The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt simply received a brand new patch that brings a number of bug fixes and improves the general efficiency of the sport. The replace to model 4.02 is out now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection S/X, which obtained the much-delayed “next-gen improve” in December that was stricken by stories of technical points. The brand new replace fixes the dearth of a dialogue choice that might assist progress the ‘Battle Preparations’ quest, improves water refractions on PC, provides a movement blur slider, and extra. The replace weighs about 2GB on PC and between 10–20GB on consoles.
Polish studio CD Projekt Red revealed patch notes in a weblog submit, separating fixes based mostly on the platform. On PC, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s DirectX 12 model is anticipated to scale back the load on the CPU, along with stopping a bizarre flickering subject within the duchy Touissant, when the Nvidia HairWorks setting was toggled off. Grass shadows that beforehand appeared murky have now been fastened, although gamers might want to disable Ambient Occlusion as soon as extra for it to work. “Yow will discover it in Choices → Video → Graphics,” the post reads. As talked about earlier than, a movement blur slider has been added to assist smoothen digital camera motion, whereas a refraction impact has been added to SSR (screen-space reflections) and ray-traced reflections.
Efficiency mode has been improved on each PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, and the sport now not crashes when Geralt decides to run away from the medic Shani after placing the dialog. Working The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with Ray-Tracing on Xbox Collection S/X would result in crashes, owing to a reminiscence utilization subject, which has been fastened now. PS5 customers now not need to endure blurry cutscenes or take care of their oldest save information being deleted robotically. Some localisation points have been additionally resolved, beginning with up to date conventional Chinese language fonts and punctuations within the Arabic translation.
In the meantime, CD Projekt Purple is deep into growth on Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty paid enlargement. The content material boasts the biggest budget for an enlargement within the studio’s historical past and options Idris Elba (The Suicide Squad) in a serious position — Solomon Reed, FIA agent of the ‘New United States of America.’ Particulars are scarce, however a trailer from final 12 months revealed that Keanu Reeves could be reprising his position because the magnetic Johnny Silverhand, who deems our allegiance to the federation a “dangerous thought.” That includes mounds of useless authorities officers, Phantom Liberty is described as an “not possible mission of espionage & survival.”
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt next-gen replace and its newest patch is out now throughout PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection S/X.
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