New Londo Ruins Humanity Drop Bugfix

DSR Version: https://www.nexusmods.com/darksoulsremastered/mods/1014

This mod fixes a bug/oversight that prevents the humanity drop system from functioning in New Londo Ruins.

Note that humanity drop shares the same area requirements as multiplayer, so you need to drain New Londo before it is enabled.

This is either an intentional decision by the developers, or at least a side effect of how they set it up (this applies to some other areas as well)

If you don't know what the humanity drop system is, I don't really blame you.

The short answer is that when you kill certain enemies, you gain "points", and when you reach a specific amount, you gain a soft

humanity. The boss of an area needs to be alive for this to work.

If you've ever noticed that you seemed to "randomly" get soft humanity sometimes, there's about a 99% chance that it was actually

this system.

The long answer is that I recommend you watch this video by illusory wall which explains the feature in much more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEB3cRzGZEk

I DO NOT RECOMMEND USING THIS MOD ONLINE!!

The easiest "fix" for this bug requires changing what "multiplayer" areas New Londo Ruins is a part of (used for matchmaking, etc.)

In theory, you should be fine since they shut down the servers for PTDE, but if you somehow get banned, don't say I didn't warn you.

If you do go online with something like DSCM, you probably will not be able to play multiplayer in New Londo Ruins except with other players using this mod.

The NPC summon in New Londo still works fine with this mod.

Make sure your files are already unpacked using a tool like UXM

Move the event and map folders into the data folder of your Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition folder and overwrite the vanilla game files (or back them up first).

Do you want to use OTHER mods with this one?

In theory, that should be fine, as long as you don't have any other mods that edit:

• []    The event script file for New Londo Ruins (event/m16_00_00_00.emevd)

  []    The map file itself for New Londo Ruins (map/MapStudio/m16_00_00_00.msb)

  THE ISSUE
  The simple explanation for this issue of humanity drop not working is that there isn't really a bug, but rather an oversight.

  Internally New Londo Ruins has 2 areas which could be used for a variety of things, including multiplayer.

  Area 1 is completely unused, and the boss assigned to it is the Four Kings.

  Area 2 contains all of New Londo Ruins, but has no boss assigned to it. With no boss assigned, the area is invalid for humanity drop to work, so it doesn't.