The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Heisenberg · 16 May 2015 at 16:34

VincentHanna said:
3840x2160 isn't 4k but everyone uses that description.

off topic but how is 3840x2160 not 4K? Is the 4k not meant as 4 times the amount of pixels as 1920x1080?

I know very little about it tbh

Captain_Bosh · 16 May 2015 at 16:38

Heisenberg said:
off topic but how is 3840x2160 not 4K? Is the 4k not meant as 4 times the amount of pixels as 1920x1080?

True 4K is 4096 x 2160 and used in cinemas, 3840 x 2160 is actually UHD but generally gets advertised as 4K which isn't strictly true

Antar Bolaeisk · 16 May 2015 at 16:43

Heisenberg said:
off topic but how is 3840x2160 not 4K? Is the 4k not meant as 4 times the amount of pixels as 1920x1080?

I know very little about it tbh

That's Ultra HD, 4k is 4096x2160 (primarily used in cinemas). They're both kinda used interchangeably though.

Grr, shouldn't have made that cup of tea no matter how delicious it is.

kinger8938 · 16 May 2015 at 16:55

rwm24 said:
I agree. He should roll/fall down the hill instead of sliding, like a snowboarder without the board.

Perhaps it was an animation issue. I imagine it's difficult to make a good fall/stumble animation followed by a perfectly looped rolling animation that works for every distance you can roll.

I thought it was odd when i watched a bit of a stream the other day and he did this down a set of stairs outside a town. I thought to myself thats a bit odd, maybe an exploit but then this lol

*just checked and i have lost my W2 save

not on steam cloud so must have not activated it or something and have since reinstalled windows etc

Should be able to remember my choices, apparently there is an ingame part at the beginning to go through some choices made so may be alright! Better than nothing, i didnt think about the save at the time!

benjii · 16 May 2015 at 17:34

Check out the Witcher 2 nexus site for save game files.

kinger8938 · 16 May 2015 at 17:40

benjii said:
Check out the Witcher 2 nexus site for save game files.

Oh cool didnt think about that, may do it or just see what this intro is like!

Ty

Matson · 16 May 2015 at 17:44

grrr so many people are playing this now lol.

kinger8938 · 16 May 2015 at 17:47

Matson said:
grrr so many people are playing this now lol.

Its a painful waiting game

but will be worth it just to hear Geralts sexy tone :rolleyes:

Pighardia · 16 May 2015 at 17:48

I very much doubt saves will make much, if any difference tbh.

I've played the original game 3-4 times, and the 2nd one 2-3 times, and I'm not really bothered about preparing a save.

Matson · 16 May 2015 at 17:49

kinger8938 said:
Its a painful waiting game but will be worth it just to hear Geralts sexy tone

On the plus side its only the console folks who are playing the game so hopefully the extra wait will be worth it for the 60fps and extra graphics options. The first thing im going to do is change everything to max in the Ini file just to see how it looks lol. Theres apparently lots of extra options in there so we shall see.

BuffetSlayer · 16 May 2015 at 17:57

VincentHanna said:
3840x2160 isn't 4k but everyone uses that description.

Out pedantic the pedant! Bravo!

chroniclard · 16 May 2015 at 18:08

FinglisHobbit said:
Would be nice if we had the gameplay with the original graphics they showcased though eh!?

Yes It would be nice however it wont detract from my enjoyment of the game. (assuming its any good

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kinger8938 · 16 May 2015 at 18:17

Matson said:
On the plus side its only the console folks who are playing the game so hopefully the extra wait will be worth it for the 60fps and extra graphics options. The first thing im going to do is change everything to max in the Ini file just to see how it looks lol. Theres apparently lots of extra options in there so we shall see.

Yea thats my thinking to make the wait feel worthy

i originally was getting it on ps4 then decided i 'needed' a 970, and it just 'happened' to come with a code for witcher 3

Everything worked out for the best

Dewgy · 16 May 2015 at 18:27

I have no doubt it will be a good game and I still look forward to playing it but as consumers we definitely have to show that bait and switch graphics are not acceptable nor are really needed. I'd be fine with the games graphics in their current state if they didn't show us much better looking graphics earlier in development.

Gjiir · 16 May 2015 at 18:34

So apparently earlier today a Dev said that they changed sharpening filter after those early screenshots......and according to this page http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/36227-What-color-correction-can-do-to-those-ugly-screenshots

It certainly seems like it as the screenshots look much better.

bakes0310 · 16 May 2015 at 18:43

Even though I got my preload downloaded and ordered the season pass. I think im gonna hold off and forget about this game for a while. I have a huge back catalogue I want to finish and even start. I might just wait till everything is out for it, so sometime next year ill be playing this

Heisenberg · 16 May 2015 at 19:22

I'm hoping for some hidden options with an .ini tweak. Playing witcher 2 with sweetfx profile & FCR mod just now and it still looks fantastic.

ICDP · 16 May 2015 at 19:29

Gjiir said:
So apparently earlier today a Dev said that they changed sharpening filter after those early screenshots......and according to this page http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/36227-What-color-correction-can-do-to-those-ugly-screenshots

It certainly seems like it as the screenshots look much better.

That is not a dev posting, that is a normal forum member who ran some screenshots through photoshop and implied the same can be done in SweetFX.

The issue that many have is not the colours, but the fact there is a large loss of detail between the preview trailers and the release version (PC).

Wall edges
Texture resolution
Water
Clouds
Particle effects
Fog
(and more)

The reduction in quality in these features cannot be recovered by a simple SweetFX tweak. The game has went from next gen PC "wow" graphics to last gen PC "mehl". I still think it looks failry good, but not anywhere near as excellent as the preview videos implied.

Edit: Note, I am not stating the game is going to be bad, just pointing out that it is obvious there is a drastic drop in graphical quality between preview and release. At least going by recent videos and screenshots. In a few days we can all find out if this is true or not.

Matson · 16 May 2015 at 19:30

hasn't it already been confirmed theres extra options in the ini file that someone posted. Like higher res shadows. water tessellation, extended distance rendering ect.

dreigns · 16 May 2015 at 19:34

benjii said:
Check out the Witcher 2 nexus site for save game files.

No need I always backup my save games anyhow does the witcher 1 choices impact the game as well :/