Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-64.90.69.66-20140814014634/@comment-3492791-20140814015235

If you can't see spirits, bloodstains, summon signs, or orange messages, it can really only be because you're not online. You can tell if you're in offline mode by trying to use a multiplayer item, like the white sign soapstone. If it is greyed out and your character won't use it it means you aren't online. Otherwise I don't know what could cause this problem.