Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-25391954-20140906153606/@comment-25173123-20140908040157

LightfootII wrote:

It doesn't happen with any other game, in fact it didn't happen with Dark Souls when I first started playing it. That's why I'm assuming that it is some sort of corruption in the game.

When I get disconnected I'm not thrown right out of the game, but am taken back to the screen which explains the auto save. This is a natural occurance when getting disconnected from XBL while playing Dark Souls. Exact same scenario happened to me when the XBL update came down last week.

It likely is happening with other games but you might not notice it if  you haven't been playing multiplayer games that it might effect? If you have BF3 then the exact same thing will likely occur.

Have you checked your router yet? Don't discount it... it is the number one cause of such issues and is an easy check. People think it is not the issue because it hasn't happened in the past... but internet providers can be doig many things to cause such problems.

Obviously your system is not modded... if it is then I won't be able to assist you at all. And would simply tell you not to play online with a modded system.

Check to see what version update of Dark Souls you have? I am assuming you haven't deleted any updates?

If you did do the re-download thing then I always recommend you delete all updates prior so that it can re-update again from scratch.

But check your router first and tell me the 2 or 3 digit number that shows for your i.p. address. (do not share the entire number online) Or at the least tell me if it is either 10, 192, or 172?

Also, I am assuming you already did a network test on your Xbox 360? Though it will OFTEN say everything is ok but then shows issues later. I like to run the test at least 15 times. (yes 15) just to make sure it isn't giving false NAT identification. Which Xbox 360 is known to do. (at least with all my systems)

Another thing that can quickly help identify issues with connection is your friends list. If you go to your friends and it doesn't show how long they have been XBL members then it is not connecting to the service properly. Likely even your own info won't show all info either. This is a little trick I had discovered while troubleshooting previous connection issues on my own.

When trouble shooting always do so clean with no other devices on the internet that might cause issues themselves. If nothing else you can see if the issue does or does not still occur while PC is connected.

And after checking router info and determining it is not the issue then plug a wire in and go hardline instead of Wifi. This will help to see if it is possibly Wifi issues.

But check the router i.p. first... if you don't verify that first then anything else from me is just spinning your wheels.

Good luck.