The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Developers | |
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CD Projekt Red | |
Publishers | |
CD Projekt | |
North America | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
Europe | Bandai Namco Games |
Commonwealth of Independent States | 1C Company |
Japan | Spike Chunsoft |
South Africa | Megarom Interactive |
Engines | |
REDengine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 19, 2015 |
Linux | TBA |
Key points
- Poor performance on Nvidia Kepler GPUs. Nvidia are working on fixing the issue[1]
- Fairly extensive graphics settings, with good amount of configuration files for fine tuning.
General information
- PC Report
- Official Website
- Official Forums
- Official Witcher Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Initial retail release requires the launch file. Further patches and DLC are only available by activating on GOG.com.[2] | |||
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GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Expansion Pass | ||
Hearts of Stone | ||
Blood and Wine |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The retail release requires a launch file to play. Further patches require activating on GOG.com.[2]
Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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The Witcher 3 Config Tool
Witcher 3 Hunter's Config tool allows you to fine tune the in game options, opens up more options than in game and gives you the ability to go above the Ultra in game settings.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292030/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292030/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings
Template:Video settings 1280x720 required for 60fps 3D TV Play is not available.
Field of view (FOV)
Instructions |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Proper HUD positioning for different aspect ratios
Instructions |
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Other information
HairWorks on AMD without crippling performance
Instructions |
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Improve HairWorks performance
Instructions |
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Change in-game cinematic framerate
Instructions |
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Disable cinematic downsampling
Instructions |
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API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
Shader Model support | 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Linux |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 8.1 (64-bit) | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350 4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon R9 290 |
Linux | ||
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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>/292030/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (292030) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
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