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The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition |OT| Bow low, you stand before a head crowned.
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Complistic
Member
I dont think the non humans have english accents.
If you're using the injector there's no need for the AA in game right?
Beelzeboss
Member
So I've been messing with the graphic settings after seeing some of these pictures and whenever I turn off Bloom and DoF stuff I get these little dots at the bottom of the screen.
They go away when I turn off AA but this seems strange.
They go away when I turn off AA but this seems strange.
can you guys post some steps for noob pcer's? It wasn't obvious to me what to do here but I fear I really am suffering with too much sharpening (solid) lines etc.
therealminime
Member
I don't think so, no. I'm not sure why I have that on. See if there is any difference with it on vs off with the SMAA injector.
Complistic
Member
Should just overall be slightly less blurry I think.
First make a copy of your user.ini and put it on your desktop or something, then you're free to experiment with the one in your documents folder without fear of doing something terrible.
I think the biggest changes are changing the smoothing to 0 so that you don't get that stupid mouse lag in the menus and then just sharpness to 0.
Feeling real mad we won't get the 360 control improvements >_<. Can't figure out why we wouldn't.
Inventory is so clunky. Every time im looking through something and I click it, I was actually highlighting my boots so they upequip.
Alchemy is annoying when switching out ingredients.
The combat/sign wheel is terrible and doesn't work like what you would think.
Lock-on does almost didly squat.
BUT I'm not sure I would want to strafe anyway, I move all over the place in combat.
Inventory is so clunky. Every time im looking through something and I click it, I was actually highlighting my boots so they upequip.
Alchemy is annoying when switching out ingredients.
The combat/sign wheel is terrible and doesn't work like what you would think.
Lock-on does almost didly squat.
BUT I'm not sure I would want to strafe anyway, I move all over the place in combat.
Complistic
Member
After some extensive testing I've come to the conclusion that the game looks damn good no matter what settings you choose and it's really just preference.
Other than the bloom. The bloom is just awful, haha. Turning off the sharpness and AA then using the injector really does look good though.
Other than the bloom. The bloom is just awful, haha. Turning off the sharpness and AA then using the injector really does look good though.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Warmed this puppy up tonight on 360. Going in blind, I've managed to avoid knowing almost anything about this game, and I'm pretty pleased so far, didn't expect so much depth at all judging from my first impression of the combat.
Arm wrestling metagame can bite me though.
Arm wrestling metagame can bite me though.
Uno Venova
Banned
I think it would be great because sometimes walking a long ways multiple times for a mission can be boring.
Inferno313
Banned
Warmed this puppy up tonight on 360. Going in blind, I've managed to avoid knowing almost anything about this game, and I'm pretty pleased so far, didn't expect so much depth at all judging from my first impression of the combat.
Arm wrestling metagame can bite me though.
Arm wrestling is easy.
Dice Poker is shit though.
So, I tried this one and that just messes up my colors completely. :/
Anyone who knows how to fix this?
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Holy shit, the Bronze God is real!
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Flotsam Shore.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Should have turned off the bloom
michaelo3333
Neo Member
I'm getting an annoying grainy grid pattern-like shadow effect on everything but most noticable on people. See Geralt's neck in the picture below
Anyone have any suggestions? I tried searching around but could not find any good solutions other than someone on thewitcher2.com that said they fixed it by reinstalling windows.
Anyone have any suggestions? I tried searching around but could not find any good solutions other than someone on thewitcher2.com that said they fixed it by reinstalling windows.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I'm getting an annoying grainy grid pattern-like shadow effect on everything but most noticable on people. See Geralt's neck in the picture below
Anyone have any suggestions? I tried searching around but could not find any good solutions other than someone on thewitcher2.com that said they fixed it by reinstalling windows.
That's just how the game is. I assume, your picture isn't loading.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
There is no fix. Shadow dithering is an engine quirk, and a shitty one at that. Reinstalling Windows wont fix anything.
michaelo3333
Neo Member
Sort of a 'That's not a bug, that's a feature!' thing? Ugh. It's really distracting to me and I don't know if I can make myself get the hell over it.
Bought this at launch last year twice got up to Flotsam but bailed out due to an uncontrollable backlog. Upto Flotsam again, 3rd times a charm.
I only got AC: Revelations and Legend of Grimrock in the playlist now as opposed to the 15 games i was playing at the same time last year.
I only got AC: Revelations and Legend of Grimrock in the playlist now as opposed to the 15 games i was playing at the same time last year.
Yeah, the only real "fix" is to invest in some very high end cards, preferably in SLI/Crossfire configuration. Then you can turn on ubersampling and kill (or at least greatly diminish) the dithering. Or you can just turn on ubersampling now and deal with an N64-esque framerate, and that's assuming you have something like a 560ti or 6950 to begin with.
Lion Heart
Banned
SMAA injector is fucking godly. Not even for Witcher 2 but Shogun 2 looks way better, it was a jag fest before. What a life saver.
TheForceWithin
Banned
I'm guessing you are using the Steam version.
If so change this (weird_steam_hack = 0 to 1) in the injector.ini
that should fix the problem.
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
There is. Just turn off sharpening filter.
Dithering doesn't go away, that just kills that TV-set-to-max-sharpness look.
I'm guessing you are using the Steam version.
If so change this (weird_steam_hack = 0 to 1) in the injector.ini
that should fix the problem.
Thank you, that fixed it.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Turning off sharpening does not turn off shadow dithering. Dithering is caused by how the engine renders shadows. Turning off sharpening minimises the perceived effect of dithering as the dithered edges are no longer sharpened.
Yeah, ubesrsampling is the only way to truly minimise dithering. The shadows are sampled at a higher resolution, with sharpening off, and downsampled to produce a cleaner image. But it's still there and, as you said, requires crazy beefy hardware.
The game is insanely gorgeous, but desperately needs a proper soft shadow renderer and preferably nice MSAA support. Needs DX11! I'd suggest slight tessellation of building stones too, but the textures would probably lose a ton of detail.
The only thing you can really do is buy better hardware and crank up the ubersampling.
Jay Shadow
Member
Yes they are.
Drizzt, is that you?
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
Nope.
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
I never use AA anyway so I'll just go with option A.
According to this review here, everyone that is upgrading an existing installation has to start a new game save as the old saves will be unable to access the new content.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-the-witcher/729374
(About 4:10 in.)
Can anyone confirm this? That would very much suck.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-the-witcher/729374
(About 4:10 in.)
Can anyone confirm this? That would very much suck.
nelsonroyale
Member
If it is genuinely all you want on the 360 then I would say no. Not that the game is not good enough, its fantastic, but if you have waited this long, you could wait on your next laptop and play it on ultra spec, where it looks bloomin gorgeous
toastyToast
Member
Which abilty you place a mutagen on doesn't impact its effectiveness. You're just looking for abilities with slots
About inventory management, don't bother to pick up more cloth or iron than you need. They're plentiful and not really useful for higher end gear crafting. Pick up all the alchemy ingredients though (some are a bit heavy like Nekker hearts, don't go overboard) and you should stay well below the limit.
michaelo3333
Neo Member
re: Shadow dithering
I have a 560ti so I suppose I'll try the Ubersampling and grin and bear the slowness.
I have a 560ti so I suppose I'll try the Ubersampling and grin and bear the slowness.
bengraven
Member
The new intro is really fucking awesome.
After having put the game down for an entire year, it pumped me up to just restart completely.
"Niggard" is a really really old word. It has nothing to do with the word you're likely thinking of. I remember GRRM used it a few times in Ice and Fire and people chuckled as well. Weird.
After having put the game down for an entire year, it pumped me up to just restart completely.
"Niggard" is a really really old word. It has nothing to do with the word you're likely thinking of. I remember GRRM used it a few times in Ice and Fire and people chuckled as well. Weird.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Are they different, or is it in the same context?