: For users on Custom Firmware (CFW), specific fixes may be required to convert the disc-based files into a format playable from the PS3's internal hard drive. Further Exploration Read about the original v1.09 Patch Notes to see how FromSoftware addressed the flickering issues. RPCS3 Wiki for technical details on running Dark Souls BLES01402 in an emulator environment. Fextralife Patch History for a complete timeline of how changed game balance and fixed bugs across all platforms. physical PS3 console Dark Souls - RPCS3 Wiki
If you are playing unpatched, you are missing critical gameplay "fixes" that were delivered via the PS3's online updates:
Many users report that after roughly 2–3 hours of play, the framerate drops to single digits, followed by a hard freeze. The error code 80010017 or 80010514 often appears. In RPCS3, the emulator log fills with F PPU[0x1000000] Thread (MainThread) [0x005a3e0c] MEM: Access violation – a signature of BLES01402.
: Enable "Write Color Buffers" in the GPU tab of the custom configuration settings. This is a common solution for rendering issues in the Souls series on RPCS3.
