I'm playing Dark Souls 1 on Steam and few days ago I noticed that I can't connect to any other world: Invasions fail, White sings used by nobody, I don't see any messages. The game failed to work online before, but I always got warnings about it and Orbs would simply become unusable, which is not the case this time.
All that is tested with 2 chars in different areas.
I installed Dark Souls PVP Watchdog and confirmed that I am connected to 0 players all the time.
Reinstalling didn't help. Download region is set and the same as usual. What else can I try to fix this problem?
Best Answer
There is one thing you should install in addition to the PvP Watchdog: DSFix. DSFix is a very helpful mod to fix various issues in the PC version of Dark Souls.
DSFix can change the graphics and gamplay options, and will help you get a smoother connection to other players.
The node system in general requires around 10 to 15 minutes to connect to nodes. Sometimes it happens in one minute, other times it requires 30 minutes -- there is really no way to tell as far as I know.
For an explanation of the node system, see this link.