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'''The Witcher 2 Savegame manager''' | '''The Witcher 2 Savegame manager''' | ||
− | Allows for the easy backup, management, and removal of The Witcher 1 and 2 save files. Can tremendously improve the clutter of savegame files. [http:// | + | Allows for the easy backup, management, and removal of The Witcher 1 and 2 save files. Can tremendously improve the clutter of savegame files. [http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher2/mods/10/?]. |
'''The Witcher 2 Tweaker''' | '''The Witcher 2 Tweaker''' | ||
− | Allows for greater customization of graphics options to further tailor your game for the PC. Also has helpful tips for improving performance on some computers as well. [http:// | + | Allows for greater customization of graphics options to further tailor your game for the PC. Also has helpful tips for improving performance on some computers as well. [http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher2/mods/181/?] |
==Game data== | ==Game data== |
Revision as of 18:52, 13 February 2014
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Developers | |
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CD Projekt Red | |
Publishers | |
Poland | CD Projekt |
North America | Atari |
Europe | Namco Bandai Games |
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RED Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 17, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) | October 18, 2012 |
Key points
- Has official modding tools
General information
- A comprehensive patch list for both The Witcher 2 and its predecessor.
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- A comprehensive list of known issues and potential fixes.
- The Witcher 2 for PC Technical FAQ.
Availability
GOG.com backup
Everyone who bought a retail version of the game can redeem their serial key here to receive a backup copy on their gog.com account. The copy includes all the enhanced edition content. Witcher 2 Backup copy.
If you have a digital version of the game on Steam or any other digital store, or if you have misplaced your CD-key, you can still get a free copy. You can send a picture of your proof of purchase from Steam, or take a photo of your discs. Just follow the instructions on this site.
Essential improvements
Modifications
No Intro Videos
The No Intro Videos Mod skips all intro videos except the logo by CDProjekt. [1].
Market Price Mod
Makes buying and selling prices within markets more fair to the player. It reduces the 24:1 ratio between buy to sell prices and reduces it to 5:1 as seen in the original game. [2].
Text size
For people having problems with the size of text on large resolutions or on small displays, getting any variation of the Comfy Font from here [3], and placing the .dzip in the CookedPC folder will make it bigger and more visible.
HUD Tweaks
Improves the in game HUD by decreasing the size of the lock-on crosshair, adding in a combat crosshair, a minimap direction pointer, and the ability to select signs, swords, and pocket items without clicking (meditation still requires clicking since it's in the center). [4]
Panel Tweaks
Improves the in-game inventory through various helpful tweaks. [5].
- This mode does not work with Enhanced Edition installed. The menus will appear blank and unusable.
Semi-Official Combat Mod By CDP developers
Full Combat Rebalance is a mod created by the developers of the game. A lot of changes as an 80% increase in responsiveness per Geralt's animations and decreased time for returning to exploration after combat is two of the many changes. The mod is available on CDProjectRED's REDKIT site [6]. Registration on the site is required to download the mod. The file is 1.5 GB in a compressed format.
Utilities
The Witcher 2 Savegame manager
Allows for the easy backup, management, and removal of The Witcher 1 and 2 save files. Can tremendously improve the clutter of savegame files. [7].
The Witcher 2 Tweaker
Allows for greater customization of graphics options to further tailor your game for the PC. Also has helpful tips for improving performance on some computers as well. [8]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20920/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20920/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
GPU/CPU Intensive Settings
Enabling the following options will result in a significant reduction in in-game frame rate:
- Cinematic Depth of Field: Of the three depth of field options available, cinematic depth of field results in the biggest performance decrease. Enabling it applies a stylised depth of field effect to cutscenes and dialog sections. It is important to note that enabling it essentially enables depth of field anyway, so this option should be used in conjunction with 'Depth of Field - Cutscenes'. Again, it's performance impact is significant.
- Light Shafts: This option adds realistic light glares as sunlight filters through trees, etc. However, in graphically busy areas such as forests it can result in a major performance hit, and as such disabling it is recommended on lower end systems.
- LOD [Level of Detail] Distance: This decides how far away detailed objects (such as some shrubbery, objects, etc.) are rendered. The higher you set this value, the further away such objects will be rendered, and the larger the impact on FPS. As the difference between the 'Near' and 'Far' options is visually negligible in almost all instances, 'Near' is recommended for most systems. For systems which only just meet the system requirements, consider using the 'Minimal' option.
- Motion Blur: Enabling this option will result in a stylistic blur effect rotating the camera, which also results in an overall performance decrease.
- SSAO [Screen Space Ambient Occlusion]: This option improves the overall quality of shadows in-game by increasing their definition and contrast. Enabling it will also largely impact performance.
- UberSampling: This option essentially requires your system render everything on-screen multiple times before displaying, resulting in a drastic increase in overall visual detail, maximising object detail and smoothness, with the expense of a huge performance hit. It is only recommended to enable this option if you have a very high-end system.
- Wet Surfaces Rain Effect: This option is only active when it is raining in-game, and adds a semi-transparent filter to many objects to make the rainfall impact appear more realistic. It can result in a sizeable performance hit during rain sequences, however, so disabling it is a good idea for performance increases.
Note all other graphics options can be enabled/disabled with little or no FPS impact. Note that whilst 'Texture Downscaling' has a significant visual impact on the 'High' setting, reducing downscaling to 'Low' or disabling it entirely can drastically improve the look of the game with very little performance impact.
Sharpening filter
The Witcher 2 makes use of a sharpening filter that increases the sharpness of the game's visuals. While this setting has a negligible performance impact it does cause increased aliasing and adds an unnatural sheen to many objects, if those bother you it can be disabled with an INI tweak.
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Input settings
Mouse acceleration
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Audio settings
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Continued Stuttering During Gameplay
This issue is most commonly caused by incorrect texture settings. Launch the game and navigate to the 'Options' menu on the launcher. Locate the option for 'Texture Memory Size (MB)'. This is how much of your graphics card RAM is allocated to texture storage. For a 512 MB card, it is recommended set this to 'Small', whereas for a 1 GB card set this to 'Large'. Allocating insufficient memory for texture storage can result in delayed texture rendering and constant stuttering during gameplay.
First Time Setup Lock
The game attempts to reinstall the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 every time the game is launched.
Option 1: Registry Change (recommended)
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Option 2: Folder rename
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Crash on startup with error 0xc0000142
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Patch 2.1
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Black Screen During the Cut-scene after the First Chapter (Enhanced Edition)
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Random Crashes while Saving Game, Loading a Save Game or AutoSaving
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel/AMD Dual Core 2.2Ghz | Intel/AMD Quadcore |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 16 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI 3850 NVIDIA 8800GT 512 MB of VRAM | ATI HD 4850 1 GB Nvidia GTX 260 1 GB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.7.5 or higher. 10.8.0 or higher | 10.7.5 or higher. 10.8.0 or higher |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | Quad Core Intel |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | GeForce GT 650M 512 MB (on 1440x900, low) Radeon HD 5770 1 GB (on 1440x900, low) 512 MB of VRAM | GeForce GTX 675MX 1 GB (on 1920x1080, medium) Radeon HD 6970M 1 GB (on 1920x1080, medium) 1 GB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20920/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (20920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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