As far as I know, the patches are integrated into the latest version of the game. If you're looking to "roll back" to earlier patches, I'm not sure that's available anymore. It's possible it may still exist to some extent if you bought a version of the game that was released back in 2015. I'm not sure.In GOG , The patches for The Witcher 3 are empty and unavailable. Both for auto update or the extras' manual downloads. What is going on in GOG? Where are those patches?
I'm a little confused as to what you're describing.The downloadable/updatable patches for The WItcher 3 GOTY version are unavailable in GOG 2.0. Those v4. patches need to be downloaded/updated onto the computer, for The Witcher 3 to play coherently. I am experiencing bugs that the patches shall fix like: definitively killing the Mordvarg Werewolf. Or perhaps a patch fixes: the DELUSION option in the dialogues, which are stubbornly ineffective (I've tried to slot, upgrade, and sync that AXII).
I purchased a brand new The Witcher 3 GOTY box version in 2022. I download. I was forced to re-download the whole digital version in GOG Galaxy Client to start playing. Eventually, I misface a wall-block with Keira Metz in the caves. Looking for a bug fix, I started using GOG 2.0, which had to again download the entire digital version and automatically. A corridor opens. Moreover, there are still other bugs in playing The Witcher 3.
I am reading that the GOTY box version contains patch 1.23 only. If the box version contains patches v4. , then I'll start using that. The developers seem to be on top of the current flaws. However, in order for the game to play coherently, the player needs the patches. Where did those files go, hiding in the Extras tab?
I request a Client/Vendor that allows the game to be played out of the box.
I request a copy of the patches and the lists of fixes.
Sorry, but it seems like you have some sort of issue not directly related to the game. Where did you purchase a hard copy? Aside from the Collecter's Editions...I'm not aware of any hard copies that were ever marketed. Even those did not come on a disc -- they came with a GOG code. Did you buy it from a vendor, or second-hand?*Danger* -- The Witcher 3 patch update v4.03 minimizes the capacity of the harddrive, as if there is a virus upon download. I freed 80GB of space. After the 3rd patch (3 of 21) the harddrive claims to have minimum capacity. What is going on? Is this a Windows 10 dilemma or a patch file dilemma? Looks like someone in Microsoft is playing a prank -- dangerous. Is this why the landfills are overfilling today? Should I sneak in a 100 TB drive and setup an arcade stand? How or where may I download a normal patch, normally?
There will be no work done to prior versions of the game. Any further improvements to hyper-/multi-threading, graphics, game bugs, etc. will be applied only to the latest version of the game.Actually they are available they just put them in a different location
At the top click the icon furthest to the right, from the dropdown menu choose "manage installation" and then "configure" and a new window will pop up. You'll see the last two patches and a link at the bottom "Show more versions" and you see all 5 patches
However there is really no need for that because if you download the latest patch all the previous ones are also installed. The point of having the old patches is so you can roll back to an older version if the latest breaks some mods or something like that
I'm still on patch 4.01 otherwise it will break my mods and more importantly my save which has the main game completed and ready to do the two DLC stories. If I upgrade then I'll have to play the main game all over again to get to the DLCs. The only way that is worth it to me is if they finally fix the CPU threading issue properly so I can use Ray Tracing which frankly may never happen since it's already been 6 months
That's exactly what happens when a game is updated. The data that many mods refer to will very likely change, hence the mods themselves will need to be updated to work with the new game version. This is what will happen with all games.I'm not having any problems unless I update to the current version, the old version is working just fine. However if I do upgrade to the latest I lose all my progress and the last 2 updates really brought nothing to the table that made it worthwhile to upgrade to them and lose all my progress. The ONLY thing that would make it worthwhile to lose my progress is if the threading issues are properly fixed and they aren't yet and frankly I don't think they will be until they bring in the "A Team" from Cyberpunk and I don't see that happening until sometime after Phantom Liberty is released.
Plus if I do upgrade, add mods and start all over again when they do drop a new update it will break the game again and I'll be back to square one all over again. Thus it's better to just stand pat with what I have already working decently without Ray Tracing until development ends or I decide I want to do a full replay again
Glad you could sort it out!Ihmm, The Witcher 3 is now up and running. I deleted stale installation files from the folder of downloads, (. . . !Downloads.) That was probably causing the capacity dilemma. The version - 1.32 or 1.23 - may have contributed to the capacity dilemma; odd that version 1.32 or version 1.23 got stuck. Anyhow, version 4.03 is working in coherence with the harddrive. Thanks folks.