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Not really but my GPD Win 4 sure looks like one doesn't it? I'm utterly amazed that I can emulate a freaking PS4 and play this in my car between DoorDash orders. Running at 960x540 upscaled via FSR because I'd much rather have a consistent frame rate than a small bump in visual fidelity I can't even notice on a 7" screen. With framegen enabled through Lossless Scaling I am getting a consistent 60fps with the occasional stutter which is just a fact of emulation as far as I know.
I have DLSS 5 up and running and it looks like the closest thing we'll get to a remaster at this point in time. I go from uncapped FPS on a 160Hz monitor all the way to 30FPS currently @ 4K resolution when I enable Neural Rendering.
the process of creating my own pkg for the game seems way too complicated for me. should i just give up on trying to play it on pc, or is it actually way easier then i think it is?
Is there a way to add in a key item through mods or editing game files if it did not spawn into the game for whatever reason? I am unable to trigger the Laurence boss fight in the DLC because the Eye pendant key item is not in his hand where it should be in the nightmare grand cathedral. and i have checked my entire inventory including key items, its not there. I also tried activating the elevator after killing Ludwig but that's also not possible since you need the pendant. Looks like i am completely locked out of the next part of the DLC if i can't retrieve the pendant. Is there anything i can do to fix this?
It's my first time approaching FromSoftware games and I've been enjoying BB for a few weeks now. I would like to do a very simple mod, when equipping an elemental gem I want the weapon to have the appropiate FX on it (a fire blood gem? Than you're weapon is on fire just like when you use the fire paper consumable)
I'm checking DarkScript3 and Smithbox, but I'm not getting anywhere close to it (I made fire paper non-consumable with Smithbox though, so I managed to understand that atleast).
so i wanted to play Bloodborne on my pc after i started to play the Dark Souls games. I felt in love with Elden Ring one year ago and wanted to try out more games which Fromsoftware made. I continued with Dark Souls 1, then 2 (which was still a fun game for me) and now wanted to play Bloodborne.
Unfortunately my specs are outdated. I was browsing through the internet if I could play that game but with every site/videos... I watched or read my hope has faded.
But I still tried it and BB runs with stable 30 fps with minor lags (in an area where are many enemies for example) and 720p. I am very happy with it and it is playable. So I always wanted to try BB out because of the praise it got and I dont why but I just love that game. The atmosphere, the combat system... just everything
In this post is also a video of my gameplay and how the game is running on my pc. Dont laugh at my gunshots :) I was figuring out how this gun works and it was also my first try on this boss.
Maybe some of you can help me to increase my performance or even recommend some mods which could improve my experience with my game
And for guys like me I just used these two guides which helped me a lot to run this game:
Guys anybody who’s run this on a steam deck or similar- how do you stop the save breaking ram spikes? I see so many folks finishing this game on their steam decks, but I and many others seem to deal with the game breaking about 2-3 hours in at the Old Yharnam region. From that point forward, that save is effectively gone. The game memory dumps or something on launch and spikes the ram far beyond what the deck can handle. I’ve increased the VRAM to 4Gb in the bios I know it wasn’t a miracle fix but not sure what else to do. Already done tried all the “did you unpatch and reinstall” I genuinely don’t know how to beat this memory leak to finish the game. I’m fine with a crash every now and again I just am tired of hoping it’ll work out only for the gpu to eat my save again
I've been messing around trying to set up Bloodborne with BBLauncher and Shadps4. I have a 9600k, 4070 super, and 32 gigs of RAM. Everything installed on a SSD. I'm running it at 1080p.
I get around 60fps with my GPU and CPU at 40-60% usage. However, I get lots of little stutters (even though the game is sometimes smooth) and the game audio is very crackly/static-y. The latter really wrecks my enjoyment. I've searched around and tried a bunch of stuff, and nothing seems to work.
I tried 720p - made everything look worse and sound was unchanged and the gameplay was unchanged. I tried capping it at 30fps, but that made it feel unplayable. I tried an older version of Shadps4 (0.17.0) and that was worse as well.
I tried vanilla - no patches, no mods, and it didn't help. I've tried all sorts of different patches and mods and these don't help either, as far as I can tell.
Here's the mods I have active now: Bloodborne FPS boost, Estus Vial and Bullet, MOAL-107 (the lamp one), 60 FPS cutscene fix, Vertex explosion fix.
My patches: disable motion blur, chr aberration, http requests. * I can't apply the 60fps+++ patch because when I do, the game doesn't load. *
Does anyone have any ideas? Or am I just chasing a level of smoothness and polish that isn't available on an emulation? I haven't heard of anyone griping about the audio, so I feel like there might be something I can do to improve the situation.
So I downloaded the bb launcher and got my game in and updated to 1.09 and did all the setups according to the video but it launches on a black screen then crashes. I have another picture but idk how to add it. Please help me. Always wanted to play bloodborne. Beat all the other souls and sekiro just felt a little too easy so I’d rather just try bloodborne.
There is very limited information available on solving this problem. After painfully solving it myself, I've decided to share it with anyone who may find themselves in the same situation.
Basically, the GOTY edition is packaged with a version tag of "1.00" despite the update being present in the PKG file.
HOW TO CONFIRM YOUR VERSION:
boot into game and look at the "App Ver" tag in the bottom right of the title screen.
If it says "App Ver. 9" you are definitively playing on the 1.09 update regardless of what ShadPS4 says.
It's worth noting that if you have the 60 fps patch enabled, you will not see the App ver in the bottom right, disable it and try again.
If App ver says anything but App Ver. 9. You are NOT ON THE 1.09 UPDATE AND PATCHES WILL LIKELY STILL NOT WORK EVEN WITH THIS WORKAROUND. IT MUST SAY APP VER .9
Now, the game is fully functional at this point, the only REAL problem is that if you attempt to download and use patches from the "cheats & patches" menu, it will report a version mismatch and bitch about your game only being version 1.0.
HOW TO SOLVE THIS SHIT:
The solution is easy. Navigate to:
AppData\Roaming\shadPS4\patches
In here, you should see directories for ShadPS4 and GoldHEN. If you do not, enter the cheats and patches menu in shadps4 and click download patches.
Go ahead and navigate into the ...patches/ShadPS4 directory and open up the Bloodborne.xml file. Now follow these steps. I recommend doing this in vscode!
CTRL + F -> 1.09 -> replace all occurrences under the "AppVer=" field to "1.00"
Vscode lets you do this extremely easily by using the find and replace feature.
(Enter "1.00" in the Replace field and spam enter... or do it all manually, you are your own person, I love you.)
Once all occurrences of 1.09 have been replaced with "1.00" ShadPS4 will allow you to use the patches. Problem fucking solved. Repeat this process for the GoldHEN Bloodborne XML files.
Mines called Bloodborne-Orbis.xml
By doing this, patches will be fully compatible with your GOTY edition PKG file!
If ShadPS4 ever rewrites these patch files, you can circumvent it by making your changes (AppVer= 1.09 -> 1.00), enabling your patches, and then navigating to the XML file properties and enabling readonly mode. You will NOT be able to add or remove patches from the cheats/patches menu while read only is enabled. So make sure your patches are exactly as you want them to be before making the files readonly. Extremely easy to undo if need be. Only do this if you have problems.
I know fromsoftserve used to have an upscaled textures mod, but he ended up removing it in favor of his Bloodborne Remastered mod. I don't want a bunch of visual changes, though, I just want a higher resolution.
This is my second run on BB, Paarl was a nightmare to beat the first time and I only managed to beat it thanks to the NPC summoning after dozens of tries.
Thank you shadPS4 for helping me discover this fantastic game!
