Cutscenes causing blurred graphics (DO NOT MERGE)

[devildon]

I have the same issue with blur after the scenes. Get headaches too and eyes killing me. :wall:

 

[username_2072316]

Pixelation during dialogues is a bug (especially since it didn't happen with version 1.3).

I've never heard of or experienced the 'blur' bug people are describing, but the pixelated cutscenes have been around since the vanilla 1.0 premiere edition.See this post from the 29 October 2007. http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=2867.0Kinda dissapointing that its still there, but the aforementioned post discusses several reported ways of fixing it (neither of which have worked for me personally, but hey, you never know).

 

[homerdog]

Yeah, the pixelated cutscenes have been around since day 1, but I would classify that as a minor annoyance in comparison to this new blur after cutscene bug.

 

[bobos]

It should be fixed quickly, it's unplayable. That, and the performance should be optimized. I'm getting much worse performance than the original, and EE has introduced stuttering. Gah, it feels worse than last year's release and it's a pitty 'cause the game itself is awesome.

 

[Mythrantar]

Just wanted to confirm that I get the pixelation and bluriness on a 8800GTS 320MB. Pixelation was fixed by forcing AFx16 and blurriness by scaling down the Lighting setting, but frankly I should not have to do that. I am getting a GTX260 today and I'll see if the problem persists with that video card.

 

[homerdog]

Just wanted to confirm that I get the pixelation and bluriness on a 8800GTS 320MB. Pixelation was fixed by forcing AFx16 and blurriness by scaling down the Lighting setting, but frankly I should not have to do that. I am getting a GTX260 today and I'll see if the problem persists with that video card.

Don't get your hopes up, it sounds like this problem affects everyone if you use the right settings (anything but low lighting). Please let us know if it does go away with your new card though.

 

[username_2069465]

I'm getting the same deal as everyone, even though I run the game at a 4:3 resolution.

 

[devildon]

Everything seems to be fine (maxed out @1440x900 75Hz) for me and I love this game. Only this blurriness makes me dizzy. Doing F5 and F9 at the moment but that really kills the game. :dead: :'(

 

[indrasnet]

Judging from all the posts so far on this topic is it safe to say that the DOF in the options menu ONLY controls whether a DOF effect is shown in cutscenes - and this is the correct working of it?Can confirm I have the same bug - low lighting gets rid of it. Its just so weird that it actually looks quite good on my system - Kinda looks like it should be a DOF effect - but I think its safe to say it isn't - considering that the DOF option has absolutely no effect on this. Could it be an intended property of the medium and high lighting setting? (that buggily only kicks in after viewing a cutscene for the first time?)

 

[Mythrantar]

Just wanted to confirm that I get the pixelation and bluriness on a 8800GTS 320MB. Pixelation was fixed by forcing AFx16 and blurriness by scaling down the Lighting setting, but frankly I should not have to do that. I am getting a GTX260 today and I'll see if the problem persists with that video card.

Don't get your hopes up, it sounds like this problem affects everyone if you use the right settings (anything but low lighting). Please let us know if it does go away with your new card though.

Indeed, no change with the GTX260. Shame, shame, shame. Hopefully a fix will be forthcoming. Standard workarounds still function though: 16xAF, Low lighting.

 

[mercury00]

Im getting this issue too. I have SLI'd NVidia 8800 GTS 512 (so totals 1gb) video cards, updated DX and GeForce, running on a 22" widescreen at 1680 X 1050. (the iZ3d monitor). The blurriness is a killer for the game. It turns my beautiful clear image into muddy soup. I keep adjusting my eyes trying to focus and realizing it's not me, but the monitor. Can't play my game now. Please, those of you posting that 'oh yeah, we've known about the pixelation for a while', READ the forum posts first, so you don't sound like complete gits.

 

[koranis79]

Bump.

 

[homerdog]

So has there been any acknowledgment that this issue exists? :wall: If this effect is intended I would at least like an option to disable it. Something is glitched though, that's for sure. I can't imagine CDP putting in a graphical effect that only activates after a cutscene and doesn't go away until you restart the game.

 

[evil_medved]

same problem.

 

[devildon]

So has there been any acknowledgment that this issue exists? :wall: If this effect is intended I would at least like an option to disable it. Something is glitched though, that's for sure. I can't imagine CDP putting in a graphical effect that only activates after a cutscene and doesn't go away until you restart the game.

Turning lighting to low seems to help a bit. But still.

 

[captbigbeard]

So has there been any acknowledgment that this issue exists? :wall: If this effect is intended I would at least like an option to disable it. Something is glitched though, that's for sure. I can't imagine CDP putting in a graphical effect that only activates after a cutscene and doesn't go away until you restart the game.

Turning lighting to low seems to help a bit. But still.

Ya makes the game playable. But theres still odd little blurry visual issues. I don't wanna play this game till I can run it as well as pre 1.4, or at least close too.

 

[lepermessiah]

I am also having this issue, I have a top of teh line PC, and this ruins the game for me, I do not want to play it like this, everything looks bad after cut scenes, blurry. What is the deal here? I was so looking forward to playing The Witcher again when EE came out. SPECS:Core 2 DUo @ 3.164 GB Mushkin RamAMD 4870 512Xi-Fi Xtreme GamerOCS 600 Watt PSUI tried turning off Motion blur, didn't help.

 

[fyrie]

So has there been any acknowledgment that this issue exists? :wall: If this effect is intended I would at least like an option to disable it. Something is glitched though, that's for sure. I can't imagine CDP putting in a graphical effect that only activates after a cutscene and doesn't go away until you restart the game.

Turning lighting to low seems to help a bit. But still.

I think homerdog is asking if we have any sort of confirmation that a developer has seen this thread and has acknowledged this as a bug.

 

[bobos]

Any comment from a dev will do. To tell us that they know and they're fixing it, to send us all to hell, anything.

 

[homerdog]

Any comment from a dev will do. To tell us that they know and they're fixing it, to send us all to hell, anything.

Well this thread is already six pages long, so if they check these forums at all I don't see how they could've missed it. It's not so bad though, I've been playing Crysis Wars in the mean time and that game is awesome 8)