GOG is now distributing 1.32 as well. So for all GOG W3 players who, like me, find themselves here because their mods stopped working suddenly I wanted to post a quick reminder:
The GOG Galaxy client allows you to go back to 1.31 (and other versions) via Wticher 3 -> More -> Settings -> Override Features!
No need to manually shove files around like our poor steam fellows here have to do.
i thought this went without saying but apparently I have to explain this shit.
If your save wont work its because you have played on it with a newer version of the game (that's what the error says duh) so just verify your game cache in steam to update it to the latest version to make the save playable again.
Does anyone still got the problem with no lip movement when reverting to 1.31? instaleld Lip Movement and HiRes Shadow mod too, didn't help. Reverting back again to 1.32 always fixes the bug. But I need the game on 1.31 for mods to work properly. Anyone got an easy fix ?
Every Classic 1.32 users. There is a better solution than this "1.32 to 1.31 patch", in order to use all your favourite mods on The Witcher 3, whatever Steam or GOG. use Community Patch Base.
Guess this doesn't work for GOG. We need this mod for GOG version. Or at least I do. I've been through Hell in the modding world for the last two days thanks to this stinkin' new update. They actually crashed my game while I was playing the game and the update was right on desktop destroying my game in real time. Was still Dec.13th so a day early. So I rolled back on Steam to Classic 1.32. It still comes with a bunch of next gen stuff and the launcher is different looking. and you hit play and nothing happens. I was ready ,too. Had Game and Mods folder backed up and the auto update was off. But they still got me. Good Luck trying to overwrite the new update. Didn't work Obviously. Imagine playing a fully modded Skyrim to be interrupted by SSE updating your game to next gen. Why do they think everyone has Next Gen Computers? Why not make it a different game for Next Gen and offer it to those that want it? Like Skyrim did. No, we get a Force-it-down-your throat update. I try to only buy older games that are GOTY so I don't have to worry about this exact scenario. Feels like CDPR just stole my game in front of my eyes. Sorry to EVERYONE. Didn't mean to rant and rave Here. It's not this mods fault. But maybe some people may try what I did and save you some time with this comment.
By the way...went to GOG and bought the game AGAIN. Because the internet had so many mentions of the "Roll Back Feature". Well.....only goes back to V 1.32. And the installation is messy as far as the way they do the Extras. Couldn't find instructions on how to install the Extras. Then, of coarse, couldn't rollback to v 1.31 so no mods for me. And they say there's no diff between Steam and GoG.
I do have a question for this Mod Page: Will this mod work for the STEAM rollback Classic .32??
Stupid question cause that's one of the few things I have left to try. I might be back to let you know if it works. Or I may crawl under a rock and cry about the end of the Witcher Fantasy. Cause It will be a long wait until all my mods are updated. And the mods they list as incompatible include some of mine.
Why is this needed though? Scripts are the same between the two patches. The only difference is v1.32 added Chinese subtitles. If your mod worked on v1.31 it will work on v1.32.
Apparently, that isn't the case. I had been using a few different mods such as Customize Rewards, Increased Creature Loot, and the rare items merchant on 1.32 and none of them were working until I patched the game version down and reinstalled the mods.
I find this hard to believe because like I said the only difference between the 2 versions is that that v1.32 has Chinese subtitles, which has no effect on any of your mods. And just to prove my point, I downloaded and tested the mods you said you were using and they all work fine on my 1.32 version of the game. So this tells me its user error.
Yeah id like to clarify that Im on a heavily modded game thats not been downgraded to 1.31 and all my mods work just fine. Only patch installed is the community base patch for me. I dont know why everyone says you have to downgrade your game. ALL of my mods function fine.
Yeah id like to clarify that Im on a heavily modded game thats not been downgraded to 1.31 and all my mods work just fine. Only patch installed is the community base patch for me. I dont know why everyone says you have to downgrade your game. ALL of my mods function fine.
There is literally a console enabler for 1.32 on nexus if you do a quick search for it, you can also enable the console by just adding DBGConsoleOn=true in your user.settings, there's no need for a mod to enable the debug console, the only reason to even use such a mod is if you wanted the freecam that comes with it.
I found the solution to a very big and common problem. This should be clearly explained in the mod description.
If you have saves from 1.32, you will probably not be able to use them after downgrading to 1.31 with this mod. You will get the following error when trying to load your previous saves:
"Save cannot be loaded because it made using newer version of the game"
Solution:
You have to edit the version recorded in your save files. Do the following steps:
1- Save a backup of your game saves folder from: ?My Documents\The Witcher 3\gamesaves ?for Linux users on proton: ?/home/[username]/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/292030/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My\ Documents/The\ Witcher\ 3/gamesaves/ 2- Edit the save you wish to load with a hex editor of your choice (google hex editor for [your OS]). I used GHex on Linux.
3- In your hex editor, navigate to the byte with offset 0xC16. (The offset is location of the byte within the file. Your hex editor should display it somewhere). The byte should have the hex value 13, corresponding to W3 v1.32.
4- Change the value to 12, corresponding to W3 v1.31
5- Save the file. Your saves should successfully load now.
If it loads successfully, I recommend making a new save immediately. The new save might have better compatibility.
If you find it difficult to find the byte at offset 0xC16, do the following. Once you open your save file in your hex editor, you'll see some values at the beginning (1-2 lines) followed by a LOT of zeros. After the zeros, the values should be something similar to: ?F0 1D 53 41 56 33 40 00 00 00 13 00 00 00
The 13 surrounded by 6 zeros on both sides is what you need to change.
Edit:
SilenM00n mentioned that to fix this "just verify your game cache in steam to update it to the latest version to make the save playable again." I didn't understand that. Do you mean actually updating the game to 1.32? That defeats the point of the mod. Please let me know if misunderstood.
So its seem like you were using this mod since its released. I'm new here and as I'm reading the POSTS lots of people say that they have an error about not moving lips. Do u have this kind of problem when u installed this? please reply. THanks
Hey, could you like, give more info about how to do the edit... like, where are this ofset bite and stuff... i could not understand and find it on my own. Thanks.
EDIT: I manage to do it, it worked like a charm, THANK YOU so much! I just used the "go to" option, near the search one, and selected HEX, and typed 00000C16, and it took me to the ofset with the 13 surraouded by the zeros.
Man i was really hoping this could fix my issue but it just told me the save was damaged and couldn't load. i'm not sure if i did something wrong or if i just gotta start from scratch.
It worked, thank you so much man! For future reference I used this hex editor on windows: https://www.hhdsoftware.com/free-hex-editor If anyone's having trouble in the top left corner where it says 00000000 (8 zeros) just type c16 and it will take you to the 13 surrounded by all the zeros.
My lord , My savior , My Messiah , My Guru , My God.....YOU did what I couldnt , WHAT THANOS tried to do alongside darkseid and Galactus. You made me do something which I could never had hoped to do yet suceed on the verge of defeat.. I was 'tis close to updating the game back to 1.32 yet the valiant effort made by you YOURSELF the MESSIAH GURU , THE EFFORT WHICH even superman and iron man could not do was made possible by you !!! THANK YOU <3
A true King, was nearing the end of my Death March playthrough and decided to finally do some modding. Was shitting my pants before I found this. You've done a great service.
Hades, try deleting the modified save and replacing it with the pre-changed backup that I hope you made, and then try to change the hexadecimal again (while keeping another backup just in case). Provided you are changing the right point in the data, the game should have no idea really that the save was run on 1.32 and not 1.31.
I have a problem with this mod, the mouths from the charakters don´t move. I play with the GoG version of the game. I hope everyone have the same problem and can help me.
So the mod made it where i couldnt load the save, so I verified the game files. Well now when I try to start the game script merger gives me a compilation error saying
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So for all GOG W3 players who, like me, find themselves here because their mods stopped working suddenly I wanted to post a quick reminder:
The GOG Galaxy client allows you to go back to 1.31 (and other versions) via Wticher 3 -> More -> Settings -> Override Features!
No need to manually shove files around like our poor steam fellows here have to do.
If your save wont work its because you have played on it with a newer version of the game (that's what the error says duh) so just verify your game cache in steam to update it to the latest version to make the save playable again.
There is a better solution than this "1.32 to 1.31 patch", in order to use all your favourite mods on The Witcher 3, whatever Steam or GOG.
use Community Patch Base.
I've been through Hell in the modding world for the last two days thanks to this stinkin' new update. They actually crashed my game while I was playing the game and the update was right on desktop destroying my game in real time. Was still Dec.13th so a day early. So I rolled back on Steam to Classic 1.32. It still comes with a bunch of next gen stuff and the launcher is different looking. and you hit play and nothing happens.
I was ready ,too. Had Game and Mods folder backed up and the auto update was off. But they still got me. Good Luck trying to overwrite the new update. Didn't work Obviously.
Imagine playing a fully modded Skyrim to be interrupted by SSE updating your game to next gen.
Why do they think everyone has Next Gen Computers?
Why not make it a different game for Next Gen and offer it to those that want it? Like Skyrim did. No, we get a Force-it-down-your throat update.
I try to only buy older games that are GOTY so I don't have to worry about this exact scenario. Feels like CDPR just stole my game in front of my eyes.
Sorry to EVERYONE. Didn't mean to rant and rave Here. It's not this mods fault. But maybe some people may try what I did and save you some time with this comment.
By the way...went to GOG and bought the game AGAIN. Because the internet had so many mentions of the "Roll Back Feature". Well.....only goes back to V 1.32. And the installation is messy as far as the way they do the Extras. Couldn't find instructions on how to install the Extras. Then, of coarse, couldn't rollback to v 1.31 so no mods for me.
And they say there's no diff between Steam and GoG.
I do have a question for this Mod Page: Will this mod work for the STEAM rollback Classic .32??
Stupid question cause that's one of the few things I have left to try. I might be back to let you know if it works.
Or I may crawl under a rock and cry about the end of the Witcher Fantasy. Cause It will be a long wait until all my mods are updated. And the mods they list as incompatible include some of mine.
Have you got Community Patch - Base installed?
If you have saves from 1.32, you will probably not be able to use them after downgrading to 1.31 with this mod. You will get the following error when trying to load your previous saves:
"Save cannot be loaded because it made using newer version of the game"
Solution:
You have to edit the version recorded in your save files. Do the following steps:
1- Save a backup of your game saves folder from:
?My Documents\The Witcher 3\gamesaves
?for Linux users on proton:
?/home/[username]/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/292030/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My\ Documents/The\ Witcher\ 3/gamesaves/
2- Edit the save you wish to load with a hex editor of your choice (google hex editor for [your OS]). I used GHex on Linux.
3- In your hex editor, navigate to the byte with offset 0xC16. (The offset is location of the byte within the file. Your hex editor should display it somewhere). The byte should have the hex value 13, corresponding to W3 v1.32.
4- Change the value to 12, corresponding to W3 v1.31
5- Save the file. Your saves should successfully load now.
If it loads successfully, I recommend making a new save immediately. The new save might have better compatibility.
If you find it difficult to find the byte at offset 0xC16, do the following. Once you open your save file in your hex editor, you'll see some values at the beginning (1-2 lines) followed by a LOT of zeros. After the zeros, the values should be something similar to:
?F0 1D 53 41 56 33 40 00 00 00 13 00 00 00
The 13 surrounded by 6 zeros on both sides is what you need to change.
Edit:
SilenM00n mentioned that to fix this "just verify your game cache in steam to update it to the latest version to make the save playable again." I didn't understand that. Do you mean actually updating the game to 1.32? That defeats the point of the mod. Please let me know if misunderstood.
Also, thanks a lot for the creator of this mod.
EDIT: I manage to do it, it worked like a charm, THANK YOU so much! I just used the "go to" option, near the search one, and selected HEX, and typed 00000C16, and it took me to the ofset with the 13 surraouded by the zeros.
Thank you so much!
For future reference I used this hex editor on windows: https://www.hhdsoftware.com/free-hex-editor
If anyone's having trouble in the top left corner where it says 00000000 (8 zeros) just type c16 and it will take you to the 13 surrounded by all the zeros.
someone make a video if you guys still confused, hope this help :)
I play with the GoG version of the game.
I hope everyone have the same problem and can help me.
[content0]game\types.ws(52): Enum "EAreaName' already defines.
[content0]game\types.ws(68): Enum 'EDlcAreaName' already defined.
At this point I just want to get rid of this mod, how can I do it?????
i cannot find anything on this issue
help?