Ok,

I own The Witcher 1. I bought it retail before any of this "Enhanced Edition" stuff. Last time I tried to download and install all the huge, but kudos: Free, patches I ran into all sorts of headaches because I happened to be in a region that just didn't get a product key along with the retail package. So, I just gave up. And went and played something else. ;)

Now, I see this version here: is it the "done" version? I don't own it yet so I can't see the files. But, you know what: it's a very reasonable price. I'd consider picking it up just because it would be something nice and simple that I could burn to a DVD and put in the same box my original Witcher disc is in.

Anyone who already owns the GoG version know?

Also thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to attach this.. ;)

Edit

Adding some additional details. I just searched my email provider and I do have a "Game Registration Key" in an email that was sent to me but that email looks automated so I'm not sure if that would be the product-key I would use in an attempt to use my retail version of the Witcher to go though the patches and reach "Enhanced Edition."

If someone would like to link to the patches to do so and basic instructions to go along with them that would be very helpful not only to myself but also to future people coming to this thread: like from a search engine.

If once patched the resulting "Enhanced Edition" requires a disc-check then this GoG version would still be preferable to myself because I really un-like digging around for a disc when I'd like to play a title.

For the "region that didn't get product-keys in the package", I'm in Canada.

The GOG version is up to date and ready to run - you *may* need to install or update DirectX9, though.

The disks you have will install TAGES DRM. Tthe 1.5 patch removed the need for a DRM check for the game, but you may still have to remove TAGES manually from your system.,

Kezardin is right about the GoG version and the 1.5 patch .

But to update your physical version of the game to the latest you need only 3 things
1. 1.4(TWEE) patch
2. The relevant language pack
3. 1.5 patch

download the 1.4 patch and the language pack and create a folder and place both the 1.4 and language pack in this folder ad then open this folder and select the 1.4 patch and run as administrator .

download and install the 1.5 patch

If you download the patches from http://www.en.thewitcher.com/the-witcher/1/ then you won`t need to register you game to play .

Thank you very much both of you guys!

I'll dig around and see what I can come up with!

Bill.

Edit:
tommy5761,
Did find an alternate link: http://www.thewitcher.com/
with the "en." the link you gave didn't work for myself!

Edit again: the patch links work when you use them but if you give them they don't work anymore. So, the above link, click on "Witcher" and you'll see the patches. Thanks again everyone! :)

Sorry to jump into someone else's thread, but seems a bit pointless to make another when my question has just sort of been answered.

Anyway, when you say "The GOG version is up to date and ready to run", does that mean it already has patch 1.4 and 1.5? Just want to check before I start a new game, just finished downloading it and starting to dl Witcher 2 now.

Yes, that means all the patches, including 1.4 and 1.5, have already been incorporated. You do not need to put any patch on the GOG version of TW1.

Viglione,

Don't have any worries man! ;) That question clears thing up for me too! :D

I think I have all the information now to decide whether or not I should re-buy on GoG or patch up to current with my existing retail disc.

The Tages DRM part might be a sticky issue: I also own Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. When I was installing it, on Windows 7 64-bit, I got a message saying that the Tages driver on that disc was incompatible with my OS. It directed me to a web-site and I downloaded and installed a updated version of Tages so everything would work.

Continuing with that: will The Witcher retail disc clobber any of that? If it just installs an older version of Tages without checking to see if it is newer that might cause an issue or two.

So, once that last point is cleared up I think I will have all the information that applies.

Thank you to everyone so far and in future!

Bill.

If you install the retail disc it will install the older version of Tages for use with The Witcher and if you update it and then remove the Tages drivers then you stand a chance of removing them for the other games on your system as well . However if you just update them then you may need to use your Witcher game disc to play the game .

Ok, thanks. :)

Along the lines of that kind of situation: it's not very well known, but, if a game installs an older version of DirectX - with an example being the original F.E.A.R. - it sometimes clobbers newer games that depend on later versions of DirectX. I don't recall the exact game I read that with but it was a DirectX 10 game and the person installed F.E.A.R. after it and F.E.A.R. worked fine but the other game wouldn't work until the latest DirectX installer was run again.

Yeah, it does happen. That's one of the reasons why installing DirectX directly from Microsoft is the best way to handle it.

Just to clarify, for the Witcher, this is not the case. The Witcher requires DirectX 9, which is a completely separate thing from DirectX 10 or 11. You can have both DX9 and DX10 or 11 installed at the same time, and installing DX9 will in no way affect your DX10 or 11 games. Just make sure you install DX9 direct from Microsoft as cjgreen says, and you should not have any problems.

Having DX9 installed is a good idea as many older games require it, and it won't interfere with your newer games.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'd be ok for the DirectX parts of the Witcher! ;) I recalled which game it was: Bioshock (DirectX 10 mode only) is clobbered if you install F.E.A.R. after it. The solution is to reinstall the DirectX runtime. I've known about this for a while and I have the full "Re-Distributable" version of DirectX on my hard drive and whenever I install a game, any game, I always re-install that runtime just as something I always do! ;) :D

Edit: I even found a link: http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=515 for the DirectX issue! ;)

But! That article says to install the DirectX 10 program! DON'T do that, install http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=35 <- this one. It says "9.0c" but I know for a fact it has both DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 updates in it!

No problem, I just didn't want people to worry about installing DirectX 9 for the Witcher. You're right that old DX versions can sometimes mess up games but it's not the case for the Witcher.