The Witcher
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| 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 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | RPG |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | The Witcher |
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Key points
- Any version of the game, including retail, can be redeemed for a DRM-free copy on GOG.com; see here for details.
- Game lacks an FPS limiter or Vsync and causes major issues at frame rates higher than 60 FPS.
General information
- Official Forums
- Official Witcher Wiki (Fandom)
- Official Witcher Game Series Wiki (Gamepedia)
- 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. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Enhanced Edition Director's Cut. Provides high quality bonus goodies.[1] |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
Enhanced Edition Director's Cut. | |
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| GamersGate (unavailable) | |
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| Origin (unavailable) | |
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- All versions can be registered on GOG.com even if a product key was not included; see here for details.
- The GOG.com version can be obtained for free at any time if subscribed to the site's newsletter, as part of the Gwent Welcome Bonus.
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.
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) | <Steam-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) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/com.cdprojektred.TheWitcher/GameDocuments/The Witcher/saves/ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-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
Video settings.
Graphical settings.
| 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; SGSSAA is available via 0x000010C1 flag in Nvidia Inspector. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Force Vsync. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | High fps cause hair physics glitch and crashing during all times along with the script issues.needs 60fps cap to prevent major issues with hair physics also with the gravity and all script-issues related.[2] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
HBAO+
| Use Nvidia Profile Inspector[3] |
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Input
Input settings.
| 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 |
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 settings.
General settings.
| 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 4.0 only.[4] In-game option may need to be re-enabled after every launch.[5][6] | |
| Royalty free audio |
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 |
- Installation size can be decreased by almost one third by deleting voice files of unnecessary languages. By default, the game installs almost all languages. The
voices_X_00.biffiles in<path-to-game>\Datacan be deleted for languages you don't use, with X standing for a number for each language. For which number corresponds to which language, see here.
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
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Issues unresolved
Poor performance on AMD
- There is an issue where the game caps at 20fps, at some point it might go higher.[citation needed]
Crash at launch
| On AMD: DirectX to OpenGL wrapper[7] |
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Run witcher.exe in compatibility mode for Windows 7.[8]
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Minimum system requirements not met
Run witcher.exe with the -dontforceminreqs command line argument[9]
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- The fix above is known to cause other issues. The game's resolution can not be changed above a certain limit, and the texture quality and antialiasing settings might be locked to the lowest settings. To avoid this, try the following.
| Use replacement TexSettings.d2a |
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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
| 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[citation needed] |
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Disabling Steam overlay fixes the crashing. |
Pre-rendered cutscenes do not display
- Audio will still play, but the video will freeze to the last displayed frame.
| Lower the lighting setting[citation needed] |
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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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Broken physics/Constant crashing when attempting side quests above 60fps+/script issues above 60fps/exiting to desktop frequently due to extremely broken scripts above 60fps/runtime errors when attempting to start a quest/
- High fps cause hair physics glitch and crashing during all times along with the script issues.needs 60fps cap to prevent major issues with hair physics also with the gravity and all script-issues relatede[citation needed]
{{Fixbox|description=Set refresh rate to 60hz|ref=<ref>
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | Build compatible with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) added on 27 July 2022. |
Modifications
Setup
- Prior to modding The Witcher, make sure you have an Override folder in your game's Data folder. You will need to create the folder if you do not have it already.
- While not necessary, it is highly recommended to unpack mods into their own separate folders within Override for organization and troubleshooting purposes.
- Several mods contain specific installation and usage instructions that should be reviewed before attempting to use them, failing to do so may result in your game breaking.
4GB Memory Patch
- Improves RAM management in The Witcher 32 bit engine.
Skip intro - straight to the Main Menu
- Removes all Witcher intro videos.
AI Upscale Textures
- More detail in textures thanks to artificial intelligence.
School of the Wolf
- This mod aims to differentiate all Witchers in the game, with unique looking armor and high quality character retextures.
- A couple of characters faces are now more in-line with their Witcher 3 models.
- Includes unique cat-like eyes for all witchers.
- If you use W1 Vanilla remaster, you will need to remove or overwrite the textures provided in that mod. Most of the textures are the same resolution, so there should be almost no visual difference apart from character's new appearances.
Project Mersey - The Witcher Fix Pack
- This mod focuses on bugfixes and restoring cut content.
- Also provides general quality of life improvements.
TW1 All Herbs
- All herb spawn amounts are increased.
- Also Fixes the Han plants giving Berbercane bug.
Geralt Random Speed Fix
- Fixes a bug that causes Geralt to have a different running speed every time you load a save or enter a new chapter.
The Witcher Enhanced Walk Enabler
- Adds a missing option in OTS view that allows Geralt to walk instead of run.
Permanent Bodies Mod
- Stops the disappearing of dead bodies where it is not lore-friendly. Certain creatures bodies, such as Ethereal beings, will still disappear.
- May cause performance issues.
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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20900/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ New 120Hz Games Report - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ docs.google.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ EAX and X-FI Alchemy | Forums - CD PROJEKT RED
- ↑ EAX DOES Work with Alchemy - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ EAX has to be re-enabled after every launch - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Fixes to Common Problems at GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023