FAQ About The Enhanced Edition
[moderator]Your game must be registered before you can get the informal technical help that is provided in the In-game Tech section of the forum. Of course this does not apply to questions about how to register your game or how to find your CD key![/moderator]This is a work-in-progress FAQ, do check it often as new tips are being addedPart 1:Q: How do i know what game version do i have and what to do to update the game?A: To see your game version you can run the game in windowed mode by unchecking the Fullscreen check box in the Options -> Video menu in game, then press Accept, and the game version is written in the window title.If you have version:any version lower than 1.4.5 -> get the Enhanced Edition patch + language pack install it and then get patch 1.5 and install it too1.4.5.1280 / 1.4.5.1282 / 1.4.5.1303 -> get patch 1.51.4.5.1304 -> you have the latest patch installedQ: I live in the US, how do i update the game to have all the international game features ( gore, nudity ) ?A: CD Projekt RED is excited to announce the upcoming release of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut, allowing gamers in North America to experience the award-winning RPG as the developers originally envisioned. The Director’s Cut is set for release as both a free update for existing owners of the North American version of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and as a stand-alone product at various digital distributors.ATIAMD Catalyst 9.6 ).Q: Sound issues regarding EAX and other in Vista/7 with or without ALchemy ( not limited to Creative cards )Tip 0: Did you install the game as Administrator ? If not then that might be the problem.Tip 1: If the sound pops or cracks: try to set up in ALchemy the Buffers to 5Tip 2: If the game crashes with a DSOUND.DLL error: you need to run witcher.exe as AdministratorQ: I have a Dell XPS M1730 or other Dell that has a LightFX feature and/or a SigmaTel sound driver, and i get choppy sound and/or bad performance.A: You need to disable the LightFX support in the game. Just rename the folder named "LightFX" in the witcher/system/ folder.
[moderator]Your game must be registered before you can get the informal technical help that is provided in the In-game Tech section of the forum. Of course this does not apply to questions about how to register your game or how to find your CD key![/moderator]This is a work-in-progress FAQ, do check it often as new tips are being addedPart 1:Q: How do i know what game version do i have and what to do to update the game?A: To see your game version you can run the game in windowed mode by unchecking the Fullscreen check box in the Options -> Video menu in game, then press Accept, and the game version is written in the window title.If you have version:any version lower than 1.4.5 -> get the Enhanced Edition patch + language pack install it and then get patch 1.5 and install it too1.4.5.1280 / 1.4.5.1282 / 1.4.5.1303 -> get patch 1.51.4.5.1304 -> you have the latest patch installedQ: I live in the US, how do i update the game to have all the international game features ( gore, nudity ) ?A: CD Projekt RED is excited to announce the upcoming release of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut, allowing gamers in North America to experience the award-winning RPG as the developers originally envisioned. The Director’s Cut is set for release as both a free update for existing owners of the North American version of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and as a stand-alone product at various digital distributors.
- What is The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut?The Director’s Cut is the version of the game our developers originally intended for you to play. It is essentially the same game that gamers around the world have experienced – now available legitimately for the first time in North America.
- Where will The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut be available?The Director’s Cut update will be available from TheWitcher.com and all applicable digital distributors in North America, including Steam, Impulse and Direct2Drive. We will announce the release date in the coming days, but as of that date, people who buy The Witcher: Enhanced Edition from digital distributors will be purchasing the Director’s Cut, as it will replace the existing Enhanced Edition on those sites.
- Will The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut obtained from digital distribution contain 1.5 patch features (i.e. additional adventures)?Yes, Director’s Cut version of the game will have all features of patch 1.5.
- Do I need The Witcher: Enhanced Edition to get the Director’s Cut?If you want to just install the patch to get the Director’s Cut content, then you do need The Witcher: Enhanced Edition. If you’re just buying The Witcher for the first time (or feel like buying it again!) then you can just purchase the product via Steam, Impulse, Direct2Drive, etc. as they will offer the Director’s Cut as a full product already patched to the latest version.
- I don’t live in North America or I imported a copy of the game from outside of North America. Should I get the Director’s Cut?You really already have the Director’s Cut if you have the international edition of the game and have installed the 1.5 patch!
- What is the age rating of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut?The Director’s Cut has received an M rating from the ESRB, with Blood and Gore, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content and Violence.
- install the game from the DVD
- install the Enhanced Edition patch 1.4
- Install patch 1.5
- install the Directors Cut patch
- install the game from the DVD
- Install patch 1.5
- install the Directors Cut patch
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A1: The patching process needs about ~4GB of free disk space on the partition the game is installed.A2: Reboot computer into Windows "Safe Mode with Networking" and try to install the patch.A3: The patcher needs at least these.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 2.0SP1 and 3.0, 64bit users need these also: 2.0, 2.0SP1, 3.0A4: The patch files need to be in the same folder and have their original file names as the patcher application checks them and it might crash if the files are not found. See this link: http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/1.4_patch and http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/1.5_patch about the exact file names.Q: Problem with "Catastrophic Failure communicate" or something about a "language.key" A: You should disable and uninstall all the antivirus programs (especially Comodo and Kaspersky ) and any virtual drive applications. reboot and retry to patch. You can reinstall them after the patch has been applied successfully.BEWARE: an *unofficial* alternate route to patch the gameSetupNew\setup.cpp (135)PAPPGUID$@Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (6001) IE 7.0.6001.18000
Q: I've been waiting more that 2 hours for the patching to finish, yet it looks like it's not even patchingA: Depending on your systems specs the patching process will take some time to end, while working the hard drive activity light should flicker a lot. If it does not flicker or more than 2 hours have passed since you've started the patch it is recommended to stop the patch, backup your saved games, uninstall The Witcher while keeping your saves, delete the game folder, reboot, reinstall The Witcher and patch directly to 1.4.64bit Windows users remember to run the patch in Windows 95 Compatibility mode, or the patching process will not finish.Q: I am an Windows XP 32-Bit user and I’m having error code 111 during the “Modifying game files” process of the patch installation.A: Disable your /3GB and /PAE switches in boot.iniQ: I downloaded the EE Upgrade from 4players and the German Language pack from Rapidshare and when I want to install it says that I have the wrong Language PackA: Somehow some language packs spread throughout the internet are too small and may not work properly. Please use the official download sourceQ: The patch complains that it can't find the needed language packA: The patching process needs at least the TWEE_Upgrade.exe file and a language pack file ( it needs the language pack file for the language in which the game is installed on your system ) and both files need to be in the same folder with their original file names. If you have the US or UK version you could try to get both language file packs. You can add more languages once the initial patching process is finished correctly. You can then change in-game what language the voices and the subtitles will be.Q: Cut-scenes blurryness when using 16:10 resolutions ( 1280x800 / 1440x900 / 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600 / 3840x2400 / 5120x3200 / 7680x4800 )A: Forcing 4x or 16x Anisotropy in the video card control panel and setting in-game Advanced options to 4x or 16x Anisotropy should ameliorate or cure this. Also note that users reported that this fix might not work anymore on video drivers released after June 2009 ( nVidia Forceware 180.xx or1. Extracte TWEE_Upgrade.exe using this command line: TWEE_Upgrade /extract_all:\TWEE_Upgrade or i]TheWitcherPatch.1.5.exe /extract_all:\TheWitcherPatch1.5[/I] ( it will extract the files to this folder: D:\TWEE_Upgrade) or if it's not unpacking then use the Universal Extractor, get it from: http://legroom.net/software/uniextract 2. Put the wanted language packs and adventures ( for patch 1.4 ) in the new folder that the unpacking process created, so that SETUP.EXE and the patch packs are in the same folder.3. Run SETUP.EXE.Authentication, installation and modification all should go ahead with no problems, modification will take some time though.