{"id":12968,"date":"2011-07-17T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"witcher-ii-update-1-3-incoming-includes-free-dlc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/12968-witcher-ii-update-1-3-incoming-includes-free-dlc","title":{"rendered":"Witcher II update 1.3 incoming, includes free DLC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and caldron bubble &ndash; CD Projekt is stirring the final secret ingredients into its next Witcher II update, and they&rsquo;re throwing in a bonus DLC add-on for freebies. Watch out, though &ndash; it might curse your first-born&rsquo;s first-born or something.<\/p>\n<p>The update features new additions like item storage at inns, a bunch of fixes, and removes the option to brawl with a woman in Vergen (aw). No release date has been announced yet, but expect this one to drop sometime pretty soon.<\/p>\n<p>The monster list of fixes, changes, and everything else includes:<\/p>\n<p><em>1. New FREE DLC &ndash; &ldquo;A Sackful of Fluff&rdquo; is a new quest in Chapter 2 of the game. To start the quest, visit the eccentric Elthon, who inhabits a solitary hut near the quarry outside Vergen. The quest will prove most rewarding to those who demonstrate patience. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2. Game now supports 4:3, 5:4, 16:10 aspect ratios. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3. Item storage has been added. Players can now store items from their Inventory at inns. To leave items in storage or collect previously stored items, talk to innkeepers. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>4. A &bdquo;Junk\u201f panel has been added to Inventory to provide greater clarity in item classification. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>5. New menu option added in Extras &#8211; enables players to view in-game animated sequences (flashbacks, memory flashes, dreams stolen by harpies) outside of the game. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>6. A Quickload option has been added under the F9 key. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>7. The game&#8217;s HUD can now be hidden in order to produce HUD-free screenshots! On newly installed game copies, the option to hide\/show the HUD is available by default under the &#8216;H&#8217; key. Users who have modified the key assignments on their installations should go to the &#8216;Input Settings&#8217; dialogue of the Witcher 2 Configuration Tool to assign a key to this option. Please note that the game cannot be played with the HUD hidden. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8. Issue involving the game not running at 2560&#215;1440 resolution has been resolved. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9. Issues with nVidia 3D Vision technology have been resolved. Players no longer need to uninstall the related drivers. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>10. Key bindings have been corrected to enable configuration of mouse buttons for use by left-handed players. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>11. Assorted key binding options have been added to facilitate configuration of controls and quick access to various in-game panels. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>12. Issue related to game settings being reset to defaults upon patch installation has been resolved. Patches no longer reset game settings. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>13. The configuration file is no longer over-written when the launcher\/configuration tool is patched and over-written. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>14. The launcher now closes while the game is being patched, thus eliminating the resulting game patching error. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>15. The launcher now closes completely and no longer continues to operate in the background. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>16. &ldquo;Installed game version is invalid or incomplete&rdquo; error in updater when free space on system drive is insufficient &ndash; message has been corrected to reflect more accurately the nature of the error. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>17. Mutagens are now alchemy ingredients. Minor mutagens drop more frequently than do major mutagens, though the overall mutagen drop rate has been reduced. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>18. Corrections have been made in the mutagen drop rate and in Thorak&rsquo;s store. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>19. &ldquo;Dragon&rdquo; section of Prologue does not become available until after all assault-related sections have been completed, thereby softening the difficulty curve at the start of the game. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>20. During the fight against the kayran, when the bridge collapses, a map pin appears at the end of the bridge to facilitate player navigation and quest completion.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>21. Map pins have been corrected in many quests. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>22. Quen Sign slightly de-buffed &ndash; Sign dissipates 20% faster after foes land a blow. Assorted minor balance issues related to this Sign have also been resolved. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>23. Issue with Dragon\u201fs Dream bombs has been resolved. Damage to bosses from cast daggers has been reduced by one-half. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>24. Several optimization improvements have been made in the tavern in Vergen. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>25. Problem with music accompanying &ldquo;stealth&rdquo; sequences has been resolved. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>26. Issue related to arm wrestling Bart Bargee has been resolved. Players can no longer win coin from this character endlessly. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>27. Option to fist fight woman praying at a statue in Vergen has been deactivated.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>28. Mini-game contestants at one of the in-game taverns now switch positions correctly without blocking one another. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>29. Problem involving Fenn\u201fs sword in combat has been resolved. 30. Problems with herbalist\u201fs gloves have been resolved. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>31. In the Prologue, Geralt retains his steel long sword throughout, i.e., he is no longer automatically equipped with his default sword for the &ldquo;Assault&rdquo; sequence. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>32. Problem with some nekkers being immortal has been resolved. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>33. Issue with triggered black screens blocking game progress has been resolved. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>34. Interactions no longer appear on nekker nests after these have been destroyed. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>35. The &ldquo;Scent of Incense&rdquo; quest no longer shows up as failed after being completed successfully. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>36. Sudden switch to gameplay just prior to cut scene involving Cynthia and Philippa has been eliminated. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>37. Triss, Roche and Iorveth are now de-spawned before the final credits roll. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>38. Guard pacing cycles have been corrected. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>39. The Redanian messenger in Henselt&rsquo;s tent can no longer be killed, preventing him from re-spawning. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>40. Elf woman in Vergen no longer strikes a T-pose. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>41. Rotfiends feeding on corpses no longer re-spawn after corpse is burned. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>42. Several fixes have been made in the functioning of in-game populaces. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>43. Numerous problems with cameras in dialogue sequences have been resolved. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>44. Assorted corrections have been made in dialogue sequences (including King Foltest&rsquo;s gestures on the town walls in the Prologue). <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>45. A progression break in the &ldquo;In the Claws of Madness&rdquo; quest has been eliminated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/15710-The-Witcher-II-patch-1.3-notes?p=476602#post476602\" target=\"_self\">Discuss The Witcher II <\/a><\/strong><\/span>in the forums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much witch would a witcher witch if a witcher could witch witch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}