The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Paul_cz · 11 May 2023 at 13:53

Finally, fix for the RT shadows.

mrbios · 11 May 2023 at 13:53

Ah perfect timing for a patch to drop. Was about to start a new playthrough last night, then had issues loading the game, by the time i fixed that i gave up and went to bed. Load up GOG now and update starts downloading

Paul_cz · 11 May 2023 at 14:34

Can confirm the RT shadows are fixed and performance is better on both CPU and GPU.
In Novigrad (CPU) I no longer drop to 40s and 30s with RT enabled, it mostly keeps 60.
In a dense forest (GPU) I can now use DLSS balanced instead of performance and still keep 60.

Impressed tbh, I did not expect them to get this ancient version of the engine to run well with RT.

BS Dave · 11 May 2023 at 21:58

CDPR Gonna do a path tracing update do you think?

mrk · 11 May 2023 at 23:17

Lol no. PT was only a technical showcase for Nvidia who paid for it. Do not expect to see it again. CDPR are going UE5 anyway for the next round of games and remakes. RED Engine ends with Cyberpunk. It caused them so much agro for 2 whole years and even today it's still not perfect in 2077.

HRL · 12 May 2023 at 09:29

Are they going to make a W4?

Not seen any rumours about it, though I appreciate it would take them years to make anyway.

eggyoke · 12 May 2023 at 14:54

HRL said:
Are they going to make a W4?

Not seen any rumours about it, though I appreciate it would take them years to make anyway.

They've announced a new Witcher game, but it won't be Geralt's story. All they've said is that it's being made with UE5.

I doubt we'll see it before 2027.

Also I think they're remaking the first Witcher game.

adidan · 12 May 2023 at 14:56

eggyoke said:
They've announced a new Witcher game, but I'm pretty sure it won't be Geralt, and it'll take place at some other time/location etc. It's being made with UE5 I believe.

Also they're remaking the first Witcher game.

The first was great although the weapon controls were a bit janky.

wunkley · 12 May 2023 at 15:04

This ******* game. Updated to latest patch via GOG. On launch get this "Script compilation error" below. WTF. Any help please? I'm not using any "oil" mods if that helps.

Error [content0]game\gameplay\damage\damagemanagerprocessor.ws(557): Could not find function 'ShouldAutoApplyOilImmediately'
Error [content0]game\gameplay\damage\damagemanagerprocessor.ws(562): Could not find function 'ShouldAutoApplyOilImmediately'
Error [content0]game\gameplay\effects\effects\other\oil.ws(177): Could not find function 'ShouldAutoApplyOil'
Error [content0]game\player\states\vehicles\horseriding.ws(141): Could not find function 'ShouldAutoApplyOil'

Warning [content0]engine\environment.ws(30): Global native function 'EnableDebugOverlayFilter' was not exported from C++ code.
Warning [content0]engine\environment.ws(32): Global native function 'EnableDebugPostProcess' was not exported from C++ code.
Warning [content0]engine\showflags.ws(11): Global native function 'DebugSetEShowFlag' was not exported from C++ code.

UPDATE: Discovered it was my "Darker Nights Next gen" mod causing it. This guy has same issue on Nexus https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/7434/?tab=forum&topic_id=12466458
looks like won't be able to use it until mod is updated. Bummer as it's essential for me.

Paul_cz · 12 May 2023 at 19:39

I gotta say, I always find it a bit disheartening to see when people complain about crashes after patches while they use mods. Like, WTF do you expect people.

Calin Banc · 13 Jul 2023 at 21:00

Read a tweet a few days back on how copying the dlss files (nvngx_dlss.dll + nvngx_dlssg.dll) from Cyberpunk2077 over The Witcher 3 ones (replacing them, basically), fixes the stutter/hick ups from TW3. Look and behold it did! Surprising how devs miss such simple fixes...

SixTwoSix · 14 Jul 2023 at 09:19

I literally tried everything suggested to fix stutters, spent hours and hours on it across the months, eventually it just took an upgrade from a 3900x to a 5800x3D.

Greebo · 14 Jul 2023 at 09:59

SixTwoSix said:
I literally tried everything suggested to fix stutters, spent hours and hours on it across the months, eventually it just took an upgrade from a 3900x to a 5800x3D.

Same here. Had stutter with my 9980xe running at 4.6Ghz. No stutter with my 7950x3d.

SixTwoSix · 14 Jul 2023 at 10:01

Greebo said:
Same here. Had stutter with my 9980xe running at 4.6Ghz. No stutter with my 7950x3d.

On a side note, I spent a few hours do pre/post upgrade benchmarks and the improvement was shocking, biggest being going from 135fps on Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark to over 200fps.

B@Th*nG · 14 Jul 2023 at 13:28

Calin Banc said:
Read a tweet a few days back on how copying the dlss files (nvngx_dlss.dll + nvngx_dlssg.dll) from Cyberpunk2077 over The Witcher 3 ones (replacing them, basically), fixes the stutter/hick ups from TW3. Look and behold it did! Surprising how devs miss such simple fixes...

i assume only when using DLSS?

Calin Banc · 14 Jul 2023 at 18:04

SixTwoSix said:
I literally tried everything suggested to fix stutters, spent hours and hours on it across the months, eventually it just took an upgrade from a 3900x to a 5800x3D.

Lol, with 5800x3d and rtx2080 the performance was lower, but almost stutter free while with a 4080 it stuttered like hell before the "fix".

B@Th*nG said:
i assume only when using DLSS?

I haven't tested it too much. I guess. It was due to RT anyway (I think from reflections).

Terrible optimization.

SixTwoSix · 15 Jul 2023 at 07:58

Calin Banc said:
Lol, with 5800x3d and rtx2080 the performance was lower, but almost stutter free while with a 4080 it stuttered like hell before the "fix".

It's a strange game, my friend with near identical setup had no issues from launch, yet I had stutters - both 3900x/3700/32GB ram - I went to 5800x3D and not a sign of stutters.

Tasocahtfu · 17 Jul 2023 at 20:39

Heard and read so many good things about this game, but never got round to trying it - finally picked up the Complete edition in the Steam sale the other day and installing it now, did the 'next-gen update' improve it much, or not really?

Minstadave · 17 Jul 2023 at 20:41

Tasocahtfu said:
Heard and read so many good things about this game, but never got round to trying it - finally picked up the Complete edition in the Steam sale the other day and installing it now, did the 'next-gen update' improve it much, or not really?

Marginal improvement and very GPU taxing.

willhub · 18 Jul 2023 at 07:56

SixTwoSix said:
It's a strange game, my friend with near identical setup had no issues from launch, yet I had stutters - both 3900x/3700/32GB ram - I went to 5800x3D and not a sign of stutters.

I experienced stutters with my 5800X3D and 4080, I might try it again now with the updates, I want to get into it but I find the random stutters and just motion was off putting.