I tried with the uber sampling off, I tried with low, med, high settings and the game always skips
My computer has 12 gigs of ram, nvidia 9800 GTX2, and an i7 3.4ghz
maybe my graphics card is old or something
You're trying to run this game
with a 9800
and you're confused as to why it isn't working
The game scales extremely well. Apparently runs on an 8800. So yeah, it is a little weird that it isn't working. Driver issue maybe? Screenshot of the graphics options screen might help too.
I tried with the uber sampling off, I tried with low, med, high settings and the game always skips
My computer has 12 gigs of ram, nvidia 9800 GTX2, and an i7 3.4ghz
maybe my graphics card is old or something
You're trying to run this game
with a 9800
and you're confused as to why it isn't working
I ran it fine with a 9800GT. Ok some FPS drops near the end. Perfectly playable though.
Yeah, I can run this game on a 9800 on medium graphics with the texture memory increased (to reduce poping textures) and only suffer from a framerate drop once in a great while.
Then again, I got it through GoG, and a lot of people have been saying that the DRM that the non-GoG versions have is what's really screwing over most peoples' framerate. (considering people running thier games with the Gog exe have mentioned improvements in preformance.
The Witcher 2, savior of PC gaming, plays better on a 360 controller.
It doesn't.
No, I'd say it definitely does and all the menus were clearly designed with controller use in mind.
Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, mind. It's just funny is all.
Yes, they've been designed for the console version, because they're working things out to get the game to consoles.
No, the game does not work better with a controller.
Yeah, I know it's pancake, but except for maybe the radial menu, the menus really don't work better with a controller than the mouse
I would like the radial menu if it worked like a proper radial menu instead of making you scroll up and down to select signs and bombs/traps. As it stands, I like that menu better with a mouse. Also, being forced into loot all kind of sucks, what with how much junk you pick up and how you have to manually pull it out without a junk filter.
Outside of that stuff (and general menu shit), controllers work really well.
whats a quick way of making orens in chapter 3? i need 2000 and i only have 58 and i think ive done all the side quests.
going into the sewers and found some awesome armour but need 2000 orens to make it awesomer
Well, you could nickle and dime with dice poker, and while you stop finding gargoyles after finishing the contract, the other monsters you can find still respawn, so you could kill them and sell thier parts.
Thats what I did, went down the list and sold any monster parts I had and didn't need untill I had no more than a dozen (in case they're planning an xpac/DLC that starts off where the game ended)
Maybe it's bad form to link to other forums but anyone who's concerned about performance should just read the NeoGAF Witcher 2 performance thread. It's pretty good.
According to email invites sent out, a presentation will be given which will last around 30-45 minutes and will provide ” key facts and a live gameplay demo.”
The firm has confirmed to Eurogamer that it is not The Witcher 2 for consoles, nor is it an expansion pack for the game either.
However, a while ago Eurogamer UK posted word that a Witcher game will be announced as well which may be of interest to the console crowd.
“I can’t say anything obviously for gazillions of reasons but it is a Witcher game, and I can say that console gamers might be interested in it,” explained Witcher 2 senior producer Tomasz Gop.
We sent a mail for a bit of clarification on this, and came away more confused than originally.
According to a PR representative speaking for the firm speaking to VG247: “The Eurogamer.cz story was a bit of a misunderstanding. We aren’t really commenting on what the project is, beyond to say that it’s a game.
“CD Projekt RED will be showing off a new project at the show, and we can’t confirm nor deny any rumors about what it is.”
It most certainly is not currently on consoles. It will be though, probably this year.
Edit: Just listening to the soundtrack and oh my, they got this so right. Music makes or breaks a game for me and tracks like this and this are all win.
Maybe it's bad form to link to other forums but anyone who's concerned about performance should just read the NeoGAF Witcher 2 performance thread. It's pretty good.
According to email invites sent out, a presentation will be given which will last around 30-45 minutes and will provide ” key facts and a live gameplay demo.”
The firm has confirmed to Eurogamer that it is not The Witcher 2 for consoles, nor is it an expansion pack for the game either.
However, a while ago Eurogamer UK posted word that a Witcher game will be announced as well which may be of interest to the console crowd.
“I can’t say anything obviously for gazillions of reasons but it is a Witcher game, and I can say that console gamers might be interested in it,” explained Witcher 2 senior producer Tomasz Gop.
We sent a mail for a bit of clarification on this, and came away more confused than originally.
According to a PR representative speaking for the firm speaking to VG247: “The Eurogamer.cz story was a bit of a misunderstanding. We aren’t really commenting on what the project is, beyond to say that it’s a game.
“CD Projekt RED will be showing off a new project at the show, and we can’t confirm nor deny any rumors about what it is.”
Don't do that to me Deader, my heart can't take it. I think it will be all new, but we'll see.
I did my bit for CDP - GOG plus CE copies! May their coffers be full to the brim!
I finished it a few days ago and reflecting back, it really is the best RPG i've ever played. I enjoyed it more than BG2 (too obtuse/antiquated), ME2 (too simple), DA:O (too generic), Oblivion/Morrowind (too diffuse), PS:T (too little game), DE (too bland)... This is the direction that i've always wanted RPGs to go and recent examples of the genre started to make me think it was all going to get streamlined to nothing. Really, all I want now is more of the same.
It's just such great game music; fits what you're doing perfectly and really helps to build the atmosphere. It reminds me of the Inception soundtrack which I hold in pretty high regard for complementing the action nicely. I also like how they introduced some more modern elements (like the metal stuff in the first one I posted and the plinky-plonky bit in the other one) where appropriate keeping it varied and interesting. All classical fantasy game soundtracks get pretty dull (see DA:O).
oh god why do i think ive made the wrong choice here
chapter 3
so i choose to free eilhart and get the dagger rather then go rescue triss.. i figured i could rescue triss later but the curse on saskia needs to go asap, after i do all that to the entrance to the summit and i think shit, no ill go back, only now the save i had right before that has been quicksaved over and the only autosave i have before that is before i did the money grind for the vran armour and i am not doing that again.
Don't do that to me Deader, my heart can't take it. I think it will be all new, but we'll see.
I did my bit for CDP - GOG plus CE copies! May their coffers be full to the brim!
I finished it a few days ago and reflecting back, it really is the best RPG i've ever played. I enjoyed it more than BG2 (too obtuse/antiquated), ME2 (too simple), DA:O (too generic), Oblivion/Morrowind (too diffuse), PS:T (too little game), DE (too bland)... This is the direction that i've always wanted RPGs to go and recent examples of the genre started to make me think it was all going to get streamlined to nothing. Really, all I want now is more of the same.
i cant see it being anything other then that, remember they had rise of the white wolf canned because they hated how another company were screwing it up (look at the vids on youtube) and they are very keen on porting over witcher 2, it makes sense to port over witcher 1 first on what looks like a console friendly witcher 2 engine, they really dont have to do a whole lot of work and since they only work on one game at a time it would explain how they have something new to show at e3 so soon.
and i am totally buying it (hopefully its pc released too, but if not i dont care im still buying it like the whore i am)
oh and i doubt they will make the graphics witcher 2 like, more then likely they will keep the assests from witcher 1 but touch them up alot so it looks better then ever.
Why wouldn't it be as good as Witcher 2? If they're planning on putting the series on the consoles, then the first Witcher would need to be completely redone to the second's standards in gameplay and even graphics.
It's just such great game music; fits what you're doing perfectly and really helps to build the atmosphere. It reminds me of the Inception soundtrack which I hold in pretty high regard for complementing the action nicely. I also like how they introduced some more modern elements (like the metal stuff in the first one I posted and the plinky-plonky bit in the other one) where appropriate keeping it varied and interesting. All classical fantasy game soundtracks get pretty dull (see DA:O).
Most fantasy games tend to stick to modern symphonic arrangements played with modern symphonic instruments that sound pretty much like every other modern symphonic arrangement played with modern symphonic instruments. You know how every fantasy game looks like the Lord of the Rings movie and all dwarves are now Scottish? It's the sound equivalent of that. DA:O was particularly bad about it because almost every single song in its soundtrack was a rearrangement of the same basic couple of melodies.
The Witcher soundtracks have a lot of atypical instrumentation choices and folk inspiration, which definitely makes them stand out. On top of them just being good goddamn compositions.
I have serious doubts about how they'll pull off Witcher 3. You make a half dozen major choices that impact the Witcher world, they can't cover all those variables in the next game. It would be madness.
I find it slightly ironic that that pic has the black bars.
Edit: Assuming that the next game is about
the North/South conflict and Yennifer then the only major difference with the endings is who will contribute to the armies of the North and to what extent. And I doubt that Geralt will be involved in the conflict at the highest level given that he'll probably be travelling in the Empire, so interaction with the characters of TW2 will be minimal.
I have serious doubts about how they'll pull off Witcher 3. You make a half dozen major choices that impact the Witcher world, they can't cover all those variables in the next game. It would be madness.
Sure they can.
They'll handle it the same way they did with TW1 -> TW2 decisions. Casually mention them occasionally, have an occasional cameo, and just drown you in awesome shit so that you don't care that the carry-over is minor. I mean, the plot proceeds in a certain direction in TW2 regardless of what decisions you make, so there's a base for them to work from. The characters who live or die will be firmly in cameo territory, which is definitely a shame for some of them.
Or they'll just have TW3 be 3 different games depending on your path in TW2. Considering how they handled Act 2 in TW2, that wouldn't really surprise me either. CDP is crazy. o_O
I find it slightly ironic that that pic has the black bars.
Heh. That's a good catch. Personally, I didn't even notice the black bars until someone complained about it. It doesn't really bother me.
I wish I could say the same. I noticed them almost constantly and always felt like I was missing a good chunk of viewing space. I want to see Geralt's legs!
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Menus are easier to navigate M&KB, but they are surprisingly not that big of a deal with the controller either.
You're trying to run this game
with a 9800
and you're confused as to why it isn't working
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
The game scales extremely well. Apparently runs on an 8800. So yeah, it is a little weird that it isn't working. Driver issue maybe? Screenshot of the graphics options screen might help too.
I ran it fine with a 9800GT. Ok some FPS drops near the end. Perfectly playable though.
Yeah, I can run this game on a 9800 on medium graphics with the texture memory increased (to reduce poping textures) and only suffer from a framerate drop once in a great while.
Then again, I got it through GoG, and a lot of people have been saying that the DRM that the non-GoG versions have is what's really screwing over most peoples' framerate. (considering people running thier games with the Gog exe have mentioned improvements in preformance.
As a poor person without a beefy computer this is good news.
How non-beefy is your computer? This game runs on older systems too.
Yeah motion blur is a pain in the arse. Eats up a good bit of the gpu, and it feels sickening to look at.
Outside of that stuff (and general menu shit), controllers work really well.
Now I can't unsee it.
Thanks a lot.
(I hate you.)
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Well, you could nickle and dime with dice poker, and while you stop finding gargoyles after finishing the contract, the other monsters you can find still respawn, so you could kill them and sell thier parts.
Thats what I did, went down the list and sold any monster parts I had and didn't need untill I had no more than a dozen (in case they're planning an xpac/DLC that starts off where the game ended)
Actually I don't know if one can do that. But if possible, do that.
Also, entirely new CDP game to be announced and demoed at E3.
Are the sites wrong?
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Edit: Just listening to the soundtrack and oh my, they got this so right. Music makes or breaks a game for me and tracks like this and this are all win.
witcher 1 port on witcher 2 engine.
I completely agree with this. RPGs with this level of talent and scope deserve to be mega-hits.
I am comfortable buying the first game a third time.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
I did my bit for CDP - GOG plus CE copies! May their coffers be full to the brim!
I finished it a few days ago and reflecting back, it really is the best RPG i've ever played. I enjoyed it more than BG2 (too obtuse/antiquated), ME2 (too simple), DA:O (too generic), Oblivion/Morrowind (too diffuse), PS:T (too little game), DE (too bland)... This is the direction that i've always wanted RPGs to go and recent examples of the genre started to make me think it was all going to get streamlined to nothing. Really, all I want now is more of the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VIlomWrN90
The better news is that once they finish it and fix all the engine/gameplay quirks of TW2 for the remake, they'll patch up TW2!
chapter 3
im screwed right
i cant see it being anything other then that, remember they had rise of the white wolf canned because they hated how another company were screwing it up (look at the vids on youtube) and they are very keen on porting over witcher 2, it makes sense to port over witcher 1 first on what looks like a console friendly witcher 2 engine, they really dont have to do a whole lot of work and since they only work on one game at a time it would explain how they have something new to show at e3 so soon.
and i am totally buying it (hopefully its pc released too, but if not i dont care im still buying it like the whore i am)
I constantly find excuses to murder more fools. Even when I've just murdered, like, a hundred. And their families.
i havent looked at it in full but there you go.
also i find this picture amusing.
The Witcher soundtracks have a lot of atypical instrumentation choices and folk inspiration, which definitely makes them stand out. On top of them just being good goddamn compositions.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Edit: Assuming that the next game is about
Heh. That's a good catch. Personally, I didn't even notice the black bars until someone complained about it. It doesn't really bother me.
Sure they can.
Or they'll just have TW3 be 3 different games depending on your path in TW2. Considering how they handled Act 2 in TW2, that wouldn't really surprise me either. CDP is crazy. o_O
Anyone happen to have a save at the end of Chapter 1 (at least, I'm assuming it's the end of the chapter, I'd already fought
I've still got all my saves from my first play-through, so I'll dig around for one for you.
I wish I could say the same. I noticed them almost constantly and always felt like I was missing a good chunk of viewing space. I want to see Geralt's legs!