The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

mrk · 16 Dec 2022 at 06:33

So somehow piled in several hours, unexpectedly a big fan. The characters are interesting, the bants is cool and some references I saw in Cyberpunk have finally been witnessed /pam param pam pam/ :cry:

On the RT on vs off side of things, this scene showcases exactly what RTGI is all about:

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I've been playing with RT shadows on vs off too and really, the only ray tracing worth keeping on is global illumination and reflection, the others are tiny differences prbably not even worth the slight dent in fps.

Also, why am I the one that always comes across pop-in stuff in every game lol... this is with RT shadows too:

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Lastly, this definitely gives RDR2 a good fight for beautiful scenery:

I have no idea how long the game is, but looking at the map and side quests in every village etc, it must be in excess of 80 hours surely? £7 for such a lengthy story is immense.

Trick · 16 Dec 2022 at 08:11

Paul_cz said:
That happens due to mod collision. Updating modded game and expecting it to work is uniquely boneheaded.

Thanks bonehead, but this is a fresh install too

Paul_cz · 16 Dec 2022 at 08:53

Trick said:
Thanks bonehead, but this is a fresh install too

In that case, update drivers, delete your config files and verify your game files/reinstall, bonehead

I saw that exact error on an install that already had HD reworked mod and then was updated.

mrk said:
I have no idea how long the game is, but looking at the map and side quests in every village etc, it must be in excess of 80 hours surely? £7 for such a lengthy story is immense.

If you are like me and want to do every mission/contract you find, it will take you probably around 150 and that's just the base game.
My second playthrough when I did everything incl. expansions took me 250 hours.

badgeruk · 16 Dec 2022 at 09:04

mrk said:
I have no idea how long the game is, but looking at the map and side quests in every village etc, it must be in excess of 80 hours surely? £7 for such a lengthy story is immense.

Think I hit over 100 hours just for the main game and another 50ish for the expansions. Game is fantastic and looking forward to playing it again once I clear my current games. (hopefully enough time for any issues to be sorted).

mrk · 16 Dec 2022 at 09:26

That's a lot of hours!

ColdAsIce · 16 Dec 2022 at 09:30

Was excited for this but might as well give it another 3-4 weeks for CDPR to patch this further.

james.miller · 16 Dec 2022 at 09:39

Lol, i dont know what they've done but performance is completely hosed on my old potato pc, now. v1.32 was fine with mods, but this is disastrous even in dx11 with everything on low. It's completely unplayable.

rumple9 · 16 Dec 2022 at 09:53

mrk said:
I have no idea how long the game is, but looking at the map and side quests in every village etc, it must be in excess of 80 hours surely? £7 for such a lengthy story is immense.

I've done 150 hours on 2 previous playthroughs and still had some quests left over

Matty8787 · 16 Dec 2022 at 10:52

Do mods still work on this? I used to use the auto apply oil one religiously.

COYS · 16 Dec 2022 at 11:34

I have this both on Steam and GOG so I've updated my steam version.

Can I just leave the GOG version as it is and not update, or does it auto update?

COYS · 16 Dec 2022 at 11:37

mrk said:
That's a lot of hours!

I'm envious of you experiencing this for the first time!

rumple9 · 16 Dec 2022 at 11:41

Matty8787 said:
Do mods still work on this? I used to use the auto apply oil one religiously.

I downloaded the whole game again and all my saves and mods were still there. only the inventory weight mod doesnt work

mrk · 16 Dec 2022 at 11:41

Yen is a bit alright, too

Matty8787 · 16 Dec 2022 at 11:44

rumple9 said:
I downloaded the whole game again and all my saves and mods were still there. only the inventory weight mod doesnt work

Just looked on nexus and there is a 9000 weight mod there for next gen.

jonneymendoza · 16 Dec 2022 at 12:05

mrk said:
That's a lot of hours!

ive done over 100hours and thats mostly on my steam deck

rumple9 · 16 Dec 2022 at 12:55

mrk said:
Yen is a bit alright, too

I'm team Yen too. Triss is too sweet for my liking. And Keira Metz is plain nastiness. Phillippa Eilheart is cool. I wish they would do a whole DLC just about the Lodge of Sorceresses
Salma the Succubus is a short cool quest

mrk · 16 Dec 2022 at 13:25

on sorcery, the first time in the castle when Yen opens the portal to go somewhere, all the books and papers that fly about from the shock wave and the sound effects, that was a whoah moment for sure unlike any other game I have played :cool:

Woodsta888 · 16 Dec 2022 at 13:55

mrk said:
on sorcery, the first time in the castle when Yen opens the portal to go somewhere, all the books and papers that fly about from the shock wave and the sound effects, that was a whoah moment for sure unlike any other game I have played

One of the very few games I wanted to play every night. Only played through it couple of years ago & all DLC. Sounds like once it's had a few performance pacthes - it'll be time to play it again with a different storyline ending. Dunno how much different they end up from eacth other.

mrk · 16 Dec 2022 at 14:01

Oh yeah on the ray tracing front, here's an extreme example of where some can argue that whilst the differences are much smaller than the scenes where a combo of sunlight and indoor areas or indirect bounce plays a part, the performance difference is just bonkers:

Woodsta888 · 16 Dec 2022 at 14:09

The floor looks much better.