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Patch for Witcher 3 on Switch is out and adds cross-save with Steam and GOG, as well as a graphic options, and more

Hero of Legend

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From the other thread:

BigTime_2018 said:
It seems the patch may have been released in Korea:

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r/NintendoSwitch - Patch 3.6 for Witcher 3 (KOREAN VER.) has been released

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From the OP of the thread:
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So it looks like despite Sabre removing all reference to their promised patch, it did indeed release and adds the MUCH requested cross-save function with at least Steam and GOG (similar to Divinity 2 and Civ 6 I think), and does come with some performance enhancements going by the comparison showing a notably sharper image (can I post the screen comparison here?).

Hope this will roll out over the next day everywhere else. Good show Sabre! :D

Update:

Waddles the Piggu said:
Here's proof of the update:

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Thankss to Facebook user Gen Zike from Pinoy Nintendo Switch for allowing me to post this.
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sambills

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appreciate the cross save but no clue why they would add a store that sells gimmick electronics
 
TheZynster

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I can see....a slight difference in the picture quality. But damn does it not look like much on my phone. Cross save is badass though
 
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SiG said:
Ah, that joke completely flew over my head.

I wonder how they implemented the crosssave functionality, though. Do I have to link my Steam/GOG accounts?
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Yes, generally, because you are using their cloud saves IIRC (didn't buy Civ or Divinity as I'd already played the shit out of them on PC already).

WTB a game that comes with cross save I haven't already spent 100 hours on plz devs.
 

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the quality of those images is f.ing garbage. hope someone posts decent screenshots soon.
 
EatChildren

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The graphics settings are apparently;

Motion blur
Blur effect
Bloom
Sharpen
Depth of Field
Depth of Field for Cut-scenes
Chromatic Aberration
Water Quality
Foliage Visibility Range
Anti-Aliasing
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Which makes a lot of sense, as these are mostly post processing effects that games should have an easy time toggling. A lot them also have negligible performance impacts, and being able to turn them on/off is more for aesthetic purposes (eg: chromatic aberration). More games should do this, really. Turning off TW3's post processing AA and enabling sharpening would, in theory, dramatically improve the clarity of the image. Post processing AA generally adds a lot of undesirable blur, which is worsened by games running at lower resolutions (like what we see on Switch).

Foliage Visibility Range is interesting though. Would be great to see comparisons.
 
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Hero of Legend

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EatChildren said:
The graphics settings are apparently;



Which makes a lot of sense, as these are mostly post processing effects that games should have an easy time toggling. A lot them also have negligible performance impacts, and being able to turn them on/off is more for aesthetic purposes (eg: chromatic aberration). More games should do this, really. Turning off TW3's post processing AA and enabling sharpening would, in theory, dramatically improve the clarity of the image. Post processing AA generally adds a lot of undesirable blur, which is worsened by games running at lower resolutions (like what we see on Switch).

Foliage Visibility Range is interesting though. Would be great to see comparisons.
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I recall the Switch version already having some options. Which are new specifically? Wasn't the foliage option already there?
 
Aniki

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Cross-save is a great feature and makes the Switch port even more enticing.
 
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EatChildren said:
The graphics settings are apparently;



Which makes a lot of sense, as these are mostly post processing effects that games should have an easy time toggling. A lot them also have negligible performance impacts, and being able to turn them on/off is more for aesthetic purposes (eg: chromatic aberration). More games should do this, really. Turning off TW3's post processing AA and enabling sharpening would, in theory, dramatically improve the clarity of the image. Post processing AA generally adds a lot of undesirable blur, which is worsened by games running at lower resolutions (like what we see on Switch).

Foliage Visibility Range is interesting though. Would be great to see comparisons.
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You can already see the effects of foliage visibility in a video that DF did about a week or two ago. I think it pretty much covers all those options.
 

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dadjumper said:
That's dope. I'd totally double dip to play in bed but then I'd lose access to mods. Hard to play w/o autoloot etc
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for what it's worth there were some mods for Divinity 2 that actually worked in the Switch version after you transfer your save over from the steam version. Inventory sorting mods and non-intrusive stuff like that. I didn't try it myself tho, only saw a few posts on reddit about it.

I know they're two entirely different games, but maybe something similar could happen? Probably not tho.
 
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Cross save makes this something I'm going to pick up sooner rather than later now.
 
Kalentan

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Can they add this to the PS4 version so I can buy the PC version without starting over?
 
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Noise said:
for what it's worth there were some mods for Divinity 2 that actually worked in the Switch version after you transfer your save over from the steam version. Inventory sorting mods and non-intrusive stuff like that. I didn't try it myself tho, only saw a few posts on reddit about it.

I know they're two entirely different games, but maybe something similar could happen? Probably not tho.
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It depends a ton on how the game handles save states, and what it stashes in there.
 
Rran

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Oh man, I am so happy about this--after learning about Sabre's tweets being removed, I feared the patch was scrapped. Can't wait (I stopped after getting stuck in a cave lol; mentions of the update was the push I was looking for to dive back in)!
 
Bluelote

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cross save for Switch multi platforms makes so much sense, it should be a standard thing
 
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Cross-save might be what gets me to buy this. When I'm at home I'd much prefer to play on the PC but if I can continue that save when I'm out..... that's pretty awesome.
 
MegaXZero

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Shouldn't this be easy to verify? Couldn't someone just make a Korean profile and download the supposed region specific patch for the game?
 
StreamedHams

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Cross save is incredible. I already have this on Steam and Switch. I've actually put more hours into the Switch version due to portability, but it'll be nice to get the most out of the experience while playing on the tv via pc.

Big kudos to Saber. So glad I bought this again.
 

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Hero of Legend said:
wat

And yeah as pointed out, CDPR own GOG (forgot that). I thought they would've done the PC version, but you just made it seem like they only did the PS4 and XBO versions.
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The sarcasm was for the rhetorical question. Apologies. I'm tired and shouldn't be posting. But one more post:

I meant they had little to nothing to do with implementing the cross save feature to the switch. Sabertooth, not CDPR, brought over The Witcher 3 to Switch. Same way Push Button brought over DOOM 2016–and it's Switch exclusive gyro controls—over to the Switch. CDPR, having developed the PS4 and Xbone versions of the game, probably won't have the company they hired to make a Switch port add those features to the Xbone or PS4 versions of the game. I don't work in the industry, but that doesn't really make sense to me either way (I'm always appreciative of being proved wrong in a respectful way, however). So who would bring the update over to PS4 and Xbone? I have two options.

1) CDPR themselves
2) a wholeass other company for this one update specifically for the double dippers

neither really sounds likely to me.

Lastly, and this is purely anecdotal, I read that the Switch port of the game was based specifically off the PC version of the game (which allowed for all the homebrew Switch mods of the Witcher). This differs from the Xbone and PS4 versions of the game, which were a different non-PC build of the game. Again. This is purely anecdotal, and I'm too sleepy to dig up the tweets or reddit posts I grabbed this from

edit: also what that other poster said about this more so being a contractual/businessey thing. That too!
 

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Cross-save is the best thing that happened this generation.

Noise said:
I meant they had little to nothing to do with implementing the cross save feature to the switch.
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They paid to have the feature developed, at least.

I think Diablo and Overwatch should have also had this feature.
 
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