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The Witcher

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X: Rebirth

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Dark Souls

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***The vanilla experience, without any gameplay balance and cheats, but visually improved and lore-friendly.***

<details><summary>🐺 Rise of the White Wolf</summary>
- Cleaner UI.
- New unique textures for characters (lore-friendly).
- New skyboxes.
- Yaren Bolt model, elf textures and cutscenes have been fixed to comply with RotWW.
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<details><summary>✨ Higher resolution textures & videos</summary>
- AI upscaled textures + Rise of the White Wolf.
- (Optional, it's heavy) AI upscaled 720 ➡️ [4K videos](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/989): intro, outro, romance cards, and more.
- AI upscaled loading screens and memories.
- Already contains the [Dontforceminreqs Low Res Texture Fix](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/649), forcing the game to use high-res textures.
- Already contains the [Rain fog remover](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/813).
</details>

<details><summary>🐛 Bug fixes</summary>
- [Project Mersey](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/941) includes quality of life improvements, tons of restored content. 🙏 Check the mod page for all info. Geralt moves 30% faster, and many many more... This is why you should start a new game.
- Reverend's beard texture.
- [Kalkstein and Leuvaarden clues](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/657).
- [Han gives han](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/32).
- [Celina and Julian fix](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/964) with optional English, German, or French voice files.
- [Morenn's romance](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/921).
</details>

<details><summary>⭐ New features</summary>
- [4GB Memory Patch](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/954) allows a x86 executable to use 4GB of RAM instead of 2. The Witcher is an old game and those extra GB may improve its stability if you use many texture mods.
- You can now zoom and unzoom widely with the mouse wheel. I've set it optional because it makes the camera rotates even faster, so if you can't change the sensitivity of your mouse, you shouldn't use it.
- New unique texture for the water Nymph, cf. Optional files.
- [Walk enabler](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/888): strengthen your immersion by the ability to not run everywhere every time. Set your preferred key in the command options.
- You can enable / [disable the HUD](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/1047) with one button! Note that you cannot rotate the view in over the shoulder camera without the HUD, unless you press shift.
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<details><summary>🔜 Details from later games</summary>
- [Hiuuz](https://www.nexusmods.com/users/50692546?tab=user+files)'s astonishing textures from The Witcher 3.
- Foltest from The Witcher 2.
- Kaer Morhen textures from The Witcher 3, only applied to Kaer Morhen walls.
- Complete sword overhaul: imports swords from TW2 & TW3 in TW1. With HD textures and Rise of the White Wolf icons.
</details>

<details><summary>⚙️ Optional files</summary>
- 4K fonts increase the size of every text. Useful if you play on higher resolution than 1920\*1080.
- Lovely Gwent texture on the dice board.
- Ambient occlusion for Nvidia users. Adds realistic shadows on every edges. You might want to disable ingame antialiasing in the options.
- \[NSFW] You can restore Morenn's original green skin (RotWW censors her) and / or give the water Nymph different textures than the dryad. They shared the same in the base game, now they are independent.
- AI upscaled 720 ➡️ [4K videos](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/989): intro, outro, romance cards, and more.
</details>

***

# 🔧 How to install

<details><summary>Regarding Vortex</summary>
1. Make sure your staging folder is on the same drive as where your game is located. I use the symlink deployment method and it works fine.
2. It is advised to create a new profile when installing a collection. If you have already started modding your game, then yes create a clean profile.
3. Once the download is completed and the collection is fully activated, exit Vortex. You will be able to launch the game via GOG or Steam as usual.
</details>

I designed the collection to install flawlessly on a base game. There are however 3 and a half things you'll have to manage outside of Vortex. Your Override folder is where all your mods are located in. It's at `GAMEFOLDER/Data/Override`.

> [Project Mersey](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/941) ✂️ **Cut** (not copy) "modules" from Override and paste it in `GAMEFOLDER/Data`. Confirm the overwriting. If you want to backup your original modules, do it outside of the `GAMEFOLDER`! You mustn't have a folder named modules\_something inside `GAMEFOLDER` nor Override.

> [Walk enabler](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/888) ✂️ **Cut** "Scripts" from Override and paste it in `GAMEFOLDER/Data`. Confirm the overwriting.

> [4GB RAM](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/954) ⚙️ Run the 4gb\_patch.exe in Override and select `GAMEFOLDER/System/witcher.exe`.

<details><summary>NVIDIA USERS ONLY</summary>
- [Ambient occlusion](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/807) 👥: Open the Nvidia Profile Inspector in Override, select The Witcher, then import the profile "The Witcher HBAO+.nib" (still in Override) and apply.
- [Nvidia Control Panel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C7fITHaNWo). Go to 3D settings ➡️ Manage 3D Settings. Then use the Program settings tab and select The Witcher (exe):

1. Limit your FPS to 60 or 120. Go to Max Frame Rate and enable. The game doesn't have a FPS cap and weird physics could happen at high framerates, besides your GPU will thank you.
2. Disable ingame antialising and use the one in Nvidia Control Panel instead.
3. Disable G-sync in monitor if it was on for whatever reason. It could result in crashes.
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You will now have additional input boxes in the game options ➡️ Commands. If your game isn't in English, chances are there won't be any text attached to it.

- First one is for walking. I've found setting CTRL is great.
- Last one is for disabling HUD. Something unused, like B is fine.

You're good to go after Salamandra! 🦎

***

# ⚠️ Known issues

Thanks to the community, we have managed to gather knowledge. So if you know a workaround, please comment.

<details><summary>Hair of Triss going wild at the very beginning of chapter 3.</summary>
This is supposed to be a high framerate issue. [Wehtivad](https://www.nexusmods.com/users/139294798) confirms that limiting your FPS to 60 or 120 using [Rivatuner](https://www.guru3d.com/download/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download) or your graphics card settings (see for [Nvidia](https://youtu.be/9C7fITHaNWo?si=SMlVUBqGkwqkJZAu)) solves this. Not in my case though.
</details>

<details><summary>If you're playing at a 1280*720p resolution, subtitles are likely to disappear.</summary>
Delete `Override/z_zrotww/fonts/fonts.2da`, this is due to [Rise of the White Wolf](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/669).
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<details><summary>If you encounter a the save game file is missing or corrupt.</summary>
It's related to [Project Mersey](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/941). Read How to install section on this page. Also, [reavershado](https://www.nexusmods.com/users/4578692) reported that if you have made a backup of the original modules like `GAMEFOLDER/modules_old`, you won't be able to create a new save. [CadaIsTaken](https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/CadaIsTaken) confirmed that you mustn't have another folder named "modules" in your Override. ⚠️ **Watch out for Vortex which could extract Mersey's mod again**.
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<details><summary>If you see triangles instead of circles below NPCs while aiming at them.</summary>
You need to delete the files starting with *fx\_kolo* in `Override/z_zrotww/GUI`. Although this should be fixed since revision 3. Cf. [AI upscaled textures](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/808?tab=bugs).
</details>

<details><summary>If some NPCs are invisible.</summary>
You can move the whole z\_zrotww folder in `Data` instead of being in `Data/Override` (thanks to [CadaIsTaken](https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/CadaIsTaken) who confirmed). Or delete UTC files in `Override/z_zrtoww` and subfolders. Now several characters may share the same textures, but they will be visible.
</details>

<details><summary>If rune decals are off your blade.</summary>
It's because the grease effects which are added by [unique Aerondight](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/853) aren't very compatible with [Complete Sword Overhaul](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/719). I still find it okay, but if it bothers you, you can delete `Override/z_zSwords_DM/silver_swrds/aerondight/FX`.
</details>

<details><summary>If you can't interact with anything.</summary>
Just go back to the main menu and reload your save.
</details>

***

# 🐵 Wanna go further? (not in collection)

- [Lost English Translation](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/992) restores the original translation made by CD Projekt Red, before the publisher simplified it. It was closer to Polish and the books. Note that this mod conflicts a lot.
- [Young noblewomen addon](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/972) restores a cut 3D model with textures. I couldn't get Antoinette to use it but the female guests at Leuvaarden's party did. Be careful, the druids in chapter 5 become invisible while used with this collection.
- [Extra armors for Rise of the White Wolf](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/966): more cut content, yay!
- [Scabbard mod](https://www.moddb.com/mods/scabbard-mod) is not on Nexus, but if you want it you will need the [Complete Sword Overhaul patch](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/719?tab=files) as well.

<details><summary>Adventure mods</summary>
I guess those community-made stories won't make it into the remake, so be sure to check them out here. The installation is not Vortex-friendly as the .adv files should go into `C:\Users\Public\Documents\The Witcher`. The first 2 were included in patch 1.5 of the game (Director's Cut), but were updated later on by the Ifrit team.

- [The Wedding](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/58) (text: Polish, English): PDF walkthroughs and extras. I have a [LOREPLAY episode](https://youtu.be/AwJbVzVtefc?si=vnN965zuKCJzk8Ty) on this funny adventure if you need the taste of it.
- [Merry Witchmas](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/140) (text: Polish, English, German, French): updated with new localizations. I have played the [French version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSB5cmZTwVs) and the jokes are even adapted to French references, top notch translation.
- [And a Curse and Love and Betrayal](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/107) (text: Polish, English) by Fantasta. Absurd amount of work here.
- [Entrapped](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/332) (Voice over: Polish - text: Polish, English, Hungarian) by Fantasta again. A small adventure (can be completed in 2 hours) with great writing and riddles.
- [Masquerade](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/843) (Voice over: Polish - text: Polish, English, Hungarian, Russian) by eLeR Creative, with members from the Ifrit team. My personal favorite, such a masterpiece it could be canon.
- [The Weird World of the Witcher](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/963) (Voice over: English - text: English) by SausageStriganoff is a silly dialog based adventure with edited voice files from the main game. I have helped the author releasing it!

You can also browse the [Adventure and Quests](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/categories/25/) category on Nexus to get more.
</details>

<details><summary>How about customizing this collection?</summary>
Well many curators would tell you DON'T DO THAT because you might indeed break things, and I can't offer you infinite support in any case. However, let's study 2 use cases:

- *I want the bestest textures possible*: you can grab the [UNOPTIMIZED file](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/808?tab=files) and drop its content in `Override/AiONoExtra`. Be warned that the engine is not designed to handle such textures. The [upscales](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/1038) made by [Arthandas9](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/users/593316) look really great, but they will turn NPC's back to their vanilla design.
- *I want to change Geralt's apperance*: main characters have their own folder in `Override\z_zrotww\Characters`, so you can replace the textures inside. For Geralt I would suggest checking out [this mod](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/940), picking what you prefer and following the instructions.&#x20;
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***

# 🙈 Wanna cheat a little? (not in collection)

As I said, I prefer the vanilla experience. So these are **NOT** in the collection, but you can install them anyway, they exist and may make The Witcher 1 less painful I admit.

- [Fairer trade](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/789). You will sell items for roughly 40% more orens.
- [Various QOL](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/826) including meditating and accessing chest inventory from everywhere.
- [More talents](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/737). You can grind to unlock them all.
- [Herbs refill](https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/31) more frequently.

***

#### Many thanks to the amazing modders who gave their time and love to improve The Witcher 1 over the years. Give them kudos and endorse their mods please.

***

I used their mods for my [LOREPLAY on The Witcher](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK2d2hF2l9rdp3zccTXCNc8637tHrhCoQ). The latest videos are in 4K if you want to check how it looks, although I have made the collection afterwards and Geralt doesn't have the striga scar, some walls use Kaer Morhen's textures etc...
LOREPLAY is a let's play but with maximum quality, difficulty, and lore explained while playing. And memes. 👀

White eyebrows + striga scar by Rustyok

4K in game result, Rise of the White Wolf UI

Lore Triss by Harppi19, based on the work of DeMelodit, Hiuuz, flixster, hub997

Movie Upscale Project (4K) by neatodev

Kaer Morhen walls from The Witcher 3, only applied to Kaer Morhen.

AI upscaled loading screens and memories

Hiuuz's Lambert face from The Witcher 3

Reverend beard fix by itsheppard

Hiuuz's Talar face from The Witcher 3

Complete Sword overhaul

Rise of the White Wolf Abigail version

HD lightsources by NorthernPike

The Witcher best experience LOREPLAY

The best way to play The Witcher 1. Maximum quality including: fixes, new features, better UI (Rise of the White Wolf), HD & lore-friendly textures. This is what I used during my LOREPLAY.

KnightZ07

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