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DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin — Switch, build v121

Static recompilation of the Xbox 360 release (Title ID 465307E4) with a native Vulkan renderer.
You need your own Xbox 360 game files and Compatibility Pack 4 — none are included.

What's new since v104

  • Start screen (Dark Souls style): choose 720p (native, default) or 540p (higher FPS where the GPU is the limit,
    optional sharpening), Frame Rate Lock 30/60, and the interface language (Russian / English / the one set
    in ds2.toml). Buttons or touch. The choice is remembered and starts automatically after 20 s; press any button
    or touch the screen to stay.
  • No more stutter on autosave: saving no longer freezes the game for ~0.1 s every 30–60 s.
  • Faster game code: profile-guided optimisation of the recompiled code and tuned critical-section spinning.
  • Bottom-of-screen blur strip fixed (depth of field read stale rows).
  • Resolves that did not change are skipped (less GPU work in some scenes).
  • Crash fixes around the achievement notification and recoverable game faults.

Installation

Copy to sdmc:/switch/ds2/:

ds2.nro
ds2.toml
ds2_shaders.spvlib
ds2_shaders.spvlib.idx
game_root/   (your Xbox 360 game files, original structure)
dlc/         (your Compatibility Pack 4 STFS file)

Install DARK SOULS II Scholar of the First Sin (port) [0100D52000560000][v0].nsp with DBI, as usual (same as v104).

Updating from v104 or earlier:

  1. Delete from sdmc:/switch/ds2/: ds2_shaders_v103.spvlib, ds2_shaders_v103.spvlib.idx, ds2_shaders_v104.spvlib,
    ds2_shaders_v104.spvlib.idx and ds2_shader_cache.spvlib (recreated automatically).
  2. Copy ds2.nro, ds2.toml, ds2_shaders.spvlib and ds2_shaders.spvlib.idx, replacing existing files.
  3. Keep user/ (your saves).

From v121 on the shader pack has a fixed name: future updates only replace ds2.nro and ds2.toml.

Warning

ds2.toml requests non-stock clocks (CPU 1963 / GPU 1267 / RAM 2500 MHz). They only apply with a suitable
clock sysmodule and hardware. Set ds2_switch_cpu_mhz, ds2_switch_gpu_mhz, ds2_switch_mem_mhz to 0 to keep stock clocks.

SHA-256

19db1e758c96e206c3d2332f95e878d743f56d21a77157cc91f8625923a1d916  ds2.nro
6c2d8b73765330db13ed8d095b0d12d2c7fb44094ff79260214ec35433b74d46  ds2.toml
e7ea772fbc181396631b0ab4760fbfe251fa9833042ae73ae8d5a989ede43914  ds2_shaders.spvlib
f38036a98e5f85cd861789e6b8b72e691e4b1df84af3355a95aa43594714e3ce  ds2_shaders.spvlib.idx

Unofficial project; not affiliated with FromSoftware, Bandai Namco, Microsoft or Nintendo.

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