Geralt's beard not growing correctly

[nameless195]

Geralt's beard not growing correctly

When I shave Geralt shave his beard off the beard does not grow back correctly.
First off he is completely shaved, nothing strange, then his cheeks turn slightly darker and it
looks like he has a bit of a stubble on his upper lip (but only as a texture, not actually strands).

After that it just jumps to full beard, the longest state. It does not go through the various stages
that it is supposed to, it's an instantaneous jump to full beard.

What is really strange is that the beard then afterwards jumps down a notch to full short beard,
then proceeds back to long full beard.

What's going on?:hmm:
GTX 680, windows 8.1, patch 1.04, graphic drivers 352.86

 

[Spawn1702]

I got the same Bug!
Dunno why and it force me to go the barber very often.

 

[Masternipple]

sorry for being snarky...but are you really complaining about the beard growing weirdly???

 

[Spawn1702]

Because its a main feature?
Maybe u misunderstand the Problem.
Normally the beard just grows from none to Santa Claus.
With this Bug it grows just one step, then long time nothing and then its very long. the steps between are missing.

i never got a beard like in this Screenshot:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/292030/discussions/0/613958868359070064/

it also happens after Cutscenes. It jumps from nearly none to Full Beard.

 

[JiminyJickers]

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I had the same exact issue. I reinstalled the game without using Gog Galaxy and now it is working fine for me. The beard now grows correctly for me, it goes:

1. Clean shave
2. hair on lip
3. Very short beard
4. Short/medium beard.
5 Full beard.

 

[Spawn1702]

Did you reinstalled the dlc or the whole game?
Im trying just reinstalling the dlc.. i will check and report.

---------- Updated at 10:53 PM ----------

after reinstalling DLC und some hours of gameplay Geralts beard dont grow anymore. -.-
I will reinstall Game+DLC

 

[Spawn1702]

Its Hairworks. oO

If u disable it, the beard jumps from long to short.
So it seems with hairworks, the steps are switched... shaved - 3 days beard - medium long - short - long beard

I hope CDP will fix this, cause i love hairworks in W3.

 

[nihm]

I agree.......who gives a shit about his facial hair.

?

It's a tech support forum. He reported a bug.

 

[Spawn1702]

I uploaded a video about this Bug.

https://youtu.be/gVj7E7O-Hpo

 

[JiminyJickers]

Its Hairworks. oO

If u disable it, the beard jumps from long to short.
So it seems with hairworks, the steps are switched... shaved - 3 days beard - medium long - short - long beard

I hope CDP will fix this, cause i love hairworks in W3.

I use hairworks and reinstalling the whole game including DLC fixed it for me, beard grows as intended. Also not using Gog Galaxy anymore, don't know if that makes a difference.

 

[N0REGARD4LIFE]

The beard makes no sense if you've read the books. Geralt hates them. And why no option to keep Geralt clean shaven all the time? I've gotten used to his look through the first 2 games, and bearded Geralt to me looks weird.

 

[Spawn1702]

Ok try this:

Load the Game with the debug console AND Hairworks enabled.
Use the Codes from this Post:

Well, you could do this:
- use the debug console mod from Nexusmods
- open the console and user these commands:
- shave => no beard
- setbeard(0,1)
- setbeard(0,2)
- setbeard(0,3)
- setbeard(0,4)
- setbeard(1) (this one's the full beard)

Source: http://www.mmo-game.eu/witcher-3-debug-console-commands/#more-5383

setbeard 0,2 and 0,4 are the same state WITH Hairworks enabled. State 0,2 is completely missing.

Im uploading a video right now.

PLZ fix this, CDP. The growing Beard Feature is just weird with Hairworks enabled!

---------- Updated at 08:03 PM ----------

Video is uploaded (youtube is a little bit lagging, today. So maybe you have to wait a bit for the HD Version)

 

[Jaboll252]

I managed to fix this problem with this mod: http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/165/?

Although you need to make a little modification to it, if you want to still have hairworks on hair and other beard lenghts.

1. Download QuickBMS version of this mod.
2. Proceed with installation just as in readme.txt, but before running exe, delete all files in NOHWHairBeard folder except geralt_beard03.redfur
3. Stage 2 of hairworks beard which is bugged will now be overridden by non hairworks version, therefore will have correct lenght

Of course that means there will be no perks of hairworks on stage 2 beard, so static not moving beard, but once it grows further the effects will be back.

 

[Spawn1702]

The Bug still exists in 1.07 and the Mod needs to be updated for the new patch.

 

[SigilFey]

I use the Steam version of the game, and I have never encountered this bug with Hairworks on or off (although I play the game with it off). It seems this might, in fact, be something caused by the GOG version of the game. Each online vendor has its own way of packing games for download, and this would not be the first time that something was packed/unpacked incorrectly. Someone should report this directly to GOG.

 

[Spawn1702]

Hm you are really sure?
The bug appears after Wyzima, before that, the 3rd stage of the beard is working correctly.

BTW I reported a ticket for that bug some weeks ago.

 

[Spawn1702]

---------- Updated at 10:05 PM ----------

I managed to fix this problem with this mod: http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/165/?

Although you need to make a little modification to it, if you want to still have hairworks on hair and other beard lenghts.

1. Download QuickBMS version of this mod.
2. Proceed with installation just as in readme.txt, but before running exe, delete all files in NOHWHairBeard folder except geralt_beard03.redfur
3. Stage 2 of hairworks beard which is bugged will now be overridden by non hairworks version, therefore will have correct lenght

Of course that means there will be no perks of hairworks on stage 2 beard, so static not moving beard, but once it grows further the effects will be back.

I must admit...
Using this superior guide again after 1.07 works!
Stage 3 works without Hairworks but looks immersive without a jumping full beard!
Thx again Jaboll252!

@CDP call Nvidia and FIX IT! -.-

 

[Spawn1702]

Update...

I deinstalled the whole game and installed it without GOG Galaxy (what a pain with all that DLCs )

AND.....nothing. Still a poping Beard... -.-
It seems its also a Savegame Problem!?

 

[TorZireaeI]

I managed to fix this problem with this mod: http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/165/?

Although you need to make a little modification to it, if you want to still have hairworks on hair and other beard lenghts.

1. Download QuickBMS version of this mod.
2. Proceed with installation just as in readme.txt, but before running exe, delete all files in NOHWHairBeard folder except geralt_beard03.redfur
3. Stage 2 of hairworks beard which is bugged will now be overridden by non hairworks version, therefore will have correct lenght

Of course that means there will be no perks of hairworks on stage 2 beard, so static not moving beard, but once it grows further the effects will be back.

Doing that removes hairworks from the last stage as well.

 

[Spawn1702]

Yes, you are right. Thats because the Game just "thinks" stage 2 and 4 are the same. So if the mod change stage 2 (hairworks off) it also effects stage 4.
But thats better then a jumping/poping Beard.