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Does it give any errors when installing or does setup exe not show when you insert the disc in the drive

OK there are two ways to find out what version you are on . (1) Go to your install directory and open The Witcher folder and there you should see a system folder if you open that you should see the witcher exe hover your mouse over it and it should read 1.5.0.1304 (2) launch game and when you get to the new/load game screen click options and then click video options and uncheck full screen and then accept and when your screen resizes your game version should be in the upper left of the screen the latest game version is 1.4.5.1304 . if yours says this then you are on the 1.5 patch .

To see if the patch took effect you will need to go to your witcher/system folder and hover your mouse over the witcher exe and it should show 1.4.5.1280 i think for the 1.4 patch but if it shows 1.5.0.1304 then that would be the 1.5 patch

Swordsman5 is right on this ...newegg generally has IDE DVD reader/writer combos for 15-20 dollars and sata reader/writer combos for 20-30 dollars .

The only thing i know for certain is i have started my 3rd play . One non import and 2 imported and i`ve gotten 3 different outcomes just in the prolog in the LaVellet SP? castle scene concerning Aryan and his mother . Of course if you save Aryan you get to help him later but concerning his mother both times i didn`t let Aryan live and in one scene she was being tortured and in the other scene she was in a prison cell without being tortured . In both cases though she still helps you .

(1) No Shani in Witcher 2 and Alvin was the Grandmaster so therefore he`s not in Witcher 2 either (2) You can forget about the TW 1 bestiary all monsters are different in Witcher 2 (3) You will get the opportunity to side with either Roche or Scoia`tael in Witcher 2 (4) You don`t get any or very little money from TW1 as the devs didn`t want the game to be lopsided or in more common terms they did not want you to be able to just buy everything in sight but instead have to work for it ...just like TW 1 . As for Raven`s Armor and the swords ...not to worry there are a lot better armor and swords in the game

Generally that error means that your computer or more specifically your DVD player cannot read dual layer DVD`s . You might try copy and paste to your hard drive although you may still get the same error but it`s worth a shot just to see

If it`s the original game from 2007 then you need only to download and install the 1.4 patch and relevant language pack first before applying the 1.5 patch . If you download the 1.4 patch from the link http://www.en.thewitcher.com/the-witcher/1/ it will let you update the game without registering . To setup the 1.4 (EE) patch download both the 1.4 patch and language pack , then create a folder for example on your desktop and place both the 1.4 patch and language pack in this folder . Then run the 1.4 patch as admin and you should be good to go . Also if you run windows 7 you will need to update to the 1.5 patch and then go to http://www.tagesprotection.com/main.htm?page=minimum.htm and update the tages driver and then remove them. Updating to the 1.5 patch removes the DRM which will let you play without the disc . When all is said and done hover your mouse over the witcher exe and the version should read 1.5.0.1304

You could try making an exception in your antivirus for Witcher 2 in case real time protection might be the issue Also try running the game as administrator and temporarily turning off UAC Windows 7 should have a builtin memory tester to test your memory sticks Additionally you could try the 3 GB switch note that you may need to change it back to 2048 after gaming Open Command prompt as administrator and copy this and paste in the dialog box bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVA 3072

This quest of "sorts" i think is only available if you choose Roche`s path of the game .

You should be able to verify that you have the latest patch by navigating to your install directory and hovering your mouse over the launcher exe and in the dialog box that appears ...should read 0.9.0.754 and the witcher exe located in the bin folder should read 1.2.6276.44681 Just guessing on your install directory but should be similar to the following X:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\common\The Witcher 2 Thanks, I overlooked the file version.....my launcher is the correct version, but the witcher exe is still 0.0.0.0. Game cache is fine according to Steam, and I had deleted the Client Registry blob and AppUpdateStatus, which forced the 9gb patch to download again (or at least I had been led to believe that would do the trick) but it seems I am still missing something? What you might be able to do is backup your witcher exe to another folder then delete it from your bin folder and then run a file integrity through steam

Got through this part yesterday after about 4 hours and maybe 70 reloads...although i finally snuck through the Kaedweni camp...hope Geralt don`t hold grudges after being turned into a pin cushion that many times :laugh: I finally crossed to the wall on the left (same side as the canteen) and followed the wall and tents as much as i could you will need to stun about 5-6 guards and for pete`s sake use Axii on the cook as soon as he says "don`t hurt me master" go up to him and use Axii . The gate you seek is all the way through the camp on the left and if i remember right the cook is the last obstacle before reaching it . :D

Could be a memory leak in there somewhere causing the delay . There have been times as i`m playing the game and Q will not work at all...i don`t know but it`s like the Q key isn`t being pressed at all , same with the E key for block . Generally when this happens i will exit the game and sometimes restart the computer just to be on the safe side and all is well afterwards . :rolleyes:

You should be able to verify that you have the latest patch by navigating to your install directory and hovering your mouse over the launcher exe and in the dialog box that appears ...should read 0.9.0.754 and the witcher exe located in the bin folder should read 1.2.6276.44681 Just guessing on your install directory but should be similar to the following X:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\common\The Witcher 2

I`ve heard that some people experiencing the same issues with 5.1 and 7.1 can configure their speakers to 2.1 and everything works normal . If this works for you then i would say that it would be a game issue where a patch would be what it would take to fix it permanently .

Just finished my 2nd play and sided with Iorveth on this one and yep i do think we will see Witcher 3 in most likely late 2013 or early 2014 given all that CDP Red is doing with the consoles now which is not a bad thing i guess...although some are downright disgusted with them for doing it . But let`s face the fact that not everyone has the means to shell out 1000 dollars for a PC with the economy the way it is .

Ok folks found the receipe for the Kayran trap. Once again should have checked with Cedric. Now what gets me for the trap I need 2 Silver ore and to have the Superb Silver Swrod made I need 4 Silver ore. I've only found 2 silver ore and I've been through everything on the map. Is there on 2 in this chapter/Act or is there actually 6 and I'm missing them some where? I believe the dwarven blacksmith has silver ore to sell

If you meditated and had your fill of potions . Yrden will be like a trap that holds the tentacles down one at a time so that you can take care of it

Can`t really say...I started the game on 1.0 and of course they released 1.1 and 1.2 which kinda screwed things up so had to reinstall and kinda lost track on where i was . From what i can tell so far the prolog starts the same .

You can find Marlena at the burned out mental hospital area...topside and not in the hospital itself . Like you on my 1st play i didn`t know where to find her and had given up on it ...but luckily i hadn`t done the hospital quest yet and that`s how i found her . I think that by finding Dmitri`s letter of passage and Thaler`s report is ways of connecting the First Witcher game to the second . As far as the bandit`s hideout ..you access it from the forest and can`t tell you exactly where but i know you cross the river and go up what appears to be a fallen bridge and go to the right a little ways and then go straight into a swamp area...be prepared though more bandits and drowners await . You might check your map for areas that you haven`t explored yet . You should see an elf or two that have been hung . Nice lootables in the area so if your close to your maximum weight you might want to shed some before going there . Press the Z key often to find places of power and lootables > if you haven`t figured it out yet when your moving and hear a metallic whoosh sound and see your medallion go kinda funky that means your close to a place of power .

Just tried the -w in both the launcher shortcut and witcher exe and still starts in fullscreen on both You might try changing your user ini file located in Documents>Witcher 2>config . Under rendering scroll down to fullscreen and if it`s a 1 change to 0

Sounds like maybe a patch went haywire at some point If you open the witcher 2 folder and hover your mouse over the launcher the version should read 0.9.0.754 for the 1.2 patch and the witcher 2 exe found in the bin folder should read 1.2.6276.44681 I don`t know if trying to reapply the patch would fix anything or not . The 1.2 patch should be located in Documents>Witcher 2>downloads . If you do try reapplying the patch be sure and run as administrator and temporarily disable antivirus before running the patch...sometimes they can interfere with the patch updating properly .

No...just outside King Henselt`s camp...act 2 if i remember right .

It`s been reported tat if you sided with the order in the first witcher then Sigfried shows up in W 2...i might find out in 2 more acts

Nice, so you've given us a reason to fire up the first game again and replay with different decisions in order to find out the changes in the second game. :thumbsup: Sneaky....but nice! :biggrin: My first play was a non import game and the 2nd is where i sided with order and am currently in act 2 siding with non humans just to mess with them a bit to see how it plays out .