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Revision as of 11:04, 22 March 2021
Developers | |
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CD Projekt Red | |
macOS (OS X) | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
Atari | |
Poland | CD Projekt |
Engines | |
Aurora | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 26, 2007 |
macOS (OS X) | April 5, 2012 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
IGDB | 88 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | The Witcher |
Key points
- Any version of the game, including retail, can be redeemed for a DRM-free copy on GOG.com; see here for details.
General information
- Official Forums
- Official Witcher Wikia
- Official Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | TAGES Solidshield v1.9.5.1 and TAGES v5.5.2.8 DRM. DRM removed in the latest Patches. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Enhanced Edition Director's Cut. Provides high quality bonus goodies.[1] |
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Humble Store | ||||
Origin | ||||
Steam | Enhanced Edition Director's Cut. |
- All versions can be registered on GOG.com even if a product key was not included; see here for details.
Essential improvements
Patches
There are two patches available for download on the official page:
- Patch 1.4 upgraded the game to the Enhanced Edition.
- Patch 1.5 removed the DRM and fixed bugs introduced by patch 1.4. It also contains five community-made adventures.
Modifications
Skip intro videos
Walking in OTS view
- In the base game, there is no option or toggle for walking, as opposed to running in the over the shoulder camera view.
- This small mod fixes this by adding such option.
- The download also contains installation instructions.
Rise of the White Wolf Enhanced Edition (A.K.A Powrót Białego Wilka Edycja Rozszerzona)
- Complete remake of interface - new options screen, inventory, journal and other.
- New retextures of many characters, with amazing and spectacular look of Geralt's jackets, new Witcher armor, new cutscenes with Dandelion and new skyboxes.
- The mod requires version 1.5 of the game to work.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CD Projekt RED\Witcher\Settings\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20900/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Witcher\saves\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/com.cdprojektred.TheWitcher/GameDocuments/The Witcher/saves/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20900/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | Approx. 954 MB available. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use the aspect ratio fix for the cutscenes. | ||
4K Ultra HD | In-game AA must be disabled. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming with Auto-Maximize disabled. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 4x MSAA; 8x MSAA can be forced in the graphics card control panel. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Force Vsync. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[2] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
HBAO+
Use Nvidia Profile Inspector[3] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Negative acceleration cannot be turned off.[citation needed] | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Logitech GamePanel
- Information such as statistics, ammunition, health and items the player is currently holding can be displayed on the LCD panel or smartphone application.
Display | Notes |
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Arx Control application | Native support in Enhanced Edition. |
G19 color screen | Native support in Enhanced Edition. |
G15 monochrome screen | Native support in Enhanced Edition. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, battle music, SFX and voice. | |
Surround sound | Requires EAX | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 5.0.[4] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation, Download. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
- "Fixes to Common Problems" - A comprehensive list of known issues and potential fixes
Crash at launch
On AMD: DirectX to OpenGL wrapper[5] |
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- Recent Steam Beta clients may cause the Steam version of the game to crash.
- Only applies to the Steam version of the game. Refer to "Fixes to Common Problems" for other solutions.
Opt out from Steam Beta client[citation needed] |
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Enable windows compatibility mode for "witcher.exe"[6] |
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Minimum system requirements not met
Disable the system requirements check[7] |
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Use replacement TexSettings.d2a |
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Notes
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Press Shift[citation needed] |
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In some cases (when the intro cinematic is skipped or if opening the Steam overlay) the mouse cursor does not function on the main menu. This can be fixed by holding the key that releases the mouse in Over the Shoulder view(Shift by default). |
Frequent game crashes
Allocate more virtual memory to the program[8] |
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Set the game to run in windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Use a program such as Borderless Gaming to force the game to run in a borderless window. |
Disable Steam overlay |
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Disabling Steam overlay fixes the crashing. |
Pre-rendered cutscenes don't display
- Audio will still play, but the video will freeze to the last displayed frame.
Lower the lighting setting |
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In-game cut-scenes appear pixelated
Use any 16:9 resolution[citation needed] |
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Lights visible through walls
- On some systems with SLI enabled, light sources are sometimes visible through walls.
Change SLI rendering mode[citation needed] |
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Poor performance on AMD
There is an issue where the game caps at 20fps |
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None, at some point it might go higher after gameplay |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [9] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2800+ |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3000+ |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon 9800 DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX ATI Radeon X1950 XT |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX version 9.0c-compatible sound card |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 | Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 14.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 650M AMD Radeon HD 6750M Intel HD Graphics 5000 256 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX AMD Radeon HD 6970M Intel Iris Pro 5200 512 MB of VRAM |
Other | Not recommended to use native Retina resolutions |
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>/20900/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (20900) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/20900/discussions/0/864977026156369874/
- ↑ New 120Hz Games Report
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sq0vgFlerS-YT093TS2jEpx6xjZP7X1x1BcAs7EHXYY/pubhtml
- ↑ EAX DOES Work with Alchemy - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Fixes to Common Problems at GOG.com
- ↑ Fix for constant crashing on Windows 7, 8 (or 8.1) and 10
- ↑ The Witcher: Enhanced Edition on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-09
- "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."