New interview with Lead-Engine designer Balázs Török

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New interview with Lead-Engine designer Balázs Török

Here is a new interview with the Lead-Engine designer Balázs Török, some interesting stuff regarding the pc exclusive features of the engine. http://www.pcgameshardware.de/The-Witcher-3-PC-237266/Specials/The-Witcher-3-welche-Grafikkarte-welche-CPU-1107469/

 

[501105]

Thanks, some very juicy bits in there, though we really need those system requirements now.

 

[EmperorZorn]

Thank you for sharing this.

 

[paulthu]

It's a shame I can't understand any of it

 

[Vigilance.492]

Google translate does an alright job here, I guess it's better at translating German then Polish.

Cool to waste some time reading, but there's not really much knowledge gain here. The TL: DR is really: "The game is going to look amazing"
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[tmarvolo]

What ? hair and fur technology in The Witcher 3 will not be on the Consoles ?
Can someone explain the actual fact here
Why create a game which differs in visual experience on various platforms? If yes this will only draw ire from gamers.
I wanted to get a PS4 for Witcher 3, the new consoles are great machines.

 

[jerf.674]

What ? hair and fur technology in The Witcher 3 will not be on the Consoles ?
Can someone explain the actual fact here
Why create a game which differs in visual experience on various platforms? If yes this will only draw ire from gamers.
I wanted to get a PS4 for Witcher 3, the new consoles are great machines.

The hardware in the new consoles is too weak for the fur tech. So it's either not having this at all, or having it just on powerful PCs. The devs decided to go for the latter, and I greatly appreciate them for this.

 

[tmarvolo]

The hardware in the new consoles is too weak for the fur tech. So it's either not having this at all, or having it just on powerful PCs. The devs decided to go for the latter, and I greatly appreciate them for this.

Then I'm not buying the Witcher 3 on console.
When I watched the Trailer released at VGX the Fur Tech was really great, If the same visuals and details are not available on consoles whats the point in all the Hype about the visuals. This fact should have been mentioned in the trailer, Visuals will not be a part of the game on consoles.
This will not go well with many Gamers. Most of them expect the same quality and Tech on the consoles as well. I mean if a gamer gets a new console and gets to know the witcher 3 game isn't as great as the one on PC version, He will definitely think How old is his new console ?

 

[Pajkes]

Then I'm not buying the Witcher 3 on console.
When I watched the Trailer released at VGX the Fur Tech was really great, If the same visuals and details are not available on consoles whats the point in all the Hype about the visuals. This fact should have been mentioned in the trailer, Visuals will not be a part of the game on consoles.
This will not go well with many Gamers. Most of them expect the same quality and Tech on the consoles as well. I mean if a gamer gets a new console and gets to know the witcher 3 game isn't as great as the one on PC version, He will definitely think How old is his new console ?

Ahhh....how can you not understand ? The new consoles are hardware wise strong as average PC.There is no and I mean no way it can be pulled of on consoles unless you find framerate of 15 acceptable (at least that's what I figured out from article).

So please don't be childish.If you can't have something because well....you simply can't because of the hardware limitation than why should you forbid others (in this case PC owners) of having that if their machines can achieve that.

Besides you used Google translate right ? Because that's what I used too.And he is sooooo well known to be accurate while translating. -.-

So it still isn't even officialy confirmed....so there is no reason for you to worry......yet.

Also why don't you buy it on PC.Today PCs are barely more expansive than consoles (you can find very good PC for 600 or less bucks) and you will definitely have more rich and better experience.

 

[RemainNameless]

Visuals will not be a part of the game on consoles.

They will, didn't CDPR said this game is closing to maxing out both consoles? Lacking some PhysicX tec doesn't mean the game will look bad.

Most of them expect the same quality and Tech on the consoles as well

Well, they shouldn't.

 

[tmarvolo]

So please don't be childish.If you can't have something because well....you simply can't because of the hardware limitation than why should you forbid others (in this case PC owners) of having that if their machines can achieve that.
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It was never about abandoning the Tech on PC version of the game.

I hope CDPR comes out with clear gameplay videos at E3 explaining what will the PC version of the game be and the console version be.

 

[tmarvolo]

They will, didn't CDPR said this game is closing to maxing out both consoles? Lacking some PhysicX tec doesn't mean the game will look bad.


Well, they shouldn't.

Of course there isn't any official announcement yet
So, I will hang on to this game for a while.
The post is not about bad graphics, its all about the shiny new upcoming and one of the most anticipated lacking a bit of shine on the NEW CONSOLES.

 

[Vigilance.492]

Then I'm not buying the Witcher 3 on console.
When I watched the Trailer released at VGX the Fur Tech was really great, If the same visuals and details are not available on consoles whats the point in all the Hype about the visuals. This fact should have been mentioned in the trailer, Visuals will not be a part of the game on consoles.
This will not go well with many Gamers. Most of them expect the same quality and Tech on the consoles as well. I mean if a gamer gets a new console and gets to know the witcher 3 game isn't as great as the one on PC version, He will definitely think How old is his new console ?

Uhh no offense, but you haven't been gaming for very long, have you?

100% of Multiplats look better on the PC. Whether it's later through mods or majority of the time it is on release, it's a simple fact that (At least for the last Decade or so) PC's always have the stronger hardware. This enables them to have a higher level of visual fidelity.
These new Consoles are only about a Mid-High End current PC, even the PS4 which is the stronger of the two. They were outmatched long before they even released. So obviously the game will still look good on the Consoles, but it won't be able to have all the bells & whistles (And 60FPS) that PC will have.

It's pretty much common knowledge that if a Developer shows a Trailer or Screenshot & that title is a Multiplat, they are obviously showing it running on Max PC Specs. This is what every developer does, it's not CDPR trying to trick you or something. What IS tricking you is when Developers show Screenshots or Trailers for a Console Only game that is CLEARLY running on some kind of Dev PC Mode or they Photoshop the Screenshots, See: GTAV, Uncharted 3 & even to a certain extent The Last Of Us (They showed Screenshots which were clearly the pre-rendered cutscenes but they didn't bother to say it was pre-rendered & morons thought it was real in-game stuff).

I don't see how anyone will get angry, they've never gotten angry in the past about the PC Versions of Games looking better. How can anyone get angry, this is common knowledge to everyone, or at least it should be. If someone has a decent PC, why would they even consider buying the Console version anyway?

 

[501105]

It was never about abandoning the Tech on PC version of the game.

I hope CDPR comes out with clear gameplay videos at E3 explaining what will the PC version of the game be and the console version be.

In the end the pc version will look better than the console version with some additional effects and probably beefed up textures. That all comes at the cost of having a powerful pc though and that means more money spend. The console version might look a bit worse but it will still look spectacular, you cant really ask for more than that given the specs and cost.

 

[tmarvolo]

Uhh no offense, but you haven't been gaming for very long, have you?

100% of Multiplats look better on the PC. Whether it's later through mods or majority of the time it is on release, it's a simple fact that (At least for the last Decade or so) PC's always have the stronger hardware. This enables them to have a higher level of visual fidelity.
These new Consoles are only about a Mid-High End current PC, even the PS4 which is the stronger of the two. They were outmatched long before they even released. So obviously the game will still look good on the Consoles, but it won't be able to have all the bells & whistles (And 60FPS) that PC will have.

It's pretty much common knowledge that if a Developer shows a Trailer or Screenshot & that title is a Multiplat, they are obviously showing it running on Max PC Specs. This is what every developer does, it's not CDPR trying to trick you or something. What IS tricking you is when Developers show Screenshots or Trailers for a Console Only game that is CLEARLY running on some kind of Dev PC Mode or they Photoshop the Screenshots, See: GTAV, Uncharted 3 & even to a certain extent The Last Of Us (They showed Screenshots which were clearly the pre-rendered cutscenes but they didn't bother to say it was pre-rendered & morons thought it was real in-game stuff).

I don't see how anyone will get angry, they've never gotten angry in the past about the PC Versions of Games looking better. How can anyone get angry, this is common knowledge to everyone, or at least it should be. If someone has a decent PC, why would they even consider buying the Console version anyway?

Kool ! I will wait for the official videos and gameplay before buying the Game. Lets not drag the PC vs Consoles thing

 

[ReptilePZ]

Well, Török Balázs says that they're currently using it on PC only, they still don't know if fur tech will be on consoles - didn't say it definitely won't be. I'm almost certain the new consoles won't support the feature but nothing is official yet.

 

[Vigilance.492]

Kool ! I will wait for the official videos and gameplay before buying the Game. Lets not drag the PC vs Consoles thing

Nobody is starting any of that, merely stating facts. It should be pretty obvious that when CDPR shows a Screenshot or Trailer, you can assume it is running on a PC, unless they state otherwise.

I can however guarantee that at some point they will show some PS4/Xbox One screenshots, they did it with AC IV & I didn't personally look but they probably did it with some of the other Next-Gen Multiplats, so they will surely do it at some point. CDPR is the last Developer I'd expect to pull something deceiving like what Rockstar/Naughty Dog have done.

 

[Jack Bauer 24]

Nobody is starting any of that, merely stating facts. It should be pretty obvious that when CDPR shows a Screenshot or Trailer, you can assume it is running on a PC, unless they state otherwise.

I can however guarantee that at some point they will show some PS4/Xbox One screenshots, they did it with AC IV & I didn't personally look but they probably did it with some of the other Next-Gen Multiplats, so they will surely do it at some point. CDPR is the last Developer I'd expect to pull something deceiving like what Rockstar/Naughty Dog have done.

What did Rockstar do?

 

[HeelPower]

I don't see much of a problem for console not having performance hogging tech like fur tech or whatever.

I am definitely buying TW3 on PS4 and frankly it would just amazing if it actually looks as good as TW2 on such a large scale.

According to the screenshots it already looks better as is.

I don't mind if massively expensive PCs get an advantage over new consoles.Its fair.

 

[tmarvolo]

I don't see much of a problem for console not having performance hogging tech like fur tech or whatever.

I am definitely buying TW3 on PS4 and frankly it would just amazing if it actually looks as good as TW2 on such a large scale.

According to the screenshots it already looks better as is.

I don't mind if massively expensive PCs get an advantage over new consoles.Its fair.

True, High end PC's are expensive and we don't want to compare studios and its games.