Witcher Patch 1.3 and editor released.

I doubt anyone will find this hot news but for those still playing the Witcher, the new patch, it's standalone module and the editor have finally been released.

The bad news: You will likely have to restart a game from scratch due to incompatibilities between this version and older saved games.

 

Cool. I'll check it out. I hadn't got far in the game so it's a no biggie to start over. I hated the load times b/w screens and apparantly 1.2 fixed that. My character got poisoned/drunk and got killed by some three-headed beast and that's when I stopped, pre-1.2 patch.

Thanks for the head's up. +1 rep for you!

 

Love the game. Get a crash about every 3 hours or so with 1.2. I'll probably pass on 1.3 unless it's very stable, and don't want to start over

Thax for heads up.

 

I can't get to the release notes from work, anyone have them to post here? Thanks in advance!

 

Correct me if I''m wrong but the loading time is still reasonably long even with the 1.2 patch installed ?

 

I hear they a rereleasing the game at some point with all of the patches integrated in, anyone know when that is going down?

Also, anyone think we might ever see this on Steam or Impulse?

 

Mid may is supposed to be when the "enhanced" edition comes out with improved load times, new content and new npcs. The last date I saw was may 16'th I believe.

heres the low down on on the current patch,


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5. New features and fixes
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The Module Edition Upgrade package updates the Witcher to version 1.3 and adds the functionality of running a user editable module. The sample module has been provided, offering a couple of hours of additional gameplay, which can be altered by the user using the Module Editor. The New Game main menu offers two options now: starting the regular game, or starting new adventure (new module).

WARNING! The Witcher 1.3 Module Edition is only partially compatible with saved games from previous versions (1.0, 1.1a, 1.2). Loading older saved games is still possible but may lead to unexpected behavior and other problems. The players are advised to restart the game from the beginning using The Witcher 1.3 Module Edition.

Gameplay and text bugs fixed:
- Fixed various localization issues for English, French, Italian, German and Spanish languages,
- Fixed combat abilities 'Patinado' and 'Sinister' issue when proper modifier has not been applied correctly under given circumstances,

Code bugs fixed:
- Fixed a few random crashes in Prologue and Chapters 1, 2 and 3,
- Fixed crash in Act 4 when running near exit to lakeside from village to inn,
- Fixed game crash when using Alt+Tab, especially while loading location or game,
- Fixed dialogue camera shots on standing up characters,
- Fixed issue with 'Game Paused' text disappear occasionally after exiting game panel when game was paused during opening of a panel,
- Fixed issue with disabled attack when player holds block for a long time and then immediately tries to strike,
- Fixed various issues regarding mousedrive steering and pathfinding,
- Fixed weapon enchants not updating properly when switching weapon slots or dropping weapon from inventory panel,
- Fixed issue with Geralt not attacking immobile creatures or not approaching objects from a certain distance,
- Fixed issue with blocking middle mouse button during some cutscenes and when fistfight starts,
- Fixed occasional issues with sheathing weapon after combat and on Alt+Tab,
- Fixed issue with breaking meditation mode if Geralt is attacked when entering meditation,

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6. Known Issues
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1) The Witcher may exhaust virtual address space when running on 32-bit Windows Vista. Microsoft has released a hotfix that addresses this problem. Please download the hotfix from the following location when playing the game on 32-bit Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105
2) The following video cards are not currently supported: S3 Colt, S3 S27, S3 S8, Intel GMA 950 based cards. Audio: Hercules Muse 5.1 (C-Media Audio).
3) The following processors are out of range: AMD Duron Series, AMD Athlon XP 2400+ through 3200+, AMD Sempron 2400+ through 2800+, and the INTEL Celeron Series.
4) Some bugfixes mentioned above will work only if a game is restarted from scratch, for some others a corresponding act needs to be restarted.
5) The Witcher supports only Creative EAX 4.0. If your soundcard uses other EAX version, use “Environmental Effects” option instead.
6) The Digital Distribution version of The Witcher (v.1.3) is not supported by Vista 64-bit systems.


http://www.thewitcher.com/registration/en/www/patch_notes.html

 

I quit playing this about 2 hours in to wait for these fixes and am glad to hear they are finally here. I know the US version of the Witcher is censored and would like to know if there is a decensor patch that works with the new patch. If I'm going to start the game over I might as well see it the way that it was meant to be seen. The fact that it was censored in the first place is ridiculous.

 

Would have enjoyed the game, but I stopped as you are forced to adopt a certain style during fights, didn't even finish the mission where your supposed to light the torches or something like that.

If patch fixes that or I have been mistaken then let me know, I still have the game lying around.

Lol, they only censored the intimate (for lack of a better / appropriate word) scenes I believe.

 

I'd still wait till the "enhanced edition" patches roll out supposedly next month.

 

Look around the official game forums, there's a link that takes you to the wikia where the uncensoring fix can be found.

 

How significant are the differences between versions? I can't imagine it is much considering there was no HotCoffee/Mass Effect style media stink about it.

What are we talking here, censored vs uncensored? PG vs NC-17? or PG13 vs R? or What?

 

Not much, the cards do not show full frontal nudity (in cards that do show it they have something to cover up the nipples) while one character model ingame has hair covering the breasts. Everything else remains unchanged, although the German version may have had some of the finishing moves toned down.

 

wow thats really cool they are adding more gameplay hours. I cant think of another game that does this for free.

I really just want The Witcher 2 though

 

It's not about wanting to see comicbook-style titties, it's about the fact that censorship is wrong. If I buy a game with a mature rating on it that requires buyers to be over the age of 17, it sure as hell better not be censored. Aside from this, that cat that they added to censor the softcore images is just plain cheesy.

 

There is some conversation that was also censored out of the US version, even though (from what I remember about it) I don't think most of it was explicit. It certainly makes some exchanges in the game feel awkward.

And, the loading times issues were definitely addressed with previous patches.

 

The better term would be "edited". Nort American publisher figured the game was too long and requested that half the dialog be cut out. This is why the storyline and conversations seem rather disjointed at times. However, there is apparently a 'fix' for this too. I came across it in reading it somewhere but will have to go on a search mission once I get 1.3 loaded.

 

All english versions have a lot of the original dialogue cut due to space and cost constraints, I have the UK version and that too can benefit from reenabling the "cut" dialogue aspects. However doing so can make the game unstable and crash, I'd wait for May before deciding.

 

I tried 1.3 and old saves works fine. Still crashes after 4 hours or so with all OS updates. The game quits during location transitions or trying to save.

I do a cold boot and alls well again for 4 to 5 hours.

 

Got to love memory leaks, eh?

 

Do you still have the same problem from a fresh start at Kaer Morhen?

 

Did you mean fresh start with 1.3? I just continued where I left off near end of Chapter Two, from 1.2A to 1.3.

All quits are random so far, like a memory leak or something..

 

my game keeps crashing every 30 mins or lower......ive started the game over many times trying different patches.....even 1.3....but still it keeps crashing

anyone knows how to resolve this?.....i really wanna play this game

 

Is your vid card OC'd any? I found I had to significantly lower the OC on my 8800 GTS , didnt solve the problem completely , but it did lessen the occurence to a substantial degree.

 

My video card is working at its normal clocks

 

You were warned in the patch notes to restart from the prologue instead of continuing from an old save midway through play, I did mention that in my opening post.

My thoughts on the small adventure they released, it's an entertaining (and somewhat challenging) play for 2-3 hours. It also ends satisfactorily and explains a little more about Eskel (your fellow Witcher you see in the Prologue).

 

Anyone use the 1.3 patch with the uncensored mod patch? Or are the mod patches only for ver. 1.2?

 

after installing the patch ive stopped gettin widescreen resolutions except 1440 x 900........i wanna lower it but they're all 4:3 resolutions. anyone knows how to resolve it?

 

I'm still playing my game at 1280 widescreen without a problem, have you tried posting the official forums to see if anyone has a similar problem and fixed it?

 

Hmm... Got this patch already. Thanks for the heads up though!

 

I really want to know where those other witchers went to. I remember everyone split up in different directions (didnt a few of them try to go to the other witcher schools to warn them of possible attacks?)...but we never learned anything about them again except Berengar of course.

 

Geralt went south while his brethren went in the other cardinal directions (East, West and North). Since Geralt got lucky and finished the objective the others probably found other things to do on the way.

 

How do I get to know whether I'm using the US version or the Europe version? I bought from Thailand......so I'm really not sure which version is this? Actually I would prefer playing the uncensored version

 

Thailand? You're playing the illegal Black Market Edition.





I still want to know if I have the UK uncensored patches applied to 1.2 and then install the 1.3 patch will the uncensored patch be overwritten?

 

Black market or not, the difference between the US and the UK english versions is in the *** cards and several character models. If you see nipples on Morene and frontal nudity for Abigail and Triss Merigold's (2nd) *** cards then you definitely have the UK version (which doesn't need the uncensored patch). The UK box version should have a PEGI instead of an ESRB rating on the cover as well.

 

You can murder in countless graphical ways, get drunk,gamble, solicit whores, curse like a sailor......but NO NIPPLES!!!....Honestly, if a young child got a hold of that game, as a parent him/her seeing a nipple or two would be the least of my concerns.

 

Hence the 18+ rating for all countries... but which child nowadays can't circumvent a silly rating system.

 

Been in the Trade Quarter for a day using 1.3. Same jerky, at times, frame rate and a pause or two as earlier complaints read on line..

The swamp average FPS was higher than the Trade Quarter with all the "Oblivion like" plants and grass in motion. Hopefully this will be addressed in next upgrade.

 

Maybe the game should be renamed to " The Twitcher".

 

That much hasn't changed, Trade Quarter was always the slowest part of the game for me due to the ridiculous number of NPCs.