Roach's mane glitch (post patch 1.31)
Roach is missing half her mane when equipped with a normal saddle or no saddle at all. I have figured out exactly what causes it to occur though I cannot explain why it happens.
If you equip any saddle on Roach which covers her mane with armor you will trigger the glitch to occur. The Undvik saddle DLC which can be purchased in Skellige is what caused it for me so we'll use it as the example though it seems any other saddle with neck armor such as those found in Blood and Wine also causes it. After you equip the saddle, as soon as you fast travel to another region with that saddle on, Roach's mane will be permanently glitched in that region when equipping "normal" saddles which do not cover her neck.
I tested this by going to White Orchard which was the only area that wasn't affected by the glitch. When traveling there with Ofieri, Roach had her mane. When re-summoning her causing her to respawn she still had it. Saving and reloading, she still had it. However, when traveling to White Orchard with Undvik saddle equipped, Roach's mane became bugged in this region as well. Respawning Roach through calling her or killing her in water without Undvik equipped revealed her mane to be gone just like everywhere else. However, reloading a save prior to traveling to White Orchard with Undvik reset the game to the state before the glitch and Roach's mane works properly in that region - so long as no saddle that causes the glitch is equipped there.
I have tried everything that anyone can think of and still have yet to come up with a permanent solution in game. The only fix for it is temporary. The temporary solution is to equip a neck armor saddle and then unequip it which will cause Roach's mane to reappear only until she get's respawned which will reset the glitch again.
So after already having posted about this on the Xbox section a few days ago I have done further testing. I know it applies to all platforms and it needs to be fixed because console players have no ability to patch their own games such are one of the many luxuries of PC. I hope that by listing all of my discoveries as to the nature of this illusive bug, maybe CDPR will patch it once and for all though my fingers are not crossed as it seems 1.31 may have bee their last :/
Oh and to anyone who may wonder why I seem to be so obsessed with this glitch... It's because after noticing it, I simply cannot ignore it and it happens EVERY time I spawn Roach. In a game as huge as this, you and Roach will be spending a lot of time together. There are beautiful and elaborate sets of equipment that can be equipped on Roach for a reason but part of the entire aesthetic of these sets is lost to this ugly glitch. Imagine if part of Geralt's armor was just gone. Not cool. Another reason why I am so obsessed with them patching it is because I know how long it's been around and how many times they have tried to fix it. It needs to be dealt with once and for all.
Roach is missing half her mane when equipped with a normal saddle or no saddle at all. I have figured out exactly what causes it to occur though I cannot explain why it happens.
If you equip any saddle on Roach which covers her mane with armor you will trigger the glitch to occur. The Undvik saddle DLC which can be purchased in Skellige is what caused it for me so we'll use it as the example though it seems any other saddle with neck armor such as those found in Blood and Wine also causes it. After you equip the saddle, as soon as you fast travel to another region with that saddle on, Roach's mane will be permanently glitched in that region when equipping "normal" saddles which do not cover her neck.
I tested this by going to White Orchard which was the only area that wasn't affected by the glitch. When traveling there with Ofieri, Roach had her mane. When re-summoning her causing her to respawn she still had it. Saving and reloading, she still had it. However, when traveling to White Orchard with Undvik saddle equipped, Roach's mane became bugged in this region as well. Respawning Roach through calling her or killing her in water without Undvik equipped revealed her mane to be gone just like everywhere else. However, reloading a save prior to traveling to White Orchard with Undvik reset the game to the state before the glitch and Roach's mane works properly in that region - so long as no saddle that causes the glitch is equipped there.
I have tried everything that anyone can think of and still have yet to come up with a permanent solution in game. The only fix for it is temporary. The temporary solution is to equip a neck armor saddle and then unequip it which will cause Roach's mane to reappear only until she get's respawned which will reset the glitch again.
So after already having posted about this on the Xbox section a few days ago I have done further testing. I know it applies to all platforms and it needs to be fixed because console players have no ability to patch their own games such are one of the many luxuries of PC. I hope that by listing all of my discoveries as to the nature of this illusive bug, maybe CDPR will patch it once and for all though my fingers are not crossed as it seems 1.31 may have bee their last :/
Oh and to anyone who may wonder why I seem to be so obsessed with this glitch... It's because after noticing it, I simply cannot ignore it and it happens EVERY time I spawn Roach. In a game as huge as this, you and Roach will be spending a lot of time together. There are beautiful and elaborate sets of equipment that can be equipped on Roach for a reason but part of the entire aesthetic of these sets is lost to this ugly glitch. Imagine if part of Geralt's armor was just gone. Not cool. Another reason why I am so obsessed with them patching it is because I know how long it's been around and how many times they have tried to fix it. It needs to be dealt with once and for all.
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