The compendium of tweaks and fixes for the PC version

[Kazmon]

Thanks a lot for your replies. As always so helpful

 

[Spywagen]

preciate it

 

[MaximusTheWitcher]

Hi, Thanks for the detailed info here, i was suffering from some drawing distances too short, the rest is OK, Running 1440P smooth at 60FPS, SETTINGS ARE MAXED
GTX 1080TI + I7 4960X
I have Steam Version 1.32 with all DLCs
Using currently HD Reworked mod 12.0

I want to clarify as i am reading all the forum i can conclude:
I comment each bunch of settings depending of what i conclude.


NVIDIA Control Panel [DOES NOT WORTH, not visible changes for me]
Manage 3D Settings (Program Settings\The Witcher 3 (witcher3.exe)):
Anisotropic filtering: 16x
Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimisation: Off
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias: Clamp
Texture filtering - Quality: High quality
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimisation: Off
Vertical sync: On


User.settings file (...\Documents\The Witcher 3): [STILL WORTH]
[Rendering]
CascadeShadowDistanceScale0=4
CascadeShadowDistanceScale1=4
CascadeShadowDistanceScale2=3
CascadeShadowDistanceScale3=2
CascadeShadowQuality=4
CascadeShadowmapSize=2048
CharacterShadowsFallbackDistance=40
MaxTextureAnizotropy=0 NOT WORTH
TextureMemoryBudget=2048 IT GETS DELETED, MAYBE NOT NEEDED ANYMORE

[Input/Gestures] [DOES CAUSE ANY CHANGE?]
EnableSwipe=false
EnablePan=false
EnableGestures=false
EnablePinch=false

[Rendering/SpeedTree] [STILL WORTH]
FoliageDistanceScale=2.4
FoliageShadowDistanceScale=64
GrassRingSize=8388608

[Kinect] DOES CAUSE ANY CHANGE?
Kinect=false

[Streaming/Textures] ITS NOT NEEDED ANYMORE
UseMipRefiner=true

Visuals.ini file (...\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\config\base): USELESS IF VIDEOS RUN AT 30FPS
MovieFramerate=60

Platformgameplay.ini file (...\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\config\platform\pc):
LeftStickSensitivity=1.0 IF IM USING CONTROLLER I THINK THIS WILL MAKE HARDER IF I WANT GERALT TO WALK INSTEAD RUNNING

If anyone cares to read this i hope can share experiences for each settings.
Thanks and hope it helps you too.

 

[Scapehips]

Thank you for making this guide.

 

[S-a-y]

Do we have any options to modify ingame ambent occlusion (HBAO+)? Strength, radius, etc?

 

[alexrsosa]

I need help, fresh game, mods, geralt has no hair and ive done alot but no fix so far. He isnt bald, just missing the physics based hair so hes got stubble. no clue what to do next. any help?

 

[richardmartinr]

Hello ! I have problem with thatched roofs in Witcher. Mainly in White Orchard and village near Novigrad. From distance there is low texture, when i get closer it changes few times (better texutre is loading, when i am very close even better texure is loaded and shadows appear). Tried clean installation with only HD Rework mod and problem still exists. Without mod this also happens but on lower res texutre. Tried to configure user.settings.ini, increase texturememorybudget but nothing happens. Everything is working fine, only this roofs are loading in front of my eyes. Any way to fix this ? I even installed Increase Draw Distance mod but it changes everything else except this roofs. And on few rock textures, shadows appears when I am really close. Don't know how to fix this. Tried almost everything (Clean install, nvidia guide, witcher 3 forum guide.)

Is there some kind of fix for this problem by now? Newest version, clean install, drivers are all up to date, nothing helps.

 

[JOHNSNOW117]

I will try this. Thank you for sharing!

 

[GleBNovikoV51]

Friends, could you help me pls? Maybe someone has encountered such a problem. I'm launching a new game with mods, when ending White Orchard and starting Wyzima, when searching chests, only a water bottle has such a transparent icon, like a book read or a recipe already studied. Deleting all mods and launching a clean client does not help, only creating a new game and further prayers, or completely reinstalling the game. Maybe someone knows how it is treated, maybe file is responsible for incorrect display. P.s. Im Russian so my screenshot is in Russian too, but you will understand, I think