Witcher 3

Odd question, but does Witcher 3 just absolutely kill anything else running in the background of your PCs? I've never seen a game that made my PC so sluggish when alt-tabbed out of it. It even kills the performance of my internet connection. I had a few movies downloading via FTP, I generally get my full 100mbs, no problem, but as soon as Witcher 3 fired up those slowed to a trickle, getting under 1 mbps. Anytime I alt-tab out to look up something in Chrome(a quest or whatever) it takes FOREVER to get any web page to load, and you definitely aren't going to stream any Youtube videos.

Seems odd, newer games like GTA5 don't cause any issues, my PC performs like there isn't a game even running when it is minimized in the background. And it's definitely not a hardware issue, I have a 4GB Nvidia 970, 32GB of RAM and an i5 3570k running at 4.8ghz. Something about Witcher 3 though, my PC can't do crap else while it's running.

They like to be special snowflakes and make their own super engine for each game, and they run like molasses every time. Crysis 3 looked sexy as hell and ran smooth as butter. These guys? Meh.

joeboo_sl said:

Odd question, but does Witcher 3 just absolutely kill anything else running in the background of your PCs? I've never seen a game that made my PC so sluggish when alt-tabbed out of it. It even kills the performance of my internet connection. I had a few movies downloading via FTP, I generally get my full 100mbs, no problem, but as soon as Witcher 3 fired up those slowed to a trickle, getting under 1 mbps. Anytime I alt-tab out to look up something in Chrome(a quest or whatever) it takes FOREVER to get any web page to load, and you definitely aren't going to stream any Youtube videos.

Seems odd, newer games like GTA5 don't cause any issues, my PC performs like there isn't a game even running when it is minimized in the background. And it's definitely not a hardware issue, I have a 4GB Nvidia 970, 32GB of RAM and an i5 3570k running at 4.8ghz. Something about Witcher 3 though, my PC can't do crap else while it's running.

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Ifeverythingis running slow, sounds like your CPU is being pegged @ or near 100% for some reason. I have a similar system, (except an i7, but can't see how that would make much difference) and W3 (Ultra settings) only uses ~45% in the foreground and ~22% when alt-tabbed out. Fire up Task Manager and watch the CPU utilisation graphs, will show you both in-game and alt-tabbed %. If it's pegged, then check to find what process is swamping the CPU. Shouldn't be W3. That's where I would start anyway. Good luck!

I've not seen anything like that either. I close Pale Moon before starting the game up, but if I need to tab out and open a browser while playing it still only takes ~5 seconds to open. That's with the TW3 process set to high priority too.

Dandai_sl said:

1.05 is out on Steam, but I'm not seeing any new patch notes.

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Geralt will not longer interact with candles near chests and other interactive elements.
General stability and performance improvements
Significantly Enlarged GUI and HUD elements (including fonts) on consoles and slightly on PC.
Improved camera smoothness
Performance improvements during some cutscenes.
Fixed case where game was crashing on loading a save in certain situations
Various bug fixes and user experience improvements in GUI panels.
Fixed issue where some players were unable to run after Wandering in the Dark quest
Fixed issue where players were unable to talk to Eight after the Lord of Undvik quest
Too many wild hunt minions were spawned during Ciri?s Story: Fleeing the Bog quest.
Fixed issue where Keira could sometimes fall under terrain during Wandering in the Dark quest
Fixed issue where Player was unable to move freely during Blindingly Obvious quest
Fixed issue where Player was unable to activate portal during Wandering in the Dark quest
Fixed issue where Player could get trapped in Turseach castle ruins
Fixed issue where Roche was not present at Hanged Man?s tree during Eye for an Eye quest
Fixed issue where Player was unable to talk or interact with certain NPCs
Fixed issue where Sirens in quest Lord of Undvik could be invulnerable.
Fixed issue where player was unable to use certain actions after Carnal Sins quest
Fixed issue where Geralt was sometimes unable to mount Roach
Fixed issue where some players where experiencing infinite loading screen during King?s Gambit quest.
Fixed issue where Simun was not properly spawned in An Unpaid Debt quest
Fixed issue where player might have had a progression break after choosing certain dialogue option when talking to Dijkstra in Count Reuven?s Treasure quest
The Pyres of Novigrad quest is of course going to be fixed as well as the XP glitch.

Heres PS4 one... they are screenshotsThe Witcher 3 Patch 1.05 For PC and Patch 1.04 For PS4 Out Now, Changelog Revealed | GearNuke

Yeah while I haven't checked the CPU usage I can't really browse while the game is running. Everything variably lags. Also anyone crashing like crazy with the latest patch? Had about 4-5 crashes last night.

XP bug is NOT fixed. Suggested level and actual quest level still do not match, which means you still see quests like Pyres of Novigrad at suggested level 10 when it is really a level 7 quest for reward purposes. Complete it at level 13 and it's green in the log but is really grey due to being 6 levels below. The only thing that changed is I got 5 xp for it now instead of 0.

Mixtilplix_sl said:

Yeah while I haven't checked the CPU usage I can't really browse while the game is running. Everything variably lags. Also anyone crashing like crazy with the latest patch? Had about 4-5 crashes last night.

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From what I've seen on reddit, there's a good chance that's related to nvidia drivers. I've not had a single crash ever, but I use AMD.

I'm tabbed out of the game right now. 1 core pegged at 100%, the other 5 cores are at ~10%. 20-22% total CPU usage by the TW3 process. Using Pale Moon to browse forums and reddit is the same as it is when the game is not running at all.

Argarth_sl said:

Ifeverythingis running slow, sounds like your CPU is being pegged @ or near 100% for some reason. I have a similar system, (except an i7, but can't see how that would make much difference) and W3 (Ultra settings) only uses ~45% in the foreground and ~22% when alt-tabbed out. Fire up Task Manager and watch the CPU utilisation graphs, will show you both in-game and alt-tabbed %. If it's pegged, then check to find what process is swamping the CPU. Shouldn't be W3. That's where I would start anyway. Good luck!

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Yeah I have a CPU monitor widget, and I'm generally at 45-50% usage while playing, and about 30% alt-tabbed out. I don't get why Witcher 3 kills my internet connection though, when it's not even an online game. That's the strangest part, throttles my bandwidth down to like 1% of my max

Interesting, just finished patching and my CPU utilisation has dropped significantly. Full gallop on Roach through the forest spinning the camera around as before, and in-game % had dropped to ~30%, and tabbed out has dropped to ~16%. That's a big improvement.

Also checking with graph divided into logical processors, all 8 cores seem to be running fairly evenly around 20-25%, with spikes going into the 30s and 40s, but nothing over 50%. That tells me they have created a very sweet engine.

*edit - just checked to see if the patch had nuked all my settings down to low, and nope, nothing has changed. Impressive.

Vorph_sl said:

It's avoidable, you just won't be able to do the tournament side quest. I just use the console to cheat -- winGwint(1) as soon as the match starts -- when it comes up in a quest.

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Awesome I'll be using that command nonstop then. Thanks for the heads up.

Tred_sl said:

Awesome I'll be using that command nonstop then. Thanks for the heads up.

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Unfortunately the mod that unlocks the console got broken with 1.05. Hopefully someone fixes it soon though.

joeboo_sl said:

Yeah I have a CPU monitor widget, and I'm generally at 45-50% usage while playing, and about 30% alt-tabbed out. I don't get why Witcher 3 kills my internet connection though, when it's not even an online game. That's the strangest part, throttles my bandwidth down to like 1% of my max

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That is really weird. Just ran an OOKLA Speedtest on my connection with W3 running in the background, and both d/l and u/l speeds are running at full speed with no glitches. Sorry, can't figure that one out.

Patch 1.05 has just gone LIVE for PC and should be available for download everywhere now. Please find the complete list of changes below:

- Fixes a possible exploit by preventing certain drowners from respawning infinitely.
- Improves the distribution of experience points gained by completing quests with recommended levels lower than the player character level.
- Merchants now offer more weapon types.
- Rebalances the prices of maps that can be purchased from merchants.
- Clarifies a number of crafting diagrams.
- Fixes an exploit whereby players could buy sea shells and sell the pearls inside them at a higher price.
- Increases the variety of loot dropped throughout the game.
- Increases the variety of items available in shops.
- Shops now only offer weapons with levels matching or exceeding the player character level.
- Slightly reduces the amount of coin dropped from chests and monsters.
- Deploys the Bovine Defense Force Initiative.
- Fixes an issue where runestones could not be upgraded to greater runestones.
- Reduces the spawn time of selected groups of NPCs.
- Geralt no longer interacts with candles placed near chests and other openable objects.
- Improves the smoothness of camera movement.
- Fixes a number of issues related to horseback riding.
- Fixes an issue where the player could not deflect arrows/bolts at longer distances.
- Introduces a number of fixes in in-game communities.
- Introduces a number of fixes related to combat.
- Vitality begins to drop if Toxicity exceeds 80%, as originally intended.
- Fixes an issue where Geralt was sometimes unable to mount Roach.
- Improves Geralt's movement, especially when he swims.
- Fixes an issue whereby Geralt could be attached to a sinking boat while aiming his crossbow.
- Fixes a number of issues related to Vitality regeneration.
- Fixes an issue whereby certain actions could be randomly blocked during gameplay.
- Fixes a rare issue whereby Geralt could not mount Roach after fast travelling between points.
- Fixes a number of minor tooltip and wording bugs.
- Adds a series of color-blind friendly features. Improves visibility of tracks, marks, footprints and scent clues. Color-blind friendly features can be enabled in the Options\Gamplay submenu.
- Introduces a number of additional fixes to alt + tabbing.
- Fixes an issue where The Witcher 3 process did not close properly if the user did not have XAUDIO installed.
- Introduces a number of general stability and performance improvements.
- Fixes an issue where in certain situations the game could crash while a save was being loaded.
- Adds some missing translations in localized versions.
- Ciri can no longer unlock fast travel points.
- Improves the behavior of sails when viewed from longer distances.
- Improves performance in selected scenes and cutscenes.
- Fixes an issue where clouds and fog could flicker on some hardware configurations.
- Fixes an issue where Geralt could pass through walls in the fish market in Novigrad.
- Removes repeated sound cues on entry into GUI panels a second time.
- Adds a collision near Kaer Gelen that could cause the player to be blocked inside the building.
- Improves the scale of selected elements of the GUI and HUD.
- Introduces a number of bug fixes and user experience improvements in the GUI panels.
- Introduces a number of small changes in the UI for gwent.
- Improves the alignment of the HUD for the 21:9, 4:3 and 5:4 screen ratios.
- Disables "Input device changed" messages and adds options to disable on-screen combat feedback and floating tags above NPCs.
- Adds an information prompt and Journal entries related to new DLC packages.
- Fixes an issue where some formulae were not displayed in the Alchemy panel when the player possessed level 1 of said formulae.
- Introduces a number of fixes in key bindings.
- Introduces new filters for the Alchemy and Crafting panels.
- Fixes a number of minor issues where music tracks were not triggered in their designated locations.
- Fixes an issue where some players could not interact with an object during the Pyres of Novigrad quest.
- Fixes an issue where some players could not make Geralt run after the Wandering in the Dark quest.
- Fixes an issue where players could not talk to Octo after the Lord of Undvik quest.
- Reduces the number of Wild Hunt minions spawned during the Ciri's Story: Fleeing the Bog quest.
- Fixes an issue where Keira could sometimes fall beneath the terrain during the Wandering in the Dark quest.
- Fixes an issue where certain actions were blocked during the Blindingly Obvious quest.
- Fixes an issue where the player could not activate a portal during the Wandering in the Dark quest.
- Fixes an issue where the player could get trapped in the ruins of Tuirseach Castle.
- Geralt can now always play gwent with Madame Serenity.
- Fixes an issue where Vernon Roche would not appear at the Hanged Man's Tree during the Eye for an Eye quest.
- Fixes an issue where the player could not talk or otherwise interact with certain NPCs.
- Fixes an issue where the sirens in the Lord of Undvik quest could be invincible.
- Fixes an issue where the player could not perform certain actions after the Carnal Sins quest.
- Fixes an issue where some players experienced an infinite loading screen during the King's Gambit quest.
- Fixes an issue where the player could experience a progression break after choosing a certain dialogue option when talking to Dijkstra in the Count Reuven's * Treasure quest.
- Fixes an issue where Simun did not spawn properly during the Unpaid Debt quest.
- Fixes an issue in the Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk quest where the katakan was not hostile after being lured.
- Fixes an issue in the Contract: Shrieker quest where the shrieker was not hostile in certain situations.
- Fixes an issue where the player could not perform certain actions in the Master of the Arena quest.
- Fixes an issue where wolves were not visible in the Contract: Mysterious Tracks quest.
- Fixes an issue where the player could not fast travel under certain rare circumstances.
- Fixes an issue where the player could not interact with Hattori during the Swords and Dumplings quest.
- The player can no longer take on the Apiarian Phantom contract multiple times.
- Fixes an issue where some players could not progress during the Broken Flowers quest.
- Fixes an issue whereby the "Novigrad, Closed City" entry might have remained in the Journal indefinitely.
- Fixes an issue in the Return to Crookback Bog quest where monsters were spawned inside a building.
- Players can no longer prematurely obtain a key from a halfling, thus blocking the Contract: The Apiarian Phantom quest.
- Fixes an issue in the Greedy God quest where the player could kill a monster twice.
- Adds fail-safes for players being unable to obtain gwent cards after Dijkstra or Lambert can no longer be found in the game.
- Fixes an issue whereby Triss could get stuck on a set of stairs after a scene during the Now or Never quest.
- Fixes an issue where Ermion could not leave Lugos' area during the Sunstone quest.

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Vorph_sl said:

XP bug is NOT fixed. Suggested level and actual quest level still do not match, which means you still see quests like Pyres of Novigrad at suggested level 10 when it is really a level 7 quest for reward purposes. Complete it at level 13 and it's green in the log but is really grey due to being 6 levels below. The only thing that changed is I got 5 xp for it now instead of 0.

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I must have misunderstood the XP Bug, I thought it was affecting quests that were even the correct level for the character, and halting peoples' progress. I didn't realise that the weird rewards level issue was recognised by them as part of the "bug", that they were fixing. *edit* Remember reading (many many pages back) about -3 rewards but didn't think that was part of the bug, if that makes more sense.

Here's a more complete description of the quest xp problem:PSA: Explanation for what causes the XP bug : witcher

They did fix some of them. For example, I was playing on PS4 last night and completed the swamp quest (suggested level 6) at level 11. It was marked level 5 in the rewards table last night and so I got 0 xp for it. Today I redid the turn in and I got 160 xp for it, and checking the PC files reveals that it is now level 6. Not sure why I lost 20%, since the final step rewards 200xp; maybe they put in scaling xp% reduction based on how many levels above the quest you are. Will need to test further.

That's pretty impressive patch, they squashed almost all bugs I ran into