The witcher enhanced edition directors cut

• AppDB: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bShowAll=true&bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=false&sClass=version&sTitle=&sReturnTo=&iId=17527

  • Known remaining problem: gauges not appearing

• A non GoG-specific POL script exists: http://www.playonlinux.com/repository/?script=340

  • DDV, Enhanced Edition => crash (could not find gdiplus.dll that the script is supposed to install)

• COG10:

  • Install ok, needs DX9 (modern), Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 redist, creates shortcuts:

    • The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut [launcher.exe]
    • Manual [manual.pdf]
    • Readme [readme.rtf]

  • optim registry (all defaults those days):

  REGEDIT4

  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D] "DirectDrawRender"="opengl" "OffscreenRenderingMode"="fbo" "PixelShaderMode"="enabled" "RenderTargetLockMode"="textex" "UseGLSL"="enabled" "VideoMemorySize"="512"

GOG Installer v2

• PlayOnLinux 4.1.9-dev

  • Tested with With 1.4.1
  • Install path GOG Games/The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut/
  • Shortcuts:
    • The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut ["launcher.exe" ]
    • Readme ["readme.rtf" ]
    • Manual ["manual.pdf" ]
  • Fails with wine: Unimplemented function msvcp80.dll.??0?$basic_ostringstream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@H@Z called at address 0x7b83ba92 (thread 0025), starting debugger...
    • Fixed with Wine 1.5.8
    • Wine 1.5.18 has more Witcher fixes, switching to 1.5.18

• PlayOnLinux 4.2.2-dev

  • Tested with Wine 1.6.1
    • Much better performance
    • Still missing health gauge (red bar on top)
  • Tested with Wine 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.5
    • Missing music (but not voices)
    • health gauge
  • Tested with Wine 1.7.6, 1.7.7
    • Music again, good performance, health gauge

• Nvidia engineers tracked back the "[floating eyeballs issue] (https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34052)" down to a [game bug] (https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/773623/linux/character-models-are-sometimes-invisible-in-the-witcher-game/), Wine devs coded a workaround available since (at least) 1.9.11; However since it's a workaround it needs to be activated specifically thru HKCU/Software/Wine/Direct3D/CheckFloatConstants = "enabled"

  • POL_Wine_Direct3D "CheckFloatConstants" "enabled"