You’ll need a text editor to make changes to ttings (basic Notepad might work, but Nvidia recommend Notepad++) and after you’ve made and saved changes, it’s necessary to go to Properties and set the file to Read-Only. Make a backup so you have something to fall back on if you screw something up. To get started with this type of tweaking, you need to head to ‘C:UsersUSERNAMEDocumentsThe Witcher 3’ and find the ttings file.
They have a new driver out for Nvidia cards too.Īll the stuff about the standard Witcher 3 settings (and Nvidia special bits) is suitably comprehensive, but it’s the section called “Config File Tweaks” which looks especially interesting for those people hoping to push the game beyond even the in-title ‘Ultra’ settings.
We’ve only just received review code here in IncGamers-land (so expect more Witcher-things this week,) but in the mean-time an extensive Nvidia article about the game’s various options, sliders and values shows just how many bits and pieces you can change in CD Projekt Red’s latest.
Thanks, GeForce for the graphics performance section in this article.You can usually trust a decent, major PC release to have lots of lovely config file tweaks going for it, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt seems as if it’s well served in that area. But it’s worth giving them a shot since these have worked for players who own the PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Note: Given that the wide range of PC hardware out there, the fixes mentioned here may or may not work for you. Shadows are perhaps the biggest resource hog, next to Nvidia Hairworks. FoliageShadowDistanceScale= – Increase the value to enable a few extra trees, bushes, and grass clumps to cast shadows. MaxTerrainShadowAtlasCount= – Increase the value to potentially improve the quality of terrain shadows.ĬascadeShadowmapSize= – Increase the value to slightly improve the fidelity of shadows.ĬascadeShadowQuality= – Increase the value to slightly improve the fidelity of shadows. Try reducing these numbers to have better performance.ĬascadeShadowFadeTreshold= – Decrease the value to improve the maximum view distance of shadows.ĬascadeShadowDistanceScale0= – Increase the value to improve the quality of close-range shadows.ĬascadeShadowDistanceScale1= – Increase the value to improve the quality and visibility of close and medium-range shadows.ĬascadeShadowDistanceScale2= – Increase the value to improve the quality and visibility of distant shadows. For instance, if you are using a 3GB card, 1014 instead of 800 will work just fine here. This depends on the amount of memory your GPU has. Try lowering GrassGenerationEfficiency below 0.075 to get better performance. Try lowering FoliageDistanceScale below 1 to get better frame rates. If you increase DecalsChance to 2 or 3, there is a greater chance that blood will be spilled when you hit enemies.ĭecalsSpawnDistanceCutoff= DecalsSpawnDistanceCutoff= DecalsChance= The options are:ĭynamicDecalsHideDistance= In this file you can find a ton of options which you can tweak around to get the desired performance. You can get the file at \Documents\The Witcher 3. If you are running the game on a medium spec PC, you can try and improve graphics and performance by accessing the ttings file. If this does not work, try removing the frame rate cap in the graphics setting. If the game is crashing from the menu or inventory, try disabling Vsync from the options or try running the game in borderless window. There is no solution for this at the moment, so hopefully this will be resolved in a future patch.įor users who are facing screen tearing and flickering issues, try toggling Vsync on/off. If you are facing mouse lag issues, enable Hardware Cursor from the options menu. Some GPUs are apparently facing issues to run the game at 1440p. This should resolve the issue in most cases.
In order to resolve, download the latest drivers for Nvidia and AMD GPUs. We have also read reports about crashes and black screens. If this does not help, try lowering Foliage View Distance and Grass Density in the graphics menu. Apparently, this feature is a resource hog so if you don’t have a capable PC, don’t try this out. Always remember that official support is always the best support.įor users who are facing frame rate lags or stuttering issues, try and disable Nvidia Hairworks options. GamingBolt or its staff members take no responsibility for problems that may arise or issues that may occur from trying the below. Please be advised that the following methods are to be used at the sole discretion of the platform owner. After searching the internet, we have found some possible solutions that you may be facing while playing the game. And just like any PC launch these days, the game is facing from a few issues. CD Projekt’s ambitious open world role playing game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is finally available on the PC.