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Digital Foundry: The Witcher 3 Switch Patch 3.6: PC Cross Save Support, Graphics Options + Performance Tests!
- Thread starter chandoog
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TL;DW:
- Latest patch is 3.6 and changes go beyond what's mentioned in the patch notes.
- Cross save tested. Steam and GOG available and tested. All equivalent DLC must be installed for save to be compatible.
- Default settings don't show any notable difference between patch 3.2 and 3.6
- Graphical menu is similar to user made menu with more options. Most settings are post-process based.
- Options include: Sharpening, DoF, Cutscene DoF, Underwater effects, Light shafts, foliage visibility and anti aliasing.
- Foliage range limited to Low-High, omits Ultra from the unofficial mod.
- Sharpening filter recommended to Max. Low barely has any difference and has no performance impacts.
- Sharpening can cause tell-tale white halos but works reasonably well.
- AA can be disabled to improve IQ but drawback is obvious in terms of visual noise etc.
- DF recommendation: Keep AA enabled, sharpening Max.
- Performance runs most areas the same as before on default settings with very slim gains in some areas.
- Docked: Switching all settings off improves performance dramatically with near 30 FPS everywhere including the bogs.
- Docked: Gains in frame rates are even more extreme with all settings disabled in cut-scenes. Avg extra 5 FPS.
- Portable mode doesn't have much of an impact with settings disabled in either game play or cut-scenes.
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- Latest patch is 3.6 and changes go beyond what's mentioned in the patch notes.
- Cross save tested. Steam and GOG available and tested. All equivalent DLC must be installed for save to be compatible.
- Default settings don't show any notable difference between patch 3.2 and 3.6
- Graphical menu is similar to user made menu with more options. Most settings are post-process based.
- Options include: Sharpening, DoF, Cutscene DoF, Underwater effects, Light shafts, foliage visibility and anti aliasing.
- Foliage range limited to Low-High, omits Ultra from the unofficial mod.
- Sharpening filter recommended to Max. Low barely has any difference and has no performance impacts.
- Sharpening can cause tell-tale white halos but works reasonably well.
- AA can be disabled to improve IQ but drawback is obvious in terms of visual noise etc.
- DF recommendation: Keep AA enabled, sharpening Max.
- Performance runs most areas the same as before on default settings with very slim gains in some areas.
- Docked: Switching all settings off improves performance dramatically with near 30 FPS everywhere including the bogs.
- Docked: Gains in frame rates are even more extreme with all settings disabled in cut-scenes. Avg extra 5 FPS.
- Portable mode doesn't have much of an impact with settings disabled in either game play or cut-scenes.
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Friend of mine has the game and is very excited about the patch. The changes seem really well done!
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This patch made it look even better! It's crazy that The Witcher 3 can run and look that good on the Switch.
I wonder how DOOM Eternal will look too in the near future!
I wonder how DOOM Eternal will look too in the near future!
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There's a few others. Most notable example is Divinity Original Sin II.
Are you sure regarding gameplay ? During the video they're only showing cutscenes footage while stating you don't get much gains in portable mode (while speaking right before about cutscenes as well) To me this sounds like you're still getting gains during gameplay but a clarification from someone at Digital Foundry would be nice.
Not to speak for DF, but
Edit: Disregard. Most, not all.
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Not all of them are post-processing effects, there's foliage visibility range as well as motion blur and depth of field settings too. And those certainly impact performance (at least in docked mode).
Well they do mention that some settings impact the performance like the foliage setting which improves the framerate greatly in some areas which i'd assume is the same for the portable mode.
Yeah, sorry, I neglected to think of foliage distance and the like, which are most certainly tied to rendering power. Disregard my reply. :)
I'm honestly shocked that's their recommendation. I thought that's the setting I would choose but the artificial sharpening is way too extreme. As someone who normally hates jaggies, my recommendation is AA off, sharpening low. I think it's the best compromise.
Is it just me or has the image quality on DF videos been rough recently? Even the PC footage in this video looks poor to me. It's like the videos are extra compressed or something.
i think youtube is compressing'em even more then usual. noticed it a lot lately :/
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You're right, they don't specifically talk about game play, that's just what I derived from that. If anyone from DF can comment on it, I'll update it accordingly.
They do comment on the halo effect caused by high sharpening but generally seemed like they really appreciated the boost in clarity the extra sharpness adds.
watching that video, it seems like you need to manually select which saves to upload/download. Can anyone who has tried this confirm? Is there no option to just always sync all saves? If true, that's somewhat annoying from a perspective of being able to just seamlessly switch back and forth between playing on a PC and then getting in some Switch sessions on the go.
That could case problems, as you just could launch the game on both platforms at the same time.
you need to change the resolution to 1080p, it defaults to 480p for me
*sigh* Is this with the GOG version too?
Seems like i need to get the Expansion pass too (And i'm out of money now)
EDIT: I'll answer myself: Yes, with the GOG version too.
Goddammit, i didn't want to pay for the DLCs yet
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Nothing changes in our workflow - the intensity of compression on youtube (at 1080p, which is horribly compressed in my opinion) depends on the content. Content that has a lot of reds, or smaller moving bits (like high camera movement, foliage, or particles) will show more compression macro blocks than completely stable undyanmic footage.
So yeah, no change to our workflow and no conspiracy, just Youtube and compression working like it always has.
Graphics options? I mean, we've seen it before in some games, but this is probably the closest one to PC on a console game.
Sharpening looks necessary, while anti aliasing is kind of useless as it only makes everything blurry again.
Sharpening looks necessary, while anti aliasing is kind of useless as it only makes everything blurry again.
Good game, not as amazing as some make it out to be but it is very good. Combat is serviceable at best. I'm almost at the end of the story at around 50 hours and don't regret playing the game at all.
Despite it being on sale, I'd highly recommend physical copy, the game is massive.
Calm down pal, I finished the game about 30 minutes ago and enjoyed it; the story was really well told. However, the way Geralt controls pissed me off, it led to a bunch of deaths that could have easily been avoided.
Combat was also just OK, it was super basic and just became an excerise in spamming the quick attack button, using a few signs and applying an oil to wrap things up slightly quicker.
That said I would give it an 8.5/10 because the story and world building was really well done.
I can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere so I'll ask here. Will Steam achievements unlock if I do the criteria on Switch, and then I continue that save on Steam?
Great video. Disagree with their settings recommendation, though -- DoF off, sharpening low, AA off is the sweet spot in my opinion. All personal preference, of course, but I prefer some jaggies to a soft image, and sharpening on high is too noisy and unnatural.
As other posters stated earlier, AA on and Sharpening to max. I also turned off DoF outside of conversations and turned off blur. Working super well for me thus far.
So what's DF's recommendation apart from AA on and sharpening high?
I mean regarding stuff like DoF - is it worth turning it all off to improve performance?
I mean regarding stuff like DoF - is it worth turning it all off to improve performance?
did you experience any slowdown most especially on demanding areas?
Not any more than the other console releases compared to my PC. But I've just started over with my NG+ from my PC save.