CD Projekt Pink is rolling out the 4.02 replace patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, bringing in sweeping quality-of-life modifications for the PC, PlayStation and Xbox variations.
The 4.02 patch notes, which the Polish recreation studio revealed on Monday, element completely different bug fixes throughout the recreation relying on the platform you play it on. Nonetheless, an important half is that the replace has improved the sport’s general stability and efficiency.
Within the PC model of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the patch has improved CPU core utilization within the DX 12 model and restored horizon-based ambient occlusion. It additionally contains fixes for different bugs together with the “My Rewards” part not being localized within the REDlauncher; the panorama in Toussaint flickering when Nvidia HairWorks is disabled; and the sport quickly stuttering because of particle optimization.
On each the PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S, the patch improves Efficiency Mode and the alleviates the crashes that happen when Geralt runs away from Shani after initiating dialogue within the “In anyway a Man Soweth…” quest. It additionally fixes bugs which were popping up on particular person consoles, incuding crashes which were occurring because of reminiscence utilization whereas utilizing ray tracing on Xbox Collection X, and blurry characters within the PS5 model.
The 4.02 patch additionally positioned some nifty optical enhancements throughout all platforms, together with added refraction to SSR and ray-traced reflections on water for improved immersion and a Movement Blur slider.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was ported over to PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S on December 14, 2022, bringing new outfits and a quest impressed by the Netflix collection. 5 new video games in The Witcher collection are presently within the works.
Cristina Alexander is a contract author at IGN.
