Dark Souls 3 Debug - Control Enemies & Play As Bosses - Restored Debug Mode

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Dark Souls 3 originally had a debug mode where you could control enemies and play as bosses. I found a way to restore it in the full version of the game and wanted to share it with you all here. I hope you think it's cool!

[@riv4lm4n]

God imagine a whole covenant dedicated to taking control of enemies in a player world

[@jackthestripper9039]

like how invasions in doom eternal are gonna work

[@rectaalborween8471]

@@jackthestripper9039 W-what Hold on they're going to really do that? Aw shit well now i definitely wanna play the game.

[@baylego]

I just nutted

[@dramaexterminatus]

@@jackthestripper9039 Pls what? Good god, stop, I can only want to buy a game so much

[@Slightlycamouflaged]

Imagine getting ambushed by 10 intelligent enemies at once

[@lunausagi6147]

You've basically made Possession Souls

[@SuccubiPie]

Someone call Miyazaki

[@k0rriban]

*Assuming direct control*

[@xela4854]

Soul in the Hollow?

[@AllantheBob]

Super Dark Souls: Odyssey

[@Monody512]

Imagine a streamer trying to beat the game while every enemy is controller by a player.

[@KRAFTPUNK]

Monody it would be impossible

[@dibalive7597]

Otzdarva should do this

[@crabs632]

@@dibalive7597 he cant

[@Dynomafia139]

@@crabs632 he can do the impossible

[@Slightlycamouflaged]

@@KRAFTPUNK if i can kill a god with a stick the anything is possible

[@DebugMenu]

Anyway moral of the story, click on this link: twitch.tv/lancemcdonald I hope you thought this was kind-of interesting. It's a very useful feature for content creators and just messing around a bit, although it's a shame about some of the technical limitations that come along with it. Sorry there's no way for PS4 owners to share in this patch but I hope Steam owners have a bit of fun along the way, the download link is in the description if you missed it.

[@HalfGroxus]

You kidding? "Kind of"? That was one of the most amazing thing dark souls modding has ever seen.

[@scottgraham6045]

Very cool! Is the source code of the patch available?

[@OnyxTheGamingMachine]

Lance, I have a question for you. I've always wondered, what does the Soul of Cinder look like under his armor? or does he just merely resemble that of the Black Knight (No bodily form but a set of eyes hidden in the helmet)? Same with the Abyss Watchers as well.

[@serraramayfield9230]

OnyxTheGamingMachine It's just a human shaped ash clump

[@goreasabingabriel6539]

Hi lance! What you did was amazing, I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Unfortunately for me it crashes during the loading screen after i click continue. Is there any way to solve it?

[@PrimevalDemon]

Good ol alpha ds3 Like a warm blanket for the soul

[@nitroturbo7869]

The Dark Soul. Heh.

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

So, go on ahead, find one for yourself. A sweetly, rotting bed to lie upon..."

[@Awesomesufff]

Imagine a game mode where one person played as a boss and the other played as a player

[@EliasKaydanius]

Like Spear of the Church, but actually good?

[@BerserkerJess]

Imagine playing as sister friede.

[@AppliedGats]

hah Evolve comes to mind

[@diegodig9]

This actually exist, in one dlc of dark souls 3, dont remember the name.

[@ImNot]

@@diegodig9 but that's a shitty version of a boss lmao. It's more like a normal PvP with boss health bar and no estus

[@hallowedrequiem8300]

Always loved the concept of being able to play as the enemy, wish there were more games in general that had this as a fun feature somewhere when you want to just goof around. In any case, I will definitely try this out later. Thanks for bringing this to light as a mod.

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

Brutal Legend is an old indie game in which the multiplayer AI practice mode essentially lets you play as the final boss, also controlling his army and being able to spawn in other enemies... very underrated and unique game

[@samusaran4799]

Abe’s Exoddus and Oddworld series in general

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

@@samusaran4799 wowed that someone knows of Abe's Oddysey in 2020, that game got me into games!!

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

@@AnthonyDoesKZbin let me guess it's a side scroller or a pixelated game right

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

@@MGrey-qb5xz side scroller

[@DoctorDex]

Stellar work as always Lance! So cool to see how these enemies function.

[@sergiograndio577]

Doctor gay

[@Dynomafia139]

Gottem

[@morthangaming2513]

Now imagine taking this a step further and making a mod that changes initial classes to certain enemies or bosses and you are able to play start to finish with that.

[@choezbeey469]

When I saw you start speed walking with the rock lizard I absolutely lost it, great video man!

[@EricJackson]

Dammit Lance, this stuff is so freaking cool! Thanks for your continual exhaustive work towards sharing the insights you can with the games we love. :)

[@iridescentkingpp9840]

Me: *Finding as many ways possible to get a difficult enemy to kill itself*

[@bencevajkzolnai3135]

This could have been a really cool spell. Like in dishonored.

[@Reloaded2111]

It would be terrible in PvP, as player could take control of a strong enemy and defeat invader that way.

[@TheFool...]

@@Reloaded2111 yeah but the player will be stuck in his place so in pvp you can just kill the player and to balance it in pve they can make it drain the whole sp bar so you can't spam it and ofcourse you can't take control over some enemies.

[@mr.brokendreams9721]

Add a time limit based on FP

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

@@TheFool... or how about fuck that shit cause people want to enjoy the single player experience.

[@Tb0ne82594]

imagine if this was integrated into a sorcery or something, allowing a sorcerer to control simpler enemies only and for a short period of time....that would be an awesome immersive way to approach this feature...

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

and you are given the option to play as anyone through out the whole game,after beating the campaign of course

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

My man, how the hell do you not have 100k subs yet? Your content is top tier and quality always shines! Let's get Lance to 100k for 2020

[@rokurokubi3273]

A shame about the limited distance. If you were limited to just a region you could do fun things like scrapping with Dark Eater Midir as the Dragonslayer Armour.

[@yanfr0818]

The dragonslayer armor wouldn't be able to climb the ladder to midir's pit though...

[@ttobyg]

since you can already spawn in bosses, I don't see why that shouldn't be possible

[@Romanov117]

This is literally Rapport spell taking to a whole new level.

[@Molkalda]

Thanks for the patch file!

[@maddogmassey9848]

Howd you get it?

[@Molkalda]

@@maddogmassey9848 he put a link to it in the description of the video

[@maddogmassey9848]

It gives me a privacy error so I cant grab it

[@Molkalda]

@@maddogmassey9848 I can bypass it by clicking on the advanced button when the warning Message appears. Does that work for you?

[@maddogmassey9848]

@@Molkalda now theres no url error 404

[@MaximumR00]

Very interesting to know they even added this feature for debugging, it's a very cool but questionably useful feature. Probably used for trailers and maybe for developing attack cycles

[@thrakatak2645]

My main guess on why it was in the game was to test if all of an enemy's attacks work correctly, it would be a pain in the ass to wait for an enemy to one specific move just to see if the attack works, and when you can control an enemy you can test it a lot more easily.

[@MasoTrumoi]

Would it be possible to make mods where you replace the player character with one specific enemy and do challenge runs with that specific enemy? Like a Hollow run of the game or a Lothric Knight Run?

[@aquasomnus]

I think it's possible, I remember testing a cheat table that allowed you to control everything including bosses, I massacred everyone in Ringed City as Friede.

[@ImNot]

@@aquasomnus bruh

[@CorruptedMaterial]

@@aquasomnus Really? I thought you couldn't make the game spawn enemies that weren't already in the map.

[@TheMessiahDom]

@@aquasomnus you still got that table?

[@FSRiko]

This right here is the dream. And to be able to do so in Dark Souls 1 as well, especially since the engines are the same.

[@BNF5005]

This channel is GOLD mate¡¡¡Keep up the amazing work and don’t forget that you have our support✌️✌️

[@notameme5264]

This will have been a great improvement to invasion. You could join a covenant that let you join a player game as a weak monster and get stronger monster as you kill more players.

[@bojosev5845]

This is very fascinating. Seeing the movement of enemies and being able to look at the moveset without being ripped a new one is intriguing!

[@LucidFlameX]

I could actually be a Cathedral Knight, my favorite enemy in the game. Really cool overall.

[@عبدالرحمن_دحمي]

I've been waiting for this video for sooooooo long, you're doing a great job. Thanks for these vids and keep it up ma man :)

[@Bones_]

I know you stated that this isn't a brand new way to play DS3 but it is a huge amount of groundwork that you've laid out for other modders to then make into a whole new way to play DS3. All they have to solve is the unloading issue, and then from their they can just change up enemy placements on the maps and you could have an entire modder version of the game that requires you run clear areas with a specific enemy or enemies for each area. They could even place additional mobs in boss rooms (and there are mods that already do this) so really you've done half the work on the technical end. Now they're free to do the design aspect of building a mod around this feature. Also as someone else pointed out this will be great for people who want to get cinematic footage where you are controlling a specific enemy or boss.

[@ExplosiousKneesiusMaximus]

Thats cool, you can kinda hear the Abyss Watchers voice since your camera is so close when you play as him

[@Betsujin]

5:49 - I wish we had such an option for movement animations as player. Not standart 360 move, but always looking forward and holding your back towards camera. Like in lock-on, but without lock-on. Maybe it's possible to make such a mod.

[@Jesse__H]

Compared to what our boy Lance did here today, that seems like an entirely reachable goal haha

[@KazeVongola]

Now I'm tempted to try an enemy only run, although most bosses don't have additional mobs so that would probably be impossible unless enemies could cross fog gates.

[@twilight_mourner1865]

This is basically Driver: San Francisco but Driver: Souls Francisco

[@Siegmeyer_]

You are a LEGEND Lance! The community loves you

[@gilgamesh1148]

That's amazing Lance it must very hard to pull all these together to make this mod possible i really appreciate it man

[@MasterWhimp]

My god this is awesome. I've always thought the idea of getting to play as a boss would be interesting. They have such a large moveset, it seems like a great fit.

[@monos99]

This is a really cool thing, I can't wait to play around with it. Thank you for making the patch

[@Danktorias]

Thank goodness for an NPC control mod that isn't locked behind a paywall *(cough)* That Games Mod Channel *(cough)*

[@BKsunstar]

it isn't so much its paywall, now he won't even let you get on the patreon

[@glasgowquickscope1237]

Found your channel through this, lots of fantastic content, keep up the great work! :)

[@twitsik8966]

imagine the lore vatti could tell using this

[@azidahaka2]

One day we could make a whole run from start to end using an enemy monster as our main... Imagine how cool could that be!

[@KM-jb3vg]

This is amazing I love it. I am super happy I got recommended this video

[@vishakh69666]

Hey man, just wanna let you know you're doing amazing work.

[@realsalehn]

Wow, thanks alot Lance you're amazing

[@100Peterll]

You think they would have removed all the code related to those menu commands but nope, still there! hahaha This is awesome Lance.

[@TheTrueMerrio]

Miyazaki be like: THEY DID WHAT?? HOW?

[@bengorham1605]

This is amazing. How far this community has come.

[@avyntide]

Incredible work, this is extremely impressive! I do wish that the entire movesets of enemies were available for use, and that attacks could be strung together like the enemies can . Hopefully someone expands on what you’ve given us and creates fully playable enemies. Either way, fantastic work.

[@christiankatzorke5596]

Wow. Yet another great video. Amazing work you are delivering!

[@TheLegend-ip8oq]

Imagine dying from a skeleton soldier. The guy would be so confused why this skeleton knows how to dodge and perfect attacks

[@renaryuuguu1406]

Love this stuff. Being able to play as enemies and bosses is such a fun concept. I assume this is probably expandable on pc. I'd love to play through the entire game basically replacing my character with a boss like Friede or Abyss watcher

[@Artaimus]

You've pretty much got two different items here, one for pvp and another pve. PvE item would be the "target mob becomes hostile to other enemies" with the possibly of it either being hostile to all or count as a friendly unit. In this case you can heal and buff the mob but the item could likely need a time or distance limit which would either kill or leash it upon expiration. PvP item would be the possession of enemies. You leave your body behind and take over a nearby mob with which to go fight, usable both as an invader or as a defender, most likely invader. Same limitations with a certain distance or time limit on the item use. This allows you to scout for the other player and fight them without exposing yourself to direct danger. The trade off here being that your body is unguarded during this time and can be ambushed while your attention is away, especially if an attentive player sees this wandering monster and knows where it spawns. I think both of these would be very interesting with a large potential for trickery.

[@itsjustpen]

good job once again! always amazing what you do for the dark souls community.

[@switchlite8218]

The work you do to bring us this interesting content is very impressive.👍

[@SirSeriouz]

Some bosses are playable if you scale down their size. This works well for Pontiff and Midir, who otherwise jump through the whole map in one attack.

[@Flielow]

Look forward to seeing more. Got here from Yongyea channel. Not subscribed to his channel but gladly yours.

[@MrNasexD]

2:40 Damn you can even play as Solaire!

[@giovi9741]

@Yamnihc Ebmilaw there is the theory that Solaire was eaten by the sunlight maggot and after many eras that maggot became that gigantic snake in smouldering lake

[@giovi9741]

@Yamnihc Ebmilaw The more you know

[@deadmanplays2684]

Yamnihc Ebmilaw that‘s just a silly theory.

[@KirkWilliams300]

When you want to see the whole Moveset of an enemy

[@iryn9936]

This can bring lore videos up to an absolutely new level!

[@gagemcmahon9485]

Tremendous work lance really spectacular stuff thanks

[@christiankettlewell]

And now we wait for the Dunkey video

[@mirasilenthill3348]

Hello Lance. I've been testing your mod and want to share some curiosities I've found while controlling certain types of mobs and npcs. Hollows: Sword Variant: while controlling this hollow i was able to perform a unique punch attack that belongs to sword and shield hollow. I was also able to throw a unique shadow smoke bottle. I also noticed that he has the multiple swing attack that belongs to dagger variant and it has no hitboxes. Perhaps the creators wanted to add another throwable, but gave up the idea. Spear and shield Variant: like the sword, he appears to have unique attacks that i could perform. A lunge shield bash and a triple stab combo. He also has the multiple swing attack that has no hitboxes. Sorcerer Hollows: while controlling sorcerers i was not able to cast spells bc they acted exactly the same way as the giant axe hollow. Also, some of mobs that i controlled has a hability to get back to its original pacific position when the player is not near. Peasant Hollows: this type has almost nothing special despite the hability to throw dark bombs. This can be performed by any peasant hollow but the fork and the dagger variant. Lothric Knights: the sword and shield variant has a similar stance lunge attack like the non-control version. The only difference is that he doesnt do the stance prepare animation. Pacific Hollows: this type acts the same way as the dagger hollows, but use their fists instead of a dagger. Crossbow Hollows: he has two types of melee attacks. Perform a swing hit with his crossbow and unleash a punch attack. Npcs: You may think that controlling npcs is exactly the same way as controlling your player, but it is not. Here are the differences: 1- The camera is locked on forward and the npc will always turn into the front direction. Also, you cant change your direction while running. This means that your movement is reduced. 2- The npcs that have estus flasks can drink them faster than the player just like when non-controlled. 3- You cant change spells while using a npc. This means that you will only use the currently spell, pyromancy and miracle equipped. However, you can force the npc to change his spell and control him after that. 4- Npcs have no Pf, so you can use their WA infinite times. Though they have stamina. 5- Idk if this is an issue or not but when i was controlling summoned phantoms and/or friendly npcs caused them to aggro with the player and attack. My theory is that because i had to control a mob before controlling the npc, this caused the game to recognize any type of creature as a mob. Therefore turning the player into a mob and vice-versa. However, this does not affect npcs questlines, as the npc will immeadiately stop attacking when the mob is killed.

[@KomamuraSajin1980]

This is absolutely amazing! Can't wait this FUNction for every fromsoftware game! Thank you!

[@antekralj7875]

Daaamn. And here I was all along enjoying some standard bow glitches.

[@Snow.Frostborne_Ch]

I’m not the only one who would love to play as an Abyss watcher as a stand-alone game

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

You've enabled Dungeon Keeper mode. *Your possession spell has been upgraded*

[@DenDGLegionhardhouse]

Its amazing to see fromsoft actually debugged the enemies in various ways with full player control

[@jayg7207]

Ninja art: Mind transfer jutsu

[@GameCyborgCh]

Now I really want a game where you play as an abyss watcher fighting the abyss. Where you go to various places we haven't explored yet in dark souls 1 and 3, I.e carim, carthus etc

[@dannystopford8324]

Dude.. you're like, super smart, dude

[@FoxyHxCMacfly]

This as a mod + Impossible and hypothetical DS private servers = Heaven

[@Matthew-zx8cs]

I could see this being really fun for a run where you remain at a weak/low level and do all your fighting using enemies in the zone.

[@JustPoli19]

As a player who likes Double Weapons I'll surely play as Bosses like the Dancer, the Abyss Watchers or even Friede, and this will be amazing

[@elias60]

Keep up the amazing work and all you do for us casuls

[@Reptonious]

Every video you put out is cooler than the last

[@OvanTriEdge]

Omg thank you its a dream come true.😭👍

[@j15585]

i would LOVE to be able to choose any boss, monster or NPC from the entire game and play through it freely as them. That would be a real modding feat and i think one day it might be possible. Nothing has to be balanced and it's upto the player to make it as hard or as easy as they like in terms of picking amazing or trash people.

[@VulgoPJ]

what if undead rapport worked like this normally? looks cool. very nice work Lance! congrats

[@bartskihq1486]

SO SICK!!! How is this not an in-game spell ?!

[@vexsyx]

I always knew about Dark Souls but I'm used to pretty casual gaming so I never even attempted to play it. But after watching so many of your videos showcasing just how intriguing and beautiful these games are I picked up a copy and have been slowly chugging along. It's always a treat to see what you unearth here. I play games because of the art in them and seeing someone who likes to show every little detail they find is amazing. Thank you for all your hard work

[@ViliEvans]

Definitely check out Bloodborne if you haven't yet.

[@Deceron]

good to hear you've gotten past the scare of the game and gotten around to playing it! it's funny how many people say dark souls is "super hard" when it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

[@Jesse__H]

Jesus. This is pretty incredible my dude. Not just useful but looks like a lot of fun as well! Now figure out how to get the game to load in those new assets, and then eventually, how to level up etc so you can effectively play the whole game as any enemy 😅👍

[@demolukas9909]

Thank you so much for this, it's really fun.

[@Deadlyapes]

I cant help but notice how extremely different the early version of ds3 looks compared to it now. Could you make a video showcasing some of the games major visual or atmospheric differences when compared to the full release? Also, keep up the good vids 👍👍

[@doragonshedo9380]

imagine beating the game with the black knight ( great-sword or great axe ), this debug is just great

[@shourjyobiswas1704]

man you are dope.👍👍 Liked and subbed.♥️♥️ But will you release ds1 remastered debug patch?

[@Igoorboy]

A mimic running, the horror...the horror...

[@shutendoji470]

This sounds like a National Geographic documentary on DS3 :'D

[@OnyxTheGamingMachine]

Amazing video Lance!

[@SifArtorias]

I just wanted to mention, for those of you who may not know already, or jumped directly into ds3. A similar mod exists for dark souls 1

[@HagridTheBeautiful]

Thank you for this. I'm currently working on a Dark Souls 3 Oceiros Figure and getting good reference is impossible. So I have to make my own.

[@ralzinmcguffin9276]

this and a randomizer mod could be such an interesting experience

[@GlassAsian]

Amazing work this is gonna be so cool to play with

[@GATHUGHDxD]

man when I used to mess around with cheat engine I had to set each attack ID (which I had to find by testing) to a specific keybind through cheat engine, this makes it much easier

[@luissantiago5163]

Oh neato! Love the vids dude

[@SmorgasLord]

Very cool! nice work

[@TheMasterOfCornedy]

Could you possibly make it that the player character will become invisible and be 'glued' to the selected npc, flying above it or smth similar? You could experience the whole game like this then

[@Pitulio]

imagine this online, the host is a normal player, the phantoms are mobs that will protect the host, and the red phantoms are mobs tryng to destroy the player.

[@elcotonex9016]

Rapport has been taken to a whole new level.

[@JohnSegway-RainingLamppost]

Wow this is so amazing! I do wonder though; if you could make it so the player location attaches to the enemy so they're brought along for the ride would that allow the enemies to move around entire maps?

[@francofabio3791]

@Lance McDonald thanks for this mod , i am testing it right now , thanks to you i can finally enjoy this game , i hated so much that lausy and vapid and lame playable character , but now that i can use the bosses thanks to your patch and your generousity it's like a complete new game :D , as i test i will let you know if anything problematic happen :O

[@crymstall916]

you know how to activate it?

[@DehJarlorNoob]

Imagine a game where you possess other creatures and control them to reach your goals

[@maugwei]

I love it!! Thank you soo much for the patch my bro! One thing i notice is that the Painted world DLC, non of the NPC's have toggle-able attacks mapped to the controller. Is there a conflict?

[@TheRagingSerpent]

Amazing stuff, is there a debug option to make invisible walls visible? been doing tons of parkour and finding cool spots so if it would be possible to toggle the rendering of invisible collision that would be amazing to have.