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Revision as of 03:39, 29 June 2015

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover
Developers
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
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Wikipedia
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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

Fairly extensive graphics settings, with good amount of configuration files for fine tuning.
Poor performance on AMD systems with HairWorks enabled. AMD recommends adjusting the Catalyst Control Center tessellation multiplier.[1]

General information

PC Report
Official Website
Official Forums
Official Witcher Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
The Witcher 3 Nexus Mods

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
 Initial retail release requires the launch file. Further patches and DLC are only available by activating on GOG.com.[2]
Error: key type 'GOG' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GOG.com key
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Offers various goodies including the soundtrack in MP3 and FLAC formats.
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Green Man Gaming
GOG.com key
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Humble Store
GOG.com key
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Origin
DRM-free after installation through Origin client (notes may include more details)
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Ubisoft Store
GOG.com key
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Expansion Pass
Windows
Hearts of Stone
Windows
Blood and Wine
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The retail release requires a launch file to play. Further patches require activating on GOG.com.[2]

Skip intro videos

Instructions

The Witcher 3 Config Tool

The Witcher 3 Config Tool enables a extensive range of options.
The Witcher 3 Config Tool enables a extensive range of options.
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).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292030/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292030/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Issues fixed

Framerate drops in large cities

Even on high end GPU's, it is possible to experience choppy framerate when in Novigrad or other large cities
Instructions

Poor performance on Nvidia Kepler GPUs

This occurs on Kepler GPUs due to issues with certain Nvidia driver versions.
Instructions

Axii's alternative mode not working

This bug occurs when points are spent both in Delusion and Puppet
Instructions
Instructions

Proper HUD positioning for different aspect ratios

For 16:10 change the value of uiVerticalFrameScale to 1.1253.
For 21:9 change the value of uiHorizontalFrameScale to 1.3125.
Instructions

Other information

Change in-game cinematic framerate

Instructions

Disable cinematic upsampling

Instructions

Disable radial blur when using Witcher Senses

Instructions

Improve HairWorks performance

Instructions

Improve HairWorks performance on AMD hardware

Instructions

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes CRI Movie 2

System requirements

Windows
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
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

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>/292030/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (292030) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References