Cinders

Supports Dark Souls Version 1.15.2



Overview

Cinders aims to provide a fresh experience through Dark Souls 3. Here is an overview of the changes:

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• Unique game modes, such as Gauntlet, where you faces the bosses in various orders.
  
  
• Progression is much less linear. There are now options to travel between different routes in-map, linking up the world.
  
  
• Enemies and bosses have been changed, in strength, abilities and placement.
  
  
• New bosses have been added.
  
  
• New classes and gifts have been added.
  
  
• Mechanics have been altered, such as reinforcement, which has been removed.
  
  
• Numerous new features have been added, such as new options at bonfires, new covenant offering system, Curse and Mark system, etc.
  
  
• Many weapons and armor sets have been added and placed in the world is a sensible fashion.
  
  
• Magic has been redesigned to operate in a more fluid way. FP naturally regenerates and casting is designed around this.
  
  
• New movesets and weapon arts have been added to make several weapons more interesting.
  
  
• Poise is now passive and active 100% of the time, rather than specifically during weapon swings.
  
  
• New friendly merchants and hostile NPC enemies have been added.
  
  
• Companions that can now be summoned to act as persistent summons for struggling players.
  
  

Feedback and suggestions are welcome in the discord.



If you do want to play online, you should use Cinders as your password to match with others using the mod.



Compatibility

Cinders now supports the latest Dark Souls III executable, thanks to the work of stephen-ritter, DeadMor0z and Umgak, who updated HoodiePatcher.dll for 1.15.2.



Warning

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• If you don't want to be softbanned, only use this mod whilst offline. The mod will force offline play by default (via Mod Engine).
  
  

Developers

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• Vawser
  
  
• Lost Cat
  
  
• Harmonixer
  
  

Contributors

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• WhurDaMuffinsAt
  
  
• El Fonz0
  
  
• MaxTheMiracle
  
  
• Mayhem
  
  
• Rhodan
  
  
• Wiglow
  
  
• Lenox
  
  
• Reflectionist
  
  
• Boukou62
  
  
• Taru, the Barrel blacksmith
  
  
• Alexstr525
  
  
• p013121
  
  

Links

You can find the Cinders wiki here.

You can find the Cinders Discord here.

You can find the playtest version here.

If you wish to donate, please use this link: paypal.me/xylozi



FAQ

Why isn't text displaying correctly?

The mod only supports English localization, so you need to switch your in-game language to English for text to appear correctly.



Why isn't X character working properly?

Due to the new progression options, it's easier to end the character questlines accidentally. Take note of this and speak the the characters you need early and refrain from entering the later areas out of order if you want to complete a character's questline.



Installation

Extract the contents of the Setup zip file into the folder you want to store the Cinders mod in.

Extract the contents of the Main and Model zip files into the folder you want to store the Cinders mod in.

Click the launchmod_darksouls3.bat to launch the mod.



If updating an old installation, you need to:

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2. Delete the DarkSouls3.exe
   
   
3. Delete the dinput8.dll
   
   
4. Delete the old HoodiePatcher.dll and HoodiePatcher.ini 
   
   
5. Verify the game through Steam.
   
   

Uninstallation

Delete the folder you extracted the Setup, Main and Model zip files into.