The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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PC-SPECIFIC

Improved CPU core utilization in the DX 12 version.
Restored horizon-based ambient occlusion. Players who had previously turned Ambient Occlusion off will need to do so again. You can find it in Options → Video → Graphics.
Fixed an issue where the "My Rewards" section was not localized in REDlauncher.
Fixed an issue with a flickering landscape in Toussaint that occurred when NVIDIA HairWorks was disabled.
Fixed an issue related to particle optimization which could result in temporary stuttering.

VISUAL - PC and Next-Gen Exclusive

Improved immersion of water appearance by adding refraction to SSR and ray-traced reflections.
Fixed a visual issue with brick textures where black artifacts covered stone arches.
Added a Motion Blur slider. It can be found in Options → Video → Graphics.
QUESTS & GAMEPLAY - Available on all platforms

Battle Preparations - Fixed the lack of a dialogue option that would progress the quest during the objective "Let Avallac'h know everything's ready."
Reason of State - Fixed an issue where the door to the warehouse could become permanently locked if the player knocked, entered and then immediately left the building.
Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear Upgrade Diagrams Part 1 - Fixed an issue where the quest could stay active even after the diagrams were looted.
Fixed an issue where trying to start a New Game+ on an incompatible save would block the player from starting the expansions in standalone mode until the game was restarted.
LOCALIZATION - Available on all platforms

Fixed an issue with the Korean localization of Ciri's and Geralt's Gwent card descriptions.
Fixed punctuation issues in Arabic localization.
Updated Traditional Chinese font.
 
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Time to jump back and see!

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CPU usage is way up now! The Novigrad central area is still lower fps but everywhere else in Novigrad it's 60+ - But the central bit is still high 40s low 50s so this is still improved vs the low 40s of pre-patch.

This is great stuff.

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Upper Novigrad when you get higher it's 80fps+ which means all other areas of the map will be 80+ too with Ultra+ everything and RT enabled. nice.
 
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And on that note...

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Cheers for the heads up, sounds promising! Will try in a bit but servers must be hammered on GOG as the update is taking ages...

Update - just done a v quick test. Not scientific but using same settings as before (dx12 with full ray tracing, settings mostly high and ultra, ultrawide 4k (3840x1620), DLSS performance - and there's a definite improvement!

It's not ball bouncingly better, but is better.....

- Hierarch square (the killer area): now running low 40's to 50fps. Before was high 30's to low 40's
- Other parts of Novigrad: Is very variable. Now anything from low 40's to mid 60's. Before was 50 max I think
- Out in the wilder areas: Now running anything from 60-80. Berfore was 60 at best.

This is on a 3090, i7 11700, 32GB fast DDR4 by the way.

Most importantly, for me anyway, the general frame pacing seems to be improved. Before I was having to use custom refresh rates and lock frames with RTSS to around 40 or 45 for consistency. Now it feels like I can just let my screen run at 120Hz and let Gsync do its thing.

It's a decent update and hopefully there will be more. Whilst welcome, it still ****** me off in many ways - why didn't they do this 3 months ago i.e. when this fabled next gen update was released. Release it how it should have been! The state of PC gaming at the moment is still a joke.
 
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wunkley said:
Cheers for the heads up, sounds promising! Will try in a bit but servers must be hammered on GOG as the update is taking ages...

Update - just done a v quick test. Not scientific but using same settings as before (dx12 with full ray tracing, settings mostly high and ultra, ultrawide 4k (3840x1620), DLSS performance - and there's a definite improvement!
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Still an odd memory leak in the game though!

Loaded game 60fps in the City, walked down the street and the frame rate drops. Go back to the same place I was before now its 36fps. Quit game, reload 60fps again... Starts dropping once more
 
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Seems like I picked a good time to try this game again.

How does it play with a pad, fine? Been a long time since I played, 3 years according to GoG but I feel I only loaded it up and ducked out
 
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