Hey everyone, today I am presenting you the latest update of Dark Souls: Prepare to die again, which is called Of Ash & Dust. This has been a crazy journey and I am so happy to release this update today after working on the mod for almost three years now. Thanks to everyone who helped and supported me over the time.
The mod has been on a long journey over the years, from inception as a Scholar of the First Sin-esque expansion of Dark Souls 1 to a complete rework of the scope of progression and regaining that feeling of the first run through your journey across this gaming classic. Much has now been adapted - from the addition of new spells to upgraded bosses and areas given much more meaning and a sense of cohesion across both the first and second half of the title.
All of that- and now, all with new things to experience... with the long-awaited and carefully developed v9 - Of Ash & Dust
One thing to note is that PTDA is not compatible with ANY other mod which affects gameplay (such as "Rekindled", or "Daughters of Ash")... this is a standalone project and should be treated as such - though generally speaking graphics enhancers will pair just fine.
I do hope you all enjoy Of Ash & Dust, and to be sure - try not to go Hollow out there in Lordran :D
Hi, the mod's name is "Prepare to die again", but since version 5, each big update got it's own subtitle. V8 was called "Lordran Reborn" and v9 is now called "Of Ash & Dust".
Lost Izalith and how you don't need the second bell to unlock sen's fortress. It seems like a faster way sure but I didn't know about that so Lautrec killed the fire keeper early. Plus the firesage(s) fight almost gave me cancer. I haven't been playing for days so I didn't know if there is another major change.
EDIT: Im a little new to computers and programing in general so try to explain as simple as possible please
EDIT 2: Yes im using PTDE
Edit 3: I think i found the problem....my game is in 1.01......and steam wont update my copy for whatever reason.......im pretty sure pirating 1.08 or 09 copy is still illegal so ill gonna try to find a way to manually update it....
Every tiime i launch the game it says INVALID GAME VERSION....ive unpacked my files dragged and dropped PTDA files into the directory and no matter what it wont launch ive looked on google and nothing was even in english so.......i would love assistance...
I take it this mod cannot be used with drag and drop correct? Just wondering cause anything I have to unpack the game for that's going to be hard to remove, I'm going to make a 2nd copy of the game for lol
Are there parry frames in this mod? I've parried every form of black knight hundreds of times in the base game. In this mod, even with what should be a perfect parry, the hit still goes through. Only tested with fist and small shield so far.
im not sure if im dumb but what happened to parrying? at first i thought only certain shields could parry but i found a buckler and even that only strikes, call me confused
Hi, if I ever do an update to PTDA it will still be for both versions. However, there are currently no plans for a big update to this mod as I am working on a big Roguelite mod for Dark Souls 3.
Hi, sorry for the late reply! These files are needed as they allow the game to extend the usable memory, so all spell effects are loaded in every map (These are used for the new spells. Removing these files will just result in the game crashing)
How does this mod compare to Daughters of Ash in terms of difficulty? I liked some of the changes to DoA, but found the difficulty a bit too much in some places. I know a lot of people want this considering DS1 (and DS2) are quite a bit easier than DS3 and Elden Ring, but I guess I'm more of a casual.
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which is called Of Ash & Dust. This has been a crazy journey and I am so happy to release this
update today after working on the mod for almost three years now. Thanks to everyone who
helped and supported me over the time.
The mod has been on a long journey over the years, from
inception as a Scholar of the First Sin-esque expansion of Dark Souls 1 to a
complete rework of the scope of progression and regaining that feeling of the
first run through your journey across this gaming classic. Much has now been
adapted - from the addition of new spells to upgraded bosses and areas
given much more meaning and a sense of cohesion across both the first and
second half of the title.
All of that- and now, all with new things to experience... with the long-awaited and
carefully developed v9 - Of Ash & Dust
One thing to note is that PTDA is not compatible with ANY other mod which affects
gameplay (such as "Rekindled", or "Daughters of Ash")...
this is a standalone project and should be treated as such - though generally
speaking graphics enhancers will pair just fine.
I do hope you all enjoy Of Ash & Dust, and to be sure - try not to go Hollow out
there in Lordran :D
Feel free to join the mod's discord server here
dragon slayer realm and no warping
why cant I warp ?
EDIT 2: Yes im using PTDE
Edit 3: I think i found the problem....my game is in 1.01......and steam wont update my copy for whatever reason.......im pretty sure pirating 1.08 or 09 copy is still illegal so ill gonna try to find a way to manually update it....
Every tiime i launch the game it says INVALID GAME VERSION....ive unpacked my files dragged and dropped PTDA files into the directory and no matter what it wont launch ive looked on google and nothing was even in english so.......i would love assistance...
However, there are currently no plans for a big update to this mod as I am working on a big Roguelite mod for Dark Souls 3.
Do I really need them in DATA folder?