The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[davisdavid]

Anyone know a good place where I can pick up Wild Hunt on PC for cheap?

£17.99 - that's through the GoG client. Think the price is around the same on most key selling sites. Costs more if you want a Steam version though unless someone has seen a decent Steam deal.

Edit: Or look around via allkeyshop - though I've not used all of them so wouldn't be able to recommend any particular vendor.

 

[razorpakk]

Is this still an issue?

The game has not been designed to be completed 100% in one run, so if you like to do all side quests whenever you can,
you'll end up outleveling most of the content, and even on the highest difficulty level some boss will be unsatisfying.

Now I stopped my character from gaining experience (I'm at level 34) until the expansion missions are at my level,
so I'm free to explore and do whatever I want without ruining the experience.

 

[mark43]

You can stop gaining XP? How's that done?

 

[Minstadave]

Got really bored in the early game doing all of the ?s and found them dull and shallow. Last couple of nights have just got on with the main quest and its sucked me in again. Glad to hear you can bin a lot of the extra stuff without losing out.

 

[andicole0]

Paid £2.99 for my add on but cashed in some GOG points, good deal I think.
Andi.

 

[Narj]

You can stop gaining XP? How's that done?

Yes, please share!!!

 

[kmetek]

what GOG points?

 

[razorpakk]

You can stop gaining XP? How's that done?

Yes, please share!!!

1: Place a new folder, named "Mods" into C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\Games\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

2 Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\Games\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\content\content0\scripts\game\gameplay\leveling and copy the file "levelManager.ws" (we need to modify this file but two of those have to exist, so don't delete the original, just copy it and save it to the desktop).

3 Open the levelManager.ws you saved on the desktop (with the usual NotePad). In this file you'll see three times the number "70". Just replace 70 with the level of your character and that will be the new level cap. Save this file.

4 Go back to the Mods folder you created in C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\Games\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\Mods

5 Now you have to create a few subfolders within the Mods folder, so that in the end it should be: C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\Games\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\Mods\modMaxLevel\content\scripts\game\gameplay\leveling

and within the last folder "leveling" you can put that text file we edited before, levelManager.ws (we're mimicking the original levelManager location)

That's it, just launch the game.
If you want to remove the level cap you either erase the file (or the whole Mods folder) or edit again the file and select an higher level cap.


P.S. Just editing the original file doesn't work as The Witcher 3 loads many parameters from cached files that are impossible to find,
so that whole mods folder thing is unavoidable and is the only thing that forces that levelManager.ws to be read at every startup.


And this is why I love PcGaming, if you want to fix something, you can.

 

[RumbleBee]

Similar to the above post, I have been playing the game on 50% XP from quests, using a mod that works perfectly. I have had this set since I started the game. You can set what percentage of XP quests give you.

If you find yourself out levelling, you can edit the file to 0.2, then back to 0.5 when you are ready to advance.

http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/17/?

Very easy to setup. Just set the XP amount before you install and choose 'Force' when prompted.

 

[mark43]

Thank you both.

 

[ace-rimmer]

Got really bored in the early game doing all of the ?s and found them dull and shallow. Last couple of nights have just got on with the main quest and its sucked me in again. Glad to hear you can bin a lot of the extra stuff without losing out.

first map ?'s were fine but skellige was a nightmare as there's so many on the water, and they gave you crap. they could have had less but make them more worthwhile.

 

[Gecco]

I'm struggling to get back into it as I haven't played it for months and now I have forgotten most of the controls and what to do when in battle

 

[Minstadave]

I'm struggling to get back into it as I haven't played it for months and now I have forgotten most of the controls and what to do when in battle

I just put the shield on and mash quick attack until I'm hit, back off and reshield. Worked for everything so far!

 

[Fanatic]

I just put the shield on and mash quick attack until I'm hit, back off and reshield. Worked for everything so far!

I like getting in amongst a big group of enemies and trying to parry and block and attack all at once.

Had to go aggressive with the fan curve for this game. Cooks your GPU alive.

Also, the Nexus mods site for this game... Hot-Files nearly always full of nude modes. One with the greatest change log entry ever: "Anus Texture Tweak".

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Can Mod Organiser be used to mod this game similar to the facility for Skyrim?

 

[colzboppo]

After installing the expansion I decided that I spent too long previously in the vanilla game staring at the minimap or menus, looking for loot, quest objectives, road markers etc. and I was actually missing most of the visual aspect of the game.

I've just installed Friendly HUD which allows me to turn off various parts of the UI, meditate in-game in realtime, add visual objective markers to the screen with my witcher sense, and access all my oils/bombs/potions from the tab quick menu. So far really enjoying the extra immersion, and have been turning off the whole interface and trying to figure out routes/quests by memory/exploration more.

The mod is pretty cool and is open to a lot of customisation and add-ons other people have produced, I like the 'only meditate by campfires' feature, and 'cannot access inventory during fights' options to add a more hardcore experience.

 

[Deathjester]

I've almost finished the DLC now, it's been pretty good; although there was a point where you're fighting a few monsters thinking "What's the point in these?" it's as if the Dev's thought you'd get bored if you had nothing to fight for 20-30 mins.

 

[andicole0]

what GOG points?

I have been given points from previous purchases at GOG and these gave me money off any future purchase, so I cashed them in.
Andi.

 

[Pighardia]

I tried starting again but I'm not feeling it tbh. Combat has always been clunky, but I don't know if they have made changes but it seems worse to me now. Geralt is just so slow... Don't think I've fought anyone that hasn't got at least 3 shots in by the time Geralt has finished his silly pirouette!

 

[Westie]

Let me guess your on of those button smashers? U using pad or mouse keyboard?


I find the combat fluid and very rewarding playing on hardest difficulty