Witcher 2 - letter box

Steam Profile · Post by **HaYDeN** » 30 Sep 2011, 16:42

The engine does not use the aspect ratio variable to modify the viewport size... especially if you are non nVidia.

Or atleast it didn't several patches back - it's calculated internally.

Aspect ratio in any given engine generally only determines the aspect within the already defined/pre-defined viewport.

Falcon1 · Post by **Falcon1** » 04 Oct 2011, 17:42

Will we see a update of your tool, any time in the future, Hayden?

Post by **Downtown1** » 08 Oct 2011, 01:25

Lucky for those who don't own the Steam version, at least they can go back to 1.2 and enjoy the game in EyeFinity.

Can't believe those guys at Projekt RED are still blocking AMD users, there's barely any point now, any exclusivity Nvidia had since launch has long since passed.

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EDIT: Apparently this game works fine on multi-portrait mode on EyeFinity, but with Nvidia multi-portrait is letterboxed (black bars top/bottom). I find that kind of shoddy implementation pretty amusing :doh

Post by **helifax** » 13 Oct 2011, 23:58

RoFL at that!

I can confirm..on 3D Surround (or 2d Surround) on nVidia while using portrait mode...the black bars are present on upper and bottom parts...Weird stuff here:))

Saturn2888 · Post by **Saturn2888** » 30 Dec 2011, 00:52

EDIT: Apparently this game works fine on multi-portrait mode on EyeFinity, but with Nvidia multi-portrait is letterboxed (black bars top/bottom). I find that kind of shoddy implementation pretty amusing :doh

Got any examples? It's all related to resolution and aspect ratio isn't it?

I mean, multi-portrait should mean nothing at all. If I can just put in that resolution and aspect ratio and run the game in a window, that's good enough for me.

ugzz · Post by **ugzz** » 13 Jan 2012, 18:32

same thing with 3840x1024.
even with the v2.0 patch and the nvidia surround fixed etc they still never bothered to really fix the letterboxing on 4:3 setups and such.

nvidia surround here on 3x 1280x1024s and the letterboxing is terrible. its enough that i won't even play the game.

guess im stuck going back to 1.2 and using the fix posted in pages earlier as the only solution. sucks

Josiahrulez · Post by **Josiahrulez** » 11 Mar 2012, 13:19

Is the fix going to be updated? i want to play the game but i really don't want to play single screen.

or does anyone know where i can get the steam 1.2 files?

gurneyhck · Post by **gurneyhck** » 13 Apr 2012, 14:45

Will eyefinity be fixed in the enhanced edition update? Anyone knows this?

anders190 · Post by **anders190** » 17 Apr 2012, 13:34

Just tried the Enhanced Edition patch and Eyefinity doesn't work now either. And the horrible stuttering is still there.

Josiahrulez · Post by **Josiahrulez** » 18 Apr 2012, 07:51

Just tried the Enhanced Edition patch and Eyefinity doesn't work now either. And the horrible stuttering is still there.

I was looking at the steam/witcher 2 forums and it looks like NVidia surround doesn't work anymore

Just posted on The Witcher 2 forums about no eyefinity support in EE version, post and give me support.

http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29359-still-no-eyefinity-support/#entry803838

Post by **Toothless Spoon** » 18 Apr 2012, 11:59

Hey, Just tried This after EE patch and surround has stopped working...can anyone else confirm this? I can't remember whether I needed to do an .ini hack or something :-/

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 18 Apr 2012, 16:57

For the record, Enhanced Edition breaks nVidia Surround too.

anders190 · Post by **anders190** » 18 Apr 2012, 17:14

For the record, Enhanced Edition breaks nVidia Surround too.

Let's hope they fix both solutions then.

[quote]Just tried the Enhanced Edition patch and Eyefinity doesn't work now either. And the horrible stuttering is still there.

I was looking at the steam/witcher 2 forums and it looks like NVidia surround doesn't work anymore

Just posted on The Witcher 2 forums about no eyefinity support in EE version, post and give me support.

http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29359-still-no-eyefinity-support/#entry803838

I might join in later. Lost my hope for CDPR but might get my interest back depending on how they solve the missing Surround for Geforce-cards.

Post by **helifax** » 18 Apr 2012, 19:03

Most crappiest game coded ever:
- Low performance
- No Eyefinity support at all.
- nvidia surround wasn't working properly in the 1st place
- poor 3D Vision support for a 3D Vision title?!?!?!
- Patch after patch after patch doing nothing

Enhanced edition came:

- No surround
- Incompatibility with .NET 4 because they dont know how to code
- Download additional 4GB patch (Critical horsesht) as they call it that breaks support with Steam

= The most awesome game ever created.... they should be ashamed!!!!!!!!

== Game in garbage can!

evilmatt · Post by **evilmatt** » 18 Apr 2012, 22:13

Sounds like they broke nVidia Surround as well now http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29221-tw2-ee-nvidia-surround-not-working/

Wasn't particularly hopeful that the EE would improve their trash graphics engine and it sounds like they in fact managed to make it worse, so I won't be bothering to pay any mind to CDPR projects in future as they're clearly pretty clueless. Why they have such a good reputation is beyond me.

Edit: Go me for reading the entire page before posting heh

Amon Amarth · Post by **Amon Amarth** » 19 Apr 2012, 00:07

Most crappiest game coded ever:
- Low performance
- No Eyefinity support at all.
- nvidia surround wasn't working properly in the 1st place
- poor 3D Vision support for a 3D Vision title?!?!?!
- Patch after patch after patch doing nothing

Enhanced edition came:

- No surround
- Incompatibility with .NET 4 because they dont know how to code
- Download additional 4GB patch (Critical horsesht) as they call it that breaks support with Steam

= The most awesome game ever created.... they should be ashamed!!!!!!!!

== Game in garbage can!

Ouch, this is surprising coming from you! But one the less, it's been an entire year, and CDproject RED still hasn't solved the surround problems.

Wow, if they need advice, they should just ask us!

Post by **helifax** » 19 Apr 2012, 11:02

Well :)) Yeah... it was also a BIG surprise to see that they broke the Nvidia Surround :( but before that I needed to download a 4GB patch to make the game work and get rid of the error 142 since I have the Steam Edition:( SO after Updating to Enhanced Edition and wasting 2h to figure it out why I get errors 0x05 and 0x142 apparently this is a known compatibility problem with .NET 4. Funny I have other programs that use net 4 and dont have any problems.

So after digging I found on their forums that this is a known problem and I needed to download a 4gb patch that broke all integration with Steam...(no achievements, no updates, no cloud etc).

I did that also..only to see 1Xscreen resolution is supported.. You can imagine how I felt when 1 week ago it was working fine....

So if installing a game takes this MUCH damn hassle and then just breaking a perfect working previous functionality...what can I say?:)) Usually developers add to software not remove functionality...

Best Regards,
Helifax

anders190 · Post by **anders190** » 19 Apr 2012, 12:10

Well :)) Yeah... it was also a BIG surprise to see that they broke the Nvidia Surround :( but before that I needed to download a 4GB patch to make the game work and get rid of the error 142 since I have the Steam Edition:( SO after Updating to Enhanced Edition and wasting 2h to figure it out why I get errors 0x05 and 0x142 apparently this is a known compatibility problem with .NET 4. Funny I have other programs that use net 4 and dont have any problems.

So after digging I found on their forums that this is a known problem and I needed to download a 4gb patch that broke all integration with Steam...(no achievements, no updates, no cloud etc).

I did that also..only to see 1Xscreen resolution is supported.. You can imagine how I felt when 1 week ago it was working fine....

So if installing a game takes this MUCH damn hassle and then just breaking a perfect working previous functionality...what can I say?:)) Usually developers add to software not remove functionality...

Best Regards,
Helifax

Have you tried the GoG-version? It's redeemable with retail copies at least, not sure about Steam-editions. Might not help you with your issue but maybe someone else at least. Nice not having to use the DVD's any more as well. =)

http://www.gog.com/witcher2/backup/

Post by **helifax** » 21 Apr 2012, 16:05

Hello all,

Since I am such a bad boy:)) and blame companies for breaking functionality.. I thought : "What the hell..lets give it a try" :) So here it is: Surround/Eyefinity Support for the Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition.

PS: This is using the Steam Edition of the game. Since I cannot obtain a GOG version (steam doesnt list the CD-key..... -_-) if anyone is using GOG version please mail me the executable (and probably other files will be needed but not sure).

Like I said before, Screenies!

Best Regards,
Helifax

Now I just need to write a nice plugin;))

Attached files

Post by **valcan_s** » 21 Apr 2012, 16:21

Awesome you fixed it! Seriously I have no idea what we would do without you and dopefish. Yes its mental what dev do with games lately it blows the mind. You heard that Deamon Souls for PC will limit the game to 30fps, wtf why would you do that?

Anyways I am going to send you the EXE of the D2D version, hopefully it will be fixable I believe they are all the same exe no matter where they come from they should have the same MD5(gog should be the same as Steam).

Thanks for your work helifax m/

Here is the exes, Game, Launcher, and config --> http://renewsoft.com/Witcher2_EE/TheWitcher2.rar (on my web site so anyone can check it out and do what ever)

Good luck, if you guys need any exe's just let me know I buy most of the new PC games that come out, been really busy with my work so have not been keeping up with wsgf if you guys need anything PM me.

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Witcher 2 - letter box

The engine does not use the

Will we see a update of your

Lucky for those who don't own

RoFL at that!I can

Downtown1 wrote:EDIT:

same thing with

Is the fix going to be

Will eyefinity be fixed in

Just tried the Enhanced

anders190 wrote:Just tried

Hey, Just tried This after EE

For the record, Enhanced

Paradigm Shifter wrote:For

Most crappiest game coded

Sounds like they broke nVidia

helifax wrote:Most crappiest

Well ) Yeah... it was also a

helifax wrote:Well ) Yeah...

Hello all,Since I am such a

Awesome you fixed it!

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