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coastie65

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15. Dec 4, 2008 11:22 AM

in response to: AuroraDizon

Re: WITCHER FANS, SOMETHING NEW

When i played it, there were aspects I never touched on. I did do some limited Potion making. I didn't do the mutation thing before battle. In other words, I didn't use a lot of the stuff that was available to me. I know that mcbarker was playing it as well, but haven't heard much from him on it, so I don't know if he still is or not.

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mcbarker

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Aug 10, 2006

16. Dec 4, 2008 11:48 AM

in response to: coastie65

Re: WITCHER FANS, SOMETHING NEW

Hi Coastie... I gave up on it after trying in vain to install the upgrade. I was a good way into the game, then I had to totally uninstall the whole thing (Witcher support instructions)... then after that didn't work, they wanted me to uninstall (not disable) all antivirus, anti-malware and firewall programs, and any programs which create virtual drives (I use Alcohol 120% which uses virtual drives to circumvent using the game disk). Since after doing all of that, I would also have to access the Internet (totally unprotected) to verify the legality of my copy of The Witcher, my thought was "screw you", so it now sits with a pile of other unused games. Now I'm playing Diablo 2, which isn't nearly as interesting.

I do agree though about The Witcher... when you get it going. it is a really good game... but it can be tough.

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coastie65

9,163 posts since
Apr 2, 2007

17. Dec 4, 2008 12:04 PM

in response to: mcbarker

Re: WITCHER FANS, SOMETHING NEW

Hey mcb, I had completed it, but tried to download the Enhanced version anyway. It didn't work for me either. I ended up buying the thing. The two "ADDITIONAL ADVENTURES", may be short ones, 10 - 15 Hrs. as "The Price of Neutrality" was included in the last patch before the final patch, which I played. I had left a comment on their site about the failure to download the Enhanced Version, but got the same thing you did. One woman in Montreal, said she got it on the first day and ahd no problem with the download and installation. I had started that game over some 4 times, before I bought a decent Video Card. coastie

drachir

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Aug 8, 2006

18. Dec 5, 2008 9:52 AM

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Re: WITCHER FANS, SOMETHING NEW

Witcher fans do not need to rejoice. The Enhanced Version of The Witcher was released for the PC some time ago. It is indeed an awesome game, and I am very impressed with this developer. Unlike many other game developers out there, CD Projekt Red values the PC Gamer first, consoles are not as important. I hate consoles. They are far less versatile than a PC, giving you so much less of a bang for your buck. So what if it's much more difficult to play a PC game in the living room. Most PC gaming rigs (like mine) have large displays and incredible sound systems. Furthermore, you can upgrade them yourself when more demanding games come out, instead of shelling out another half a grand for the next console version.

coastie65

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19. Dec 5, 2008 10:27 AM

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Re: WITCHER FANS, SOMETHING NEW

drachir wrote:Witcher fans do not need to rejoice. The Enhanced Version of The Witcher was released for the PC some time ago. It is indeed an awesome game, and I am very impressed with this developer. Unlike many other game developers out there, CD Projekt Red values the PC Gamer first, consoles are not as important. I hate consoles. They are far less versatile than a PC, giving you so much less of a bang for your buck. So what if it's much more difficult to play a PC game in the living room. Most PC gaming rigs (like mine) have large displays and incredible sound systems. Furthermore, you can upgrade them yourself when more demanding games come out, instead of shelling out another half a grand for the next console version.

I have Tomb Raider on a console and downloaded the demo on the PC. It played better on the console as the controls on the PC were a bit awkward. As to how well The Witcher will translate to the console. I guess we'll have to wait til Fall of '09 to find out. In the meantime I am awaitng the next PC release from CD Projekt Red. coastie

mcbarker

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Aug 10, 2006

20. Dec 5, 2008 4:26 PM

in response to: coastie65

Re: WITCHER FANS, SOMETHING NEW

Since the 1.4 enhanced version upgrade didn't work for me, I considered buying the enhanced version DVD, but after doing some research, changed my mind. The only thing I don't like about CD Projekt's The Witcher (Enhanced Version) software is that it also installs a protection system (Tages + SolidShield) on one's hard drive, and loads 3rd party DRM drivers on boot up, but I'm not certain if these are disabled after the install is validated. The DRM protection looks for any disk emulation software installed on the system (amongst other things), and if detected, may cause a completely legal Witcher install to be flagged as illegal, in turn, causing certain quest dependant NPCs in the game not to show up, which ultimately means that the player cannot successfully complete the game. Apparently, some SCSI and SATA drivers also cause the DRM system to flag the install as invalid. Since I use Alcohol 120% (a completely legal program), which creates virtual drives on my system, I would be hesitant to install The Witcher enhanced version on my system. Too bad.

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coastie65

9,163 posts since
Apr 2, 2007

21. Dec 5, 2008 4:37 PM

in response to: mcbarker

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Hi mcb, You know it was strange. I completely uninstalled The Witcher as I had completed it anyway. I then installed the Enhanced Version. When I stsrted it, I was surprised to find that my save files ( From the other game) were still in there. I was sure I had done a full uninstallation including the save files. From what I've been able gather there is no DRM, But I do know it is a pain and was ill advised in my opinion. I remember with the old Commodore 64 5 1/4" floppies, The copy protection was such, the head was jumping all over the disk from sector to sector when loading. Noisy too. coastie

mcbarker

1,013 posts since
Aug 10, 2006

22. Dec 5, 2008 5:11 PM

in response to: coastie65

Re: WITCHER FANS, SOMETHING NEW

Hi Coastie... The Tages copy protection was on the original DVD, which I found out when I tried to copy it to a virtual disk using Alcohol 120%. From what I can gather, it was removed, as was the necessity for using the DVD, if the 1.4 free enhanced edition upgrade was used (the one I couldn't install). The new enhanced edition DVD unfortunately uses Tages 5.5.2.6 on both the US and UK editions. Russian editions use StarForce copy protection.

There are three kinds of memory: Good, bad, and convenient.

coastie65

9,163 posts since
Apr 2, 2007

23. Dec 5, 2008 5:38 PM

in response to: mcbarker

Re: WITCHER FANS, SOMETHING NEW

Hi mcb, I registered this one after I installed it. It is still flashing for an update, but when I click it, it is for 1.4. Which does nothing but give you a runaround. Took me about ten minutes to download all that stuff and then when it went to install, it told told me it was unable to complete it because I needed the language pack. I proceed to download the language pack, and it tells me it can't complete the installation, because it doesn't have the stuff I intially tried to install. I got tired of that merry-go-round. I tried it "Bare Naked " ( no security ) as well and it still didn't work. No adverse effects from that, but I wouldn't tempt fate and do it again.

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