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Changelogs
Version 12.0-Fix
Fixes missing arms and legs on some of the bandits and guards in Toussaint.
Version 12.0
A new visual experience with The Witcher 3, just download a modification and see for yourself! :)
Version 11.0
Much more content (including Toussaint) and bringing a new level of quality, change compression from BC5/3 to high quality BC7 for most normalmaps and textures with alpha.
Version 10.0-bugfixed
Version with bugs fixes. Reworked almost everything, starting with Environment - Terrain, Buildings, Rocks, Water, Vegetation, ending at NPCs and Animals.
Version 10.0
Reworked almost everything, starting with Environment - Terrain, Buildings, Rocks, Water, Vegetation, ending at NPCs and Animals.
Version 5.1
- Reworked to Ultra HD Quality: All 3D Rocks and most Small Stones, Power Stones, Palisades, Palisade Gates, Moss, Seaweeds, Spruces, Pines, Thatched Roofs, Stone Walls, Stone Stairs, Stone Borders, Metal Cages, Torches, Novigrad Cobblestone, Dirt, Braziers
TOUSSAINT: Rocks and most Small Stones, Power Stones, Roof Tiles, Stone Borders, Stone Stairs, Moss, Seaweeds, Metal Cages, Dirt
- Improved some Water in different locations (Water in Sewers, some Puddles, Ponds, Brooks). Now they look and flow more natural.
- And more! :)
Version 5.0fix
- Fixed all missing and popping Stone Stairs in all Areas.
Version 5.0
- Reworked to Ultra HD Quality: A lot of Stone Walls, Red Bricks, Stone Stairs, Novigrad Cobblestone, Pines, Plaster Walls, Rich Wood Planks, Windows, Sheeps, Harbour Ropes, Anchors, Fishing Nets, Novigrad Temple Mural, Bottles, Bear Furs, Wood Tables, some Rocks;
TOUSSAINT: Beauclair Cobblestone, Stone Walls, Stone Stairs
- Improved Water in some rivers and streams; Temporarily removed puddles, fountains and caves water with shaders bugs; Restored original Stone Borders (but they have now HD textures); Improved and optimized some stuff from previous versions
- Now you can easy install HDRP + additionally options (Halk's Ultra HD Config and mods prority settings) by simple intaller
Version 4.8
- reworked almost all Water on every area with Realtime Reflections (Rivers, Streams, Puddles, Fountains, Sewers, Caves, Wells, Bathtubs, Troughs and other) Now all Water looks much more real and have Realtime Reflections! Each River/Stream now have different parameters and look depending on location, size, speed, e.t.c. - reworked Waterfalls and some other Water Effects (Waterfalls, Splashes, Foam and other) Now big Waterfalls looks more like real big Waterfalls and smalls like smalls. :) Now they are visible from far distance. Also splashes and other water effects looks much better and real. - again reworked all Rocks (in original style) Now Rocks are more detailed, also they looks much better from distance. - reworked Stone Borders (Walls) Now they are in high quality and have more real look. Now each stone is convex on model, don't look flat as in original. Also new look better fit to villages, crossroads and wild areas (unlike original). - some other fixes and optimization - removed E3 Novigrad Walls due of crashes (but still you can use it from version 4.6)
Version 4.6
- reworked most Stone Walls [Village Stone Walls, Interior Stone Walls, Rich Bricks, Rich Brick Plasters, Rounded Mixed Bricks, Poor Messy Stonewalls, Poor Messy Bricks, Regular Rough Stonewalls, Buildings Stone Edges and more] - reworked most Poor Wood [Wood Walls, Structures, Planks, Doors, Objects and more] - reworked most Roofs [Thatched, Ceramic (Also in Toussaint), Metal] - improved Water [Seas, Rivers, Lakes, Streams, Puddles, Wells, Fountains] - reworked and improved some Misc Stuff [Harbour Anchors (Also in Toussaint), Floor Square Braziers, Grain, Sacks, Rich Crates, added some experimental 4K Rocks and more] - E3 Novigrad Walls [fixed crashes in some cases, improved textures]
Version 4.4
- reworked Red Bricks - reworked some Stone Walls - reworked most Ivy - reworked Rich Wood Planks - reworked Wooden Bucket + a lot of minor changes + added optionally E3 Novigrad Walls
Version 4.1
- fixed all Crashes in Novigrad - reworked Ceramic Roof (red version, vanilla colors) - removed E3 Novigrad Walls Roof
Version 4.0Rfix3
- reworked Thatched Roofs - improved Novigrad Walls LOD (now roof no longer change color from afar), E3 Novigrad Walls Roof - reworked Bear Furs, Crates, Scroll Stacks, Grain Textures, Hay Textures, Square Braziers, Simple Wooden Tables, Moss Textures, Sacks - added experimental Displacement to Checkered Floor Tiles in Circle near Passiflora - a lot improves and fixes of reworked stuff from previous versions
(fix) - fixed game crash in some places (fix2) - fixed Tretogor Gate LOD, improved Novigrad gates LOD, fixed lying Sack with Grain position (fix3) - minor fixes (R) - reworked E3 Novigrad Roof is now only on novigrad walls, other architecture have original red roof
(Toussaint) - reworked Rocks, increased textures resolution from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 (Toussaint) - reworked Wood Logs, increased textures resolution from 2x1024/1024 to 6x1024/2048 + 1x2048/2048 (in total 1x4k) - reworked two missing Rocks, increased textures resolution from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048
Version 3.24
- reworked Round Stool, (the same textures resolution as original) - reworked Square Stool, increased texture resolution from 512/512 to 1024/1024 - reworked Books Stack, increased their texture resolution from 1x512/512 to 4x512/512 (in total 1x1024/1024)
Version 3.0
- reworked Wood Logs, increased their textures resolution from 1024/1024 to 6x1024/2048 + 1x2048/2048 (in total 1x4k) - improved Ceramic Roof from version 2.0: better colors and sharpness - reworked Water Puddles, (the same textures resolution as original) - improved and increased Rocks LOD (Level of Detail) - minor performance and LOD tweaks: added LOD for Crates, increased Sacks LOD and more...
Version 2.6
- reworked rocks displacement and LOD: now rocks looks more natural and They are much more optimized, LOD issues also fixed - reworked Toadstools and increased their textures resolution from 256x256/128x128 to 1024x512/1024x512
Version 2.2
- improved spruces texture from 2.0: better colors, brightness and little improvements
Version 2.0
- again reworked rocks: improved rocks meshes with Dynamic Displacement LOD and reworked rocks textures, increased textures resolution from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 - reworked spruces texture, increased resolution from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 - reworked ceramic roof texture, increased resolution from 512x512 to 1024x1024
Version 1.0fix
NMM support added.
Version 1.0
Early version release Changes: - totally reworked wood crates and increased textures resolution from 512x512 to 1024x512 - totally reworked sacks and increased textures resolution from 512x512/256 to 1024x1024 - improved rocks meshes and totally reworked rocks textures, increased textures resolution from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 - totally reworked checkered floor normal/specular map and increase it resolution from 512x512 to 2048x2048, changed texture seams coordinates
- ultra quality detailed lore friendly textures - high quality smooth meshes that meet the standards of 2020 - better objects LODs (Level of Detail) and increased draw distance for some objects - specially customized materials and shaders for all reworked stuff - everything consistent with the original CDPR artistic vision
10.0: almost everything, starting with Environment - Terrain, Buildings, Rocks, Water, Vegetation, ending at NPCs and Animals 11.0: much more content (including Toussaint) and bringing a new level of quality 12: a new visual experience with The Witcher 3, just download a modification and see for yourself! :)
Install with Vortex or manually: 1. Download main file (9,3GB or if you have trouble downloading such a large file at once, download separately all four parts) and extract the content in your Witcher 3 main folder (for example C:\Games\Witcher 3), replace all folders/files. 2. Go to graphic settings, find the texture quality slider and move to the max right (it's Halk Ultra HD or in some cases it may be ##preset_value_Halk Ultra HD) 3. Enjoy a new visual experience with The Witcher 3! :)
NOTE! * If your game is not loading or there are long loadings in dialogues - install Mod Limit Fix (Adjuster) * Halk Ultra HD option in textures settings it's just additional tweak, it's not mod off/on switcher, after installation modification works on all ingame settings (ultra, high, medium, low) not only on Halk Ultra HD. Please remember this before asking for help that the modification is not working. * Halk Ultra HD config is highly recommended to achieve best quality and game look. Thanks to this configuration general quality of textures will be better (better sharpness, no flickering/shimmering, better smoothness) and game will can render 4K textures (instead of 2K). Also in some cases game can work smoother and faster by increased textures budget. * If you have ##preset_value_Halk Ultra HD or blank area instead of Halk Ultra HD in graphic settings - install Custom Localization Fix (It's not an important matter, but if it bothers you, it's easy to fix it).
It mainly depends on your video card, but generally modification doesn't hit performance too much. Modification requires minimum a 3GB VRAM for smooth gameplay in 1080p. For best results 4GB or more is recommended. Possible decrease in fps are 0-5 which depend on pc spec, game settings and ingame location. On GTX 970/AMD R9 290X and higher there should be no fps drop. Also in some cases, modification can give smoother gameplay and fps boost.
Modification is compatible with all lighting mods (PLM, STLM, WLM and other).
Uninstallation: Delete all modHDReworkedProject catalogs from mods folder and optionally restore original config from Config backup in your Witcher 3 main folder.
For newest info about mod - check comments section and visit CDProject forum thread: Here!
