Admiral Woofington
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The Witcher 3 next patch first details - 1.05 (PC), 1.04 (console)
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Hank Scorpio
Member
Looking forward to the UI changes. Will finally be able to read the character, beastiary, and quest info without squinting and getting bloodshot eyes.
Still dunno why they never included a button to enlarge/fullscreen or popout the text in those menu areas.
Still dunno why they never included a button to enlarge/fullscreen or popout the text in those menu areas.
TetraGenesis
Member
*trying to descend 1 foot to loot a chest*
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MMDV! I haven't had a single crash, and I've been playing on PC since launch.
You'll find people complaining about crashes and performance issues in every PC thread around launch, especially for popular games, so I'm not sure it's the best evidence that TW3 is in bad shape. I'm sorry that you've had so much trouble though, it sucks being the one affected by inexplicable glitches.
CyberPunked
Member
*trying to descend 1 foot to loot a chest*
Hahahaha XD
One day someone will figure out good underwater controls.
RedAssedApe
Banned
*trying to descend 1 foot to loot a chest*
this isn't just swimming...kind of describes looting in general :\
Dictator93
Member
Ever since the text box got bigger on PC, my mouse gets in the way of it all the time when I just try and loot selectively with "e" quickly.
mumbles365
Banned
And those with the Asian version of Witcher, still wont get this patch until 2 years later
fukk off
fukk off
CyberPunked
Member
I always thought the lighting was different in cutscenes. So what's the explanation for this?
Vroadstar
Member
Yup, I don't understand why I'm still stuck with 1.01 with my Asian version. When will they get the latest patch up here in Asia.
Weird. Is there a way to force cutscene lighting at all times?
why they don't enable that nice lighting all time, at leat on PC? i would love to know...
Apparently the game switches to a diferent lighting system when in conversations. Found that on CDPR forums, and i've checked it myself. Which means that the game still has the very nice lighting we all saw on the 2013 trailers!
That's really interesting. I have actually seen it glitch out and suddenly change lighting systems mid way before in rare instances. For example, it does this in a particular cut scene on the PS4 version. I wonder if it's a switch between these two lighting systems?
neoism
Member
wow yeah this would fucking piss me off... I have to now my play time in all games.. really looking forward to playing down the road when everything is patched....
Dictator93
Member
i'm sure we will find out soon! here's more:
My discerning eye is having trouble seeing how the apparent difference here is "global illumination."
The two different images just look darker. I am not seeing evidence of a different level of bounced light. Perhaps, just that shadowed areas are darker.
Do you have better images which would show off this apparent GI?
It is definitely different. I am not sure if the difference is "GI" though.
BlackNinja
Banned
I prefer the GI lighting off.. they turn off the environment lighting which is bad. I bet that GI lighting only does local bounces. You can see in the 2nd picture where the lighting on the ground looks correct.. but the GI lighting doesn't capture the sky. Also the only difference I can see in the GI lighting is adding a bloom filter on the scene to capture HDR.
*trying to descend 1 foot to loot a chest*
Holy shit.
All I see is one has much greater bloom levels.
It has been known that in cutscenes they insert more lights to make scenes more dramatic but not on a wide scale as suggested by these images.
JudgmentJay
Member
Apparently the game switches to a diferent lighting system when in conversations. Found that on CDPR forums, and i've checked it myself. Which means that the game still has the very nice lighting we all saw on the 2013 trailers!
Regarding that "subtle transition," Whenever I first boot up the game, I notice the lighting change drastically with no transition... like it'll flicker 2 or 3 times. I thought it was just a bug with the weather or something since similar things happen in Skyrim, but maybe I'm seeing the game flicker between global illumination on/off? I don't recall if I've seen it happen beyond that initial game boot up, but I'll keep an eye out for it now.
Pokemon Trainer Red
Banned
I'll start playing again when there's a retainer to deal with my hoarding.
You can test this transition by entering a conversation and then recording a video with fraps. Then play the video frame by frame (ctrl + arrow right in media player classic) because the change happens really quickly.
BlackNinja
Banned
I think you are seeing the dynamic environment lighting. It's happening every sec or so.. you can stand there and watch a shadow update in real time. That means all the lighting on every shader has to evaluate that procedural sky (and every other light source) every second getting a different albedo and changing it's color.
I'd much prefer the current lighting implementation if they have to turn off evaluating the procedural sun/sky environment to get it working.
Dictator93
Member
That transition could be due to HDR eye adaption changing rapidly.
BlackNinja
Banned
Yea, that's even more logical.
*trying to descend 1 foot to loot a chest*
This is literally the definition of perfect.
statham
Member
*trying to descend 1 foot to loot a chest*
nail it, get the prompt, doesnt push the button fast enough.
To be fair that mostly just looks like a filter, a very very nice one though. it's not like Watch Dogs tier entire generational differences in a graphical setting or anything.Apparently the game switches to a diferent lighting system when in conversations. Found that on CDPR forums, and i've checked it myself. Which means that the game still has the very nice lighting we all saw on the 2013 trailers!
So it being patched in as a permanent option or modded in doesn't seem like it would be particularly hard, I'm surprised it's not just an .ini 0-1 setting or something.
JudgmentJay
Member
Yeah I don't know. Tried to get a good screenshot of what I'm talking about...
Starts like this:
Take a few steps forward, all the shadows suddenly get darker. No transition:
It seems to not happen unless I walk around a little bit.
Felix Lighter
Member
That seems like the likely situation. The additional cutscene lights are suddenly disabled and it takes a second for "eye" to adjust.
CyberPunked
Member
There's something clearly weird going on. Look at the grass for example
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There's something clearly weird going on. Look at the grass for example
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There is a difference, but beyond a higher dynamic range in the cutscene lighting, the gameplay lighting isn't "worse".
It's very simple, the lighting is slightly tweaked during cut-scenes/conversations so that it favors the characters' faces more under the camera angles they're being shown. It's nothing out of the ordinary. It's obvious when you look at how Geralt's face is lit in an indoor environment right after a conversation.
And it's certainly not global illumination.
And it's certainly not global illumination.
mumbles365
Banned
What I'm worried is that when we get 1.03, the rest of the world will be on 1.04 or even 1.05. It's riddiculous that this patch has released all over the world like in Africa and YUGOSLAVIA lol, meanwhile one the biggest markets in the world still dont have it.
I should have bought the US version, very disappointed.
On top of that we still havnt got that free DLC either .... wtf is going on CD Projekt red
This. It's incredibly straightforward and it works well. Not sure where the problem lies.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I also hope this patch fixes the fucking goddamn stupid load times.
LurkerPrime
Member
I didn't get the complaints either until I started swimming in more confined areas. It gets really confusing when there's a barrier above or below Geralt; he will often refuse commands when this is the case, leading to bizarre situations where he literally flips out in the water. With the timer looming overhead, this sort of responsesiveness is not ideal.
x24hrs2livex
Banned
So happy the UI font will be enlarged. It really hurts my eyes.
DaleinCalgary
Member
There is something positive about my backlog of games. By the time I play it the patches should have stuff fixed.
Yup. The game has no GI. They are just hand placed light sources in cut scenes that don't exist in gameplay. Use the free cam mode during a cutscene and you'll see it in action. People's faces will get lit up by lights that don't exist in the environment. It's just fake lighting like most game cutscenes because characters are in predetermined positions. Looks pretty funky if you move the camera around."GI on" and "GI off"? Lol
It was really weird in the swamp areas.
You could tell they were still using the old brownish look in cutscenes. As soon as the cutscenes ended, a green hue faded in.