The Witcher Adventure Editor, Add-on, v1.3 Patch Released

Atari has announced the release of the D'jinni beta adventure editor and Price of Neutrality adventure together with patch 1.3 for "The Witcher."

"The first official adventure and patch 1.3 are available for free download via www.thewitcher.com, with a separate free download available containing the D’jinni beta adventure editor. The adventure editor requires the latest game patch installed. We have also launched the site, where gamers may add or download their adventures.

“CD Projekt has always been oriented to gamers’ needs, so releasing an adventure editor for the modding community is an obvious move. It’s quite a demanding tool, however, and it will bring loads of satisfaction to many of the fans. After all, we made The Witcher with this tool,” said Adam Kiciński, CEO, CD Projekt RED. “We’ve also prepared the first official mod with a completely new adventure which will be available to download for free.”

The Price of Neutrality is the first official adventure from the team at CD Projekt and features around two hours of gameplay during which the player is introduced to the other witchers in more detail following their brief appearance in the original game. Populated with new NPC’s and other new graphical assets, the adventure takes the player into the little explored outskirts of Kaer Morhen in a compelling story with tough decisions and more than one possible ending. The adventure text is localised among all in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Polish. In the same download, patch 1.3 readies the game for playing the new adventure.

The English language D’jinni beta adventure editor will let fans craft complete new adventures for Geralt using the existing graphical assets, maps and environments in the game. By creating new stories, cut-scenes, graphical effects, dialogue and gameplay actions, users of the adventure editor can let their imaginations run wild predicting the turmoil and tests waiting in Geralt’s future, or even filling in the missing years between the close of Andrzej Sapkowski’s last Witcher novel and the start of the game."

The 323MB v1.3 is also mirrored on AtomicGamer, FileShack, Gamer's Hell, GameUpdates (torrent), or Wothplaying. The "Price of Neutrality" adventure add-on comes bundled with the patch.

The adventure editor can be downloaded from the official site.

Patch Changelist:

The Module Edition Upgrade package updates the Witcher to version 1.3 and adds the functionality of running a user editable module. The sample module has been provided, offering a couple of hours of additional gameplay, which can be altered by the user using the Module Editor. The New Game main menu offers two options now: starting the regular game, or starting new adventure (new module).

WARNING! The Witcher 1.3 Module Edition is only partially compatible with saved games from previous versions (1.0, 1.1a, 1.2). Loading older saved games is still possible but may lead to unexpected behavior and other problems. The players are advised to restart the game from the beginning using The Witcher 1.3 Module Edition.

Gameplay and text bugs fixed:

• Fixed various localization issues for English, French, Italian, German and Spanish languages,
• Fixed combat abilities 'Patinado' and 'Sinister' issue when proper modifier has not been applied correctly under given circumstances

Code bugs fixed:

• Fixed a few random crashes in Prologue and Chapters 1, 2 and 3
• Fixed crash in Act 4 when running near exit to lakeside from village to inn
• Fixed game crash when using Alt+Tab, especially while loading location or game
• Fixed dialogue camera shots on standing up characters
• Fixed issue with 'Game Paused' text disappear occasionally after exiting game panel when game was paused during opening of a panel
• Fixed issue with disabled attack when player holds block for a long time and then immediately tries to strike
• Fixed various issues regarding mousedrive steering and pathfinding
• Fixed weapon enchants not updating properly when switching weapon slots or dropping weapon from inventory panel
• Fixed issue with Geralt not attacking immobile creatures or not approaching objects from a certain distance
• Fixed issue with blocking middle mouse button during some cutscenes and when fistfight starts
• Fixed occasional issues with sheathing weapon after combat and on Alt+Tab
• Fixed issue with breaking meditation mode if Geralt is attacked when entering meditation