The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

SixTwoSix · 23 Dec 2022 at 13:44

Borsch said:
Yep, it's a CDPR "issue", Steam W3 updates also take forever to install - as I now learn: https://steamcommunity.com/app/292030/discussions/0/3723945543092296954/?ctp=3

I've just downloaded and installed a 9Gb patch for GTA5 (100Gb game) via Steam and, once downloaded , it took 2 mins to install. Same HDD as my W3 install. The first W3 Hotfix couple of days ago took well over an hour to install - not to download I stress, but the "applying patches" part in GOG. The second W3 hotfix is similar.

I was just joking around as CDPR own GOG

With regards the issue, I can only speak to the other CDPR game I have on GOG (CP2077) and it's never taken any longer to do updates/download than any Steam game.

Kelt · 23 Dec 2022 at 13:46

Trick said:
Gotta say, I’m a controller user on pc for Witcher 3. Not a fan of k&m for this particular game, feels like it was designed for controller

Yeh, it was.

Gotta love the analogue walking, vibration feedback, wouldn't want to play this (and many other) game without one.

mrk · 23 Dec 2022 at 14:01

Hmm I might actually give it a go with my wireless XB1 controller then if the force feedback is good!

Paul_cz · 23 Dec 2022 at 14:06

Controller + big TV is where it's at.

james.miller · 23 Dec 2022 at 14:08

Borsch said:
Yep, it's a CDPR "issue", Steam W3 updates also take forever to install - as I now learn: https://steamcommunity.com/app/292030/discussions/0/3723945543092296954/?ctp=3

I've just downloaded and installed a 9Gb patch for GTA5 (100Gb game) via Steam and, once downloaded , it took 2 mins to install. Same HDD as my W3 install. The first W3 Hotfix couple of days ago took well over an hour to install - not to download I stress, but the "applying patches" part in GOG. The second W3 hotfix is similar.

I never said anything about how long it takes though. I'm talking about the need to reserve 51gb of space to install the patch. The actual download and installation took minutes.

Kelt · 23 Dec 2022 at 14:09

Paul_cz said:
Controller + big TV is where it's at.

Ultrawide monitor even better IMO, more immersive.

mrk · 23 Dec 2022 at 14:11

Surely everyone has 50+GB of free space to spare

james.miller · 23 Dec 2022 at 14:15

No, they dont.

HRL · 23 Dec 2022 at 14:24

Kelt said:
Ultrawide monitor even better IMO, more immersive.

Bit impractical in the living room though!

Matty8787 · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:09

mrk said:
Hmm I might actually give it a go with my wireless XB1 controller then if the force feedback is good!

I played original release using a controller and with this re-release swore I'd use kb+m but it feels sluggish and terrible so I went back to controller.

mrk · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:12

Just played an hour, it's nice and the analogue sticks do respond really well, but I'm just too used to mouse and KB so have gone back to that.

Kelt · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:40

mrk said:
Just played an hour, it's nice and the analogue sticks do respond really well, but I'm just too used to mouse and KB so have gone back to that.

Heretic!

BURN THE WITCH(er)!

ne0 · 23 Dec 2022 at 23:22

Kelt said:
I read somewhere, I think here, but can't find the post, about someone saying the game was crashing constantly, until he took his undervolt off.

Guess what, since the first hotfix, the same was happening to me, wasn't able to play for than a few minutes before a CTD.

Took my normally 100% stable UV off and now I can play the game again for hours a a time.

Well played, CDPR, well played.

that was me. I've ran my 3090 undervolted for best part of 2 years. This game refuses to run without eventually crashing if I have any kind of undervolt at all. It's a joke.

Noxia · 23 Dec 2022 at 23:30

Sod playing any game with analogue controls on a kb, totally naff. Like you can walk OR run, great.

Kelt · 23 Dec 2022 at 23:38

ne0 said:
that was me. I've ran my 3090 undervolted for best part of 2 years. This game refuses to run without eventually crashing if I have any kind of undervolt at all. It's a joke.

I've done what MRK suggested, just limit power to 90%, gives roughly the same effect as a 900mv undervolt.

rumple9 · 24 Dec 2022 at 00:27

Reduced from £25 to £7 on Steam today

mrk · 24 Dec 2022 at 00:40

I'm tempted to get it on Steam at that price, everything in one place. The save states are the same between them right?

The only thing I hate about GOG is that if I launch the game from a shortcut or start menu, then it maximises GOG just to load the game which I hate. With Steam installs it never opens Steam when you launch via a shortcut.

Kelt · 24 Dec 2022 at 00:49

mrk said:
I'm tempted to get it on Steam at that price, everything in one place. The save states are the same between them right?

The only thing I hate about GOG is that if I launch the game from a shortcut or start menu, then it maximises GOG just to load the game which I hate. With Steam installs it never opens Steam when you launch via a shortcut.

I believe so.

mrk · 24 Dec 2022 at 01:13

Installing on Steam now :cool:

Bye bye GOG...

Sc00p007 · 24 Dec 2022 at 02:50

All settings maxed, I've had a crash to desktop every attempt within 5-10 mins with frame generation on. Turned off GOG overlay this evening and finished a 2hr run without crash. Turned overlay on again, and crashed within 2 minutes. Seems frame gen doesn't like the gog overlay on my machine.