Dark Souls 2 Center Deadzone Mod
Version 1.0

Enjoy smoother, more precise character movement and camera control when using a gamepad.

This mod changes Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin's deadzone implementation to use a 36% radial deadzone, the same as that of other Dark Souls games. This removes the previous axial deadzone, which restricts diagonal adjustment.

This mod will NOT work with original Dark Souls 2.

Instructions:
0)     (Optional) Back up the original DarkSoulsII.exe file.
1)     Run "DarkSoulsII.poc.exe"
2)    In the first window, select the original DarkSoulsII.exe file in your Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin\Game directory.
3)    In the second window, press Save. It will create a new file called Patched DarkSoulsII.exe in your Game directory.
4)    Delete the original DarkSoulsII.exe file.
5)    Rename Patched DarkSoulsII.exe to DarkSoulsII.exe
    
If you ever desire to return to the original deadzone implementation, replace the modded DarkSoulsII.exe with the original version you saved, or just delete it, then verify the integrity of your game files using Steam.

The code changes to DarkSoulsII.exe are fully contained to the function that calculates the deadzone, which is almost certainly not checked by the anticheat, so it is extremely unlikely that this mod will cause a softban.

Credits:

@LordRadai for teaching me a lot about Cheat Engine and Ghidra, which made this mod possible, and informing me that redistributing a patched .exe file is against the law
2BrightSparks for developing PatchOnClick, which this mod uses to modify DarkSoulsII.exe