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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i'm back at it like a bad habit, but this time the games industry has pushed me into defending rasterization from the insidious lie that RT/PT are NEEDED for good looking shadows, reflections, AO, etc. It's a lie, pure and simple. Witcher 3 Remastered proves it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP-E...

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Witcher 3 Remastered looks INSANE with *NO* RT or PT (& runs great!)

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

been dealing with a bad actor trying to steal money from me and ultimately could result in the deletion of my channel. i go into depth in this video and rage into the void www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2w...

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Youtube's copyright system is the true final boss

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

new vid has dropped! it's over an hour and basically can function as souls modding asmr. I go deep on bloodborne's material setup, finding the textures, editing models, DSMapStudio, and a lot more. best of all, these changes will be optional, albeit with some steps www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QD7...

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I'm slightly degreasing Bloodborne in my PC Remaster Mod (it's optional!)

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

patch 1.02 for my Bloodborne PC Remaster just went live. fixes grass acting weirdly for the whole game. more new material work through central yharnam, cathedral ward, and old yharnam. bug fixes and small perf increases. www.nexusmods.com/bloodborne/m...

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BB PC Remaster

adds dynamic shadows to everything in the game, alters gparams to boost shadow render distance and stability, parallax occlusion mapping added to many surfaces, new pointlights for many previously unl

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

new vid! The wonky foliage movement issue has been fixed in my mod and will be in the next update. I also show off the now working correctly 60fps cloth physics that modder Kyo fixed. that patch is live on the shadps4 patch menu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtM4...

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Bloodborne PC Remaster Patch 1.02 is coming soon! (fixes the grass!)

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

new vid just dropped where I finish my first nightreign expedition in Eleum Loyce from DS2! Brand new mod by Doneda, as he continues working to port DS2 maps to it. DS2 is just the start, as it was chosen first as it's the toughest to port from. DS3/BB is easier to port from. youtu.be/baviJenc7pQ

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DS2's Eleum Loyce modded into Elden Ring Nightreign!

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bloodborne PC Remaster mod v1.01 is out now! 1440p version also below. New material work. Some fixes for texture issues. Also updated reshade preset. many new shininess maps, often 4x resolution the original (using existing non-upscaled albedo as the source) www.nexusmods.com/bloodborne/m...

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

new video alert! I have returned to yharnam and will continue work on my PC Remaster of Bloodborne by focusing on polish, bug fixes, and refining my earlier work to just be better, as I'm a better modder than I was 6 months ago. RTs very much appreciated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Gw...

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The Hunt Continues: Bloodborne PC Remaster Update!

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

if you're curious what the first hour of mortal shell 2 is like, boy do i have a video for you. also i yap about my 25 hours with it so far youtu.be/MBR77b8k80k

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Mortal Shell 2 is a triumph

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

new 1.5 hour video just dropped that goes over the things i'm doing to reverse DS2's graphical downgrade and return it to the fidelity we saw in the beta footage. youtu.be/9aOigyCHOvg

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I'm reversing Dark Souls II's infamous graphical downgrade

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

new version of my DS2 Graphics Downgrade Reversal Mod which features many more models edited to enable specular maps, fully dynamic lighting with dynamic shadows for the whole world in majula, fofg, heides tower, and things betwixt. absolutely maxing out DS2s engine www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/m...

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

a lot of the work is opening the models in flver editor and staring at text like this. gotta edit the xml for almost every ID here while abiding by the syntax, then making countless new specular maps, packing them in DS2's texture files (more xml editing yay), on and on

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm upgrading DS2's base game closer to the visual standard of the DLCs. A lot of model editing, hundreds of new specular maps, it's pretty mindnumbing, but worth it. my patreon is 25% off for August if you want to support this work. finishing up DeS remaster too www.patreon.com/fromsoftserve

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

hey if you like my mods, or even if you don't, you should donate to my kofi so i can order edibles and get high as balls and work on said mods. ok love you thanks ko-fi.com/fromsoftserve

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

just posted a mod that brings DS2 Vanilla's visuals to DS2 Scholar, in case someone prefers how Vanilla looks (less bright, not blown out highlights, etc), but prefers Scholar's other changes. Covers the whole game. www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/m...

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DS2 Vanilla Visuals for Scholar

This ports the filterparams (and colorgrading files) from Vanilla DS2 over to Scholar, for those who prefer how Vanilla looks, but prefer Scholar's changes, which might be a small demographic, I'm not

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you'd like to support my work with this mod, but also my Demon's Souls PC Remaster, my Bloodborne PC remaster, my DS1 re-remastered, and on and on haha, I do have a patreon where you get google drive links for the mods (this one is 18.5gb btw!): www.patreon.com/fromsoftserv...

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my mod google drive links | fromsoftserve

Nexusmods is pretty slow as far as downloading, so I paid for more google storage to host my mods there and provide the links here for quick

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

since i'm busy working on DeS and after that DS1 PTDE (backporting benefits from DSR, a dream mod), I've decided to release my Second Sin pathtracing preset for DS2LightingEngine PT. It covers the base game (minus memories) and the Shulva DLC. The rest is the default preset

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

new vid dropped! my Demon's Souls remaster mod has reached version 0.5. you can now traverse the entire shrine of storms archstone, the whole stonefang tunnel archstone, I'm on the final level of boletaria, biggest remaining work is on latria and valley of defilement www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYsh...

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My Demon's Souls PC Remaster mod has reached version 0.5! (download now!)

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Another 40+ minute vid dropped showing the latest updates to my Demon's Souls PC remaster mod! You can download it right meow actually. But watch the video first, of course, or else www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD-R...

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Nexus has been updated for my PC remaster mod of DeS! Lots of surfaces now have a normal map and specular map where before they either were albedo only, or just albedo/normal, or albedo/specular. I expand the albedo/normal/spec supremacy onto more surfaces. www.nexusmods.com/demonssouls/...

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Happy to say I've updated my Demon's Souls PC remaster mod to now include the first whole boletaria level including phalanx. Lots of new normal maps, specular maps, pointlights affecting the environment, shadow rendering fixes. download below. www.nexusmods.com/demonssouls/...

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

new video just dropped that runs through the 2 tutorial levels of demon's souls with my pc remaster mod. I talk about a lot of the features, how it changes things, and generally yap a lot. Also features a look at early boletaria work! youtu.be/84MFdA-C31I

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Play the demo for my Demon's Souls PC Remaster mod now

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

lol alright man, thanks for sharing

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

you naturally need Demon's Souls setup on the RPCS3 emulator but there's a billion videos that can help with that. My mod is only 40mb and you just copy it into your DeS "USRDIR" folder. Then launch the game as per usual. www.nexusmods.com/demonssouls/...

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Demon's Souls PC Remaster

Modifies the game's models to now react to light sources like wall torches, campfires, etc. Upgrades armor rendering to use cubemaps. Normal and specular maps added for most surfaces. Player and objec

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

You can now download the demo for my PC Remaster mod for Demon's Souls PS3. It covers the 2 tutorial levels, adding normal and specular maps for most surfaces, pointlights now affect the environment, player/object shadows blended w/ baked shadows, and more!

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

new video just dropped which is the announcement of my Demon's Souls PC Remaster project, just like I did one for Bloodborne. It includes big upgrades to how pointlights function, normal mapping, specular maps, armor rendering, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xS4...

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The Demon's Souls PC Remaster Project (i can't believe it's real)

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

recorded a 1 hour video showing how i'm remastering demon's souls OG with tweaks to the pointlights as you can see below (now affects whole environment, not just objects), armor rendering upgrades, many new normal maps used, specular maps, and more. I'm so excited to work on it!

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

just set a personal record for beating sekiro in 4 hours and 27 minutes, including demon of hatred, sword saint isshin, and some optional bosses. Plus, zero prosthetic tools used. Also with lower vitality and posture than I usually do. Pretty happy with that result tbh. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Sekiro Speedun PB (4 hours 27 minutes) - YouTube

includes demon of hatred, some other optional bosses, and sword saint isshin. And zero prosthetic tools used (because i'm dumb and suck at using them)

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

hello i'm streaming day 2 of my casual sekiro speedrun. thus far i've only died twice (maybe 3 times?) and we're already up to corrupted monk. guardian ape and the dual ape fight are the last bosses we killed. i'm fucking flying through the game. hang out if you want youtube.com/live/1atc_2U...

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my first ever casual speedrun of sekiro (day 2)

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

currently live playing my first casual speedrun of sekiro because why the heck not youtube.com/live/cs7-YoH...

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my first ever casual speedrun of sekiro

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

here's a video on how I figured out Fromsoft's SSR implementation and how to enable it on any surface I want. Prior to that it was reserved for bodies of water and a handful of other cases. Also applies to AC6 and Elden Ring! www.youtube.com/watch?v=51jS...

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I figured out how to enable SSR on ANY surface in Sekiro

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

hello i posted a new video where i show off my shadows of the wolf visual mod which brings hi res shadows, textures, and a lot more. plus SekiroTSR mod and I get to yap about Sekiro Resurrection, one of the greatest mods ever made www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC_u...

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This Sekiro mod looks INSANE

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

updated my sekiro shadows of the wolf visual mod nexus page with 2 new additions: a Resurrection mod compatible version and an optional reshade preset that does a levels edit, tonemap, RTAO, and GI www.nexusmods.com/sekiro/mods/...

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

as I always say, it will go on nexusmods for all when it gets more mature, but subbing to my patreon helps support my work on DS1 re-remastered, sekiro shadows of the wolf, Bloodborne PC Remaster, and future DS3 work! www.patreon.com/fromsoftserv...

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New Second Sin PT beta to download! | fromsoftserve

Second Sin DS2LightingEngine PT preset BETA 06/18/2026 the first update that includes the shulva dlc! It's not done yet, but did a ton of wo

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

new beta of my Second Sin PT preset (powered by DS2LightingEngine Pathtracing) is live for my patrons, who get early access to it as I tinker away on it. They can give feedback if they want, but some just want to goof around with it. Covers most of base game and shulva now

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

just posted 8 minutes of RAW Second Sin forest of fallen giants gameplay. I don't even yap in it. I think it looks cool. shoutout to @dslightingengine.bsky.social for being really easy to work with and fun youtu.be/KQJkdw1iVJ0

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The Second Sin PT version of Forest of Fallen Giants (DS2LightingEngine)

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

my Scholar of the Second Sin mod for Dark Souls II, powered by DS2LightingEngine PT (pathtracing), has reached beta! it's for my patrons rn, but full release goes on nexusmods when it's ready! i've been enjoying this new approach, as it's much less stressful lol www.patreon.com/posts/160645...

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

did a pass through iron keep for my wip second sin preset for DS2LightingEngine PT. new build will go up for my patrons tomorrow

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fromsoftserve @fromsoftserve.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

real and true. they're amazing maps

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Moonlight Ruin @moonlightruin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

All I want to say is that the Dark Souls 2 DLC maps are insanely good. I've been staring at the maps for a couple of days now, but there's nothing to mod. I know I said I would make changes for my DS2 mod, but I'm really struggling to come up with ideas because of how good they are already. (1/2)

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