The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Patch 4.02 coming

No, CD Projekt RED is not lazy about the next-gen upgrade of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. On the contrary, there is actually another patch in sight.

CDPR actually announced another patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt today. The same should be released shortly for PC, Xbox and Playstation and, above all, it will improve the stability and performance of the game.

On the PC, the processor cores in particular should be better utilized by the DirectX 12 version, while the performance mode on the consoles gets a kick in the butt. Added to this are some visual overhauls and fixes for the last few quest bugs.

Here are the patch notes for Update 4.02 in detail:

ON PC

• Improved usage of CPU cores in the DX 12 version.

• Horizon-based ambient occlusion restored. Players who had their Ambient Occlusion disabled will need to disable it again. You can find this under Options → Video → Graphics.

• Fixed an issue where the “My Rewards” section was not localized in REDlauncher.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Toussaint landscape to flicker when NVIDIA HairWorks was enabled.

• Fixed a bug with particle optimization that could temporarily cause the game to stutter.

ON CONSOLES

• Performance mode on next-gen consoles has been improved.

• Fixed an issue where characters were slightly blurred during dialogue and cutscenes on PlayStation 5.

• Fixed an issue where memory usage in ray tracing mode could cause Xbox Series X to crash.

• What a Man Sows… – The game will no longer crash on next-gen consoles if Geralt runs away from Shani after the conversation has started.

• Fixed an issue where quicksaves would not load when using cross-platform progression on Xbox One.

• Added two missing “First Class Swords!” on older consoles.

• Fixed an issue where overwriting manual saves on PlayStation 5 could delete the oldest save.

• Fixed performance issues in Beauclair and Novigrad after loading a save.

GRAPHICS – Exclusive changes for PC and next-gen consoles

• Improved water immersion and appearance by adding SSR and ray tracing for reflections.

• Fixed a visual bug with brick textures where stone arches were covered in black artifacts.

• Added a motion blur slider. You can find it under Options → Video → Graphics.

QUESTS & GAMEPLAY – Available on all platforms

• Preparing for Battle – Added a missing dialogue option without which the objective “Let Avallac’h Know All Is Prepared” would not progress through the quest.

• Reason of State – Fixed a bug where the warehouse door could be permanently locked if the player knocked, entered the building, and then immediately exited.

• Treasure Hunt: Schematics to Improve Cat School Equipment – Part 1 – Fixed a bug where the quest would sometimes remain active even though the schematics were found.

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from trying to start a new game in New Game + mode with an incompatible save from playing the expansions in “Standalone” mode until they restarted the game.

LOCALIZATION – Available on all platforms

• Fixed a bug with the Korean localization of Ciri and Geralt’s gwent card descriptions.

• Fixed a punctuation error in the Arabic localization.

• The Traditional Chinese font has been improved.