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The Witcher |OT| Damn all dissonances
- Thread starter Bossman
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My ISP (Internode) has a game files mirror which doesn't go towards allocated usage. Since I'm Australian i only get a limited amount of downloads a month (currently 25Gb). Unfortunately, Internode has put a botched version of the patch up on their site and I get a CRC error on installation. I guess I have to wait until Monday for them to get back to me about it.
ZombieSupaStar
Member
god i swear wow installs faster than this thing is modifying files
ZombieSupaStar
Member
has anyone found any workarounds other than the one im using for the weird "pixelizations during cutscenes"
this isnt my pic but it illustrates what i mean (look on the left at her nose tip and upper lip, see those"bars" running thru the image?
I used to get it all the time back on my old pc at 1024x768 (7800gtx) now im running at 1440x900 (280gtx) and itll still show up unless I:
1. Force AA and AF in nvidia control panel
2. Set lighting to medium
with that I cant see it anymore but I didnt play the witcher much past patch 1.1 because I learned about the EE version and decided to wait (I had only just hit act 3 in the original). So im not sure if there was a fanfix other than what ive done?
this isnt my pic but it illustrates what i mean (look on the left at her nose tip and upper lip, see those"bars" running thru the image?
I used to get it all the time back on my old pc at 1024x768 (7800gtx) now im running at 1440x900 (280gtx) and itll still show up unless I:
1. Force AA and AF in nvidia control panel
2. Set lighting to medium
with that I cant see it anymore but I didnt play the witcher much past patch 1.1 because I learned about the EE version and decided to wait (I had only just hit act 3 in the original). So im not sure if there was a fanfix other than what ive done?
DubloSeven
Member
The same thing happens to me on 1680x1050 res. It's quite strange.
God, I have forgotten how much I love this type of game. I guess Eastern European devs are the only place to find this stuff anymore, and more power to them! Thank god someone appreciates a tad bit of complexity and moral ambiguity in their games. So glad I decided to get back into PC gaming.
I am also really enjoying the over-the-shoulder view. I think in a RPG without a party this encourages one to identify closely with the protagonist, whereas isometric encourages one to feel more like a puppeteer than the actual protagonist.
I am also really enjoying the over-the-shoulder view. I think in a RPG without a party this encourages one to identify closely with the protagonist, whereas isometric encourages one to feel more like a puppeteer than the actual protagonist.
Variable said:
Here you go: http://cdn.sciagnij.pl/bi.sciagnij.pl/0/2/English - US.zip
Has anyone every figured out what's up with seeing the light sources through solid objects? Was like that with the first too.
Finally installing now. Random tech issue in case anyone else encounters it: I was getting an error saying that the English language pack hadn't been downloaded, even though it was indeed downloaded and was in the same folder as the upgrade file. I tried it a few times a few different ways before I thought to try one thing differently. I had been double-clicking the installer from Opera's "Transfers" section in the browser. For some reason that apparently made the installer think it was in a different location, and it couldn't find the language file there. I double clicked it from the actual folder where it resided and it seems to be working. Time to rock!
Modifying files... this may take two hours?!? >___<
Modifying files... this may take two hours?!? >___<
DubloSeven
Member
Yeah, it does take a while. Just leave it on and forget about it.Slacker said:
It's totally worth it though
ZombieSupaStar
Member
Hunter D said:
not sure how it would work you still use the mouse cursor to move over an enemy to attack, I suppose you could try and bind that to the right joystick and movement to the left one?
Awesome game, I'm 17 hours in and am doing almost every quest I can find. Some quirky bugs now and then (at least 2 or 3 times I've met a character for the first time and they've begun a conversation about other characters or plot elements that I've never heard of - and not amnesia "i'm sorry I don't remember you" plot shit but just game dialogue fucking up) and it's crashed a few times when entering buildings.
At first I was a bit disappointed in the graphics, it defaulted everything to medium and still had some noticeable tearing. I had assumed the game scanned my system and decided on medium which surprised me as my rig is not bad, but when I turned everything to high performance was almost identical just with a greatly improved look to everything. Still has more tearing than I'd like (and no vsync, wtf) but it's very playable and some of the environments look just fantastic. Excellent blend of mostly-open gameworld and high concentration of things to do and kill. The Swamp seems much larger than it is but when you're just about getting sick of it you realize you can travel across it very fast if you want to just hurry along.
I like the stories and the characters have a bit more, er, character than most RPGs despite not quite rising above genre cliches. Listening to Geralt bitch passionately about being screwed over on his monster bounty because he's not human - and his general level of fiscal self interest that comes out in most of his quest NPC conversations - is great. Voice acting is pretty solid too.
At first I was a bit disappointed in the graphics, it defaulted everything to medium and still had some noticeable tearing. I had assumed the game scanned my system and decided on medium which surprised me as my rig is not bad, but when I turned everything to high performance was almost identical just with a greatly improved look to everything. Still has more tearing than I'd like (and no vsync, wtf) but it's very playable and some of the environments look just fantastic. Excellent blend of mostly-open gameworld and high concentration of things to do and kill. The Swamp seems much larger than it is but when you're just about getting sick of it you realize you can travel across it very fast if you want to just hurry along.
I like the stories and the characters have a bit more, er, character than most RPGs despite not quite rising above genre cliches. Listening to Geralt bitch passionately about being screwed over on his monster bounty because he's not human - and his general level of fiscal self interest that comes out in most of his quest NPC conversations - is great. Voice acting is pretty solid too.
I'm about 4 hours in and I'm really, really enjoying this game. I've had it crash a couple of times when leaving/entering buildings, but other than that is is pretty solid. I do have a strange bug though..it seems that all the light sources from lanterns are visible through walls and objects. Also, if I position the camera at certain angles, I can see a large yellow light source that changes how everything looks. I don't really know how to describe it better than that. Has anybody else had that happen?
Zzoram said:
To fix this:
1) Go into your video card driver control panel
2) Force Anisotropic Filtering (to whatever value you see fit, I use 8x)
3) Not sure if this is necessary, but, set Anisotropic Filtering to 1x in game.
Voila!
Duke Togo said:
I believe this is a problem that occurs with SLI configurations, although I'm not completely sure.
Variable said:
Go to your game directory for The Witcher. Everything should be in there.
ZombieSupaStar
Member
AstroLad said:
you have to disable sli for the lights to not go thru stuff.
Stoney Mason
Banned
Hey I'm stuck on a mission where I'm waiting for Dandelion to show up in a raspberry patch in the evening but he never shows up even though I wait there all day. Anybody experience this?
AstroLad said:
7950GTX SLI is pretty epic. That may even be faster than the current 8700GT SLI solution that's at the top end of the Dell XPS 1730 (nvm there's an 8800GTX SLI now). What kind of performance do you yet? That must've been a really expensve laptop. Back when I got my GeForce 6800 laptop it was $2000.
ZombieSupaStar
Member
AstroLad said:
try this
set SLI mode to "Alternate Frame Rendering", to uncheck the 09 flag and to check the 03 flag. That fixes the problem of sun and lightnings visible through walls.
Lion Heart
Banned
Question: Im running my LCD monitor at 60hz. Does it make any difference to go to 75hz? In what situations would I see a diff?
ZombieSupaStar
Member
Lion Heart said:
well to me the higher the hz the easier to read it was on a crt (like going from 75 to 60 looks different harsher somehow) but in games that use vsync itll cap your max fps at your monitor hz (but witcher doesnt use vysnc) so I dont think it do anything.
Thanks for the tip Zombie.
Yeah, this is a Sager rig that has absolutely amazing performance but has killed me with a few crashes in the past six months. Also have a 6700 in here and 4 gigs of RAM (not that the four gigs has done me that much good, but hey). Can run pretty much everything; haven't tried Crysis since I used EA's terrible DL service, but 3DMark06 is around 10k.
Zzoram said:
Yeah, this is a Sager rig that has absolutely amazing performance but has killed me with a few crashes in the past six months. Also have a 6700 in here and 4 gigs of RAM (not that the four gigs has done me that much good, but hey). Can run pretty much everything; haven't tried Crysis since I used EA's terrible DL service, but 3DMark06 is around 10k.
Hey,
I read through the past few pages and I'm a bit confused. I just got back with the EE (retail version).
What all do I need besides the blood patch? Do I need to mess with all those language packs, or was that only for upgraders?
What ended up being the deal with 1680x1050 resolution? That's what my laptop is sporting, so will the cutscenes be glitchy unless I play in a lower rez?
I read through the past few pages and I'm a bit confused. I just got back with the EE (retail version).
What all do I need besides the blood patch? Do I need to mess with all those language packs, or was that only for upgraders?
What ended up being the deal with 1680x1050 resolution? That's what my laptop is sporting, so will the cutscenes be glitchy unless I play in a lower rez?
There are multiple mutually exclusive decisions you need to make throughout the course of the game, so its replayable in that respect. And I suppose you could develop your character a different way, or play on a higher difficulty.
You're still going to go through the same basic story arc, and the same major areas, so it's not a free roaming rpg, but if that doesn't bother you, go for it - the game is quite large in any case, you can easily spend many hours on just your first run.
You're still going to go through the same basic story arc, and the same major areas, so it's not a free roaming rpg, but if that doesn't bother you, go for it - the game is quite large in any case, you can easily spend many hours on just your first run.