The Witcher

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	2016

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[edit]

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Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: TAGES SolidShield. DRM removed in the latest Patches.
GamersGate
Games Republic
GOG.com		Provides higher quality bonus goodies than other storefronts.^[1]
Humble Store
Origin
Steam
Uplay (US/Canada)

All versions can be registered on GOG.com even if a product key was not included; see Witcher Backup for details.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

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[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

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

Walking in OTS view[edit]

Walking in OTS view^{[citation needed]}

There is originally no way to walk (as opposed to run) in the OTS (over the shoulder) camera view. A small mod addressing this is available here. The archive it comes in contains installation instructions.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\cd projekt red\witcher\settings
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Witcher\saves\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.cdprojektred.TheWitcher/GameDocuments/The Witcher/saves/

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Graphical settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use jackfuste's fix.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		In-game AA must be disabled.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See Force Vsync.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[2]
Color blind mode

Input settings[edit]

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

General settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, battle music, SFX and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		^[3]

Localizations

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

Issues fixed[edit]

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

Crash at launch[edit]

Steam Beta clients after May 29 seem to cause the game to crash.

Opt out from Steam Beta client^{[citation needed]}

Open Steam settings and select "Account" tab
In "Beta participation" click "Change..." and select "NONE"
Steam should ask you to restart and start to download stable version of the client

Refer to "Fixes to Common Problems" for other solutions.

Minimum System Requirements Not Met[edit]

Disable System Requirements Check^[4]

This fix is know to cause other issues. You might be unable to change the game's resolution above a certain limit, and the texture quality and antialiasing settings might be locked to "Low." To avoid this try the optional step or the registry edit solution below this one.

Create a shortcut to witcher.exe (the game itself, NOT the game's launcher).
Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties.
Add -dontforceminreqs to the end of the Target.
(Optional) Download TexSettings.d2a and move the file to <path-to-game>\Data\Override. If the Override folder does not exist then create the folder first and then move the file to that folder.

Disable DirectDraw Emulation Mode^[5]

This fix is best applied by an experienced user. Incorrect registry edits can seriously disable your PC! Proceed at your own risk.

Open up regedit (type the name into the Start Menu's search bar and press ↵ Enter)
Export a backup of your registry, just in case.
Nagivate to the following location:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DirectDraw
You should see the key EmulationOnly set to 1. Double click the key and change its value to 0.
Close the registry editor, reboot your computer, and retry the game.
When you do not plan on playing the game for a while, edit the registry entry back to 1 as it may interfere with games using DirectDraw heavily, such as older 2D games.

No mouse in main menu[edit]

Press Shift^{[citation needed]}

Sometimes, if you skip the intro cinematic, the mouse is gone on the main menu. This can be fixed by pressing the key that releases the mouse in OTS view(shift by default)

Frequent game crashes[edit]

Set the game to run in windowed mode^{[citation needed]}

If the game is frequently crashing back to the desktop, running in windowed mode should solve this. A program such as Borderless Gaming will enable you to still run the game in full screen while in this mode.

Rendered cut-scenes don't display[edit]

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

Change lighting setting^{[citation needed]}

Go to Advanced Settings.
Set Lighting to low. Cut-scenes will now display correctly.

You can change the lighting setting back afterwards but it will need to be repeated for the next cut-scene.

In-game cut-scenes appear pixelated[edit]

Use any 16:9 resolution^{[citation needed]}

Go to Options, Video Options.
Choose one of available 16:9 resolutions (1280x720, 1920x1080, 2560x1440, etc.)

Lights visible through walls[edit]

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

Change SLI rendering mode^{[citation needed]}

In the nVidia control panel go to "Manage 3D settings."
Hit the tab "Program settings" and add <path-to-game>\system\witcher.exe
Scroll down through the settings to the one called "Multi-GPU rendering mode" and change it to Force Alternate frame rendering 2.
Click Apply.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	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	nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX ATI Radeon X1950 XT

OS X
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core i5 or Core i7
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 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	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX AMD Radeon X1950 XT 512 MB of VRAM

References

[1] ttp://steamcommunity.com/app/20900/discussions/0/864977026156369874/

[2] New 120Hz Games Report

[3] EAX DOES Work with Alchemy - Steam Users' Forums

[4] Fixes to Common Problems at GOG.com

[5] FIX: Minimum Requirements Not Met on Win7 x64 at GOG.com

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Developers

	CD Projekt Red
macOS (OS X)	Virtual Programming
Publishers
	CD Projekt
Engines
	Aurora
Release dates
Windows	October 26, 2007
OS X	April 5, 2012