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[vitopursuer]

I have made this video a while ago to show exactly how bug is making a mess of the game. I have been playing on my ps5 and my friend turn on his stream on his ps5, it is on the left upper corner where I put the camera few times, we are on the same road, I stand almost in the middle of the road, he stands a little bit right to the road, but it is the same area exactly, my grass bugged out all over the road, while in his game it is absolutely absent on the road, and it never appears, it never bugs out, it does not shift and change, but in my game, it not only appear on the road, it appears, disappears, changes lod tecture to completely different. And no there is no fixing to it, it can be only fixed for few seconds if you restart the game, but it is not a solution of course. As the publisher of the topic in the forus SkyHighTrees said, there is is like 70% of all consoles it happens on, and 30% are lucky. I myself can attest to that, because more than half people have it on their PS5. The only solution of this problem is bombard CDPR support, but people do not care to do it, the game is pretty old despite its next gen patch. If there was simular issue lets say in Call of Dudy, it would be fixed super fast, cuz ton of people play that...

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[cireza]

Probably because it was only played by professional reviewers.

 

[Zathalus]

Well the Pro still has issues. In Toussaint (and only here) the clouds have flickering issues. That’s about it for issues I’ve picked up on the Pro.

 

[Zathalus]

Probably because it was only played by professional reviewers.

It sold 50 million copies. I’ve played through it 3 times.

 

[vitopursuer]

Well the Pro still has issues. In Toussaint (and only here) the clouds have flickering issues. That’s about it for issues I’ve picked up on the Pro.

only flickering on ps5 pro? with flickering skies I could live, but not with grass pop in.

 

[cireza]

It sold 50 million copies. I’ve played through it 3 times.

They sold 50 millions copies on PS5 ? That port was definitely worth it.

 

[Zathalus]

They sold 50 millions copies on PS5 ? That port was definitely worth it.

No, but as PlayStation is usually number 1 or 2 in terms of multi platform releases it almost certainly sold millions on it. It sold 20 million between 2020 and 2023 alone.

 

[NeonGhost]

It’s strange that the ps5 pro fixes the grass LOD issue

 

[DeepEnigma]

It’s strange that the ps5 pro fixes the grass LOD issue

It's clearly a bug that needs patching.

 

[NeonGhost]

It's clearly a bug that needs patching.

Won’t be been around for years they don’t care anymore

 

[DeepEnigma]

Won’t be been around for years they don’t care anymore

 

[vitopursuer]

even such big reviewing youtube channels as IGN had a bugged game on PS5, but were dumb enough not to notice it, cause they said nothing about it
Time check 1 minute 54th second, grass popped in right on the left of the Geralt that was running. 3.19th grass partially disappeared behind the growner on the other side of the river. And that is just White Orchard where it is indeed not really noticeable, but Toussaint, it is madly bad there, as well as pretty bad in Skellige.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

even such big reviewing youtube channels as IGN had a bugged game on PS5, but were dumb enough not to notice it, cause they said nothing about it
Time check 1 minute 54th second, grass popped in right on the left of the Geralt that was running. 3.19th grass partially disappeared behind the growner on the other side of the river. And that is just White Orchard where it is indeed not really noticeable, but Toussaint, it is madly bad there, as well as pretty bad in Skellige.

Very cool comparison you made last post.

Yeah, most people are blind imo, because this glitch is so bad and ugly looking, yet people didnt see It.

Skellige and Toussaint are unplayable. Sad to see that the flickering skies in Toussaint are not fixed entirely but at least grass is good now.

The best way to play it on console os disc PS5 unpatched on PS5 Pro. If you are lucky like your friend you can play it on the regular one.

This bug makes me think about the untold differences between the ps5 consoles. Why would one glitch out and the other one work correctly?

 

[vitopursuer]

Very cool comparison you made last post.

Yeah, most people are blind imo, because this glitch is so bad and ugly looking, yet people didnt see It.

Skellige and Toussaint are unplayable. Sad to see that the flickering skies in Toussaint are not fixed entirely but at least grass is good now.

The best way to play it on console os disc PS5 unpatched on PS5 Pro. If you are lucky like your friend you can play it on the regular one.

This bug makes me think about the untold differences between the ps5 consoles. Why would one glitch out and the other one work correctly?

yeah, it is exactly what I thought as well, that there gotta be some difference, some memory perhaps difference? different ram memory, like in GPUs, some have samsung, some have hynix, or some a little difference in components on motherboard, there gotta be something, but then also if it is true, then some different ps5 pro could come out that would have a bug as well. It is already sad that for most ps5 game seemingly and quite possibly is forever broken. It is forever broken for ps4 pro, who will be fixing it, it was so good before next gen patch, the best way to play it on consoles, and I thought to play it instead of ps5 version, but that one is ruined as well. So disappointed in CDPR.

 

[Arioco]

Is this supposed to happen pretty much all the time or just every once in a while? Does it happen just in certain spots/regions or just anywhere in the game?

I reinstalled the game on my launch PS5 but so far I haven't been able to trigger the bug, or at least I can't see it. I did see some of the glitchy sky in Toussaint area that someone mentioned on this thread, but other than that and some occasional pop-in far in the distance I can't see foliage popping in and out of existence. I've tried both the 60 fps mode and the RT mode with identical results. It doesn't make much sense that it happens on some PS5 units and not on others, it's very weird.

 

[Party McHardy]

Playing it for the first time now. I picked ray trace for the settings because I’ve gathered that that equates to gooder grafix. I don’t know, maybe because I’ve been playing games since 8 bit, but this shit looks incredible, what could you possible complain about?!?

 

[Skifi28]

Well the Pro still has issues. In Toussaint (and only here) the clouds have flickering issues. That’s about it for issues I’ve picked up on the Pro.

Not just clouds, geometry in the far distance can also flicker. It's Toussaint exclusive and I believe I've also noticed it on PC.

 

[vitopursuer]

Is this supposed to happen pretty much all the time or just every once in a while? Does it happen just in certain spots/regions or just anywhere in the game?

I reinstalled the game on my launch PS5 but so far I haven't been able to trigger the bug, or at least I can't see it. I did see some of the glitchy sky in Toussaint area that someone mentioned on this thread, but other than that and some occasional pop-in far in the distance I can't see foliage popping in and out of existence. I've tried both the 60 fps mode and the RT mode with identical results. It doesn't make much sense that it happens on some PS5 units and not on others, it's very weird.

you don't have it, my friend don't have it, some few other people don't have it. Me, my other friend, HighSkyTrees even on both PS5 and dozen more people who wrote to me about fixing this bug have it. You are just lucky. There is no way to trigger the bug, it just never happen on some consoles

 

[yamaci17]

Very cool comparison you made last post.

Yeah, most people are blind imo, because this glitch is so bad and ugly looking, yet people didnt see It.

Skellige and Toussaint are unplayable. Sad to see that the flickering skies in Toussaint are not fixed entirely but at least grass is good now.

The best way to play it on console os disc PS5 unpatched on PS5 Pro. If you are lucky like your friend you can play it on the regular one.

This bug makes me think about the untold differences between the ps5 consoles. Why would one glitch out and the other one work correctly?

I don't know if this has any relation to this but maybe the save files could be the key. maybe save file is somewhat bugged

here's what happens to me in Cyberpunk, I get big stutters when I shoot enemies and they die. like the game stops to a halt momentarily. for a long time I thought it was my PC. then tried a new save, and it didn't happen. it was a weird bug. I even tried using geforce now (rtx 4080 ultimate tier), and the weird bug even happened there. somehow my save file is bugged in a way that it causes the game to halt when enemies die. it makes no sense

back to the topic, I played this game at 1440p/dlss balanced with ray tracing enabled on my 3070 with textures set to high (vram limited otherwise, and still vram limited even with this option, lol). never had this issue. so must be some super specific bug

edit: nevermind, if ps5 pro fixes it, then it has to be some kind of hardware issue

 

[vitopursuer]

I don't know if this has any relation to this but maybe the save files could be the key. maybe save file is somewhat bugged

here's what happens to me in Cyberpunk, I get big stutters when I shoot enemies and they die. like the game stops to a halt momentarily. for a long time I thought it was my PC. then tried a new save, and it didn't happen. it was a weird bug. I even tried using geforce now (rtx 4080 ultimate tier), and the weird bug even happened there. somehow my save file is bugged in a way that it causes the game to halt when enemies die. it makes no sense

back to the topic, I played this game at 1440p/dlss balanced with ray tracing enabled on my 3070 with textures set to high (vram limited otherwise, and still vram limited even with this option, lol). never had this issue. so must be some super specific bug

edit: nevermind, if ps5 pro fixes it, then it has to be some kind of hardware issue

most likely it has nothing to do with saves, I ruled it out by trying new game like 20 time, or actually trying new game from dlc, but also few times just totally new game. It is possible that CDPR is not able to fix it because some untold differences between PS5, and CDPR could have a good sample which did not have a bug. It is difficult to say for sure, we can only guess. It is frustrating to buy ps5 pro to fix the bug only, and not many games benefit from pro version, just those among newest that were patched

 

[SkyHighTrees]

some lucky bastards in here, can play the game glitchless on the regular ps5

 

[vitopursuer]

a guy who wrote to me today on youtube released a video about the bug, it is in russian language, but there are subtitles, although the main point is the vivid collection of gameplay with the bug for anyone who still does not understand to see. And of course it would be good if such videos were getting popular for only one reason, to be heard, by frigging devs who just don't care about people that bought a game on ps5 and having the bug

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I just got my platinum two days ago and yea I didn't see any vegetation glitches but I notice some skyline flashes, had a couple drowners floating but other than that it's been smooth. I finished it back during launch on pc but wanted to get the platinum, game is easily one of the greatest of all time

 

[SkyHighTrees]

damn it seems like we was the chosen buggd ones.

it's probably normal on most PS5s and not the other way around.... I know both of mines is SHIT

 

[swing_harder]

I just got my platinum two days ago and yea I didn't see any vegetation glitches but I notice some skyline flashes, had a couple drowners floating but other than that it's been smooth. I finished it back during launch on pc but wanted to get the platinum, game is easily one of the greatest of all time

Yeah, I’m getting close to 200 hours in and the game has ran beautifully for me on my OG PS5. I did have a few hard crashes though. Other than that, incredible game!

 

[viveks86]

damn it seems like we was the chosen buggd ones.

it's probably normal on most PS5s and not the other way around.... I know both of mines is SHIT

Have come across zero such issues on the pro so far, except a couple of crashes. Had never tried on the base PS5 though.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Yeah, I’m getting close to 200 hours in and the game has ran beautifully for me on my OG PS5. I did have a few hard crashes though. Other than that, incredible game!

Oh yea had a couple crashes also, on the pro here but yea game looks and runs awesome. I have a pretty juiced up pc and it's wild to see how far consoles have come with some of this stuff.

Great game, working on dlcs now.

 

[FUBARx89]

Wait til you notice how sometimes in conversations everything goes blurry for like a second, then normal and it repeats til you finish talking

 

[rkofan87]

That sounds very annoying and makes me reconsider my plan to play the expansions (only played the base game on PS4). Shame.

you can still the ps4 one on ps5 with bc.

 

[RoadHazard]

you can still the ps4 one on ps5 with bc.

Won't it automatically update? This isn't a paid upgrade, right?

Plus, I would like 60fps...

 

[Skifi28]

Wait til you notice how sometimes in conversations everything goes blurry for like a second, then normal and it repeats til you finish talking

This is the only issue I've had. Strangely enough, it was acknowledged by the developers and supposedly fixed based on the patch notes over a year ago, but the issue remains till now, at least for me. Eventually I gave up and finished it as is, but it can be annoying. It's also not clear why it happens in specific conversations and not all. I remember blood and wine being mostly free of the issue.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

People, the Pro fixes the grass glitch.
Base PS5 has problems, only on certain consoles. I´ve put off playing till I get the Pro, this is an amazing game

 

[Three]

People, the Pro fixes the grass glitch.
Base PS5 has problems, only on certain consoles. I´ve put off playing till I get the Pro, this is an amazing game

Could it possibly be streaming related? i.e affected by background downloads and slower (less than internal) speed nvmes? I hear cache clear helps temporarily then the problem comes back, so whatever it is seems to suggest it's streaming related and differences in streaming performance on certain consoles.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

Could it possibly be streaming related? i.e affected by background downloads and slower (less than internal) speed nvmes? I hear cache clear helps temporarily then the problem comes back, so whatever it is seems to suggest it's streaming related and differences in streaming performance on certain consoles.

It bewilders me bro. How can the same hardware show consistent bugs while the other same hardware does not?

 

[vitopursuer]

Could it possibly be streaming related? i.e affected by background downloads and slower (less than internal) speed nvmes? I hear cache clear helps temporarily then the problem comes back, so whatever it is seems to suggest it's streaming related and differences in streaming performance on certain consoles.

that is a new suggestion. SkyHighTrees said there has can be untold difference between OG PS5, and I thought about it myself for many months. It has to be it, untold difference between PS5. My friend's PS5 has no bug, I played on it, I played my saves and my account from his console, while mine shows bugs despite anything, despite hard factory reset and despite reinstalling entire operational system on PS5. I downloaded new OS on my USB drive and reinstalled my OG PS5 OS, and nothing, it did not do anything, bug started like few minutes after starting NEW game, all previous saves were totally removed before I even installed the game again. So it is also 100% not saves related. It is something in hardware, it has to be. Which probably means the issue is not possible to fix then. But why then this untold difference was not told? for what reason? why did nobody detect it? everything does not make sense. This bug is like endless loop if you try to figure it out.

 

[th4tguy]

that is a new suggestion. SkyHighTrees said there has can be untold difference between OG PS5, and I thought about it myself for many months. It has to be it, untold difference between PS5. My friend's PS5 has no bug, I played on it, I played my saves and my account from his console, while mine shows bugs despite anything, despite hard factory reset and despite reinstalling entire operational system on PS5. I downloaded new OS on my USB drive and reinstalled my OG PS5 OS, and nothing, it did not do anything, bug started like few minutes after starting NEW game, all previous saves were totally removed before I even installed the game again. So it is also 100% not saves related. It is something in hardware, it has to be. Which probably means the issue is not possible to fix then. But why then this untold difference was not told? for what reason? why did nobody detect it? everything does not make sense. This bug is like endless loop if you try to figure it out.

Playing from stock ssd or added ssd?
Whichever one, move the game to the other option and try again.

 

[Apocryphon]

For what it’s worth I recently started a new game and I’m 4-5 hours in and it seems perfect on my PS5.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

Playing from stock ssd or added ssd?
Whichever one, move the game to the other option and try again.

We been tried it all

 

[th4tguy]

We been tried it all

Each revision of the console introduces minor and major hardware changes. This is known all the way back to the ps1 where certain games ran slightly faster on later hardware.
It’s on Sony to handle any hardware differences via their libraries so everything plays the same on old and new revisions. Sounds like there is still a minor problem there. I doubt this is a hardware problem here. Otherwise you’d see similar problems with other games.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

Each revision of the console introduces minor and major hardware changes. This is known all the way back to the ps1 where certain games ran slightly faster on later hardware.
It’s on Sony to handle any hardware differences via their libraries so everything plays the same on old and new revisions. Sounds like there is still a minor problem there. I doubt this is a hardware problem here. Otherwise you’d see similar problems with other games.

Yes, I believe that is the case.

I had a launch PS5 '20 and it exhibited the bug. Now I have a 21-22' PS5 and it still has it. Some people have consoles that don't show it. It's the revisions for sure

 

[Filben]

It runs fine on my console and I'm very picky about (micro) stutter, visual artefacts and stuff like that. I switched over from the PC version because CDPR can't be arsed by adding *proper* DualSense support. No haptic feedback (when on horseback) there; just normal rumble when things happen, but no hoofbeat rumble.

Of course Ray Tracing on PS5 can't keep up with the PC version's, but apart from that PS5 version looks mighty fine to me.

 

[FUBARx89]

This is the only issue I've had. Strangely enough, it was acknowledged by the developers and supposedly fixed based on the patch notes over a year ago, but the issue remains till now, at least for me. Eventually I gave up and finished it as is, but it can be annoying. It's also not clear why it happens in specific conversations and not all. I remember blood and wine being mostly free of the issue.

Yes. I remember them "fixing" it and they didn't. Plagued alot of conversations. I think it's to do with dynamic res. Like you I can't remember it happening in B&W.

But I've got a pro now and the issue doesn't exist at all.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

Yes. I remember them "fixing" it and they didn't. Plagued alot of conversations. I think it's to do with dynamic res. Like you I can't remember it happening in B&W.

But I've got a pro now and the issue doesn't exist at all.

So the Pro also fixes the blurry cutscenes?

 

[viveks86]

So the Pro also fixes the blurry cutscenes?

No issues in the main game so far (40 hours and 20% in). But if that issue is in Blood and Wine, I'll... report back in a year!

 

[vitopursuer]

Playing from stock ssd or added ssd?
Whichever one, move the game to the other option and try again.

another friend of mine who actually have the bug, got 2TB SSD, moved it there, and issued did not stop. So I think we can rule our bad SSD

 

[vitopursuer]

So the Pro also fixes the blurry cutscenes?

Yeah it is interesting if it fix blurry dialogs cutscene, as I think it was said it did not fix sky flickering in Toussaint. But it is not so horrible of an issue, both blurry cutscenes and flickering is not as immersion ruining, although would be good to have them fixed too.

 

[dano1]

Probably didn’t play it …

 

[NeonGhost]

So the Pro also fixes the blurry cutscenes?

I get resolution changes during dialogue scenes in novigrad keeps flickering between 4k and something lower