[Update] Online alias change & more information on Dark Souls II
Hi everyone
Just so that people are aware, I have changed my online alias on ALL platforms to yuiamoroll.
This will be the case going forward. I am usually quite a private person in regards to what is going on in my personal space, however this represents a long-overdue reflection of a new (and much more positive) chapter of my life.
I'd also like to add some additional information regarding the Dark Souls II seamless co-op announcement video posted last week. The feedback has overwhelmingly been very positive and I'm happy to see people excited for the project. The amount of people excited for the mod is really surprising and we have surpassed 75,000 views since it was posted!
Game version
Seamless co-op will only work on Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin edition.
Dark Souls II (original) is not supported, and will not work as it is a 32-bit application (as opposed to SoTFS which is 64-bit)
Soul memory
Soul memory (SM) still exists - so if you get 1,000,000 SM you can still access the Shrine of Winter, however it plays no role in online mechanics.
Balancing mechanics
A handful of people have fairly negative attitudes toward the described "new balancing mechanics" I teased during the video.
Rest assured that all additional changes I have made to the game, other than the core of seamless co-op, are entirely optional.
In addition to re-implementing enemy scaling mechanics (since they only really impact area bosses in the vanilla game).
I have also added a world-tendancy-esque mechanic whereby dying repeatedly without resting at a bonfire makes enemies encountered stronger, with a chance of creating world disasters.
Game purists will be able to have their classic (seamless) co-op experience.
This effect is entirely optional (similar to the rot mechanic in Elden Ring seamless co-op).
Scaling of enemies is also entirely customisable
Impact on vanilla online play
Some other players have highlighted concerns that seamless co-op will "kill" the online play in the vanilla game.
I'd like to remind people that the servers for Dark Souls II are pretty hostile environments. I do not recommend anyone even connects to the Dark Souls II servers right now, as it is entirely possible for malicious players to load custom regulation files (which can effectively brick your saves and get you banned) as well as a whole host of other nasty exploits which require absolutely no input from the victim (just logging in to the server is enough).
Whilst seamless co-op does take away from the effective player-pool for the vanilla game. I think the effect people expect is exaggerated.
Other projects incomplete
Some players are disappointed that other projects (e.g. Dark Souls 1, 3, Elden Ring seamless co-op) feel unpolished, have bugs, or are incomplete.
All of my projects, as of writing this, are playable with some bugs and issues that can usually be resolved by either removing other offending mods, resting at a bonfire together, or restarting the session.
Some work better than others, but I usually do 5 or 10 entire playthroughs with my mods with my friends before I release them to the public, so basic functionality is verified by myself. These projects are huge reverse engineering efforts and can have issues especially when combined with other community made mods (e.g. game overhauls).
Ultimately, developing these mods is a hobby project of mine. I rotate the active project I work on because I like to have fun in my free time and if I'm starting to get bored of a game then I work on something else for a bit and come back to it at a later date.
No mod is abandoned unless I have explicitly said so (in the comments for NexusMods)
Mod compatibility
From testing, I know that purely graphical mods are functional. Such as changes to the lighting and textures.
That being said, so long as ALL players in the session are using the same mods, they should work.
Any mods which increase the map enemy count to over 255 will not work - This is not a seamless co-op restriction specifically but a general one - since the game networks entity index references as a byte.
As with all of my seamless co-op mods, mod compatibility is not guaranteed.
Release window
I'm purposefully very vague on release windows for all of my projects. This is just for the sake of my own sanity, as once I commit to a deadline or date I get very anxious if I struggle or fail to meet it.
The nature of developing this mod is that sometimes roadblocks come out of nowhere - such as an unexpected bug that takes days or a week to debug - mainly due to the amount of time it takes to reverse engineer these games.
When the mod is ready for alpha testing, I will make a post / video announcing the exact date in advance of it being playable. I wouldn't expect anything for at least the next 4 or 5 weeks as I still have some issues to work out and I am extremely busy with real life stuff.
If anyone has any other questions leave a comment and I'll try get back to you.
Apologies for the delay in posting - between the recent heatwave in Europe and my CPU AIO exploding, I haven't been on my PC much.
As always - thank you for your patience and a huge thank you to all of my supporters <3
Take care,
Yui
Comments (62)
My brother and I both have over a million soul memory but are unable to open the shrine of winter. Bug?
I believe your actually helping the game, having people join the game with a friend who normally would never have touched it, we all believe in you
I've been very thankful for all your seamless co op mods that you have made so far as fromsoft games are very special to me and helped me through some really rough times in my life. Getting to experience them with all my friends and even my ex was extremely enjoyable and I still have fond memories of almost every single playthrough i've ever had on seamless co op. This mod alone on elden ring has probably added about 1k hours to my elden ring playtime and got me to appreciate dark souls 1 a lot more than I used to on top of allowing me to share some of my fav bosses of all time in ds3 with my friends, Dark souls 2 has always been a special game to me and probably my favorite dark souls game despite its flaws so I can not wait to replay it with my brother and my friends, and for that I wanna thank you from the bottom of my heart. I can only imagine how difficult this project must have been when looking through your posts and how long this has taken. Not only did you commit to this despite all the challenges the ds2 engine has posed but you also have a life outside your computer which most likely has given you challenges too which you have overcome. You have my utmost respect and gratitude, even though some would say that these are just mods for some games, to me it's something more special that has impacted my life on a reasonable scale. You should be proud of yourself and congrats on nearing the end of the DS2 mod, and one more time, thank you very much 🙏
can't wait to play Dark Souls 2 again :)
Just happy to be a part of this as a witness. These mods are the coolest setup to modernize this game, I’ve been playing this since release! You’re a pioneer!
(Maybe this is a dumb question) but… Does anyone remember or know if Yui said this allows cross-platform co-op?
It does not. Seamless co-op is a PC only mod
My wife and I have been playing Dark Souls games for years, however, we always longed for a seamless COOP mode like this, without the annoying network bugs, like the original Dark Souls days, oh man, was that awful. Thank you so much for bringing so much happiness to our gaming adventures. We beat DS1, DS3 and now Elden Ring with your mods, and I gotta say, I've never been so overjoyed. Seriously. Thank you so much. This is quite literally what all we'll probably be doing now.
People complaining that a reverse engineered mod of a single player game that works nearly flawlessly is WHACKO. My buddy and I will rest 5 times, restart the game, and just get back into it. Fast as hell too. You should be proud af. Some real developed multiplayer games don't work that well.
Do you accept mod commissions?
Generally, no, but it depends on the project.
When will start the open alpha? you're doing an amazing job, and I'm anxious to use it, is my favorite game.
I think those "some players" need to calm down. You are not beholden to us, please take your time and only work on YOUR mod when you feel like it. Please stay safe with all of the ridiculous heat everyone in Europe is experiencing.
Proud of you, thanks for all of your hard and frankly impressive work when it comes to modding. ...how do you pronounce amoroll?
Putting the entire souls franchise co-op infrastructure on your back, incredibly based. Thanks so much for the hard work
Thank you for your work! Thanks to Seamless Elden Ring, I was able to share my love of the game with a friend that would otherwise never pick it up on their own. Hoping to do the same with Dark Souls 1 when we get around to it!
Thank you for all your seemless coop mods! My friend and I have had a blast playing through ER and DS together ever since we found them.
خیلی خوبه خیلی مشتاقشم، مراقب خودت باش
Yui. I love you. I don't have any expectations of you. I am just so happy that you exist. You make the world brighter by being in it. Thank you for all your hard work, and making these games better.
I love you Yui! Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to play this games with our friends! <3
Ive used ur nightreign seamless coop & DS3's seamless coop gotta say great work cant wait for this, much love
if im thinking right about this change, congrats on making so much progress with that stuff, its pretty scary in my experience. I'm glad you're more comfortable now and your new alias suits you a lot more. thank you so much for your efforts, i managed to get my friend into these games this way because pvp was always something that put them off as a casual player, so dont ever doubt that more people appreciate your mods than the toxic side of the pvp fanbase make it seem. happy end of pride month, but dont let the pride end!
Any plans on revisiting the Sekiro co-op mod?
As I've said in previous posts, it is in development but right now I'm focused on Dark Souls II
let's get this shit yippeee
Thank you Yuiamoroll
Thanks for all the work you’re putting into this!
Can't wait to play this with my friend, waited for ds2 seamless to finish the trilogy of games. Mahtavaa työtä yuiamoroll :D
Your work creating the seamless coop mods has changed the way I approach souls-likes in a way I can't come back from (in the best way possible). So thank you for your hard work, and I can't wait to experience ds2 in a new way with the optional changes.
Peak
im so excited for this. im really impressed by all your work and effort. take your time and enjoy your mod developing. ever since i started with souls games i had the deep dream of playing it in a clean coop with my friends und you made that dream come true one game after another^^. dont forget to hydrate enough during the summer heat. last weekend almost knocked me out.
Thank you!! Keep safe yourself :)
About the state of other projects I just want to say that I'm just waiting on DS3 Seamless Co-op to get some updates. Last time I tried to play it with others (no other mods) the pop-up text boxes would lock my controls. Primary example being when freeing Greirat. Anyway I'm still very impressed that you were able to make Seamless Co-op in the first place and I wish I was as smart and dedicated as you are. I'd donate if my pockets weren't perpetually full of dust and dead dreams. Keep up the good work though! :)
i’m super happy for you yuiamoroll! i know it’s not easy to make that kind of change in your life, but i know you’ll be way better off for it! on another note that now feels relatively shallow i’m eagerly anticipating any ds2 seamless news
As your new chapter starts. I hope that this mod will be a new chapter for DS2 as well. Cant wait to have another way to change DS2 haters and turn them into DS2 connoisseurs.
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I’m hyped! thanks for all the hard work ds2 is my favourite in the franchise so this is quite literally a dream coming true :)
when is the release date
Thanks for the update :D this is all amazing work !
Such an exciting time to be introducing friends and family to a genre that hasn't been the most accessible to those who prefer co-op'ing more than solo-play. My wife's gone from never touching soulslikes to excitedly anticipating ones with either co-op or co-op mod support thanks to your mods. Cheers to you, Yuiamoroll. :)
Take your time and I appreciate that you do this for us.
Thank you for the update!! It's crazy how people will complain about a completely free mod that takes a ton of work to make
Thank you! I didn't mean to make the post sound negative, was just clearing up some misconceptions :)
You're a legend. Your mods have had such a massive positive impact on my Souls experience over the years I can't thank you enough.
Happy pride! We patiently await your awesome efforts 🙏
Keep up the amazing work! Me and my friend have played 100s of hours of Elden Ring together and it was all possible thanks to you <3
Sigue asi amigo, mi compañero y yo esperamos con ansias jugar juntos ya nos pasamos el ds1 completo con tu mod pero queríamos el dos y ahi quedo instalado el juego esperando tu mod jajajaja y espero se arreglen tus problemas a :3
Crazy that people have th audacity to get pissed off ON A FREE PROJECT DONE IN YOUR SPARE TIME. They can get off their own asses and learn to code imo. Doing Godly work Yui!
Maybe not the ideal place to mention it but while you're looking here, the DS1 Remastered seamless co-op default config (at least on Nexus) has the scaling set incorrectly, so instead of the recommended scaling it's actually much much higher, so many bosses are taking an absurdly long time to kill unless the player notices the error and sets it to what is supposed to be the default themselves. I think it'd be a good idea to quickly fix this whenever you have the chance as it took a bit before my friends and I realized this was the issue, since this issue didn't exist on previous versions and we got accustomed to only needing to set a password and not look too hard at everything else whenever we'd get the latest version.
Your the best man can’t wait to play your mod with my brothers You really make these games playable
There’s something to be said about how as a mod maker you needed to address “pulling players” from the base games online It really puts into perspective how influential your work is in that it has that kind of cultural pull. Great work as always and I can’t wait to play it!
thank you yuiamoroll we love you yuiamoroll
Hey so I've noticed in other seamless co-op games that although enemy HP is doubled, we can still stagger enemies easily just by spamming them together. Have you considered anything about that, or we just leaving it be? ❤️
Hell yeah! Thank you so much for all your hard work it's clear this by far your hardest project yet. I am glad your sticking with it can't wait to play!!
Glad to hear positive personal changes! People complaining about the base game servers being effected by this are crazy. Keep on rocking!
Congrats and godspeed on the new chapter Yuiamoroll! I hope the best has yet to come for you. Always remember that the number of people who quietly play and enjoy your mods far outweigh the more negative ones. Thanks as always for the work you do to help many friends come together and enjoy games.
it makes me happy to know that you are entering a more positive stage in your life, I hope your well-being lasts. regarding the mods, I think your work is incredible and I really enjoy your Dark Souls Remastered Seamless co-op mod
yuiamoroll = GOAT Keep up the good work. You made these games fun again!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them :)
> Soul Memory still exists and can be used to access the shrine of winter Can’t wait to force me and my friends to kill the rotten four times to speedrun
You rock keep up the amazing work!
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