The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt came out in 2015, but the GOTY of its year is such a good and extensive game that people continue to play and expand their experience with it. The story of Geralt of Rivia has now arrived for every possible platform, including Nintendo Switch, and is accessible to anyone who wants to try it.
However, CD Projekt RED, the developer of the title (and also of the ill-fated Cyberpunk 2077) has been after a terrible bug for The Witcher players for some time. It’s a bug that sometimes prevented players from completing Geralt’s story and finishing the game, so it was important to fix it as soon as possible.
Now, with its update to version 4.01, it has finally put an end to this bug, and has also brought all kinds of improvements for its PlayStation, Xbox and PC versions that will allow fans to continue enjoying the title in the best possible way.
All the improvements of update 4.01
According to CD Projekt RED, all kinds of improvements have been made to the new version of the game. Here are the details.
Missions
- Battle Preparations: Fixed an issue where Avallac’h could not be interacted with during objective “let Avallac’h know that everything is ready”.
- Family Issues: Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash during the transition to “Ciri’s Story: Far from the Shadows”, when you interacted with the Bloody Baron.
- King’s Gambit: Fixed a bug where you couldn’t engage in the fight with the second Vildkaarl due to an invisible obstacle.
- The Wine War: Added an earlier fix to the one fixed in patch 4.00, where the quest could not be completed if the player destroyed one of the required monster nests during exploration.
- A Dangerous Game: The armor in Caserar’s room will now change its appearance to the alternate Nilfgaardian armor when activated.
- Axii Puppet: Increased health and damage done by the puppet.
- The “Adrenaline Rush” mutation will now work according to its description.
- Several more minor fixes have been made to different missions and cutscenes.
Locations
- Fixed various issues with Arabic localization.
- Added Korean and Simplified Chinese localized versions of Orianna’s song “Lullaby of Woe”.
- Adjusted the lip sync of Priscilla’s animation to match her Simplified Chinese voice during the song “The Wolven Storm”.
Fixes for PC
- Fixed a bug where Screen Space Reflections would not work on PC even though the tweak was enabled. Players who have the setting set to high may experience an impact on performance.
- Added a new performance mode for ray-traced global illumination, which can be activated by players with compatible hardware. It will improve framerate by prioritizing performance over accuracy and range.
Fixes for consoles
- Fixed an issue where consoles could create more saves than the allowed limit.
- Improved the quality of Screen Space Reflections on next-gen consoles.
- Optimized Ray Traced Global Illumination on next generation consoles to improve Ray Tracing mode.
