The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[norseamd]

I took a look at the Witcher 3 forums, and looks like a lot of people have had problems with the latest patch.

 

[zinfamous]

must be hardware/drivers/OS? dunno?

Not saying that doesn't happen, it just didn't effect me this time....so I remain ignorant because I was not forced to care about it.

 

[norseamd]

must be hardware/drivers/OS? dunno?

Not saying that doesn't happen, it just didn't effect me this time....so I remain ignorant because I was not forced to care about it.

Yeah, I would have been ignorant of it too had I not had any problems.

Assuming there is going to be another patch sometime soon.

Did the graphics seem any different to you at all?

 

[mikeymikec]

Did the graphics seem any different to you at all?

Water (the sea mainly) is rendered in a dramatically different way since a recent patch for me. It's improved rendering times significantly.

 

[norseamd]

Water (the sea mainly) is rendered in a dramatically different way since a recent patch for me. It's improved rendering times significantly.

I found a video about that while looking for people having any problems with the more recent patches.

Otherwise, I actually think the game looks notably better.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I had more crashes than I did before but that's really about it. I actually haven't seen it crash for some time now so I don't know what to make of it.

 

[norseamd]

I had more crashes than I did before but that's really about it. I actually haven't seen it crash for some time now so I don't know what to make of it.

Apparently the memory leaks are back again, lots of other people are having the same fps, lag, stuttering problems as me.

 

[mikeymikec]

Did anyone else get a consistent crash in Avallac'h's lab, if one tells Ciri to talk down? For me, as soon as Geralt put a necklace around her neck, it crashed every time. I got around it by skipping that cut scene.

I also get a consistent crash during a cut scene in the 'Blood & Wine' expansion - Geralt visits a guy in a graveyard, then when they exit the graveyard (being the cut scene in question), as the camera shot shows a grave stone which hides the two characters from view, it consistently crashes for me. Again I can skip the cut scene and continue the game.

 

[ControlD]

The latest patch seems to have introduced an annoying bug where Geralt throws a couple of punches every time you fast travel. Thus far it hasn't been a huge issue, but I have annoyed a few guards. I imagine if one of those punches actually lands it might start a fight.

 

[cmdrdredd]

The latest patch seems to have introduced an annoying bug where Geralt throws a couple of punches every time you fast travel. Thus far it hasn't been a huge issue, but I have annoyed a few guards. I imagine if one of those punches actually lands it might start a fight.

Make sure you do not double click on the destination when you use fast travel. This has been posted elsewhere and since I use a controller I did not experience it. People claimed to accidentally double click the mouse and cause this.

 

[ControlD]

Make sure you do not double click on the destination when you use fast travel. This has been posted elsewhere and since I use a controller I did not experience it. People claimed to accidentally double click the mouse and cause this.

Thanks for that. I am sure I have been double clicking.

 

[zinfamous]

Apparently the memory leaks are back again, lots of other people are having the same fps, lag, stuttering problems as me.

Prior to this patch, I would have maybe 30% of my loads from desktop result in an unplayable lag state--like the GPU refused to turn on and I was seeing about 0.05 fps or something. It would eventually come around, but always faster to exit out and reload until that stopped happening. Not sure what to make of that, I just shrugged and reloaded.

I haven't seen that since the patch, but then I haven't really loaded the game that often yet--maybe 3 or 4 times after the patch.

The latest patch seems to have introduced an annoying bug where Geralt throws a couple of punches every time you fast travel. Thus far it hasn't been a huge issue, but I have annoyed a few guards. I imagine if one of those punches actually lands it might start a fight.

Oh...this I have noticed. It is quite amusing. So, no double click on fast travel, eh?

 

[sze5003]

Looks like I missed the deal for the game and the extended pass. It's back up to $75 now. I need to pay more attention when it goes on sale again.

 

[Rhezuss]

I know it's not cool but I bought the game on PC when it was released but not long after I bought it again on the PS4 and been playing it since then. No lags, no issues but yeah, not as good lookong on the PS4 but still gorgeous and lag free game for me so far.

 

[zinfamous]

Looks like I missed the deal for the game and the extended pass. It's back up to $75 now. I need to pay more attention when it goes on sale again.

steam summer sale should be coming in another couple of weeks. GoG and GMG has often matched and bested them in the last couple of sales, too.

Should be a great time to pick it up.

 

[sze5003]

steam summer sale should be coming in another couple of weeks. GoG and GMG has often matched and bested them in the last couple of sales, too.

Should be a great time to pick it up.

Yea I already have the game bought it on PC when it was released. I dont mind paying another $40 or so if it includes the expansions. Cheaper than buying the expansions separately.

 

[zinfamous]

Yea I already have the game bought it on PC when it was released. I dont mind paying another $40 or so if it includes the expansions. Cheaper than buying the expansions separately.

In that case, I would be surprised if you see the expansion pass on sale this soon after the major, and final release. It also seems that expansions and season passes go on sale less frequently than base games, regardless of age.

However, Witcher games have historically gone on deep discount, so I guess it is possible.

I'm not sure that you would see a base + expansion bundle that would be cheaper than just getting the expansion, though. It's still 24 bucks, right?

 

[sze5003]

In that case, I would be surprised if you see the expansion pass on sale this soon after the major, and final release. It also seems that expansions and season passes go on sale less frequently than base games, regardless of age.

However, Witcher games have historically gone on deep discount, so I guess it is possible.

I'm not sure that you would see a base + expansion bundle that would be cheaper than just getting the expansion, though. It's still 24 bucks, right?

Gog had it for $50 the game plus the expansion pass a week ago. Which my guess is included blood and wine too. I've actually seen it twice at this price but I forgot to get it. Half the time I can't order anything on my work PC.

 

[RockinZ28]

Yea I already have the game bought it on PC when it was released. I dont mind paying another $40 or so if it includes the expansions. Cheaper than buying the expansions separately.

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If you already have the main game, the expansions are only $25 at full price. How is paying $40+ for the game+passes cheaper, unless you plan to sell the main game code?

CDKeys also has the main game for $24.56. $25 for the pass. Still under $50.

 

[ControlD]

I just found the colorblind mode last night. I kept seeing people talk about a setting to enable it, but that menu entry must have been removed before I started playing. Anyhow, there is a line in gameplay.ini to enable colorblind mode. I can actually use my witcher senses now. Makes the game much more enjoyable.

 

[zinfamous]

I just found the colorblind mode last night. I kept seeing people talk about a setting to enable it, but that menu entry must have been removed before I started playing. Anyhow, there is a line in gameplay.ini to enable colorblind mode. I can actually use my witcher senses now. Makes the game much more enjoyable.

Doesn't that change the sense color from red to blue? That is all that I noticed when I enabled it (unless I also need to futz with the .ini).

This amused me because blue-yellow is the 2nd most common type of color blindness to red-green. Worse, is that this now makes the two colors you see during witcher sense blue (your trails and tracks), and yellow--the lootable objects. Must be aggravating for such color blind people.

 

[ControlD]

Doesn't that change the sense color from red to blue? That is all that I noticed when I enabled it (unless I also need to futz with the .ini).

This amused me because blue-yellow is the 2nd most common type of color blindness to red-green. Worse, is that this now makes the two colors you see during witcher sense blue (your trails and tracks), and yellow--the lootable objects. Must be aggravating for such color blind people.

Yes, it makes it blue.

I never though about those poor blue-yellow people, but I imagine the default settings probably work for them (not sure about lootable items though). I am red deficient so the default settings make the witcher senses almost impossible to use. With the blue coloring everything is easy to see.

It's nice when developers take the time to address little issues like that.

 

[sze5003]

?

If you already have the main game, the expansions are only $25 at full price. How is paying $40+ for the game+passes cheaper, unless you plan to sell the main game code?

CDKeys also has the main game for $24.56. $25 for the pass. Still under $50.

Thanks for that. I thought for some reason each expansion was $20.

 

[RockinZ28]

I'm just glad they added the option to remove the fish eye effect from Witcher sense.

 

[RockinZ28]

Thanks for that. I thought for some reason each expansion was $20.

Haha nope. $25 for both is an absolute steal. More content in these than most $60 games. B&W is incredible, probably get 50+ hours out of it myself.