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[ColonialRaptor]

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I put this in the OT but it moves so fast that it was getting lost. I wasn't going to be able to play the game because I wasn't getting any EXP for completing quests or quest sections but this completely fixes it.

Make sure to backup the file in the directory it says to change just incase you need the original when patch 1.05 comes.

I've been using it for a few hours today and so far it seems to have fixed everything but now I'm noticing the exp coming I'm sure I at least lost 3 or 4 levels worth of xp before this

 

[Primethius]

Yea, I saw this earlier and have been using it for a few of the quests.

A couple of things to note.

You get about 80% of the exp rather then the full amount and you get exp from grey quests too.

And some quests still give me no exp but I'm not sure if it's because I was at the last step which wouldn't have anyways.

Edit: Ignore this, seems there's a new version of the fix out that addresses the 80% note.

 

[texhnolyze]

Not sure if I get this xp bug, but I'll install it anyway.
Thanks!

 

[petethepanda]

Haven't started the game yet so I'm not up to date on this stuff; Has there been word on an incoming official fix?

 

[viveks86]

I'm just gonna sit tight till 1.05. I seem to be getting far more xp than I need for the quest levels i'm playing even without the fix

 

[aravuus]

Haven't started the game yet so I'm not up to date on this stuff; Has there been word on an incoming official fix?

Next patch (1.05) should address it, and it should be out soon. At least on PC. Afaik.

 

[Jonm1010]

Yea, I saw this earlier and have been using it for a few of the quests.

A couple of things to note.

You get about 80% of the exp rather then the full amount and you get exp from grey quests too.

And some quests still give me no exp but I'm not sure if it's because I was at the last step which wouldn't have anyways.

Edit: Ignore this, seems there's a new version of the fix out that addresses the 80% note.

I have ben trying to narrow down how bad the bug has been for me. Do some quests not give you XP on the completion?

 

[texhnolyze]

I have ben trying to narrow down how bad the bug has been for me. Do some quests not give you XP on the completion?

Yeah, it seems that some quests "step" just don't give you xp anyway.
Maybe people screaming xp bug without knowing that it's intended.

 

[BigTnaples]

Nice for people this is affecting. Luckily enough this hasn't hit me in any way. Or any bugs really. Game has been extremely polished this far.
Playing on PC.

My friend playing my PS4 copy has also get to have any major issues. We are both like 20-35 hours in.

 

[Primethius]

I have ben trying to narrow down how bad the bug has been for me. Do some quests not give you XP on the completion?

Well, the problem with me was that I did a whole bunch of the Novigrad quest-lines and I didn't have all the saves I needed to fully save myself from loosing out on a bunch of exp.

I had a couple of quests where the only objective left was to turn the quest in to the quest-giver to "officially" end the quest. However, it seems those steps don't give any exp because the mod didn't give me any with the quest. Seems I missed out on the substantive exp part of the quest.

 

[molnizzle]

CDPR should be fucking embarrassed.

I know this problem, and now i fixed this. 1 Hour and i made this.

It took the modder one hour to fix this bug.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Well, the problem with me was that I did a whole bunch of the Novigrad quest-lines and I didn't have all the saves I needed to fully save myself from loosing out on a bunch of exp.

I had a couple of quests where the only objective left was to turn the quest in to the quest-giver to "officially" end the quest. However, it seems those steps don't give any exp because the mod didn't give me any with the quest. Seems I missed out on the substantive exp part of the quest.

Yeah I missed out on at least a couple of levels worth of xp overall as well and I've been trying to stay away from quests but it's impossible because the ! pop up all the time and so many others.

This has fixed it for me though.

 

[CrichtonKicks]

Personally I would like an XP nerfing mod (I'm sure it will come eventually) designed to keep completionists from out-leveling content.

 

[RPGam3r]

CDPR should be fucking embarrassed.



It took the modder one hour to fix this bug.

It's always possible that CDPR actually understands the bug and is properly fixing it. There are many ways to handle the symptoms to a defect. That doesn't mean you've solved the problem.

 

[texhnolyze]

Personally I would like an XP nerfing mod (I'm sure it will come eventually) designed to keep completionists from out-leveling content.

Here it is.
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2/

It's kinda funny, isn't it?
People who have already progressed so far in the game reported that they're overleveling most content and needing xp nerfing mod, while in the other hand, people would stop playing because they need every single experience points from all quests.

 

[Jonm1010]

Here it is.
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2/

It's kinda funny, isn't it?
People who have already progressed so far in the game reported that they're overleveling most content and needing xp nerfing mod, while in the other hand, people would stop playing because they need every single experience points from all quests.

And you also have people like in the patch thread that are almost done with the game and are severely under-leveled because of the bug.

Stopping play is a smart move if you value your time and do not know the long term consequences of this bug.

Lets not go down this road like the other thread.

 

[skullmuffins]

CDPR should be fucking embarrassed.



It took the modder one hour to fix this bug.

That's because he's not actually fixing the bug. Looks like this mod works by giving you full XP for completed quests, regardless of the original quest level. I guess this fixes the XP bug where some quests don't give you XP when they should, but it will also give you XP for any low-level (grey) quests that by design aren't supposed to give you any XP. Someone doing a completionist playthrough will end up massively overleveled if they use this all the time, I'm sure.

 

[toastyToast]

Here it is.
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2/

It's kinda funny, isn't it?
People who have already progressed so far in the game reported that they're overleveling most content and needing xp nerfing mod, while in the other hand, people would stop playing because they need every single experience points from all quests.

I think xp in general needs rebalancing. After a key point in the game you start getting levels like crazy completely skipping past a lot of the 20s

 

[Jonm1010]

That's because he's not actually fixing the bug. Looks like this mod works by giving you full XP for completed quests, regardless of the original quest level. I guess this fixes the XP bug where some quests don't give you XP when they should, but it will also give you XP for any low-level (grey) quests that by design aren't supposed to give you any XP. Someone doing a completionist playthrough will end up massively overleveled if they use this all the time, I'm sure.

It does make me wonder if their commitment to packaging it with 1.05 is the real culprit here.

It seems like this should be a relative easy fix and the tweets before Monday made it seem like they had it lined up and ready to go. Either that was a flat out lie or it was the truth and the rest of the patch is what is holding things up after they committed to bundling it in with 1.05.

 

[RazorbackDB]

How bad is the xp loss?, I have been playing and haven't noticed the xp bug, gaining xp from quest and leveled up like 6 levels.

 

[matrix-cat]

Here it is.
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2/

It's kinda funny, isn't it?
People who have already progressed so far in the game reported that they're overleveling most content and needing xp nerfing mod, while in the other hand, people would stop playing because they need every single experience points from all quests.

I am getting zero XP from story quests, and I'm not willing to keep playing for hours and hours just in the hopes that I might eventually get some. It's that simple. The fact that people unaffected by the bug are getting too much XP isn't relevant to my situation, because I'm not getting any.

 

[Jolkien]

How bad is the xp loss?, I have been playing and haven't noticed the xp bug, gaining xp from quest and leveled up like 6 levels.

I missed 1000 XP (two third of a level) from a single quest.

 

[Jolkien]

I know nothing about modding could this break my save file once the new patch hit ?

 

[erawsd]

I am getting zero XP from story quests, and I'm not willing to keep playing for hours and hours just in the hopes that I might eventually get some. It's that simple. The fact that people unaffected by the bug are getting too much XP isn't relevant to my situation, because I'm not getting any.

Its not just people unaffected though. People who have the bug are saying that they are still leveling just fine, which echos my own experience so far. I got nothing for the quests I did in Novigrad and still completed the area 4 levels above the main quest. On the flip side, no one is reporting that they've hit a wall due to the exp glitch.

 

[red731]

Waiting for off. patch. I am not so under or over leveled and thus do not have this bug.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

The level cap in this game should be lvl 35. Its easy to get there with the xp bug. No reason to lvl higher at this point

 

[Mad Season]

Id hold off folks. They even said they may be able to retro give Xp back. Using this and then patching 1.05 could have ramifications

 

[texhnolyze]

And you also have people like in the patch thread that are almost done with the game and are severely under-leveled because of the bug.

Stopping play is a smart move if you value your time and do not know the long term consequences of this bug.

Lets not go down this road like the other thread.

Fair enough.

I am getting zero XP from story quests, and I'm not willing to keep playing for hours and hours just in the hopes that I might eventually get some. It's that simple. The fact that people unaffected by the bug are getting too much XP isn't relevant to my situation, because I'm not getting any.

I also affected by the xp bug from several story quests, but I'm still overleveled for most of the side quests, even my story quest is still at level 13 (I am now level 21).

I think xp in general needs rebalancing. After a key point in the game you start getting levels like crazy completely skipping past a lot of the 20s

Yes, I noticed it as well.
There are quests that give 2 levels just from a single quest chain, but sometimes I just leveled up slowly and only gained a level (or even zero) from a 3 hours gaming session.

The level cap in this game should be lvl 35. Its easy to get there with the xp bug. No reason to lvl higher at this point

There is no level cap, as mentioned by the dev on twitter.

 

[Rhaknar]

Id hold off folks. They even said they may be able to retro give Xp back. Using this and then patching 1.05 could have ramifications

The problem is we have been waiting for the patch since Monday. It's now Thursday and it's getting annoying to put the game on hold for much longer, especially when there is no date on the patch and it's a national holiday in Poland.

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

I installed this but decided I'm just going to play the game and see what happens. I don't want to take the chance on being massively over leveled. Then again I'm playing on Death March so that might not be such a bad thing.

 

[JaseC]

There is no level cap, as mentioned by the dev on twitter.

He said there should be one, not that there is one.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

Fair enough.



I also affected by the xp bug from several story quests, but I'm still overleveled for most of the side quests, even my story quest is still at level 13 (I am now level 21).



Yes, I noticed it as well.
There are quests that give 2 levels just from a single quest chain, but sometimes I just leveled up slowly and only gained a level (or even zero) from a 3 hours gaming session.



There is no level cap, as mentioned by the dev on twitter.

the lvl cap is 70 but still. I see no point of going beyond 35

 

[texhnolyze]

He said there should be one, not that there is one.

the lvl cap is 70 but still. I see no point of going beyond 35

We're talking about this tweet, right? I kinda bad at comprehension.
https://twitter.com/marcin360/status/600953392954011649

One of the replies stated that he's capped at 70 though.

 

[Rhaknar]

By the way you already get overleveled bug or no bug. I'm level 20 (with the bug) doing everything and I didn't see any mob I'm Velen I couldn't kill. I haven't been everywhere in Skellige yet but besides the famous level 48 gryphon and what not, I don't think you need to be level 35 for anything.

Except to use the last tier if the set which many of us want to do. And maybe for the dlc but we don't know that.

Even the skill slots that open up at 30, I mean at 29 I already feel like I have the spec I want to have, the extra slots will just be for flavor, like passives and what not.

That being said I'm still going to use this because I don't mind being overleveled

 

[toastyToast]

Its not just people unaffected though. People who have the bug are saying that they are still leveling just fine, which echos my own experience so far. I got nothing for the quests I did in Novigrad and still completed the area 4 levels above the main quest. On the flip side, no one is reporting that they've hit a wall due to the exp glitch.

Has anyone experiencing the glitch done (quest name spoiler)

Spoiler

isle of mists

and beyond? If you don't get XP for that you're kinda fucked.

 

[thetrin]

I seem to be leveling just fine now, but there definitely was a point early in the game where I didn't seem to be making progress at all in my EXP despite doing quests.

If the patch retroactively gives me EXP from bugged quests, I'd be more than happy.

 

[Danielsan]

the lvl cap is 70 but still. I see no point of going beyond 35

I have at least one schematic for a weapon that requires level 37.

 

[Primethius]

Its not just people unaffected though. People who have the bug are saying that they are still leveling just fine, which echos my own experience so far. I got nothing for the quests I did in Novigrad and still completed the area 4 levels above the main quest. On the flip side, no one is reporting that they've hit a wall due to the exp glitch.

I'd say being level 14 and being locked out of all side-content because it's all aimed at level 20+ Geralt's and above because nothing that gives you a ton of exp (main quest) is giving you exp is getting locked out. Because that's where I stood before this fix.

And I have no intention of fighting some monsters on Death March with some of the absurd combat mechanics with a 10 level gap.

 

[| Praxis |]

Tempted to install this, I haven't received any xp from any of the main quests in Novigrad at all. Just travelled to the islands and still not receiving xp.

Fucking joke.

 

[chiliboy]

Modding is such a wonderful thing Thanks for link OP!

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

They even said they may be able to retro give Xp back.

They did? Last thing I saw they said no. But, that was from last week when this was supposedly being fixed on PC on Monday, so maybe it has changed.

 

[Truant]

Does this fix work retroactively for quests completed with the bug?

Will the official patch work retroactively?

 

[fantomena]

Like previously said, it's a mod, it doesn't remove/fix the bug, it only gives you a partly shield against it.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

That's because he's not actually fixing the bug. Looks like this mod works by giving you full XP for completed quests, regardless of the original quest level. I guess this fixes the XP bug where some quests don't give you XP when they should, but it will also give you XP for any low-level (grey) quests that by design aren't supposed to give you any XP. Someone doing a completionist playthrough will end up massively overleveled if they use this all the time, I'm sure.

Indeed.

Not only that, but IF the next patch gives you exp retrospectively (which CDPR said it MIGHT), then you'll be over-leveled beyond belief, no?

They did? Last thing I saw they said no. But, that was from last week when this was supposedly being fixed on PC on Monday, so maybe it has changed.

They changed their mind. No promises though.

 

[shandy706]

I'd say being level 14 and being locked out of all side-content because it's all aimed at level 20+ Geralt's and above because nothing that gives you a ton of exp (main quest) is giving you exp is getting locked out. Because that's where I stood before this fix.

And I have no intention of fighting some monsters on Death March with some of the absurd combat mechanics with a 10 level gap.

Are you on PC?

Get the debug console enabler. All it does is allow you to enter debug console commands. You can do everything from add XP amounts of your choice to raising your level to where it "should" be.

Go Here, it's easy.

If the patch doesn't retroactively give you XP back, it's the easiest and quickest way to get what you feel is missing. I had a few missions give me nothing, so I tossed my Geralt a few hundred XP when they didn't.

 

[| Praxis |]

Are you on PC?

Get the debug console enabler. All it does is allow you to enter debug console commands. You can do everything from add XP amounts of your choice to raising your level to where it "should" be.

Go Here, it's easy.

If the patch doesn't retroactively give you XP back, it's the easiest and quickest way to get what you feel is missing. I had a few missions give me nothing, so I tossed my Geralt a few hundred XP when they didn't.

Yeah, I have been using that, I have had to guess how much experience to give myself though, can't put myself through the trauma of Let's Plays anymore.

 

[Turin Turambar]

That's because he's not actually fixing the bug. Looks like this mod works by giving you full XP for completed quests, regardless of the original quest level. I guess this fixes the XP bug where some quests don't give you XP when they should, but it will also give you XP for any low-level (grey) quests that by design aren't supposed to give you any XP. Someone doing a completionist playthrough will end up massively overleveled if they use this all the time, I'm sure.

Yep, OP should have read better the mod's description. It's clear is a "fix" for the grey quests, that's it.

 

[Primethius]

Yep, OP should have read better the mod's description. It's clear is a "fix" for the grey quests, that's it.

No, it fixes the main bug too, it just also gives you exp for grey quests too.

For me, that's completely fine. I only had one grey quest which gave me some exp to make up for the fact that I missed out on exp earlier.

And it allows me to progress through the game without much worry.

 

[Tom Penny]

Im glad this worked. There was only so much diving for treasure i could handle in skellige. It fixed the main quest.

 

[w00zey]

Yeah, it seems that some quests "step" just don't give you xp anyway.
Maybe people screaming xp bug without knowing that it's intended.

I was wondering this as well but now that the xp bug has hit me I've been searching online looking to see which parts do and don't give xp. It is weird though I am on 'Broken Flowers' because I figured fuck it if I just don't get xp for 'pyres of novigrad' then screw it. So I started 'Broken Flowers' and I actually got xp after the first part but after talking to all the people I have gotten nothing. Seems like I am supposed to get some good xp after talking to each person.