesnt work i will come back to the discussion ;p. Again, Thank you so much for the help!

[Dylan]

When I was trying to add the darksouls file i did not find a file named "darksouls.exe" but i did find one labeled "darksoulsiii.exe". For darksoulsiii.exe I did not see Intergrated Files anywhere, correct me if im wrong but it should be located right below the progam setting.

[grandma_moses]

I'm guessing you can only switch between graphics adapters if you actually have two running simultaneously which I can't test for as I've disable my onboad graphic via the BIOS.

Did you, just for the lols, unplug your controller and tried starting the game once more? Seeing as the first two fixes I posted speak of a laptop, maybe the third fix will be the charm.

Other than that, there were lots of hits for 'dark souls white screen', so I'm sure the solution is anywhere out there.

[Dylan]

Yeah, already tried the controller thing, im gonna keep trying to find the solution. Thanks for your help!

[Krampus]

IDK what you're talking about. DS is working as intended according to Miazaki.

You, sir, have to get your facts straight

[Dylan]

I assume its just something wrong on my end, not the games ;p.

[Faz]

Originally posted by grandma_moses:

And I used like 3 seconds to google, show some individual responsibility next time! :)
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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.
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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!
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Another poster writes about PS4 controller problems after the first fix didn't work for him:

Not working here. It wont load in integrated either. What I did iscover however is that it only Stops working If im using a DS4 controller. this just happened to me today after the newest windows update.
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There are many more entries to be found.

Thanks man... This worked....
Update: Never mind.... Stops working after a while....

[Gromozeka]

У меня перестала запускаться игра после 20 часов игры, всё время крашится, я уже и переустанавливал игру и проверял целостность файлов, но ничего не помогает, что я ещё могу сделать что бы решить эту проблему помогите пожалуйста, я ярый фанат серий Dark souls и не хотел бы что бы так всё печально закончилось! Помогите пожалуйста))))
I stopped playing the game after 20 hours of play, it crashes all the time, I already reinstalled the game and checked the integrity of the files, but nothing helps, what else can I do to solve this problem? Please help me, I'm an ardent fan of Dark souls series and not I wish that would all be so sad! Help me please))))

[GewoonRobbie]

Originally posted by Gromozeka:

У меня перестала запускаться игра после 20 часов игры, всё время крашится, я уже и переустанавливал игру и проверял целостность файлов, но ничего не помогает, что я ещё могу сделать что бы решить эту проблему помогите пожалуйста, я ярый фанат серий Dark souls и не хотел бы что бы так всё печально закончилось! Помогите пожалуйста))))
I stopped playing the game after 20 hours of play, it crashes all the time, I already reinstalled the game and checked the integrity of the files, but nothing helps, what else can I do to solve this problem? Please help me, I'm an ardent fan of Dark souls series and not I wish that would all be so sad! Help me please))))

Why the ♥♥♥♥ did you necro a 1 year old post for this?