Updated the game to steam and the online feature just went dead. No invasion or summons. I have all the right ports open, even deleted the coop mod and still nothing. Never had the problem on GFWL. I hope the move steam did not kill the online features.

I imagine since it is a beta version of the software that only people using that version would be able to connect. A tiny subset of a small playerbase probably results in very few encounters. Until it goes wide.

I have no idea what I'm talking about of course.

It seems that the Steamworks update to Dark Souls changed the multiplayer to be aggressively region-locked. Speculation is that this was an oversight by From in how they configured Steamworks for the game. There's no official word if/when it will be fixed (hopefully by the time the Steamworks beta ends in February).

The only things you can do about it are either revert to the GFWL version or try changing your Steam download region to join a larger player pool. People have reported success using various US locations, like Chicago, or using Finland.

Yeah set your steam download location to something more popular. This is supposed to be an error which will hopefully be fixed soon.

You have to change your download location in Steam.

Ya, it's kind of weird right now due to a region lock. I don't get the impression it's intentional, but something with it is goofed. It's been like that.

@cornbredx: @hassun: @savage: Funny thing is that my download location has always been set to chicago. I will try other regions and see if it works.