I finally got some freespace on my HDD to try this again... (I just bought and installed a 160gig HDD, in other words.)I'd like to know what files or directory do I back up for the hotfix.... So, that I can revert back without having to do 3 hours of re-installing, if I still get skipping sounds during the FMV's. I really don't want to try this hotfix again and find out that my same problem with skipping sound during the FMV's did not resolve after doing a complete reinstall.... that I've just done.BTW: that PC wizard doesn't work in Safe mode, and still hangs on my PC.... I imagine it's because I have an odd ball motherboard. It's a Chaintech VNF4 Ultra... I believe it's the second and last motherboard Chaintech ever made. DXdiag text is all that I can give...DXdiag info: The Creative Live! card is disabled, I only keep it plugged in so I can use my obsolete Flightstick Joystick and rudders.... for Falcon AF and such.
try the older version of PCWizard too, not in Safe Mode anywayrun as Administrator and suchthere is no backup list for the fixyou could copy the game installation as a backupThreesixtyci said:
Nope, still freezes at Sensors, then the green bar just stops. And I can't end task the program. Am forced to kill the power, whenever I try that program. And the hotpatch still gives me erratic sound during the opening.....It's has to be related to the audio codics, but... I have no idea which one. And unlike the other guy... I don't have those codec packs. Only codec pack I have installed is K-lite, and removing that has no effect. I can't understand why the sound works perfectly without the hotfix.... I just want the blur to go away.... I don't care about any EAX or whatever sound fixes the hot patch made.edit: I tried that zoom player that that other poster had luck with... No dice. Then I tried a program called Bink & Smacker.... To play the .bik movies. I think there is an audio overlay problem of sorts. Thru the .bik player I noticed that there is no narration. Seems that the talking comes from the game itself, not the .bik movie. The .bik movie sound is what turns off whenever the talking starts in the game.... There has to be a connection there.
I have a sound card which is THX capable as well as EAX. I have Creative Sound Blaster's X-Fi Fatal1ty Edition. I downloaded all of the latest drivers and to get around the EAX issues I activated the THX capabilities of the sound card. For thoses of you who do have this sound card this might be a way around the problem. I have noticed the EAX option in my game isn't even available at all, no matter how hard I tried, it just was not there. So I have surround sound 5.1 speakers, I went into the option settings for the sound card through the start menu then to control panel then to the icon for speakers and did my setup through there. It takes a bit of doing but once it is set up, its a sweet sound and you don't have to worry about the EAX issues anymore, for any other game . . ever! At least this is what I have found out. I guess I should mention my speakers are THX rated also, but I think most speaker systems out there by now are THX rated so I hope this is a help.
you don't need extra codecs in the system ( in general ), well, at least using players like Media Player Classic Homecinema, VLC or SMplayeri don't install any video codecs except: Xvid, X264, Quicktime and Real Alternativesi'd recommend to uninstall all added codecs, clean registry with CCleaner and rebootretry the gameThreesixtyci said:
Hi guys I've installed The Witcher Enhanced Edition and got everything working fine but my current version is 1.4.5.1280 and i want to update it to 1.4.5.1303 but i can't find the patch anywhere on the official website or on Google, where can i download it??
read the FAQ: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=17503.0chaoscreater said:
Hi i read it but does not help. I don't even know why the topic i posted is merged with this one since it's not really related as it's not a hotfix problem or anything....anyway, my current TWEE version is 1.4.5.1280 and yes i've read the site you referred to me and yes i understand that it's the same as 1.4.5.1282, BUT i want to patch it to 1.4.5.1303 and i can't find the patch anywhere. I checked the site and it doesn't have anything else other than the patch to upgrade The Witcher to the Enhanced Edition, as well as the EAX hotfix which i've installed already and lastly the Blood removal patch. That's it, nothing else.And lastly, are there any addons or mods i can download? Or are there mod tools available? And i don't mean using tools like Djinni Adventure editor or anything, i mean mods by other people, i.e 3rd party mods that make life hella easier when playing the game. E.g. are there any inventory mods that show a bigger icon for each item? Because it's really hard to identify each item if you have too many quantities of each of them, say if you have 50 of each item then your inventory will look really compacted and compressed and it's hard to read them. If you don't understand what i mean, try using a trainer, u can find those easily from sites like www.gamecopyworld.com and most The Witcher trainers have the option to set all your items in your inventory to 255 quantities. Try that and see what i mean. Of course, i'm not cheating or using any trainers, well i have but i'm not right now but it's just the text for the items are really hard to read and especially when you have heaps of quantities, it's even harder to see. And the icon sizes are small as well. So ya i was hoping for a mod that can solve this........and if anyone can recommend any other good mods that'll be awesome too, thanks.LicaonKter said:
EAX/blur hotfix is version 1.4.5.1303 ( run in Window mode by unchecking Fullscreen in the game menu, the window title shows your game version )mods and info: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?board=87.0complete adventures: http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/adventures/chaoscreater said:
Hi guys, It seems that the EAX/Blur HotFix doesn't work for me either. I have The Witcher Enhanced Edition DVD Retail version, and when I install the Hotfix, it says that the installation was succesfull, but when i run the game, It doesn't play movies anymore. I see only a black screen with sound in the background, like seems to happen to others users as well. But the worse come when i tried to play the game anyway, I discovered that the Blur glitch wasn't fixed either!! I have tried all the tips posted before, reinstall game+fix, uninstall codecs, clean registry, but seems that there is no way to make it work. Btw, It will be great if the team decide to launch a HotFix for the BLUR EFFECT ONLY. I hope someone finds a solution soon, I really want to play this awsome game without those nasty blurs... 
Anyway, thanks for the help
Anyway, thanks for the helpdid you use any sort of EAX fix before the official hotfix?read: Getting tech help on the forum and attach that PCWizard report as instructed ( use the older version of PCWizard if you have problems with the newer one )what game settings?alexn883 said:
No, i didn't use any sort of EAX fix before applying the official one, and I will never do. I have an onboard sound device, and really don't need EAX support. I was only interested in address the bluriness glitch. I have used a clean install before applying the EAX/Blur HotFix, never patched or added any sort of mod. I use all the game setting at Max, with AA x4 and AF x16 :-[
attach what i've asked youexacly what game settings do you useand if you force anything through your video card control panelalexn883 said:
---PcWizard Report attached----The exact game settings I use are the following:Anisotropic-Filtering 16xAnti-aliasing 4xLightining Quality HighTexture Quality HighShadow Quality HighGrass Quality HighDecals Fade LongDepth of Field ActiveVisibility Range Far Small Animals Numbers ManyResolution 1680x1050 FullscreenI forced Vsync through Ati control panel, and forced anisotropic too to disable some pixelated glitch in characters during cutscenes, but after applying the HotFix, I have restored all the setting like listed above, withouth forcing anything, and the problems persisted anyway.LicaonKter said:
Yup i tried that and it says it's running 1.4.5.1280. I've installed the EAX hotfix 2.3 already and it works, before i installed it, when i tick the EAX option under Sound, it crashes my game everytime. After installing it, i can tick it and it does work, i.e i can hear the difference in sound after enabling it. So ya i did install it properly it's just it's still showing 1.4.5.1280. Meh i guess it doesn't really matter, i just wanted to try out something that only works for the newest version as it doesn't work on my current one.LicaonKter said:
latest DirectX for you: http://downloads.guru3d.com/DirectX-End-User-Runtimes-(March-2009)-download-1943.htmllatest ATI driver for you: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_xp.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.10&lang=Englishdisable Depth of Field and force 16xAF through the ATI control Panelalexn883 said:
then something is wrongi'd recommend a full reinstall:backup your savegames just to be sureuninstall game ( keep savegames when asked )delete the game folderinstall the game at version 1.4 from the DVDsapply hotfix 2.3alexn883 said:
then something is wrongi'd recommend a full reinstall:backup your savegames just to be sureuninstall game ( keep savegames when asked )delete the game folderinstall the game at version 1.4 from the DVDsapply hotfix 2.3[/QUOTE]Na too much trouble, i think i'll stick with what i have, but thanks for your help. FYI, i also tried installing the EAX hotfix 2.3 again and it gave me a message saying something like "You have a newer version already"......oh well i don't really have any problems in the game so far so i'm happy with it.chaoscreater said: