It's been a while since I played this game and I don't have it installed anymore, and it's very big to install it now just to confirm this (my HDD for games is almost full...), but I remember that you have to create that folder to copy that file there. That folder is used to override settings in the game, not only for this.

Yeah, but that is to run the game in modern systems but it also run the game in the lowest textures, and the fix is exactly for that, because the fix allows you to run the game with the best textures, but I can't remember if you still need to run the game with that command, which by the way, it has to be used in a shortcut just like you did, or in a batch file, or just written manually. The shortcut is the best way.

More info here: Comments for the Texture Fix on Nexus

See my previous comment ;)

I've had good success with this so far and it's really a fun game. The graphics aren't 1080p by any means but they're awfully good. I'd say they're in the 720p range, if not a little better. Not jitters, lag or latency of any kind. I'm happy with it. :-)

I'm in the same boat, but my computer is a bit old, although not as old as the original Witcher game. My computer is two years younger than the original Witcher. Even so, I need to run the game in safe mode for it to work. Even so, it's a fun game even in safe mode. Does anyone know, is safe mode the original Witcher mode?

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I feel like there are some reading comprehension issues in this thread; those looking for this fix don't want to be stuck with minimum level textures and resolution options, as what is described in this video would leave you with.

I downloaded the pack of textures at the beginning of the tread, so I was struggling to put the minimum requirements after the .exe.

This working in the optimal way

Honestly, I'd be happy to just be able to play the game... like another person here, my computer is a few years younger than the Witcher, and has better than the minimum requirements on most fronts, and I assumed I'd be able to play it...

Although to be honest, despite my seemingly endless research, being new to PC gaming I still don't entirely "get" just how good or bad my default graphics card is (Intel HD Graphics 4000).

Not intending to necro this thread but since nobody responded and I just saw your query, for the most part the majority of video games primarily support AMD/ATI and nVidia video hardware first and foremost and all other video hardware is usually either limited support or not officially supported at all. This is not true for all games of course but just a generalized statement that is widely true with a lot if not most games. Onboard integrated video hardware such as Intel graphics will generally end up experiencing a lot of problems with many games due to this lack of mainstream support. This will likely be more true for 3D games and not nearly as true for games that are entirely 2D, where by 3D I mean "uses Direct 3D or OpenGL" and by 2D I mean "doesn't use Direct3D or OpenGL".

Doesn't hurt to try to play a game with onboard graphics but it's a bit of a crapshoot to buy a game hoping it will work. For laptops one might not have much of a choice other than to buy a new laptop, but for most desktops it is generally a good idea to buy a proper AMD/ATI or nVidia discreet graphics card instead, and for gamers specifically it is best to buy one of the gamer-targetted cards rather than the "grandma webbrowser" variants although one needs to look up each company's respective model number naming details to determine which is which. For ATI if the 2nd digit in the model is a 8 or 9 such as Radeon HD7850, it is a gamer/enthusiast card, if it is 7 or lower it is a grandma's Solitaire "value" card. :) I dunno nVidia's numbering convention but I believe it is similar in nature. :)

Hope this helps.

I appreciate the help and info! (Doesn't matter how many months later, it's still appreciated :D)

I'm learning more and more about it, and it's definitely been an easier process thanks to GOG members like you who try to just reach out and help. It's been awhile since I've tried running The Witcher again, but I'm fairly sure it's going to require a better graphics card than I have, so I'm still looking into that. Trying to decide between something affordable that's "good enough", or something expensive that will run newer games...

Necroing this thread, because no fix works for me. I'm on Win10 and any Windows past 7 has DirectDraw fully disabled by the OS (which explains why 8/8.1 users couldn't find the registry key - why M$ would do this is beyond me since they're so big on backwards compatibility or so they say) and it's bugged out.

IMO CDPR should fix it so the exe doesn't even check for the reqs or maybe someone with good OllyDbg skills reverse-engineer the exe and disable the check. That'd be the best fix IMO since the check is buggy (this thread and the configurations people post proves it) and the fix in the OP doesn't work anymore.

My computer probably could run Witcher 3 (on low to med but still) and you are trying to tell me it wouldn't run the first one?

Hi, I have started witcher.exe via a modified short cut: create a shortcut to witcher.exe. Right-click and open the shortcut’s Properties. In the Target textbox next to the path type: -dontForceMinReqs

Example:

(the path you chose)/System/witcher.exe" -dontForceMinReqs

this work just find. I have windows 7 46 bit.

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It's hilarious, i never got this message before, but when i tried launching the game with different set of screens, i can't get it to launch (Windows 10). Tried all the tricks: Power settings to balanced, shortcut dontforceminreqs, and even disabled other two screens in my setup, but no.

Also, when i launch DirectX Diagnostic Tool every screen says that DirectDraw and Direct3D is Enabled.

I hope it runs at home still.

*made a new thread about this one, since it's Windows 10