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The Witcher 2: Performance Thread [Enhanced Edition Patch - New content & 100+ fixes]
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Deleted member 17706
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Exuro said:
Yeah, I've never really seen the appeal of permanent death options, although I can kind of see why people want the option in PvP MMORPGs and similar online games with persistent characters.
Inferno313
Banned
Van Owen said:
I'm pretty sure that was never necessary, it only improved performance for the D2D and Retail versions of the game, as they had SecuROM. But yeah, 1.1 fixed that issue for everyone.
EternalGamer
Banned
DMPrince said:
My GOG version automatically downloaded it into the launcher. But the launcher just says "1.2 Ready to install." Do I need to go into the files and install it manually?
Nevermind, just had to to to the My Documents folder and run the .exe from "Downloads" in The Witcher folder.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Should have capped before and after frame rates. I really can't tell but it doesn't run like crap or anything.Keikoku said:
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Keikoku said:
Odd... I think it actually gave me a performance decrease. Where I was previously getting 55-75 FPS, I'm now getting 45-55 FPS with the same settings.
I click it, but nothing happens :\Aurarian said:
Edit, for anyone having issues with the installer, run the Launcher as admin and it'll start
Edit 2: The patch did help some, not a lot but there's a noticable difference in Chapter 2's town. Runs just a liittle bit smoother and doesn't have nearly as much microstutter.
Maybe in a few patches it'll run nicely
LiK said:
I unchecked read only just to see what the patch would do to the custom settings in the user.ini. Sure enough it reset them but no big deal, I had my old one saved. I assume the people that have the user.ini on read only when installing the patch will be fine.
Anyways I'm still not sure they are setting the right values in the user.ini depending on what you pick in the config options yourself. I was going to test it more but I said fuck it and just used my old custom config and set it back to read only.
One thing I did notice was before patch 1.2 even if I had my user.ini set to read only I could change the mouse sensitivity and music volume and it would save. After patch 1.2 it would no longer save these settings if the user.ini was read only. Just a heads up for anyone that is changing these and finding them resetting on you later.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
mileS said:
The configurator is still broken. Even if you set it to Ultra, it'll do weird shit like keep your old Mesh and Foliage Distance settings, keep shadow sizes the same, etc. Very odd.
Link to patch + details on how to installDarklord said:Do I have to register the game to get the new patch? Because I still can't and the support they gave me was worthless. I only see 1.1 on GoG.
http://www.en.thewitcher.com/patch1-2/
Direct link to download patch 1.2:
http://wpc.420c.edgecastcdn.net/00420C/files/Patch2/Patcher_1.2.exe
BoobPhysics101
Banned
I'm thinking Patch 1.2 does lower performance on my system by quite a bit. Even on Low settings I can't break past 60 FPS, which is very off.
I'm going to reinstall and try patch 1.1 again.
I'm going to reinstall and try patch 1.1 again.
Haint
Member
For anyone getting an "Invalid or Incomplete Installation" error message when trying to patch a retail release to 1.1 for 1.2, here are some steps to try. Most of them are common knowledge, but I had never seen the last bit mentioned anywhere. It's what was causing me issues.
1) Use the original DRM'ed .exe and paul.dll (for those that swapped in the GoG.exe)
2) Turn off any antivirus/malware monitors
3) Run the patcher as admin
4) Delete your after market DLC .dzip's (Troll, Alchemist Suit, Mystical Merchant etc...) in the Game Folder > Cooked PC folder. (*Caution* not all the .dzip's in this folder are aftermarket DLC, so take care to only delete the correct files).
1) Use the original DRM'ed .exe and paul.dll (for those that swapped in the GoG.exe)
2) Turn off any antivirus/malware monitors
3) Run the patcher as admin
4) Delete your after market DLC .dzip's (Troll, Alchemist Suit, Mystical Merchant etc...) in the Game Folder > Cooked PC folder. (*Caution* not all the .dzip's in this folder are aftermarket DLC, so take care to only delete the correct files).
scorpscarx
Member
Yeah come on Steam update the game... 10 bucks says there in negotiations for changing how the game patches itself or something...
Some kind of heads up would be nice however since we've been waiting all day...
Some kind of heads up would be nice however since we've been waiting all day...
Minsc
Gold Member
scorpscarx said:
It's not uncommon for patches to be late on Steam is it? I've read about games where patches would take over a month to make it to Steam... I guess that's the developer's fault, but I'd just as soon expect it to hit a day or two later based on how Steam has to process the files, where they can skip that step for retail/GOG.
Jay Shadow
Member
Not uncommon at all. Although I've never had a month wait, I have had a few days wait before. And with the weekend coming I can see this not happening until Monday if it doesn't come out tonight.Minsc said:
DangerStepp
Member
WTF?!
I just updated to 1.2 and now the game is acting like I'm starting it for the first time even though I'm on chapter 2.
I'm rolling through Vergen meanwhile all of the tutorial screens and shit are popping up left and right. I only have two quests in my journal.
What.
The.
FUCK?!?!
I just updated to 1.2 and now the game is acting like I'm starting it for the first time even though I'm on chapter 2.
I'm rolling through Vergen meanwhile all of the tutorial screens and shit are popping up left and right. I only have two quests in my journal.
What.
The.
FUCK?!?!
scorpscarx
Member
Well the thing is... the 1.1 dropped at the same exact time, and I have never seen a patch be late or delayed on Steam in years for a game I was actually following patch releases for.
Minsc
Gold Member
Finally, we have another batch of nice benches to add to the OP shortly:
First the sorta-boring GPU lists:
I'd say they're pretty accurate as my 5870 hits that 45 perfectly, actually the average would be a bit higher maybe, but that's due to these next benches, the real interesting stuff here:
Looks like the X4's got outclassed by a pretty decent amount by the i5/7s. A 2.6Ghz i5 almost 20% faster than a 3.8Ghz X4!, while a 3.3Ghz i5 2500k is ~50% faster! Yes, this game likes fast CPUs alright.
First the sorta-boring GPU lists:
I'd say they're pretty accurate as my 5870 hits that 45 perfectly, actually the average would be a bit higher maybe, but that's due to these next benches, the real interesting stuff here:
Looks like the X4's got outclassed by a pretty decent amount by the i5/7s. A 2.6Ghz i5 almost 20% faster than a 3.8Ghz X4!, while a 3.3Ghz i5 2500k is ~50% faster! Yes, this game likes fast CPUs alright.
toastyToast
Member
Interesting, could it be because the lower end CPUs are throttling the 590?
I wonder if there would be such a huge spread on a lower end, single core card.
One thing I noticed with this new patch is that when I enter Flotsam the textures take a while to load. If I enter from the Lobinden gate it takes about 3 or 4 seconds before the inn becomes visible.
I wonder if there would be such a huge spread on a lower end, single core card.
One thing I noticed with this new patch is that when I enter Flotsam the textures take a while to load. If I enter from the Lobinden gate it takes about 3 or 4 seconds before the inn becomes visible.
LOD has been fine for me ever since the user.ini tweaks. You kind of have to test this in the right areas because of the way the streaming in this game works. Simple example of a place not to test it would be that small river that leads back to that area outside of Flotsam (near the ladder where Cedric hangs out)
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Sandy Bridge 2500k @4.5
Feels good to have a ballin' CPU.
Feels good to have a ballin' CPU.
toastyToast
Member
Weird, I can't get the user.ini settings to work in the game. It keeps defaulting to whatever was set in options. I've set it to read only btw, this is what the file looks like using Boob's ultra+
Gully State
Member
Is there a way to get rid of the dithering?