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The Witcher

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Revision as of 23:13, 15 November 2016 by Flang (talk | contribs) (I think this note about negative acceleration should be deleted. I had no such problems at all on my recent playthrough (Win 7 Pro x64, core i7 6700, GTX 980 Ti))
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The Witcher
The Witcher cover
Developers
CD Projekt Red
Publishers
CD Projekt
Engines
Aurora
Release dates
Windows October 26, 2007
macOS (OS X) April 5, 2012
The Witcher on Wikipedia
The Witcher
The Witcher 2007
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 2011
The Witcher Adventure Game 2014
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2015
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game 2018
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales 2018
Gwent: Rogue Mage 2022
The Witcher: Remake TBA

Key points

Owning any version, including retail, entitles you to a DRM-free copy on GOG.com; see Witcher Backup.
Game has extremely poor mouse input. There is severe negative acceleration, and sensitivity is tied to frame rate (meaning that if the frame rate is fluctuating, then so will the sensitivity of the mouse).[citation needed]

General information

Official Website - contains download links and basic information about the patches
Official Forums
Official Witcher Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
DRM: TAGES SolidShield. DRM removed in the latest Patches.
Error: key type 'GOG' not recognised
Windows
GamersGate
Error: DRM 'GamersGate' not recognised
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GOG.com key
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Provides higher quality bonus goodies than other storefronts.[1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
GOG.com key
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
Windows
Steam
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Error: key type 'GOG' not recognised
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GOG.com key
Windows
macOS (OS X)
All versions can be registered on GOG.com even if a product key was not included; see Witcher Backup for details.

Essential improvements

Patches

There are two patches available for download on the official page:

  • Patch 1.4 will upgrade the Original Edition of the game to the Enhanced Edition.
  • Patch 1.5 will remove the DRM and correct bugs introduced by 1.4. It also contains five community-made adventures.

Modifications

Skip intro videos

http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Intro_mod

Walking in OTS view

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20900/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20900/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.
Graphical settings.
Graphical settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
General settings.
General settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

"Fixes to Common Problems" - A comprehensive list of known issues and potential fixes

Crash at launch

Steam Beta clients after May 29 seem to cause the game to crash.
Instructions
Refer to "Fixes to Common Problems" for other solutions.

Minimum System Requirements Not Met

Instructions
Instructions

No mouse in main menu

Instructions

Frequent game crashes

Instructions

Rendered cut-scenes don't display

On some systems rendered cut-scenes don't display correctly. Audio will still play, but what was on the screen previously will be displayed.
Instructions

In-game cut-scenes appear pixelated

Instructions

Lights visible through walls

On some systems with SLI enabled, light sources are sometimes visible through walls.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) nVidia GeForce 6600
ATI Radeon 9800
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10.5 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 320M
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
256 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 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