The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

apostolis_kt · 6 Jan 2020 at 15:37

Love this game, I played the main campaign on my gf's Alienware 17R2 980m, and now will play the expansions on my new beastly pc.

Managed to get one vega 56 to run around 50ish 4k all maxed out apart from aliasing and hairworks. I can do everything maxed around 35ish or 70ish with a second vega 56 but i have some weird transition in the frames that annoyes me so I will probably sell the second vega at this point..

I also played this with an xbox360 controller, tried it with K&M and just instantly back to the controller.

Should i bother with any mods or just vanilla experience on the expansions? Do the visuals look better and or does it help with performance?

apg · 6 Jan 2020 at 16:21

apostolis_kt said:
Love this game, I played the main campaign on my gf's Alienware 17R2 980m, and now will play the expansions on my new beastly pc.

Managed to get one vega 56 to run around 50ish 4k all maxed out apart from aliasing and hairworks. I can do everything maxed around 35ish or 70ish with a second vega 56 but i have some weird transition in the frames that annoyes me so I will probably sell the second vega at this point..

I also played this with an xbox360 controller, tried it with K&M and just instantly back to the controller.

Should i bother with any mods or just vanilla experience on the expansions? Do the visuals look better and or does it help with performance?

I would definitely go for the HD texture mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/1021

Makes things look crisp.

Narj · 6 Jan 2020 at 16:27

IMO K&M is superior if you have a decent MMO style mouse that you can map all your signs and dodge to. Otherwise, pad it is.

apostolis_kt · 6 Jan 2020 at 16:28

apg said:
I would definitely go for the HD texture mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/1021

Makes things look crisp.

Thank you I will have a look at it

apg · 6 Jan 2020 at 18:41

apostolis_kt said:
Thank you I will have a look at it

Its comprehensive on v10 atm but i think it still may also be being updated by the author too.

Street · 17 Jan 2020 at 10:25

apg said:
I would definitely go for the HD texture mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/1021

Makes things look crisp.

The HD Monsters pack is worth installing as well.

Brazo · 19 Jan 2020 at 22:37

Am loving this game and can’t believe it’s sat on my hdd for 3 years unplayed. I couldn’t get into it before but after watching the excellent Netflix series I am really enjoying the game!

Kelt · 20 Jan 2020 at 13:40

Brazo said:
Am loving this game and can’t believe it’s sat on my hdd for 3 years unplayed. I couldn’t get into it before but after watching the excellent Netflix series I am really enjoying the game!

Don't forget to install the HD mod.

Can recommend auto oil as well, doing it manually gets old really quick.

apg · 20 Jan 2020 at 16:28

Street said:
The HD Monsters pack is worth installing as well.

Is that from the same author?

Street · 20 Jan 2020 at 16:43

apg said:
Is that from the same author?

This one!

Kelt said:
Can recommend auto oil as well, doing it manually gets old really quick.

Definitely! If it wasn't for auto oils, I would probably never use them.

Disco_P · 20 Jan 2020 at 17:29

I am neither a fan of the vanilla oil system nor auto oils. Vanilla is a bit jarring, opening up a menu mid combat and clicking on inventory items whereas auto oil made things a bit too easy and equally jarring for your sword to be magically coated in oil when you slash an enemy.

tyler_jrb · 21 Jan 2020 at 18:28

Brazo said:
Am loving this game and can’t believe it’s sat on my hdd for 3 years unplayed. I couldn’t get into it before but after watching the excellent Netflix series I am really enjoying the game!

I had an identical experience. When it was released I played a couple of hours but couldn’t get on with it, I just played bits and bobs and ultimately forgot about it. At the time it was a real tough game to run and that’s possibly why I gave up on it.

Recently I just decided I’m going to play it and 80hrs later and I’m in love with it. Still haven’t completed it yet however and the vast majority of that has just been exploring and doing the side quests and locations and such. I think I’m about 3/4 through so far.

You can tell it’s getting on a bit and it is a bit buggy in areas but still looks and plays beautifully at 4k. Some of the sound tracks are amazing as well. The one from Skellige is incredible.

Brazo · 21 Jan 2020 at 21:38

tyler_jrb said:
I had an identical experience. When it was released I played a couple of hours but couldn’t get on with it, I just played bits and bobs and ultimately forgot about it. At the time it was a real tough game to run and that’s possibly why I gave up on it.

Recently I just decided I’m going to play it and 80hrs later and I’m in love with it. Still haven’t completed it yet however and the vast majority of that has just been exploring and doing the side quests and locations and such. I think I’m about 3/4 through so far.

You can tell it’s getting on a bit and it is a bit buggy in areas but still looks and plays beautifully at 4k. Some of the sound tracks are amazing as well. The one from Skellige is incredible.

Yes my 2080 can easily maintain 4K/60 on this game and it can look good but it can look bad too! I’m hoping I get enough hours out of it so when I return to RDR2 the 3080 is out which can max the game!!!!

Street · 22 Jan 2020 at 14:50

Brazo said:
Yes my 2080 can easily maintain 4K/60 on this game and it can look good but it can look bad too! I’m hoping I get enough hours out of it so when I return to RDR2 the 3080 is out which can max the game!!!!

That's always the advantage of getting round to playing something years after it's been released. My PC can now play it maxed out with ease!

tyler_jrb · 22 Jan 2020 at 16:29

Brazo said:
Yes my 2080 can easily maintain 4K/60 on this game and it can look good but it can look bad too! I’m hoping I get enough hours out of it so when I return to RDR2 the 3080 is out which can max the game!!!!

RDR2 played well on my Ti with the settings from hardware unboxed it didnt drop below 4k/60 and still looked fantastic. Even compared to ultra details there wasnt much in it. Amazing game too.

apostolis_kt · 23 Jan 2020 at 11:26

I started again playing this, now on HOS just finished it and used 2 mods so far.

The ps4 controller mod, because my xbox 360 controller is occupied by my gf, and i prefer the ps4 controller anyway. Was a bit tricky to setup with ds4windows but once done the controller inputs are the ps4 ones and i am on bluetooth!

Also the over 9000 weight limit. Godsent, I played the whole vanilla and most of HOS back in 2016 without it, and now I cannot think how I managed without this mod.

Need to try the HD pack, does it cause lower frame rates?

Kelt · 23 Jan 2020 at 14:57

apostolis_kt said:
I started again playing this, now on HOS just finished it and used 2 mods so far.

The ps4 controller mod, because my xbox 360 controller is occupied by my gf, and i prefer the ps4 controller anyway. Was a bit tricky to setup with ds4windows but once done the controller inputs are the ps4 ones and i am on bluetooth!

Also the over 9000 weight limit. Godsent, I played the whole vanilla and most of HOS back in 2016 without it, and now I cannot think how I managed without this mod.

Need to try the HD pack, does it cause lower frame rates?

If it does, I've not noticed it.

boosfuk · 24 Jan 2020 at 12:51

apostolis_kt said:
Need to try the HD pack, does it cause lower frame rates?

Quoting from near the top of the description page of the mod on Nexus Mods under the heading "Does it affect performance....."

It mainly depends on your video card, but generally modification doesn't hit performance too much. Modification requires minimum a 3GB VRAM for smooth gameplay. For best results 4GB is recommended. Possible decrease in fps are 0-5 which depend on pc spec, game settings and ingame location. On GTX 970/AMD R9 290X and higher there should be no fps drop. Also in some cases, modification can give smoother gameplay.

apostolis_kt · 24 Jan 2020 at 13:02

boosfuk said:
Quoting from near the top of the description page of the mod on Nexus Mods under the heading "Does it affect performance....."

It mainly depends on your video card, but generally modification doesn't hit performance too much. Modification requires minimum a 3GB VRAM for smooth gameplay. For best results 4GB is recommended. Possible decrease in fps are 0-5 which depend on pc spec, game settings and ingame location. On GTX 970/AMD R9 290X and higher there should be no fps drop. Also in some cases, modification can give smoother gameplay.

Cool I think it must be vram related then, the vega56 has plenty. Anyway if i don't like it i can always revert.

Poneros · 24 Jan 2020 at 15:44

apostolis_kt said:
Love this game, I played the main campaign on my gf's Alienware 17R2 980m, and now will play the expansions on my new beastly pc.

Managed to get one vega 56 to run around 50ish 4k all maxed out apart from aliasing and hairworks. I can do everything maxed around 35ish or 70ish with a second vega 56 but i have some weird transition in the frames that annoyes me so I will probably sell the second vega at this point..

I also played this with an xbox360 controller, tried it with K&M and just instantly back to the controller.

Should i bother with any mods or just vanilla experience on the expansions? Do the visuals look better and or does it help with performance?

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32724801

I keep it vanilla-like but simply higher quality & w/ a few QoL adjustments. Very little performance hit as well (only beautiful grass has a perf. impact). I also run a V64 @ 4K.