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NOTE: Please keep in mind that all of the fan-made modifications are incompatible with the newest update. Make sure to uninstall them to avoid in-game issues. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Read the full list of changes below. The patch can be downloaded via Steam or manually from the official Witcher site.
- New FREE DLC – “A Sackful of Fluff” is a new quest in Chapter 2 of the game. To start the quest, visit the eccentric Elthon, who inhabits a solitary hut near the quarry outside Vergen. The quest will prove most rewarding to those who demonstrate patience.
- Game now supports 4:3, 5:4, and 16:10 aspect ratios.
- Item storage has been added. Players can now store items from their Inventory at inns. To leave items in storage or collect previously stored items, talk to innkeepers.
- A ‘Junk’ panel has been added to the Inventory to provide greater clarity in item classification.
- A new menu option has been added under ‘Extras’ – this enables players to view in-game animated sequences (flashbacks, memory flashes, dreams stolen by harpies) outside of the game.
- A ‘Quickload’ option has been added under the F9 key.
- The game's HUD can now be hidden in order to produce HUD-free screenshots! On newly installed game copies, the option to hide/show the HUD is available by default under the 'H' key. Users who have modified the key assignments on their installations should go to the 'Input Settings' dialogue of the Witcher 2 Configuration Tool to assign a key to this option. Please note that the game cannot be played with the HUD hidden.
- A counter has been added for items placed in quick slots.
- Players can now create multiple items in the Alchemy panel.
- Issue involving the game not running at 2560x1440 resolution has been resolved.
- Issues with nVidia 3D Vision technology have been resolved. Players no longer need to uninstall the related drivers.
- Assorted improvements have been made in the game’s 3D Vision, SLI and Crossfire functionality.
- Assorted improvements have been made for running the game in Ubersampling mode on nVidia cards.
- Key bindings have been corrected to enable configuration of mouse buttons for use by left-handed players.
- Assorted key binding options have been added to facilitate configuration of controls and quick access to various in-game panels.
- Issue related to game settings being reset to defaults upon patch installation has been resolved. Patches no longer reset game settings.
- The configuration file is no longer over-written when the launcher/configuration tool is patched and over-written.
- The launcher now closes while the game is being patched, thus eliminating the resulting game patching error.
- The launcher now closes completely and no longer continues to operate in the background.
- ‘Installed game version is invalid or incomplete’ error in updater when free space on system drive is insufficient – message has been corrected to reflect more accurately the nature of the error.
- Mutagens are now alchemy ingredients. Minor mutagens drop more frequently than do major mutagens, though the overall mutagen drop rate has been reduced.
- Corrections have been made in the mutagen drop rate and in Thorak’s store.
- ‘Dragon’ section of Prologue does not become available until after all assault-related sections have been completed, thereby softening the difficulty curve at the start of the game.
- During the fight against the kayran, when the bridge collapses, a map pin appears at the end of the bridge to facilitate player navigation and quest completion.
- Map pins have been corrected in many quests.
- Quen Sign slightly de-buffed – Sign dissipates 20% faster after foes land a blow. Assorted minor balance issues related to this
- Sign have also been resolved.
- Issue with oil enhancements not working on silver swords has been resolved.
- Issue with Dragon’s Dream bombs has been resolved. Damage to bosses from cast daggers has been reduced by one-half.
- Several optimization improvements have been made in the tavern in Vergen.
- Problem with music accompanying ‘stealth’ sequences has been resolved.
- Issue related to arm wrestling Bart Bargee has been resolved. Players can no longer win coin from this character endlessly.
- Option to fist fight woman praying at a statue in Vergen has been deactivated.
- Mini-game contestants at one of the in-game taverns now switch positions correctly without blocking one another.
- Problem involving Fenn’s sword in combat has been resolved.
- Problems with herbalist’s gloves have been resolved.
- In the Prologue, Geralt retains his steel long sword throughout, i.e., he is no longer automatically equipped with his default sword for the ‘Assault’ sequence.
- Problem with some nekkers being immortal has been resolved.
- Issue with triggered black screens blocking game progress has been resolved.
- Interactions no longer appear on nekker nests after these have been destroyed.
- The “Scent of Incense” quest no longer shows up as failed after being completed successfully.
- Sudden switch to gameplay just prior to cut scene involving Cynthia and Philippa has been eliminated.
- Triss, Roche and Iorveth are now de-spawned before the final credits roll.
- Guard pacing cycles have been corrected.
- The Redanian messenger in Henselt’s tent can no longer be killed, preventing him from re-spawning.
- Elf woman in Vergen no longer strikes a T-pose.
- Rotfiends feeding on corpses no longer re-spawn after corpse is burned.
- Several fixes have been made in the functioning of in-game populaces.
- Numerous problems with cameras in dialogue sequences have been resolved.
- Assorted corrections have been made in dialogue sequences (including King Foltest’s gestures on the town walls in the Prologue).
- A progression break in the ‘In the Claws of Madness’ quest has been eliminated.
11 comments
-gobble
Maybe a screenshot of all the files below the folders...some mods install there too .
One last question. After 13GB of re-downloading over 16 hours, I appear to have a launchable game again. I'm assuming that my update problems were due to having missed uninstalling a couple of mods before the update, so this time I've taken a backup copy of my nice, new, virginal CookedPC folder.
Anything else I should do to safeguard myself against my own forgetfulness?
White-haired Geralt works fine with 1.3
'Younder Geralt' and the 'Naked Geralt'. I think the only conflicts that might occur are mods that actually change game parameters , that is, balance mods, fighting, that kind of thing. Not sure of this of course, but that would be my guess.
I agree with Yard Wasted, probably should start a thread for compatible mods, get a list started.
Aaargh. That's ANOTHER one I missed! White-haired Geralt. I also missed deleting the mod that changes blue-striped armor to look like Raven. I guess that's why I'm getting the 12GB download instead of 128MB. My own fault. I'm definitely in the too many mods to keep track category.
Thanks everyone for posting the compatibility list. From the list of the changes, and the feedback over at Steam on what still seems faulty, it looks like we'll still need most of them after the update.
Can anyone confirm that white-haired Geralt mod is still compatible?
CEO
Nilfgaardian Armor
Celtic Blood Runes
Vran_Elder_Blood_black_set
Panel Tweaks
At least for me, have to say the new DLC was Awesome.
The zero weight mode is fine.
Others may not be.
We need a thread in the forums listing compatible and incompatible mods.
On the mods, **SNIP** I don't remember all the things I installed, how **SNIP** can I find the added things between all this files in the CookedPC file?
EDIT by LHammonds: Please control yourself when posting so we don't have to clean up after you. Yes, this is a get-out-of-jail moment for you.