ahh, for me it was both during the game and sometimes when it clicked on load, straight back to windows too.
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Denton
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BTW I just got to Vergen and damn the grass has a really terrible pop-in.
I tried both versions of the extreme mod by EatChildren (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=618991) and it works perfectly, but the problem is that with both versions my framerate drops to 30 in demanding areas on my 280X.
So in the end I just downloaded these two files:
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher2/mods/274/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher2/mods/303/?
And they are fine too. Grass still pops, but with the color fixed it is much less noticeable, and my framerate stays nicely at 60.
I tried both versions of the extreme mod by EatChildren (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=618991) and it works perfectly, but the problem is that with both versions my framerate drops to 30 in demanding areas on my 280X.
So in the end I just downloaded these two files:
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher2/mods/274/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher2/mods/303/?
And they are fine too. Grass still pops, but with the color fixed it is much less noticeable, and my framerate stays nicely at 60.
To think that the Witcher 3 could've been released a few days ago 
http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/8/7353489/the-witcher-3-delay-release-date
Hopefully CDPR will step up its marketing campaign during late March/April.
http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/8/7353489/the-witcher-3-delay-release-date
Hopefully CDPR will step up its marketing campaign during late March/April.
Femmeworth
Banned
It's hard to get a summary of previous events. Doesn't help that the journal is inaccurate sometimes.
Okay, I think the game glitched (or is just that poorly designed) because I just now did the autopsy which lead to Geralt figuring out
that Azar is posing as Raymond.
I played the game today, there was a preview event in Paris. Some quick impressions of my 3 hour session. I also got to interview the lead environmental artist.
The build was the one press got to play in the end of january. Keep in mind I'm not a Witcher die-hard, never finished the first game, and I'm playing 2 now.
- There were 10 people playing, but only 3 pc's. 1 PS4 and rest XBO I think. I played the XBO version.
- I'm going to be honest here: I thought the XBO version looked rough. When a pc guy was off doing his itv, I messed around with the pc version for a bit and it's night and day. On pc the game is gorgeous, but on XBO I can't even say it looks good, merely looks okay. It goes without saying, but I would definitely get this on pc. Keep in mind that it's an old(er) build, but still. There was a lot of pop-in in the world, like drowners suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
The first section is supposed to end when you kill the griffin, but the XBO version had a bug where it was impossible to do so, so they said 'you basically finished the prologue, let's drop you in another section.' My game also crashed once and there were a bunch of other bugs, but I'm hoping most of these will be gone come launch.
- From the little I've played, it looks like this game may do the open world thing right... I got distracted from the main path several times, and in my itv the dev said they were going for 'organic' gameplay, where they didn't want to speak in terms of 'main' and 'side' quest. He even said that some optional content could influence the main quest in different ways, thought that was pretty interesting.
- Dev said that some optional content won't be shown as a marker, but really depends on whether you discover it or not. He said the team stressed points of interest, like a house burning in the distance, or a tower, ... They wanted to make it enticing to just explore, instead of checking off a bunch of markers on your map.
- The size of the world is... insane. Another journalist told me to zoom out for the larger map, so I did, and thought it was impressive. Then he said 'no, zoom further out, that's just one section'. Then I got to the actual world map. Mother of god. This game is huge. I asked the dev whether they'd fill it with cool stuff to do, but he assured me that the quest variety was a big priority for the team.
- Combat is faster and snappier than 2. Geralt seems more mobile in general. Luckily you also get a horse from the start, that you can summon from anywhere.
Looking forward to continue Witcher 2 now, because the demo definitely made me curious for 3.
The build was the one press got to play in the end of january. Keep in mind I'm not a Witcher die-hard, never finished the first game, and I'm playing 2 now.
- There were 10 people playing, but only 3 pc's. 1 PS4 and rest XBO I think. I played the XBO version.
- I'm going to be honest here: I thought the XBO version looked rough. When a pc guy was off doing his itv, I messed around with the pc version for a bit and it's night and day. On pc the game is gorgeous, but on XBO I can't even say it looks good, merely looks okay. It goes without saying, but I would definitely get this on pc. Keep in mind that it's an old(er) build, but still. There was a lot of pop-in in the world, like drowners suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
The first section is supposed to end when you kill the griffin, but the XBO version had a bug where it was impossible to do so, so they said 'you basically finished the prologue, let's drop you in another section.' My game also crashed once and there were a bunch of other bugs, but I'm hoping most of these will be gone come launch.
- From the little I've played, it looks like this game may do the open world thing right... I got distracted from the main path several times, and in my itv the dev said they were going for 'organic' gameplay, where they didn't want to speak in terms of 'main' and 'side' quest. He even said that some optional content could influence the main quest in different ways, thought that was pretty interesting.
- Dev said that some optional content won't be shown as a marker, but really depends on whether you discover it or not. He said the team stressed points of interest, like a house burning in the distance, or a tower, ... They wanted to make it enticing to just explore, instead of checking off a bunch of markers on your map.
- The size of the world is... insane. Another journalist told me to zoom out for the larger map, so I did, and thought it was impressive. Then he said 'no, zoom further out, that's just one section'. Then I got to the actual world map. Mother of god. This game is huge. I asked the dev whether they'd fill it with cool stuff to do, but he assured me that the quest variety was a big priority for the team.
- Combat is faster and snappier than 2. Geralt seems more mobile in general. Luckily you also get a horse from the start, that you can summon from anywhere.
Looking forward to continue Witcher 2 now, because the demo definitely made me curious for 3.
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Deleted member 80556
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This sounds great. Didn't that happen in TW1, or was it my impression?
Anyway, thanks for the great impressions, Creamium. Glad you liked it.
Dragon1893
Member
Thanks for the impressions!
I'm genuinely afraid of what this game will do to my life.
Glad to hear it, the world size and combat are pretty much the only concerns I have anymore. Combat especially, I really, really, REALLY hope I enjoy it more than TW2's combat, even some of the exploration could end up feeling meaningless if the loot and stuff I get from doing it don't matter cause I don't care about fighting.
Also, I'm way behind on my book reading schedule, I even had last week off, could have read at least a couple of books during that time but no, I just got drunk and spent half the time hungover lol
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Sounds amazing. Thanks for the impressions.
Dragon1893
Member
Forgot to mention I got to ask an extra question. I knew about horses and boats as transport, but wondered if we could fly griffins or other flying creatures you hunt... That's a no apparently. I was hoping for a 'who knows' there
Lol, that would be something else.
Denton
Member
Hah, flying wouldn't really fit.
Thanks for great impressions. I am super happy that we will finally have a game (hopefully) that will show others how to do open world without fucking checklists and collectibles.
Hi Ubisoft/EA/Everyone except Obsidian! (and maybe Rockstar, haven't played GTA5 yet).
Thanks for great impressions. I am super happy that we will finally have a game (hopefully) that will show others how to do open world without fucking checklists and collectibles.
Hi Ubisoft/EA/Everyone except Obsidian! (and maybe Rockstar, haven't played GTA5 yet).
Dragon1893
Member
Let's hope, but I'm confident.
I'm glad MGSV is releasing well after TW3, I was afraid it would be too close. Trails in the Sky SC will probably be too close for comfort though.
I'll say this much: if they deliver on the promise of having this insanely huge world riddled with interesting content... It'll be the most impressive open world game yet.
Seeing the world map is daunting btw, you can pretty much see the 100+ hours you're going to invest right in front you. Zooming out to the entire map was unbelievable.
Oh I forgot to elaborate on the second segment I could play. This is about 15 hours in, and you're in a castle up in snowy mountains. The quest is solving some mystery, spoilered just in case:
Of course, you guys can ask questions about anything else, I'll answer them if I can.
Seeing the world map is daunting btw, you can pretty much see the 100+ hours you're going to invest right in front you. Zooming out to the entire map was unbelievable.
Oh I forgot to elaborate on the second segment I could play. This is about 15 hours in, and you're in a castle up in snowy mountains. The quest is solving some mystery, spoilered just in case:
there was a massive feast, and bears appeared out of nowhere that you have to fight. You have to investigate where the bears came from, but it turns out these were actually shapeshifters present at the feast. You do this by combing the area with your Witcher sense. It felt very much like scanning the crime scenes in the Arkham games. From the smell of different body parts, Geralt gathered the needed info. You then hunt down the mage responsible, but we had to leave before I could fight him.
Of course, you guys can ask questions about anything else, I'll answer them if I can.
His Majesty
Banned
New info will be coming this weekend from PAX.
Dragon1893
Member
No matter how many times I play TW2 I always get a laugh out of the trolls.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
+ a new screen
That woman looks like a simple NPC that gives you aside mission and still looks great.
Some new gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQUKoJRuIyg
Dragon1893
Member
Creamium, could you go more in depth about the combat and how it compares to TW2's?
Is it wrong to say that it's pretty similar?
Is it wrong to say that it's pretty similar?
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Something about the map size:
Oh, isnst that the map I did some months ago?
Really really glad they confirmed its even bigger. I was trying to compare it to the books one and there were important zones missing.
Jay Shadow
Member
That doesn't make sense though. The map was opened in Novigrad. So it could be that there's a separate more detailed map zoomed in on Novigrad, but that land mass does contain Novigrad.
Denton
Member
Well, that's that, finished my third playthrough of Witcher 2. First time playing Enhanced Edition, the changes were nice - the new cutscenes were well done and fitting (and the last one after credits was impressive and deppressing) and the new quest (Iorveth path) in chapter 3 was one of the best, if not the best, sidequest in the entire game. So much work that had to go into it, art-wise especially.
This time, I was dedicated to saving Saskia and dispelling Filippa's enchantment, and damn was it worth it. Their dialogue after the Enter the Dragon battle was fantastic, loved the callback to books and Villentretenmerth. I really really hope we will see Saesenthessis again, she is my favourite character in this game apart from the main squad.
This playthrough took me 48 hours (reported by Steam, no afk time). I read all the journal entries, all of quest description and repeated some quests/dialogues to see alternative outcomes. Did all quests in the game.
I shudder to think how long I will spend in Witcher 3, but I can't freaking wait.
This game is still 10/10 for me already.
Now, I will reload that save and battle Letho noncannonically, because that fight is awesome.
This time, I was dedicated to saving Saskia and dispelling Filippa's enchantment, and damn was it worth it. Their dialogue after the Enter the Dragon battle was fantastic, loved the callback to books and Villentretenmerth. I really really hope we will see Saesenthessis again, she is my favourite character in this game apart from the main squad.
This playthrough took me 48 hours (reported by Steam, no afk time). I read all the journal entries, all of quest description and repeated some quests/dialogues to see alternative outcomes. Did all quests in the game.
I shudder to think how long I will spend in Witcher 3, but I can't freaking wait.
This game is still 10/10 for me already.
Now, I will reload that save and battle Letho noncannonically, because that fight is awesome.
Dragon1893
Member
Good to hear about Iorveth's EE sidequest, it's my main motivation for my current playthrough, Roche's was pretty good too.
Dragon1893
Member
Yeah, no doubt. Iorveth's is better but both should be experienced. People who only played it once missed out on a lot.
emperorspride188
Member
Something about the map size:
Looks huge and well crafted.
ok friends. i have a potential problem.
so, i've been going through 2 on steam for the first time to get a save ready for 3 ( and it's always been on my backlog of shame. )
but i'm getting 3 on GOG, my fear is that it won't see the save file. and all this work i've been doing to get everything ready will have been wasted.
does anyone know what the situation is with save file transfer. ?
so, i've been going through 2 on steam for the first time to get a save ready for 3 ( and it's always been on my backlog of shame. )
but i'm getting 3 on GOG, my fear is that it won't see the save file. and all this work i've been doing to get everything ready will have been wasted.
does anyone know what the situation is with save file transfer. ?
Jay Shadow
Member
yeah ? cause the only place i see it saved in is the steam userdata remote folder.
unless i'm mistaken, and don't see it.
i ust checked the gamesave folder in my documents and nothing is in there.
Jay Shadow
Member
Oh crap...that's cause you probably have cloud saves on, which they did a pretty bad implementation on. Here's a couple old posts that explain how to change it to normal local saves. It's kind of a pain.yeah ? cause the only place i see it saved in is the steam userdata remote folder.
unless i'm mistaken, and don't see it.
i ust checked the gamesave folder in my documents and nothing is in there.
thanks for the post, but unfortunately i can't get it to work.
i was just thinking that. are you sure that will work. ?
Dragon1893
Member
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Was going to buy a 980 or 970 in May for the witcher 3 but I already have the collectors edition preordered.
Well, I can give this copy to a good friend.
Jay Shadow
Member
Femmeworth
Banned
Finished The Witcher and I'll be starting the sequel soonish. Should I bother with any mods for my initial playthrough?
Jay Shadow
Member
Dragon1893
Member
So you ended up completing it? So what are your final thoughts?
As for mods, maybe try the combat mod.
Forgot to tell you to use the true blood mod on TW1, I love it.
His Majesty
Banned
Dragon1893
Member
I think I'm going to stop watching new footage, the game is huge but still, I feel like I've seen too much.
Femmeworth
Banned
Yes. Overall, I think it's a decent game. Just wish it didn't eat up so much time.
Decided to go with no mods.
Started The Witcher 2, and while the more modern graphics are nice the screen is way less readable than the first game. Trying to figure out which settings I can maybe alter. Bloom goes without saying. The presentation in general is dripping with excess including the menus.
Edit: Turning off bloom certainly helps. Now if only I could lessen the HDR.