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[Phazon]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Patch 1.04 changelog:

• Rebinding any key is now available after switching Unlock Bindings option in Options \ Key bindings submenu.
  
• Corrects an issue in the dialog system that might rarely cause dialog looping in scenes.
  
• Fixes an issue with incorrect behavior of Wild Hunt warriors after they were under the influence of Axii sign.
  
• Corrects a bug causing spontaneous combustion of gas clouds.
  
• 1280 x 720 resolution is now properly displaying as valid resolution option.
  
• Fixes boat stuttering in cutscenes.
  
• Texture rendering quality for high / ultra presets improved.
  
• Further improvements in NVIDIA Hairworks performance.
  
• A few additional Gwent cards are now available in the Prologue area.
  
• Fixes an issue where users with usernames using non-latin characters were unable to import saves from Witcher 2.
  
• Overall stability and performance improvements.
  
• Fixes related to alt + tabbing and minimizing game window.
  
• Game icon updated.
  
• Enlarges the size of the loot pop-up window in the UI.
  
• Fixes an issue where, in certain circumstances, the comparison window could be displayed outside of game borders in the UI.
  
• Upgrading set items no longer destroys sockets.
  
• Small UI tweaks for Gwent.
  
• Corrects some missing translations in localized versions.

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/377dmx/new_patch_104_just_downloaded_on_pc/

Downgrade me if old

 

[EatChildren]

As said in the other thread, game will probably look a bit more sharper/grainier on foliage and textures as they've added TextureMipBias=-1 to the config.

 

[Currygan]

hmm, fixing the indoors/cutscene stuttering isn't on that list...

 

[GHG]

As said in the other thread, game will probably look a bit more sharper/grainier on foliage and textures as they've added TextureMipBias=-1 to the config.

Is this a good or bad thing?

Any comparison pictures?

 

[Ooccoo]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

 

[luca_29_bg]

no changes on text too small. It's always the same!

 

[MaLDo]

As said in the other thread, game will probably look a bit more sharper/grainier on foliage and textures as they've added TextureMipBias=-1 to the config.

So my post today was a kind of premonition

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=165116148&postcount=7914

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

The game loads in a few seconds.

 

[GHG]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

What's wrong with the loading times?

Not experienced any issues myself. (PC btw)

 

[Tenebrous]

Fixes related to alt + tabbing and minimizing game window.
Texture rendering quality for high / ultra presets improved.

Good stuff.

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

I've had zero issues playing off a WD Caviar Black. Loading times are great, in fact.

 

[Daedardus]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

Three seconds is now unacceptable?

 

[CyberPunked]

Texture rendering quality for high / ultra presets improved.

Interested to see comparisons of this.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Thus is a great game, but it's a game that needs probably 2 patches on ps4. Thats what it feels like anyways.

 

[SargerusBR]

Did they fixed the King's Gambit quest yet?

 

[Vlodril]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

what? the loading times are small. especially compared to games lately (destiny,bloodborne,dragon age inquisition or poe).

what i care for is the crashing inventory thing gone. should i switch to the latest nvidia drivers? (i had rollback since that stopped the crashing).

 

[kinggroin]

Maybe hair works is usable on my 670 with AA at 2?

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

Texture improvement. Interesting.

 

[Bunta]

What's wrong with the loading times?

Not experienced any issues myself. (PC btw)

Neither have I, loading times on PC are incredibly quick for me.

 

[Windom Earle]

Dat PC cert time.

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

No issuses for me. On pc btw.

 

[Denton]

Pretty small improvements there, which is understandable given that in 30 hours I have seen no notable issues and the game hasn't crashed once.

I wish they would add "hairworks - monsters only" preset.
Geralt's hair looks much better for me with CDP's tech than with nvidia. But the animal fur looks awesome.

And yeah load times are incredible. Few seconds.

 

[Tenebrous]

Interested to see comparisons of this.

Same. Why would they hold off on ultra textures until almost a week after launch? That makes no sense to me.

 

[ffejeromdiks]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

Uh...the game loads in 5 seconds on my end. SSD

 

[Windom Earle]

no changes on text too small. It's always the same!

You realize the amount of work required to test and fit the text for all languages in a larger font?

 

[Phazon]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

Have no issues with that on my pc.

Using a Crucial M4 SSD however. Loading a new area/after dying is just couple of seconds.

 

[BPoole]

Fixes related to alt + tabbing and minimizing game window.

Good, this was driving em nuts

 

[Parsnip]

As said in the other thread, game will probably look a bit more sharper/grainier on foliage and textures as they've added TextureMipBias=-1 to the config.

What's this about?

 

[Zemm]

remember to set texture quality back from "low" after installing the patch people.

 

[Mugaaz]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

Even if the game had bad loading times, which it doesn't, you only load every 2+ hours or when you die, which is not often. How is this possibly an issue?

 

[danm999]

I guess we will have to wait for the Enhanced Edition to have acceptable loading times

It's loading in 5-7 seconds on my SSD so I'm not sure there's anything wrong on the games end.

 

[Helznicht]

Wonder if I can move back to 1080p now that foliage textures are more detailed. Stretch for 60fps on my 970 again?

 

[Revolutionary]

Sigh, and I had just given up on Hairworks last night (too many dips to 30s). I guess I'll give it another go

Even if the game had bad loading times, which it doesn't, you only load every 2+ hours or when you die, which is not often. How is this possibly an issue?

Save scumming, probably.

 

[| Praxis |]

remember to set texture quality back from "low" after installing the patch people.

The last one also reset the hairworks aa back to 8. For those that reduced it.

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

Maybe hair works is usable on my 670 with AA at 2?

Yeah, I want hairworks on, but even with SLI 970's, during combat I get into the upper 40's. Its an incredibly taxing feature.

 

[Windom Earle]

Hurry, not enough people are quoting the load time comment.

 

[Tohsaka]

Hopefully this stops the constant crashes I and others have been having.

 

[EatChildren]

Aight, found an old save and old screenshot and lined them up.

1.03 mipmap on left. 1.04 mipmap on right.

 

[luca_29_bg]

You realize the amount of work required to test and fit the text for all languages in a larger font?

you right, i have misinterpreted this

"Enlarges the size of the loot pop-up window in the UI"

Sorry

 

[Momentary]

You realize the amount of work required to test and fit the text for all languages in a larger font?

Loading times need to be fixed? Hell the game rarely even shows the "tip" screen for me. I didn't even know one existed until last night. Game's loading time is fantastic.

 

[danm999]

So the thing about additional Gwent cards being available means an NPC has been patched in with that missable Foltest card, yes?

 

[golem]

Hurry, not enough people are quoting the load time comment.

He should come back and explain himself. Most PC users are getting great load times on SSD at least. Maybe hes on PS4?

 

[MaLDo]

Aight, found an old save and old screenshot and lined them up.

1.03 mipmap on left. 1.04 mipmap on right.

Fantastic upgrade. Thanks!

 

[hobblygobbly]

I think the load issues are mostly isolated to consoles (heard some people can take up to 90 seconds).

It's okay for me on PC though, the game's on my 10k RPM drive and not on my SSD and it loads fast enough. In prologue area it was like 3-5 seconds. After that it's about 10s.

 

[gdt]

Does Galaxy automatically update the game?

Edit: Loading for me is like 3/4 seconds. On an SSD.

 

[CHC]

Aight, found an old save and old screenshot and lined them up.

1.03 mipmap on left. 1.04 mipmap on right.

I'm just on my phone but that looks a shitload better, a lot more fine and precise, not so blocky.

Also, anyone able to comment on stuttering, particularly on horseback? Any better now?

 

[Abilidebob]

I hope those textures are better.
I mean, with them on high I could notice some damn terrible textures while having a conversation with someone.

 

[dampflokfreund]

A question: When I patch the game to 1.04 can I still load my savegame from patch 1.03?

 

[dark10x]

I think the load issues are mostly isolated to consoles (heard some people can take up to 90 seconds).

It's okay for me on PC though, the game's on my 10k RPM drive and not on my SSD and it loads fast enough. In prologue area it was like 3-5 seconds. After that it's about 10s.

I wonder where those console load times occur?

Having played some of the PS4 version, I found that it loaded nearly as fast as my PC (which is to say, extremely fast). The only time it took longer was upon death but, even then, it was no more than 10-20 seconds.

I saw that one video someone posted of the PS4 version taking well over a minute to load but haven't seen that happen as of yet. Not even close.

 

[BeEatNU]

I wonder if anyone ran into the issue with G-Sync that I was seeing

 

[GHG]

Aight, found an old save and old screenshot and lined them up.

1.03 mipmap on left. 1.04 mipmap on right.

Looks good.

Decent update then, hope they keep em coming.

 

[Felix Lighter]

A question: When I patch the game to 1.04 can I still load my savegame from patch 1.03?

Definitely. If the patch didn't work with existing save files this thread would have been 10 pages in 15 minutes.