The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2.2GB Patch

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/09/2015 07:17 AM | source: | 21 comment(s)

CD Projekt RED has released a new 2.2GB patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. However, this is not the highly anticipated 1.07 patch. As CD Projekt RED's Lukasz Babiel said, this update is basically the game's artpack (artbook, soundtrack, map, manual, wallpapers etc.).

That's an update of our artpack (artbook, soundtrack, map, manual, wallpapers etc.). You can check them out by going to: Properties (from Library view)->Local files->Browse local files. Files are in main game folder.

What about the 1.07 patch? According to Lukasz, CD Projekt RED aims to release this new patch simultaneously on all platforms, something that will definitely disappoint a number of PC gamers as they'll have to wait for the console certification until they can get their hands on it :

We're working on it, currently we don't have any confirmed ETA as we want to release it in the same time on all platforms (PC, Xbox One, PS4). But we want to make it live as soon as possible, so we can get back to remaining free DLCs.

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#5118319 Posted on: 07/09/2015 07:23 AM

Ok, cool i suppose, but why now? Id of thought they'd get this out of the way or save it for last all the while prioritizing performance fixes and in-game dlc.

That is, if there is only one team working on updates. If there is more than one, then i suppose my complaints are irrelevant.

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#5118323 Posted on: 07/09/2015 07:32 AM

I'm not seeing it, my Galaxy is open nothing is downloading....

I got that full expansion pass so I got all the goodness, and on the flip side I opened the game folders and saw .exe files and realized I have to click and install them manually....

But am I an idiot to expect the DLC to automatically download and install itself like pretty much every other game I've ever played on Steam and Origin???
this whole time I thought the DLC was just not working for me for whatever reason

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#5118324 Posted on: 07/09/2015 07:35 AM

thats because galaxy has these things optional
you can also install the updates from the configure screen of the game in galaxy

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#5118326 Posted on: 07/09/2015 07:38 AM

I guess I'm being bit too critical of Galaxy, I mean it's still in BETA

but thank you for that tip White LIghting, I just opened configure and noticed all the DLC's are unchecked, I am checking them all 1 by 1, good thing I waited for my second playthrough, going to start that when we get patch 1.7

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#5118367 Posted on: 07/09/2015 08:58 AM

After 1.06 (i think) game has run pretty well for me. Few areas lagged a bit, could have been low fps due to smoke effect etc.

So yeah this only seems to be artwork etc.

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#5118389 Posted on: 07/09/2015 10:23 AM

This being an all in game content patch - paintings, textures etc ???

Or purely "extra content ala pdf, guides etc outside the game" ?

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#5118396 Posted on: 07/09/2015 10:34 AM

Game runs great after the last few patches, I almost never dip below 40FPS with hairworks on

Game so far has been a joy to play, glad they keep adding stuff. Best money spent so far.

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#5118398 Posted on: 07/09/2015 10:37 AM

This being an all in game content patch - paintings, textures etc ???

Or purely "extra content ala pdf, guides etc outside the game" ?

The latter. Pdf etc..

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#5118428 Posted on: 07/09/2015 11:36 AM

Game runs great after the last few patches, I almost never dip below 40FPS with hairworks on

Game so far has been a joy to play, glad they keep adding stuff. Best money spent so far.

If u like downgrades then yeah sure, i noticed it even with the first patch that came out, vanilla witcher 3 unpatched looked the best, after al those patches the graphics were downgraded, like npc,s that just pop in, lower-res textures in overal, and why i dont understand this why they were doing it, dont get me wrong it is still a nice game, but it is downgraded for sure,, just for better performance ? kinda stupid if u ask me.

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#5118432 Posted on: 07/09/2015 11:47 AM

Can you back this up? Id be interested to see this in screenshot comparison. I can certainly see something like this happening, though.

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#5118439 Posted on: 07/09/2015 11:58 AM

Can you back this up? Id be interested to see this in screenshot comparison. I can certainly see something like this happening, though.

CD Projekt Red forums and my own eyes.

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#5118447 Posted on: 07/09/2015 12:10 PM

Can you back this up? Id be interested to see this in screenshot comparison. I can certainly see something like this happening, though.

He's right, just had lunch time and decided to check it out. So I started my illegal Witcher 3 (unpatched) and indeed, in cutscenes there is A LOT less pop-up, same goes for the game where armors are rendered 50% and after a short time (1-2 sec) it's 100% :bang:

Oooh and BTW, I did buy the game, I forgot to uninstall the illegal one

Maybe I'll post a vid later on.

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#5118453 Posted on: 07/09/2015 12:14 PM

Even if they did downgrade the game at some point, or whatever. It still looks really good at Ultra currently and plays fine on a single GTX 980 @ QHD for me. The only thing I turn off is Hairworks, everything else is maxed -- I get about ~45-60fps, G-Sync makes it perfect.

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#5118473 Posted on: 07/09/2015 12:35 PM

It was downgraded, but only from 2013 to 2014, all gameplay released after 2014 showed the game in its current state. Coincidentally, this was the time the new ****soles were released.

Basically they seriously overestimated what the new consoles would be able to do and couldn't afford to make essentially two versions of the game. Which tbh I hardly find surprising, Ubisoft, WB and whoever can't do it and they don't even have to spend money on writing.

End of the day it's a shame, but it still looks great and they actually spent time optimizing it so it didn't use 20Gb Vram and 20% of a gpu (First game to actually bring my 670 to its knees ... had to go down to 1080 resolution)

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#5118478 Posted on: 07/09/2015 12:39 PM

They optimize and indeed made some adjustments to the loading of textures and rendering side of things, but it doesn't really bother me. The lore and story are simply breathtaking including the world itself.

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