The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Developers | |
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CD Projekt Red | |
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Engines | |
REDengine 3|REDengine|REDengine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 19, 2015 |
Linux | TBA |
Key points
- Fairly extensive graphics settings, with good amount of configuration files for fine tuning.
- Has official modding tools.[1]
- NVIDIA Ansel has been added to the game, essentially functioning as a built-in photo mode.
- Poor performance on AMD systems with HairWorks enabled. AMD recommends adjusting the Catalyst Control Center tessellation multiplier.[2]
General information
- PC Report
- Official Website
- Official Forums
- Official Witcher Wiki
- The Witcher 3 Nexus Mods
- 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. Launch file requirement removed in later retail releases. Patches and DLC are only available by activating on GOG.com, otherwise, they can be simply downloaded from other sites for free.[3] | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
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GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | ||||
Steam | The client always downloads the complete set of goodies when installing the game.[4] | |||
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- All the digital distribution versions come with goodies that include the soundtrack in MP3 and FLAC formats.
- All versions of the can run without GOG Galaxy and does not require any type of authentication, activation, or digital distribution software at all.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Expansion Pass | Includes Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. | |
Hearts of Stone | ||
Blood and Wine | ||
Temerian Armor Set | Free DLC | |
Beard and Hairstyle Set | Free DLC | |
Alternative Look for Yennifer | Free DLC | |
New Quest 'Contract: Missing Miners' | Free DLC | |
Nilfgaardian Armor Set | Free DLC | |
Elite Crossbow Set | Free DLC | |
New Quest 'Fool's Gold' | Free DLC | |
'Ballad Heroes' Neutral Gwent Card Set | Free DLC | |
New Quest 'Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear' | Free DLC | |
Alternative Look for Triss | Free DLC | |
New Quest 'Contract: Skellige's Most Wanted' | Free DLC | |
Skellige Armor Set | Free DLC | |
New Quest 'Where the Cat and Wolf Play...' | Free DLC | |
Alternative Look for Ciri | Free DLC | |
New Finisher Animations | Free DLC | |
New Game + | Free DLC |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The retail release requires a launch file to play. Further patches require activating on GOG.com[3] or they can be simply downloaded from other sites for free.
Skip intro videos
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The Witcher 3 Config Tool
- Witcher 3 Hunter's Config tool allows more control over graphics options and settings.
Photo Mode
- The Witcher 3 photo mode can be achieved by using internal console command. Camera angle and game condition (time of day, weather, pause/resume, etc.) can be manipulated as needed (also works while in realtime cutscene).
- If you have an NVIDIA GeForce graphics card, you can use NVIDIA Ansel as an alternative -- allowing you to take screenshots with an extremely high resolution or 360° field of view. You can also add extra post-processing effects.
The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project
- The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project aims to improve the graphics by reworking models and textures to better quality.
Increased LOD
- Increased LOD is a mod for The Witcher 3 that improves mainly the mesh draw distance of the game by 10 to 40% with very little to no performance impact. This mod alleviates the pop in problem. Use this with HD Reworked Project for better overall quality.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292030/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data 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 | ||
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Video settings
Widescreen resolution
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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Arabic | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. | ||
TriDef 3D | UI is 2D by default, occasional rendering problems with distance shadows and decals. |
Issues fixed
Game stutters / freezes every 3-5 seconds on dual core CPUs
- This issue was presented in v1.07.
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Unable to summon your horse
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Mouse delay/lag
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Microstutter
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Framerate drops
- Even on high-end GPUs, it is possible to experience choppy framerate when in Novigrad or other large cities. Frame rate capping can provide a fix.
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- Prior to patch 1.21, framerate drops and stutter may be caused by the game triggering the garbage colector all the time to save VRAM. To alleviate this simply navigate to
<path-to-game>\bin\config\base
and opengc.ini
with a text editor. Then find the line with "ObjectMemoryTrigger" and change it's value to 512. In most cases this will fix stutter in novigrad entirely. There is no known way to tweak GC after patch 1.21 because it was redonne from scratch. Now GC will regulate itself based on user's machine. - Other known way is navigating to your
<path-to-game>\bin\x64
folder and simply deleting theAPEX_ClothingGPU_x64.dll
file there has been known to solve some stuttering issues and improve framerates for multiple users ever since launch.
Poor performance on Nvidia Kepler GPUs
- This occurs on Kepler GPUs due to issues with certain Nvidia driver versions.
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Axii's alternative mode not working
- This bug occurs when points are spent both in Delusion and Puppet
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Proper HUD positioning for different aspect ratios
- For 16:10 change the value of
uiVerticalFrameScale
to1.1253
. - For 21:9 change the value of
uiHorizontalFrameScale
to1.3125
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Stutter while using a controller
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(Hearts of Stone DLC) Game crashes / minimizes / freezes during a romance scene with Shani
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Mouse input problem/actions mapped to mouse buttons unresponsive
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Other information
Improve performance on AMD-based systems
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Change in-game cinematic framerate
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Disable Cinematic Supersampling
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Disable radial blur when using Witcher Senses
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Improve HairWorks performance
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Improve HairWorks performance on AMD hardware
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Fix Ground Texture Errors on AMD Hardware
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30FPS framerate cap fixes framerate buffering problems
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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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Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | Makes use of some NVIDIA-accelerated effects that may cause slowdown on AMD GPUs. |
Audio | Audiokinetic Wwise | |
Interface | Autodesk Scaleform | |
Cutscenes | CRI Movie 2 |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 8.1 (64-bit only) | |
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 |
- This game requires a 64-bit operating system to play.
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.
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