DSR Watchpup

DSR Watchpup

Much like the Dark Souls PVP Watchdog before it, DSR Watchpup aims to arm players with more defenses against less-than-honorable players. The anti-cheat present in the remaster limits the capabilities, but it does its best. Features include:

• [] Rudimentary player anomaly detection

  []In-game HUD for borderless and windowed mode (no fullscreen)

  []Viewing current matchmaking brackets given the player's current Soul Level (SL) and max Weapon Level (WL)

  []Automatically create backups on application start, whenever someone is attempting to connect to you, and when an anomaly is detected

  []Viewing all connected peers' names and phantom color

  []Viewing player's steam names for easily friending, blocking, or messaging players found. Click on them to find them in Steam

  []Identifying the last dropped item by any player

  []Gathering matchmaking data for analyzing potential new anomaly detection methods or gathering stats on the current pvp activity

Avast users: there have been reports that Avast causes a BSOD immediately upon running Watchpup. It has reportedly been fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling the newest Avast version

To use, simply unzip and run DSRWatchpup.exe before or while you have the game open.

Disclaimer: I minimized risk of getting hit by the cheat detection as much as feasibly possible. Myself and a few others have tested the app for almost a month and have not been penalized. While I am confident that this application is safe, there is always risk that that may change in the future. Use at your own risk and discretion.

For more info, read below

Player Anomaly Detection

The detection is very limited due to how oppressive the anti-cheat is. Watchpup only interacts with the game in a readonly way to keep the user safe and prevent potential bans. More invasive measures are being researched but it's critical to verify those would work correctly without consequence. Watchpup cannot prevent most nastiness, but arms you with the ability to easily block offending users and restore your save to the point right before they arrived. This includes stuff like attribute mismatching, but can't revive Andre or remove your egghead.

To enable anomaly detection, check the "Search for Anomalies" checkbox, and if a cheater is identified their name will be highlighted with a yellow bar. If "Play Sound on Anomaly Detected" is also checked, it will play a sound to notify you. Finally, if "Backup on Anomaly Detected" is checked, a backup will be created when a cheater is identified

In-Game HUD

The application also comes with a small HUD to overlay the game when played in borderless or windowed