Enhanced Edition - 1.5 version
Application Details:
| Version: | 1.x Retail |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://www.thewitcher.com |
| Votes: | 91 |
| Latest Rating: | Gold |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 7.0.1 |
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What works
Game runs nearly perfectly. Max. graphic details enabled.
What does not
Game tends to freeze when exiting by "ALT+F4". No problems when exiting by game menu.
Workarounds
I used the instructions for Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa". They still work perfectly:
- Setup a 64bit WINEPREFIX
- Install game by "setup.exe". Do not launch game yet.
- Start winetricks, set "3dx9_36.dll" and Windows XP mode
- Start game by /game directory/System/witcher.exe
What was not tested
Anything beyond Kaer Morhen
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Current | Linux Mint 21 | Nov 12 2022 | 7.0.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | halfpapp | |
| Show | Fedora 29 x86_64 | Jan 17 2019 | 4.0-rc4-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | alexandre | |
| Show | Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" x86_64 | Feb 11 2016 | 1.9.3 | Yes | Yes | Gold | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" | Sep 02 2015 | 1.7.45 | Yes | Yes | Gold | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Sep 24 2012 | 1.5.13 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Grzesiek |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 11285 | Static characters on Nvidia 7xxx cards in Witcher | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 12771 | Multiple graphic problems in "The Witcher" | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 15904 | The Witcher: black screen at the main menu | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 16831 | Audible Manager fails to active device | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 18296 | Applications seeing key-up events when keys auto-repeat (not a Wine bug) | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 22504 | Bioshock: fog renders red | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 25244 | The Witcher needs msvcp80.dll.?infinity@?$numeric_limits@M@std@@SAMXZ | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 25696 | The Witcher: Characters draw weird "puppeteer's" lines | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 27156 | Bioshock demo: mouse jumps around menu | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 27358 | The Witcher fails to run | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 27779 | Desktop mouse pointer always visible in Steam games | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 30756 | error, and white screens while playing Witcher: Enhanced edition. | CLOSED | INVALID | View |
| 34052 | The Witcher: Character models are sometimes invisible | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 44254 | The Witcher 1.5 (Platinum edition): launcher crashes on start | UNCONFIRMED | View |
If you are hit by bug #34052 (invisible character models), or flickering, set this key in the registry as a workaround (it happens on closed Nvidia driver, and to some on Mesa / Intel. It didn't happen to me with Mesa / radeonsi):
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D] CheckFloatConstants="enabled"
Another similar issue is bug #46553 when some textures turn black indoors. For now, install d3dx9_35 native override to work around that.
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by Ilya Trukhanov on Monday June 24th 2019, 15:00
`winetricks -q ie6`
You need a 32-bit wineprefix for it to install, though.