LordAmused
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Wow! It looks so good on PC! Plus, I think it actually runs smoother than Velen. Maybe less trees?
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The Witcher III: Blood & Wine |OT| One last contract, one last plough
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DeaDPo0L84
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Was super excited to get home and mess around with the latest patch specifically the gwent cards. Boot up the game andddddd quest failed. Well that's awesome...
DeadlyParasite
Member
God this new menu and UI is horrible. It's like a dumbed down babbies first experience compared to the old one. So unnecessary to change it.
You must be talking aesthetically since it's far better when it comes to functionality.
I like it a lot more actually. Guess I'm just a dumb baby, then. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯OdysseusVA
Banned
Makes sense
DeadlyParasite
Member
No the items are now muddled into a giant pile instead of the separate categories they were before, the text is massive and obnoxious, there's "boxes" everywhere where there doesn't need to be, the sign quickmenu is a mess and not as responsive as the old one and the alchemy menu takes forever to scroll through.
Yeah the old UI was so hardcore and adult. Can't believe these goddamn pussies added in this baby ass bitch interface.
Sorry couldn't resist
I measured the in-game distances from N-S & W-E (the mini-map distances). The map is approximately 3085m X 2579m, or 7.96 km2. This is about 53% of the Novigrad/Velen/HOS total map size, and about the same size as all of the land area in Skellige (~35-40% of the full Skellige map, definitely a bit larger than Ard Skellig).
Note that this measurement (and the other map measurements) do not account for the restricted area at the border of each map where Geralt refuses to walk to. Accounting for those is a little difficult because the invisible border is not made up of straight lines. Mentally, I just tack off 10-15% of the sizes listed below.
Here are the rough calculations I did for the other maps:
Note that this measurement (and the other map measurements) do not account for the restricted area at the border of each map where Geralt refuses to walk to. Accounting for those is a little difficult because the invisible border is not made up of straight lines. Mentally, I just tack off 10-15% of the sizes listed below.
Here are the rough calculations I did for the other maps:
Interesting! Another takeaway is that based off of your rough estimates the new area is 10x the size of White Orchard. Not unbelievably huge but not too shabby either.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
That intro, so good. Just me or was it super easy even on Death March?
DeaDPo0L84
Member
It really blows my mind that with all the support and additions they have made there has never been a New Game++ added. I would love to play through the game again but not starting from absolute scratch.
D
Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Two quick questions since I forgot from a year ago regarding the base game...
1. What's the alternative movement option do?
2. I want to select the choices after the prologue so do I select on or off in regards to the "simulate the witcher 2" save question?
Thanks.
1. What's the alternative movement option do?
2. I want to select the choices after the prologue so do I select on or off in regards to the "simulate the witcher 2" save question?
Thanks.
1. Tighter controls. You want that on unless you are crazy.
2. Yes select "simulate." That enables the scene in the palace where you answer a bunch of questions about the events of Witcher 2.
No, they have an exchange page.
http://thewitcher.com/en/exchange
You put your physical code in there and it should change it into the version you want, Hearts of Stone allowed this as well.
The issue is my key isn't being accepted like it should.
Warablo
Member
I only got to Skellige on my 1st/2nd playthroughs on death march. I stopped playing it but the hype of this DLC made me start a fresh game on blood and broken bones (too long of load times for death march IMO) and try to commit to finishing this game.
This sounds terrible, I was going to incorporate that into my build.
There's a new neutral skill that makes damage bombs deal TRIPLE damage but halves the bomb count (rounded up). Hell yeah my alchemist is taking that!
Also, the
fight at the very beginning of the DLC is probably one of the best encounters CDProjekt has made. You have so many viable options that you can use to get the upper hand of the monster!
Also, the
bruxa
Hostile_18
Banned
Omg that totally flew over my head... I'm going to blame the time lol.
It's now 100 I believe.
I forgot to download the 1.21 compatible version of Hearts of Stone so I get to download that again before I can even play because the game crashes on startup if I don't have it installed.
HOORAY
you'd think the platform made by the company that makes the game would have auto-updating by now and despite the website saying gog galaxy 1.1 supports auto-updating the checkmark is grayed out in options
HOORAY
D
Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Sorry guys but I have one more question -
Should Alternative Quick Access Menu control mode be on or off? And what exactly is the difference between on and off?
Thanks.
Should Alternative Quick Access Menu control mode be on or off? And what exactly is the difference between on and off?
Thanks.
It's live right now. On PC at least.
Not for me. I downloaded it, started up the game and it's still Heart of Stone. The UI was upgraded, but the new content isn't there.
Kssio_Aug
Member
I didn't know that! Love NG+ in games! I may buy Witcher 3, I was already thinking about that before reading that.
It's out on both GoG and steam.
If you downloaded it manually, you still need to go to the folder and actually manually install it
devious.one
Member
Feels good to be playing Gwent again
Weird, I downloaded it on GOG Galaxy and it I got the prompt in-game and everything. First quest sends you to a Velen board to start the expansion. I'm in NA.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
This soundtrack is some next level shit
CD Projekt Red out did themselves
CD Projekt Red out did themselves
Yeah, I don't understand. I also downloaded it through GOG Galaxy and I was given no prompt or quest.
RandomError
Neo Member
There is though? It was the last of the 16 free DLCs CDPR added post-launch. Or by New Game ++ do you mean something different?
I'm confused by this. I have it on GoG and it autodownloaded 1.21 earlier. Do I need to redownload Hearts of Stone somehow? The checkmark for it is active on the DLC page.
I'll say again, if you did download it but it didn't install it automatically, install manually
Uhh the game just crashed twice on me once they set out to Touissant. I also noticed some notable graphical glitches like people clipping through doors and missing geometry. I don't have the new patch downloaded yet, not sure if that helps. Just plan on shutting off my PS4 for 30 mins and seeing if that helps.
OmegaDL50
Member
Started a new game, can't even do the Devil by the Well quest in the beginning of the game.
The well itself is a garbled mass of strange geometry that I cannot even inspect.
There are definitely some geometry issues with this new patch update.
Going to stop playing for the night. I'm off tomorrow so I got all day tomorrow to play. Hopefully it was just a one time glitch.
The well itself is a garbled mass of strange geometry that I cannot even inspect.
There are definitely some geometry issues with this new patch update.
Going to stop playing for the night. I'm off tomorrow so I got all day tomorrow to play. Hopefully it was just a one time glitch.
The way I understand it is there's 1.21 versions of Hearts of Stone and the 16 free DLC. If your game is launching and not crashing on startup I'm guessing it's auto-downloaded them. I tried launching the game without having the 1.21 version of Hearts of Stone and it crashed on me before startup.
However for me, Galaxy's never auto-downloaded anything, at least that I can recall.
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