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The Witcher |OT| Damn all dissonances
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pseudocaesar
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You dont need flint at all. Use the fire spell to light fires.Grayman said:
RPG_Fanatic
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1stStrike said:I was lame. I'd just save my game, bet max and if I lost, reload and try again. I made quite a bit of money that way, but I totally cheated the system
Sounds like the correct way to gamble to me.
Jay Shadow
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Looking at that picture just got the gambling music stuck in my head.Minsc said:
Jay Shadow
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Well, except Act 3 can go back to areas in Act 2, but the trophy monsters won't be available.Fredescu said:
momolicious
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Quick question how many installation discs does the game come with?
Jay Shadow
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Yeah. Their value actually goes down a lot after they've been read.Varna said:
Mine was only one, but that was pre-enhanced Edition so I don't know if they had to expand to a second disk or not.momolicious said:
I absolutely loved what I played of the game, but I am stuck and I haven't played in such a long time that I have forgotten how to play completely. Think I might just restart, I am only at the part where....
you have to choose the woman's side or side with the town that she is the devil. I keep dying at the boss fight right after that.
Minsc
Gold Member
Varna said:
Leave it maxed and run it at 1920x1080, and just deal with slight letter-boxing, it's significantly better, and 1080p has essentially replaced 1200p anyway. You'll get a slightly better framerate too!
Jay Shadow said:
I got the EE, it was like 3 or 4 discs, but the game is on a single disc (you get the soundtrack, making of, etc). You can see the breakdowns here. I guess it depends on your region as well.
djtiesto said:
I found the 4th, 5th and final parts to be the most satisfying (though the fourth chapter is a bit long), it really picks up towards the end, you're in for a real treat. The ending cinematic is just as awesome as the intro one too, so that's something to look forward too as well!
Horns said:
That's actually one of the harder fights in the game imo. Try to do as many quests as you can before getting to that point so you can be a bit higher in level, and use any enhancements you have (specter oil, swallow, etc). If she falls in battle she will get back up after it ends, so don't worry... though it's nice when she's alive because she heals you occasionally. The trick is just to run around in large circles and let your health restore, then get a few attacks in, and get back your health, etc. You can't really win it straight out fighting. Make sure you use your witcher sword on monsters and normal sword on people too, they do more damage that way.
Minsc
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Horns said:
Yea, I was quite relieved when I discovered if I hit esc right after that cutscene I could save it and start right at the fight after the cutscene. After seeing it ten + times, it got horribly annoying. That kinda thing never really happens again in the game, don't worry. There's one more boss fight that's a little tricky, but more puzzle challenging, not combat challenging, so it's not as bad ultimately. Running in circles will get your health back up (while under the influence), it draws the fight out to be like 10 minutes long, but it feels so nice when it's over!
I had to do the run/circle/attack method during Ch. 4 for the Hermit's quest when you're up against multiple wraiths and their stun attacks. So annoying, and using agii to do knockdown insta-kills leaves you open to attack during the whole animation. Just stick the sword in and move on, stop trying to impress me!Minsc said:Yea, I was quite relieved when I discovered if I hit esc right after that cutscene I could save it and start right at the fight after the cutscene. After seeing it ten + times, it got horribly annoying. That kinda thing never really happens again in the game, don't worry. There's one more boss fight that's a little tricky, but more puzzle challenging, not combat challenging, so it's not as bad ultimately. Running in circles will get your health back up (while under the influence), it draws the fight out to be like 10 minutes long, but it feels so nice when it's over!
Minsc
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Zachack said:
I think I had enough in Igni that I could get them bleeding pretty easily after setting them on fire then they die rather fast. The stuns get annoying, but never really caused me to die. After chapter 2 or 3 agii's instant kill became less useful for me because it was usually better to use group style and igni. It does help with the occasional lone tough creature though, so I kept leveling it until the end.
Tailzo said:
There's a pretty crazy profile here, sounds like it might work ok...
Yeah, I tried both control methods. Both rely a lot on timed mouse clikcs. My finger gets all weird and it's almost like I get cramps from it. I tried to use my middlefinger instead, but didn't help much.Zachack said:
Ah thanks for giving me the link. I'll look into it right awayMinsc said:
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If you don't mind me asking... I downloaded this .pin file, and now I am not sure what to do next. Can you point me in the right direction, please?
Minsc
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Tailzo said:Yeah, I tried both control methods. Both rely a lot on timed mouse clikcs. My finger gets all weird and it's almost like I get cramps from it. I tried to use my middlefinger instead, but didn't help much.
Ah thanks for giving me the link. I'll look into it right away
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If you don't mind me asking... I downloaded this .pin file, and now I am not sure what to do next. Can you point me in the right direction, please?
You need Pinnacle Game Profiler... unfortunately it's paid software, but I believe you can get a timed demo, which is fully functioning so you can test the profile.
If you're serious about PC gaming with a controller, it's money well spent. Very nice software.
Also, do you have a nice mouse? I find if I use a cheap mouse, I will also get weird/occasional pains. But on my nice Logitech, it's always perfectly comfortable. Perhaps something to consider looking in to as well...
So is there a fix for dual cores where the game would work only one core to the ground? My PC should in no way ever run the Witcher this oddly, stuttering, slowdown, etc, when I can play games like Bioshock 2 and Mass Effect 2 on max settings. I don't want to play this at odd resolutions/settings just to get it running somewhat okay.
Also the fucking plants in the swamp area where the merman people live are a damn nightmare, absolutely decimates me. Is there something I'm missing here or do I need to just grind it out?
Also the fucking plants in the swamp area where the merman people live are a damn nightmare, absolutely decimates me. Is there something I'm missing here or do I need to just grind it out?
Minsc
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Edgeward said:
The engine is just not all that great (that said, it has its moments where it is beautiful and the draw distance is incredible at times). Even with an i7 @ 3.3Ghz and 5870 or GTX 280 you'll see frequent dips in the 30s in certain areas - my recent playthrough was probably 70% 60fps, and 25% 30+ fps, and 5% under 30fps. There's supposedly some particular nVidia driver version that runs the game significantly faster than the rest of them.
The plant you're talking about is actually a trophy kill if I'm thinking of the right thing, and you need to run away from it for quite a while. Pay attention to the name of the thing, there's a weaker version and a stronger version of that plant that comes out of the ground. The stronger version is the same plant, it can just spawn from different areas across the swamp.
Oh, well shit. I kept thinking that was just a kind of enemy I'll keep running into and have to learn to kill to get where I want and progress. Time to jump back in then, thanks. sad there is no fix, but the settings I now have it at least has the game running somewhat smooth, even if it is at a weird res.
The one that's taking him apart is likely the Archespore. It was a huge pain until late in Ch. 3 when I went back to the swamp to do the bit of questing required there, and even then it was a bit iffy to kill, although I don't have Igni powered up like I should. You get a trophy for killing it and there's also a contract mission for 3 of them (which I didn't do).Minsc said:
The smaller ones are Echinops. They're also annoying but not the ranged poison (I think) nightmare that the Archespore is. I'd generally just run past any of them, they aren't worth the effort. I think the only time they really got in the way is when I needed to get to the Collapsed Tower and maybe a couple shrines in Ch2.
Melhisedek
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I have 2 questions:
1. When I enter some place dark (Crypt) I can pull out torch to see better but than I have to fight with it as well, is there another way of seeing in dark but still having my sword to fight?
2. I need to deliver ghoul blood to this fellow in the inn but he just isn't there. Quest tracking shows him as there and I clearly remember meeting him in the inn but he isn't there now... I waited for a full day but nothing, any ideas?
1. When I enter some place dark (Crypt) I can pull out torch to see better but than I have to fight with it as well, is there another way of seeing in dark but still having my sword to fight?
2. I need to deliver ghoul blood to this fellow in the inn but he just isn't there. Quest tracking shows him as there and I clearly remember meeting him in the inn but he isn't there now... I waited for a full day but nothing, any ideas?
Melhisedek
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Yeah the alchemist one... Thought he waited in the inn while the situation with the plague settled. Where is his house?
Has anyone got some tips for getting this game to not run like shit? I just built a new PC 2 months ago and figured I'd try The Witcher out again (already beat it once on my old PC a couple years back) and crank it up... and it ran like complete ass. Even after turning the settings down.
Yet, more recent games like Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, etc. run just fine maxed out. Wtf.
Yet, more recent games like Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, etc. run just fine maxed out. Wtf.
Melhisedek
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Ferrio said:
Hmmm first I think, just got to this village and been helping people out, now I'm omw to town I believe
Lowering the draw distance helps the most.1stStrike said:
After that I would lower shadows.
Generally games made on smaller budgets don't have as much optimization, so things like proper polygon culling and lighting models might not be implemented efficiently, causing some performance issues.
Jay Shadow
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If you don't manage to find the alchemist again in Act 1, you'll meet him again in Act 2 and the quest should still be active. I believe one of the story possibilities in Act 1 puts him on a bridge with a guard you have to talk to. That might be preventing him from showing up in the Inn again.Melhisedek said:
Aside from checking gamefaqs I'd say to just do other quests until you see him. If you can't figure out how to do something the solution is often to do other things because of triggered events.Melhisedek said:
For example (minor spoiler) there's a big quest in Act 2 where you have to get a bunch of unique items. I spent a lot of time trying to get one of the items when in fact I couldn't get it until I had all the other items, and there was no way of knowing that, as the game expects you to not get all OCD over finishing each quest one by one. There are points where like four quests will resolve all at once because they all tie together.
Minsc
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1stStrike said:
Witcher really needs brute power in the GPU as well to overcome the framerate, I think a GTS 250 isn't cutting it. While lowering some settings below the absolute max can probably alieaviate that, you're next best bet is owning an nVidia card w/ the right driver set.
See this post, those drivers recommended work for a GTX 295, maybe they will work for other nVidia cards too. If not, you just need a better GPU to max it... and even then you won't hold 60 in it for the whole game. It's much nicer when it does run at 60, but 30+ wasn't terrible.
Melhisedek
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I have 3 meteorites right now, should I dump them in my witcher sword or should I wait for better sword.
Have one red and two blue meteorites
Have one red and two blue meteorites
