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The Witcher 2: Performance Thread [Enhanced Edition Patch - New content & 100+ fixes]
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I NEED SCISSORS
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Tokubetsu said:
Just a hardened leather jacket with heavy leather trousers.
Aurarian said:
I bought my copy from D2D and I've replaced the original D2D witcher2.exe and paul.dll with that from the GOG version (I later deleted the GOG paul.dll on advice in this thread). Should I copy back my original D2D version of witcher2.exe and paul.dll and download the international version of the patch, or keep the GOG witcher2.exe version and download the GOG version of the patch?
I NEED SCISSORS
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Nekrono said:
I'm trying this now but my User.ini seems to have been deleted.. any way I can create a new one, or can someone send me a copy of theirs? Setting it to read only (previous advice) might have caused this problem.
Domcorleone
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BoobPhysics101 said:
EternalGamer
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Akkad said:
I don't know what that dude is talking about. There is no patch on that page that I can see.
Domcorleone
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International patch: I heard it works in USA as well...
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c292080/n/Patcher_International.exe
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c292080/n/Patcher_International.exe
EternalGamer
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Domcorleone said:
Could someone confirm that this is an actual patch. I'm leery of running something from an anonymous source that has no signature on it and wants verification.
I NEED SCISSORS
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Ugh, after all this tweaking, I overlooked the worst new issue of all: I have lost all voices..
GillianSeed79
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Okay. Can someone tell me what the best, hassle free version to get is?
I was going to get the retail version, but I guess there's something about driver issues that won't let some people install the game. I thought I'd get the Steam version, but now I'm hearing DRM or something impacts performance a lot. So is GOG the way to go then? When I buy it, I just want to auto detect settings and play. I don't want to wait for patches or have to download anything. Am I just being too paranoid?
I was going to get the retail version, but I guess there's something about driver issues that won't let some people install the game. I thought I'd get the Steam version, but now I'm hearing DRM or something impacts performance a lot. So is GOG the way to go then? When I buy it, I just want to auto detect settings and play. I don't want to wait for patches or have to download anything. Am I just being too paranoid?
For anyone playing with 360pad, did the patch fuck up the left analog stick not working for anyone else? I cannot use the left analog stick to navigate menus/inventory as well as selecting a sign when holding left trigger. Works fine in game tho and worked fine before the patch.
On the bright side I noticed no more freeze up for a couple of seconds when pausing the game as well as load times improved a ton for me.
On the bright side I noticed no more freeze up for a couple of seconds when pausing the game as well as load times improved a ton for me.
EternalGamer
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Steam and GoG are both DRM free and the game has an auto patcher.GillianSeed79 said:
I'd.still go with GoG though. You an make a back up, burn it to ds, install it on desktops and laptops etc. No limitation on the GOG version. Also all the money from that version goes to the developer.
EternalGamer
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akskiller said:
When I had a similar problem on the save screen, I found the d-pad still worked.
Hellsing321
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Steam version is fine since it only uses Steamworks, and not Securom like Retail. Can't go wrong with Steam or GOG version really. However relying on Auto-detect settings for any PC game is ill advised since they will almost always underestimate what your PC is actually capable of.GillianSeed79 said:
EternalGamer
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Yeah, I have an intell I920, 6 GB of RAM, and 2 Radeon 6870s in Crossfire, and the game auto detected the lowest setting for me. I can run it with everything maxed at a solid 60fps.Hellsing321 said:
I don't notice much of a difference. Well I did with Surface Format Optimization turned off in catalyst control. It caused the game to frequently pause to load new things (sometimes it went as far as showing the loading screen when you moved near the border of a village) and the framerate wasn't improved at all, actually worse in some areas.rabhw said:
Turned it back on and it behaved pretty much the same as it used to pre-hotfix, except with higher-lows at 29 fps instead of 23. So I'd check and see if that option is on.
Wish the devs would fix the texture streaming though, it's fine in a village that one or two textures load a little slower, but when you're inside a building and it takes around 30 seconds to load the hi-res textures it gets annoying as shit. But I expect things to be smoother after they fix the memory leak
IrishNinja
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looks good.
so uh
i5-760 @ 2.8/stock
6870
4GB of RAM
what can i expect from this game? can i run it high/60 FPS or so?
so uh
i5-760 @ 2.8/stock
6870
4GB of RAM
what can i expect from this game? can i run it high/60 FPS or so?
dc89 said:
Poor...
Low should be fine, If you're not too ambitious with the resolution.
Your CPU and Ram are more than enough, but your GPU will cripple everything down. Do yourself a favor (if you have the opportunity) and jump on a 6850 or higher, that would bring you to the High/Ultra (without Ubersmapling) realm, depending on the resolution.
IrishNinja
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ah, that sounds good too - thanks man!
wanna be sure im understanding ubersampling: is it basically rendering > 1080p and then uh, downscaling? is this a feature for future GPUs or are people with 6900s/560s (or dual?) really getting to use this? i gotta go back in this thread, would love to see some shots from rigs that can hang.
wanna be sure im understanding ubersampling: is it basically rendering > 1080p and then uh, downscaling? is this a feature for future GPUs or are people with 6900s/560s (or dual?) really getting to use this? i gotta go back in this thread, would love to see some shots from rigs that can hang.
Weird things.
Deleted the paul.dll file, and now my framerate goes up to 60, then goes back down to 40 after a minute. This also happens if I Alt+Tab out of the game and back in.
I have performance mode to maximum, and my fan is forced at 100% (I can't hear it, the computer is in a different room) so there shouldn't be any temperature issues, it hovers around 80c.
Deleted the paul.dll file, and now my framerate goes up to 60, then goes back down to 40 after a minute. This also happens if I Alt+Tab out of the game and back in.
I have performance mode to maximum, and my fan is forced at 100% (I can't hear it, the computer is in a different room) so there shouldn't be any temperature issues, it hovers around 80c.
dc89 said:
Well, knowing the native resolutions of iMac screens, I doubt that a 6770 would hold it either. Kind of a bummer for Mac Users, aside from Mac Pro's with beefy GPU's in the rig, I would not think of any iMac able to run it above Low/Medium settings. Usually they are ok for most PC gaming purpose, but Witcher 2 is a bit of PC's Jewel on the crown that was not scaled down to what Source-engine can achieve with old/modest gaming rigs.
At any rate, I would still recommend to give it a try, The Low settings (with medium quality textures) should do well, and the game would still look good and you wouldn't loose any pleasure gameplay-wise.
Yep. Usually known as Super Sampling or SSAA.IrishNinja said:
I don't think any single GPU people are able to use it at the moment, but I haven't even bothered to try it myself. Hawk with 2x GTX580s gets some decent framrates with it on, but not the 60fps that he wants.IrishNinja said:
IrishNinja said:
Well, they have been a bit blurry regarding their explanation of the "Ubersampling". For me it sounds like a really heavy MSAA, but with a fancy name. Seems they are rendering the same frame several times to obtain a better quality image.
I've tried it (just for the kick, my GTX 460 cannot handle that) to verify the difference in image quality and well...it's better, just not plain obvious in motion. But the render seems a bit more sharp, more natural, nothing that would blow your socks off (imho), especially if you consider the ressources needed to obtain something barely playable, it's mainly there to satisfy those who cannot bear any tiny sacrifice in image quality.
The link for the gog patch went live for a bit, and I was able to download it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?h8rcms5jqv5kxew
Here it is on mediafire for those who want to risk things and try installing it. One of the CDPR red guys said the patch was ready, but was delayed due to a DLC issue. I already installed the patch, and everything is working fine for me so far and my DLC is showing up without issue so I don't know.
http://www.mediafire.com/?h8rcms5jqv5kxew
Here it is on mediafire for those who want to risk things and try installing it. One of the CDPR red guys said the patch was ready, but was delayed due to a DLC issue. I already installed the patch, and everything is working fine for me so far and my DLC is showing up without issue so I don't know.
ColonialRaptor
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I can't decide whether to use the GOG patch or not... can anyone who has downloaded make a recommendation?
I'm running a 5970...
I'm running a 5970...
Minsc
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I'm also in the camp the patch was pulled for a reason, something must have been majorly messed up in it, I'll continue to wait.
80c is low for a 295, it's normal to be at 90c when overclocked and 85c when running stock cooling.
MNC said:
80c is low for a 295, it's normal to be at 90c when overclocked and 85c when running stock cooling.