Looks like it's time for me to finally finish Witcher 3. I started over a month or so ago and was really enjoying catching back up to where I previously was.
HDR update of the Witcher 3 is out on PS4 [patch introduced serious pop-in issues on Pro]
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Gonna jump back in on the PS5. Too much on my plate right now to sink another 100 hours or whatever.
What am I looking at here? Did the patch over saturate his/her colours?
Just fired it up with the downsampling unchecked and yeah, it looks like standard 1080p. Might be good for the framerate purists though as it could offer better performance again.
Look at the trees and bushes. Really low quality till you get like 10 feet of them.
Oh shit yeah. Looks awful.
Edit: Yeah just had a run around. What the fuck have they done there.
Edit 2: So the issue seems to disappear when you uncheck system supersampling, but then you have to make do with a standard 1080p output again. Weird.
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Is there a chance you'd need to rebuild the database? That sounds like a problem I used to have, and doing that just fixed it.
Just tested it on my A1. Sheeeeeeeiiiiiiitttttt.
I fuckin love HDR and the implementation here is marvelous. CD Project keeps winning.
I fuckin love HDR and the implementation here is marvelous. CD Project keeps winning.
They downgraded the graphics again, the new draw distance is a joke
Damn. So the only way to get a downsampled image with the new patch is to use system wide supersampling, and that seems to be whats causing the lod issues. Think I'll be sticking with v1.50.
I just did a quick runaround with this new update after loading an old save game. It looks exactly how I would expect HDR to look. I ran around at night and the moonlight was spot-on. The graphics are apparently not full 4K, but clearly much higher than 1080. It isn't Horizon quality, but definitely pleasing.
The framerate was solid. I didn't notice any stuttering, hesitations, or absolutely any dips in framerate. I assume it's 30fps and it never dropped for me. I didn't go into any swamps or whatever people had trouble with in the past. I did swim and fight around water areas.
Looks good. Feels good. I forgot how good it sounds (it was originally the catalyst for me adding a subwoofer to my home theatre).
I don't know about all the LOD stuff people are posting above, but it seemed fine to me. Vegetation has always been sparse in this game compared to others. Games always seem to have to sacrifice draw distance, whether it's shadows (Fallout 4), animations (Monster Hunter), or foliage.
My opinion is, at this point, you are either ecstatic at finally getting to play this in its ultimate form, or you are looking for a reason to not play it. Staring at the ground in the distance while you run around empty fields is not how you play this game.
The framerate was solid. I didn't notice any stuttering, hesitations, or absolutely any dips in framerate. I assume it's 30fps and it never dropped for me. I didn't go into any swamps or whatever people had trouble with in the past. I did swim and fight around water areas.
Looks good. Feels good. I forgot how good it sounds (it was originally the catalyst for me adding a subwoofer to my home theatre).
I don't know about all the LOD stuff people are posting above, but it seemed fine to me. Vegetation has always been sparse in this game compared to others. Games always seem to have to sacrifice draw distance, whether it's shadows (Fallout 4), animations (Monster Hunter), or foliage.
My opinion is, at this point, you are either ecstatic at finally getting to play this in its ultimate form, or you are looking for a reason to not play it. Staring at the ground in the distance while you run around empty fields is not how you play this game.
That looks terrible and now like how I'm used to it on the Pro
Just got a 4K HDR TV but I may hold off on the update if the draw distance is so bad now. Or is it only for 1080p downsampling?
Anyone having issues with the TCL tv? When loading the game the screen is all washed out with green banding at the top and bottom and when in game looks like a pale white filter over everything?
Now that you mention it...not sure lol...he posted on this thread that talks about HDR so I assumed it had HDR on PC as well...(I played on the Pro).
Just tried it out. With HDR and without.
Hate to say it but I'm extremely disappointed. I was just playing the game a few weeks ago so it's very noticeale to me.
-LOD/pop in is really really bad now. It was never even close to this before. It was never a problem for me at all until now.
-Sky had some strange flickering going on in White Orchard. Tested it with both HDR on and off.
It almost seems that this was a mistake. Or enough people complained about the 4-5 tiny spots where the pro patched game would drop a few frames. If this is the sacrifice they had to make to please those people.... damn
Hate to say it but I'm extremely disappointed. I was just playing the game a few weeks ago so it's very noticeale to me.
-LOD/pop in is really really bad now. It was never even close to this before. It was never a problem for me at all until now.
-Sky had some strange flickering going on in White Orchard. Tested it with both HDR on and off.
It almost seems that this was a mistake. Or enough people complained about the 4-5 tiny spots where the pro patched game would drop a few frames. If this is the sacrifice they had to make to please those people.... damn
The platform which most likely generated the most revenue = have the worst support.
We wait +6 months for this? What is going on with CDPR...
We wait +6 months for this? What is going on with CDPR...
These problems are they related to just using a pro in 1080? As there are none of these issues in 4k. There is no more pop in than before and HDR is absolutely gorgeous. The only issue I have is the slight frame rate issues as before with the first pro patch. HDR on this is really really good. Maybe they could have included sliders for users with hdr TVs that don't support hdr1000 because believe me, on a TV that does, this looks glorious.
Nope, it doesn't. CDPR, for whatever reason, has said that they have no plans to patch it into the PC version either.
Tempted to double dip and nab the PS4 version for this.
Wow so this happens when using system supersampling? Damn that sucks.
I thought that was just the graphics in general until I loaded it up and started playing in 4k and it looked great. They should fix that, thats terrible.
point taken but also, they're going after one hell of a niche if that's their strategy here.
I'm on a 4k tv now. Can't comment on that.
But yeah. I didn't think it would be true at first tbh. Lots of people overblow the changes that CD project red make. I know how these threads go usually. I've been really impressed with the work they have put in to patch this game. The small framerate drops that came with the ps4 pro patch didn't bother me much at all.
Like I said though.. Having just played the game 2 weeks ago you can really notice the LOD/pop-in now. Don't understand how anyone can argue that. Maybe if you haven't played it in a long time..
I have the TCL p605. I have to download the game but I'll let you know if I see the same thing.
That's disappointing. My main save is on the PS4, so I was hoping to play the expansions on the Pro. I may opt to just play on the Xbox if it's bad enough.
That's a bummer. I have my PC hooked up to my 4K HDR TV, and my guess is there's a sizable audience that does the same (even if it's not the primary display). Better HDR support on PC would definitely be a selling point for me.
Running a PRO with 4K HDR, have to say the implementation is gorgeous at 4K.
Whilst the game was great anyway the wide colour gamut really adds realism to the scenes and the torches burn bright.
This has made this game even better which I didn't believe possible.
Still on my first ever run trough. Wondering if the expansions are worth it. Anyone care to offer their thoughts?
Whilst the game was great anyway the wide colour gamut really adds realism to the scenes and the torches burn bright.
This has made this game even better which I didn't believe possible.
Still on my first ever run trough. Wondering if the expansions are worth it. Anyone care to offer their thoughts?
Haven't played in ages.
Going to load it up without the patch and record 60 seconds from the start of my save then do the same thing post patch.
Will report back.
Going to load it up without the patch and record 60 seconds from the start of my save then do the same thing post patch.
Will report back.
I think the expansion pass is the best bang for buck DLC/expansions this gen, easily. Not only are they lengthy but they are quality and add to the experience. In short, yes.
I didn't notice any difference where I was in the game.
Went from version 1.5 to 1.61.
Playing on a 1080p set though with supersampling on
Edit : on second viewing I can notice it.
It's not too bad but I guess it could look worse in other areas.