Witcher 3 Update: PC Patch Stabilizes Gameplay and UI, Console Patches to Follow Soon; Workaround for Playstation Version Small Font Mentioned

By Staff Writer

May 25 2015, 15:22 PM EDT

Quite a number of bugs and errors have been recently reported by the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt players in various boards -- including developer CD Projekt RED's -- making the developers work overtime in coming up with fixes.

Last week, the developer updated the Witcher 3 for PC with a significant patch to stabilize the game and improve players' experience. The changes that came with the PC version's second update are:

Improves stability in gameplay and the UI
Improves performance especially in cutscenes and gameplay
Fixes grass and foliage popping that could occur after density parameters were changed
Improves Nvidia Hairworks performance
Boosted texture anisotropy sampling to 16x on Ultra preset
Sharpen Post-process settings extended from Off/On to Off/Low/High
Blood particles will now properly appear after killing enemies on the water
Corrects a bug where player was able to shoot bolts at friendly NPCs
Improves menu handling
Corrects an issue with Stamina regeneration while sprinting
Fixes a cursor lock issue that sometimes occurred when scrolling the map
Generally improves world map focus
Improves input responsiveness when using keyboard
Corrects some missing translations in the UI
Corrects an issue in dialogue selections
Rostan Muggs is back
Minor SFX improvements

Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are going to receive the patch next. CD Projekt RED community leader Marcin Momot said on Twitter that the patch "should be out soon", so it's only a matter of when at this point.

Fans have complained about the game font and the fluctuating frame rate seen in the PS4 version. Both cited issues have been acknowledged by CD Projekt RED, and promised that a patch is in the works to address those.

To help with the small text size, make sure your HUD settings are set to large in the options. Also, while it isn't a permanent fix, you can use the PS4's zoom feature (press the PlayStation button + square after activating it in the accessibility options) to zoom in on the screen, Momot added.