Commentated Tutorial on install of RPCS3, Demon Souls, DS 'Black Screen' Fix, & Controller Support

RPCS3 download page:

Playstation 3 Firmware download:
EDIT: On August 28th 2019 there was a new version of the PS3 firmware.
(OLD) 2019: On feburary 14th 2019 there was a new version of the PS3 firmware.
Old Version 4.82:
Old Version 4.84:
Old version 4.85:
New Version 4.86

Demon Souls Rom Link one:
NOTE: this link may not work and I would recommend to use the mega link as its the one used in the video and has had no given problems.

Demon Souls Rom Link two:
This download will take sometime, just leave it running even if it ask about hitting the limit. It will resume downloading over time. This should save as a zip with 12rar files.

If you are having problems with anything try reading through the comments first as there are quite a few I have responded to before and your problem may be similar.
Common Comments/Problems:
- Black screen is still there after selecting the option in the emulator.
Answer: Double check to make sure that the both the emulator and rom were check marked also it may be a GPU problem, Try to switch the GPU setting to another option and try running again. Laptops seem to have the biggest problem with this.

- I downloaded the rom but still doesn't show up in the emulator.
Answer: Once you have downloaded the rom place it in a new folder. NOTE the rom file should be called DeS.zip "this is the file name from mega". Make sure you have a extracting program like 7zip or winrar. Extract DeS.zip to an empty folder. Once done move that folder to "dev_hdd0\disc" and place in there. Reload RPCS3 and the rom should now display in the emulator.

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My Computer Specs so that you have a reference:
CPU - I7-6800K @ 3.40GHz
Graphic Cards - MSI RX 480 8GB OC edition
Ram - 16GB Corsair
HDD - (Windows Location) 2TB
SSD - 240GB
Power Supply - 800W

[Berry_Goosey]

Thank you for showing how to install the game itself, in addition to the configurations. Very much appreciated!

[JustinSmith-mhwx]

Out of all the tutorials this is the only one that actually worked thanks so much!!

[samussonic]

Guide still works till this day, thanks for this I needed it

[sarvman]

11/13/18 Works as of this date, all links and video suggestions. The DL from Mega took 3 separate tries as I was using the free storage and not the paid so I had to restart the DL every 5 hours to get it to finish. Only DL so much per day on free. Its laggy as heck but I will restart and see how that goes. Very good Sir. Thank you

[ExTremZero]

the black screen error only occurs when u are using a pkg/rap from the PSN Version of the game, the emulator uses a pecific data from that file that are usually used for blue ray disks and the emulator tries to start the game as a movie. U have to use the Disk rom, the renderer isnt the problem. And sure you get a black screen when u try to use a renderer that cant be used because your APU or GPU isnt supporting it.

[itzjizmakig]

after tons of walkthroughs yours actually worked thanks so much

[grimari]

thanks man ill save this vid for later. this fixed my black screen issue somehow. thanks mate. much appreciated. much love. good video brother. mashallah.

[Popinazo]

Open GL doesn't open the game at all, and Vulkan only shows the weapons, but everything else is just black.

Edit: I fixed it, just tick the "buffer white color" option.

[darkcisnery]

How to fix the black screen problem?
The game starts but what I don't see is my character, there is even sound.

[michaelshogbonyo]

It keeps saying “Invalid disk path found” It won’t even load even though i did everything that you said to do,

[gamegalaxyzone]

This is the time stamps for the video as recommend by Alexys Sonerset

1:08 Links and Downloads
4:55 Extraction of files
7:59 Game adjustments settings
11:36 Black Screen fix
12:55 Controller support
16:20 Game play

Also please check the description if you are having trouble with things as your question might be solved there before asking the comments.

[laurentpsathas]

i cant get the demon souls file to pop up so i can configure it.

[bushdidjetfuelcantmelts]

Help please! I did everything exactly as you did in the video and whenever I try booting it up it says "Booting Failed: Disc could not be mounted properly. Make sure the disc is not in the dev_hdd0/ game folder"

[captainwonderbar]

I had to fuck around with it a bit. But I finally got it working with no freezes or crashes. Same with Silent Hill Downpour. Bit of a headache. But total success.

[SeventhCruisader]

Every time i load up the game it crashes instantly and I don't know why can a brother get some help

[manjeetgaming]

Thank you so much man !!! After watching your video, It finally worked for me <3

[Yui-]

im 5 years late but, my game is stuck at the first pop up where you have to click OK - i cant do it, tried with my keyboard and controller, did set up both of them in the emulator, any idea how to fix it?

[auridon]

Thank you very much, finally got my black screen fixed. Though the only thing i did change was using Vulkan instead of OpenGL, though that might be because i am using and AMD GPU. using OpenGL caused the game to bug out and flash the screen every second.

[userxox]

that wallpaper is criminal
jk thanks for the guide

[ryanhazlett]

This was soooo helpful. Thank you a lot