Help creating a personal mod?

[CPTBRUMBL3Z]

I would like to create a mod for personal reasons, mostly changes to names of places and the like, as part of a project. I'm not sure what else I may want to do as far as further modding is concerned. I can't seem to find any information on how to mod, just how to install them, so any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks.

[poimandres]

Hi,

 

The most common ways to mod Dark Souls that I know of are these two:

 

1. Using DSfix to edit textures (many of the in-game messages are textures, like the "YOU DIED" message);
2. Use Cheat Engine to change pretty much any variable in the game (names, stats, camera position, etc) but is a long journey if you're not simply using tables created by other people.

Cheat Engine can be used on any game (or software, for that matter). I only used in DS to give myself a bunch of souls so I can get myself to a specific place or build faster. Many people use it to grief other players online, and that's bad for everyone. But if you are interested in trying to reverse-engineer games and try to understand How they work is an interesting tool. Also, some let's players/youtube people use it to make cinematic takes of the game and watnot.

 

There's also this guy https://twitter.com/illusorywall that have been messing with the debug mode of DS, Maybe worth looking into, but I haven't myself.

 

Hope it helps.