Not far into the game, decided to play through Witcher 2 first

I've been intending to play through the entire trilogy since I bought TW3 more than a year and a half ago. But it would probably take that long...

That's a very wide screen :)

I worked out that it's literally 2.5 times wider than my antiquated 5:4 screen. All I'm thinking right now is how good it would be for driving games. Wanna swap, slaapliedje?

Not far into the game, decided to play through Witcher 2 first

I've been intending to play through the entire trilogy since I bought TW3 more than a year and a half ago. But it would probably take that long...

That's a very wide screen :)

I worked out that it's literally 2.5 times wider than my antiquated 5:4 screen. All I'm thinking right now is how good it would be for driving games. Wanna swap, slaapliedje?

This is how Racer Driver - GRID looks in ultrawide :)

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Not far into the game, decided to play through Witcher 2 first

I've been intending to play through the entire trilogy since I bought TW3 more than a year and a half ago. But it would probably take that long...

That's a very wide screen :)

I worked out that it's literally 2.5 times wider than my antiquated 5:4 screen. All I'm thinking right now is how good it would be for driving games. Wanna swap, slaapliedje?

Ha. I got a killer deal on it actually. Was 760 (+55 in tax) with free shipping straight from Lenovo (model is ThinkVision P44w-10).

Definitely a sweet monitor. Though you can't really beat driving games in VR...

If anyone wonders where to get 25 extra tracks for TW3 OST that are missing on GOG, I found them (DRM-free FLAC) on Tidal:

https://store.tidal.com/us/album/83256996

Going through the soundtrack. Some really good compositions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16HAnmB7ISE

I have been avoiding the OSTs so that when I get back into the game I experience them within the Witcher world. Have you tried VkBasalt for Witcher @Shmerl?

I have been avoiding the OSTs so that when I get back into the game I experience them within the Witcher world.

I was also avoiding the soundtrack until I finished all expansions. But now I'm going through it, and it's great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9gVpMHhiA

Have you tried VkBasalt for Witcher @Shmerl?

No, I haven't tried vkBasalt, the game really looks amazing as is. Does it improve the graphics look?

Last edited by Shmerl on 20 Aug 2020 at 2:58 pm UTC

No, I haven't tried vkBasalt, the game really looks amazing as is. Does it improve the graphics look?

Not yet but I will eventually. From what I could tell from the video by Mango it seems to make a difference.

On the subject of the OST, Forefathers' Eve is an excellent track that's also very easy to miss.

Yeah, there are some tracks like that. If you want to extract audio from the game, check this.

Last edited by Shmerl on 21 Aug 2020 at 12:21 am UTC

Thanks, I'll keep it in mind for the future: I don't have the game installed at the moment and it'll probably be a while before I get to replaying it. I still need to replay the first one too, in part to relive the days when my favorite witcher gear wasn't yet retroactively culturally appropriated by the Manticore school.

Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project Release Date Reveal trailer

Must see!

Does anyone play this game currently (v1.32) with relatively new nvidia drivers?

Maybe I'm doing something wrong - regardless of the version of wine/dxvk (5.0/1.5.5 or 5.5/1.7.1), I had random crashes that were rare at the beginning of the game and now became practically constant after a few hours in the game. I am not able to get to the village of White Orchard where Vesimir is waiting (after killing the griffin).

I had the same problem playing with wine 2 years ago. It was solved by buying the game on steam and using proton. But maybe someone here has a more satisfying answer.

I had the same problem playing with wine 2 years ago. It was solved by buying the game on steam and using proton. But maybe someone here has a more satisfying answer.

There is no need to re-buy the game on steam, you can use Proton anyway.

Damnit, still working through Witcher 2, and now stuck on trying to go into the sewers at Loc Muinne, as those greater rotfiends are trashing me every time I try to fight them.

Damnit, still working through Witcher 2, and now stuck on trying to go into the sewers at Loc Muinne, as those greater rotfiends are trashing me every time I try to fight them.

The Secrets of Loc Muinne is one of the best quests in the game.

Damnit, still working through Witcher 2, and now stuck on trying to go into the sewers at Loc Muinne, as those greater rotfiends are trashing me every time I try to fight them.

The Secrets of Loc Muinne is one of the best quests in the game.

So far one of the hardest fights I've been in. Mainly because there isn't much room to move, with the 5 or so Rotfiends and the useless NPCs ha.

Yeah, most companions in that quest aren't much help in a fight (that's why they hired the witcher after all) except may be for Cynthia, but they provide a good comic relief :)

Last edited by Shmerl on 8 Sep 2020 at 8:45 pm UTC

I had the same problem playing with wine 2 years ago. It was solved by buying the game on steam and using proton. But maybe someone here has a more satisfying answer.

Weird. I have no idea what's going on. The day before yesterday (after posting on the forum) I tried to use proton (using the option of adding a non-steam game to the steam and turning on steam play for it) and it worked (after a little tinkering due to a bug ) and there were no crashes (although I didn't play that long). I only experienced some micro stuttering. Yesterday I tried again the combination wine 5.0 + dxvk 1.5.5 and... also there were no crashes.



Update a few days later: I stayed with the proton because it turned out to be crash-free (unlike other setups).


Last edited by pmadzik on 14 Sep 2020 at 1:40 pm UTC