jim-jam bongs
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How is it terribly designed? Felix gave you a bunch of tips for managing combat, if you choose to ignore them that isn't bad design, that's you being a scrub.
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The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition |OT| Bow low, you stand before a head crowned.
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How is it terribly designed? Felix gave you a bunch of tips for managing combat, if you choose to ignore them that isn't bad design, that's you being a scrub.
cj_iwakura
Member
I need haalp. 
Just got a new laptop that I pray can run this better than my desktop, and this happens:
Any ideas?
Just got a new laptop that I pray can run this better than my desktop, and this happens:
Any ideas?
Just beat the game a second time, this time choosing iorveth, which IMO is the better choice for a first time playthrough and not a second.
It is just amazing how the game gives you different option to complete quests and the ramificaitons of you choices seem to change the outcome of the story in a significant way. Choosing between Roche and iorveth is like playing a different game all together. It is very refreshing to see that in a RPG which is how it should be with EVERY rpg. Choices matter.
However the choices are not black and white, the game is about putting you in a situation and you simply choose what you feel is the best outcome. Now compare that to a game like Mass Effect where your presented with 2 choices,Good or Bad, makes it feel like an amateur hour compared to Witcher 2. Their were more meaningful choices that impacted gameplay and how the story played out than all 3 mas effect games combined.
In terms of builds, magic/igni build seems to be the most overpowerd/optimal build. Did my dark playthrough with this and tore everything to pieces.
After I beat game, I went back and did Roche's path again and things made a lot more sense.
Arguably my favorite if not top 5 RPG's this generation .
It is just amazing how the game gives you different option to complete quests and the ramificaitons of you choices seem to change the outcome of the story in a significant way. Choosing between Roche and iorveth is like playing a different game all together. It is very refreshing to see that in a RPG which is how it should be with EVERY rpg. Choices matter.
However the choices are not black and white, the game is about putting you in a situation and you simply choose what you feel is the best outcome. Now compare that to a game like Mass Effect where your presented with 2 choices,Good or Bad, makes it feel like an amateur hour compared to Witcher 2. Their were more meaningful choices that impacted gameplay and how the story played out than all 3 mas effect games combined.
In terms of builds, magic/igni build seems to be the most overpowerd/optimal build. Did my dark playthrough with this and tore everything to pieces.
After I beat game, I went back and did Roche's path again and things made a lot more sense.
Arguably my favorite if not top 5 RPG's this generation .
cj_iwakura
Member
Got it running off GOG. Runs like a dream, too.
(Once I set it to 1080x resolution anyway)
(Once I set it to 1080x resolution anyway)
OdysseusVA
Banned
They're going to give a fucking Witcher sword to whomever makes what they consider to be the best content with the RedKit Beta.
Oh, man.
If I only had a capable PC...
Felix Lighter
Member
There are answers to questions you didn't even know to ask. Absolutely, play both paths.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
So I just finished chapter 2. Are there only 3 chapters? So I'm 2/3 the way through?
DayShallCome
Member
Hey all - just bought this on Games on Demand. I played an hour or two of the first game a few years ago, but never really got into. Am I missing a lot if I don't play through the first game before starting Witcher 2? Or are the games fairly stand alone?
Jay Shadow
Member
Fairly stand alone
cj_iwakura
Member
What the above poster said, but W1 is fantastic, so play that first.
Hobbestetrician
Member
A bit more, actually. Chapter 3 is much shorter than 1 and 2.
cj_iwakura
Member
I can't figure out how to end the Kayran fight.
All four tentacles are down, but I can't find where to climb up. Is it a glitch or something?
cj_iwakura
Member
Sadly, I figured that out.
But I can't end it. The part where you have to mash left click never works. Geralt just gets thrown off.
SmashN'Grab
Member
Hi all, I've got a quick question about the Xbox 360 Games on Demand version of The Witcher 2.
Is the entire game 7 GB (like it says on the marketplace), or are there additional files to download (like in the case of Max Payne 3)?
I ask because I was under the impression that the boxed version came on 2 discs, and I was wondering how they overcame that issue with the digital version.
Is the entire game 7 GB (like it says on the marketplace), or are there additional files to download (like in the case of Max Payne 3)?
I ask because I was under the impression that the boxed version came on 2 discs, and I was wondering how they overcame that issue with the digital version.
Hey guys, I need your help!
So I reinstalled the Witcher 2 yesterday on Steam.
At first the game was not launching. I've read some things online and applied the official hotfix which resolved this issue.
However I can't seem to change the graphics options correctly. Whichever preset I use all the settings go to Low. If I change them manually and run the game the graphics are still on their lowest setting.
Then I tried to set the preset to "ultra" and run the game even if all the options appeared disabled and so forth. This time the game did run with good graphics, but still quite a few things seemed to be missing like V-Sync and AA.
I'm not sure what's going on, the launcher just seems absolutely fucked.. Could it be because of the hotfix?
So I reinstalled the Witcher 2 yesterday on Steam.
At first the game was not launching. I've read some things online and applied the official hotfix which resolved this issue.
However I can't seem to change the graphics options correctly. Whichever preset I use all the settings go to Low. If I change them manually and run the game the graphics are still on their lowest setting.
Then I tried to set the preset to "ultra" and run the game even if all the options appeared disabled and so forth. This time the game did run with good graphics, but still quite a few things seemed to be missing like V-Sync and AA.
I'm not sure what's going on, the launcher just seems absolutely fucked.. Could it be because of the hotfix?
Minsc
Gold Member
Not really sure myself, but for your V-Sync troubles, D3DOverrider works great with The Witcher 2, I'd use that... then you'd be good to go minus the AA it sounds like. Maybe you could just edit the user.ini configuration file yourself to enable it, then set it to read-only so the settings aren't overwritten if the game is doing something weird? Maybe you could re-install without the hotfix again, back to when it wasn't running and try a different approach, there's probably a few things to test (running as admin / lowering UAC / checking firewall permissions, etc).
Vigilant Walrus
Member
How can this game be so incredible? This game has the most satisfying story in any game since.. I don't know.
How did they achieve this? why is only this game? Why does so many other fantasy games have atrocious writing and lame villains.
How did they achieve this? why is only this game? Why does so many other fantasy games have atrocious writing and lame villains.
Thank you for answering! I will try those things once I get home and I'll give an update !
Really want to play the game now that I have a PC that can handle it!
Cheers!
So I tried re-installing (this time running Steam as admin so that I didn't need to use the hotfix) and also changing the .cfg, but still have the same problem.
I also tried D3D to apply v-sync on the game but to no avail.
This is how my game looks whenever I try a custom setting, it seems like the textures just don't load.
I think I'm just not meant to play this game properly
On my previous ATI GPU I couldn't play the game because there was a constant terrible stutter (even with good FPS), now this happens!
I also tried D3D to apply v-sync on the game but to no avail.
This is how my game looks whenever I try a custom setting, it seems like the textures just don't load.
I think I'm just not meant to play this game properly
On my previous ATI GPU I couldn't play the game because there was a constant terrible stutter (even with good FPS), now this happens!
Minsc
Gold Member
That's some bad luck! It's always worked great on my 5870. Looks different from the screens of if you have AA enabled in your CCC (which causes errors with TW2 so don't do that), but I'm guessing you tried setting all the AF/AA/Adaptive AA to application controlled and/or off? AF really should work forced to 16xAF though, leave that at 16x if you can.
I see it being suggested you might have the MipMap detail setting to Performance instead of Quality (should be always on Quality), if you can't find it, you may have to search for how to edit it manually, it may be hidden, or download the RadeonPro and see if that lets you fix it (it's like nhancer for ATI cards).
Also make sure you don't put Texture Downscaling to high in the Witcher 2 config tool... that one you want off or the equivalent as you don't want the textures downscaled.
Other than that, I don't have much else! Hope you get it straightened out.
I see it being suggested you might have the MipMap detail setting to Performance instead of Quality (should be always on Quality), if you can't find it, you may have to search for how to edit it manually, it may be hidden, or download the RadeonPro and see if that lets you fix it (it's like nhancer for ATI cards).
Also make sure you don't put Texture Downscaling to high in the Witcher 2 config tool... that one you want off or the equivalent as you don't want the textures downscaled.
Other than that, I don't have much else! Hope you get it straightened out.
Hey Minsc! First of all, thank you so much for taking your time to try to help me out, it's really appreciated!
Right now I'm running the game on an Nvidia card ( GTX 670 ). I did run the game on an ATI card before but I had quite a bit of stuttering so I saved the game for when I got an upgrade.
The settings on my Nvidia panel seem to be ok, so I don't think it's that.
I really think it's some sort of bug with the configuration. I was able to force V-sync through the nvidia panel ( didn't work with D3D for some reason), so it's playable now if I just choose the Ultra preset and don't try to change any setting manually (which will make the game look like the screenshot above). I would still like to be able to mess with some of the settings like AO and the blur, but this will do for now! I've opened a thread on the official forums and hopefully the developers will take note!
Thank you very much once again!
Cheers
Minsc
Gold Member
Can someone please tell me the best setup for an HD7870/i52500k with this game. I'm getting stuttering no matter what. I installed the stutter fix and it didn't do anything. I also looked in the PC performance thread already.
EDIT: using RadeonPro and setting "Flip Queue Size" to 1 seemed to fix it mostly. Now I can finally enjoy the game instead of re launching it every 30 seconds.
EDIT: using RadeonPro and setting "Flip Queue Size" to 1 seemed to fix it mostly. Now I can finally enjoy the game instead of re launching it every 30 seconds.
cpp_is_king
Member
Is there a good "getting started" guide or something for this game? I know I'm LTTP but I just started this today and I'm kind of confused about basic game mechanics. Off the top of my head, I just levelled up and I see a + sign that I assume means I can skill some stuff up but I have no idea how to get into a menu to do it or anything.
Various other stuff too, so if anyone has a useful guide or something that would be helpful.
Various other stuff too, so if anyone has a useful guide or something that would be helpful.
CommonSense
Banned
This! I need help.
To level up you need to meditate, if you're on PC press CTRL and press the button in the middle. (You must be in area with no enemies) At first you'll be able to develop skills from the upper tree.
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/t...article/the_witcher_2_a_beginner_s_guide.html
http://uk.ign.com/wikis/witcher-2/Signs
I'm not sure whether they nerfed it since the last time I played it but Quen was always the win button. Use it.
cpp_is_king
Member
Does the game ever tell you stuff like this? I can't even find a way to get into a menu where it shows all of the keybindings so that I could have figured this out. And with combat, they kind of just throw you into it with no explanation of anything. Like how on earth is anyone supposed to just magically know to press, of all buttons, Ctrl when they level up?
Well there is an instruction.
Besides that in your Journal (under"J" ) there are tutorials available, I think they also show up for 3 secs during siege. : P
cpp_is_king
Member
Well there is an instruction.
Besides that in your Journal (under"J" ) there are tutorials available, I think they also show up for 3 secs during siege. : P
I didn't see any kind of introduction lol, but maybe I just missed it. Anyway thanks
Felix Lighter
Member
The easiest way to beat him is to use bombs and quen.
cpp_is_king
Member
I'm barely into chapter 1, and I just purchased a Crafting Diagram: Hardened Leather and I have all the ingredients but when I press Ctrl and go into the Alchemy screen, it's not listed as one of the options for things I can create. I don't see a level requirement or anything so I'm not sure what the probelm is. Anyone know?
Jay Shadow
Member
Gotta take it to a shopkeeper to get it crafted. Geralt can't craft, he can only do alchemy.
Thank you kind sir. Not sure if I have the means to make bombs but I will try that out
cpp_is_king
Member
I made a few bombs immediately when I got to Flotsam, almost the first thing. So yea, you can. I'm still not even out of Flotsam yet.
Thanks to the previous poster for the tip about craftsmen. There's so many things in the game that aren't explained and that you're expected to just magically figure out that I went ahead and bought the strategy guide. /sigh
Just got to the first town in chapter 1 and a few side quests opened up so I explored those without touching the main objective in town. Problem is I keep getting my ass handed to me whenever i pursue one. Do i suck, or is the game telling me its too early to be going after these things?
cpp_is_king
Member
Some are pretty difficult, most notably The Endrega Contract. Do all the minigame sidequesta first (dice, fist fighting, arm wrestling), and get through the Loredo quest fully stealthed for a nice piece of armor. This should let you get a few upgrades
Felix Lighter
Member
Don't forget to get your silver sword.
Aard was what I used, and he didn't even get a chance to hit me. It prevents him from using his own Quen.
Aard was my own personal win button.
Yeah I guess i'll just hit up some main quest for a while before going to get swarmed in that cave again.
That is one I did manage to do.
thequickandthedead
Member
is it better to just face the kayran straight away or waste time getting that ostmurk thingy?
cpp_is_king
Member
if you drink the potion before you fight him i think youget an attribute out of it. so probably a good idea