The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings ReadMe file May 15, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents 1) System Requirements 2) Known Issues

3) Amendments to the Game Manual 4) Basic Configuration Options 5) Advanced Configuration Options 6) Securom Support 7) Technical Support -------------------------------------------------------------------1) System Req uirements Minimum requirements: Processor: Core 2Duo 2.2 GHz or dual core AMD 2.5 GHz RAM: 1 GB Windows XP, 2 GB Windows Vista/7 Graphics: GeForce 8800 512 MB or Radeon (HD3850 512 MB) HDD Space: 16 GB Recommended requirements: Processor: Quad Core Intel or AMD RAM: 3 GB Windows XP, 4 GB Windows Vista/7 Graphics: GeForce 260 1 GB or (HD4850 1 GB) HDD Space: 16 GB -------------------------------------------------------------------2) Known Issu es Technical - Playing .avi and other movie files on your system before launching the game ma y corrupt game graphics (new nVidia drivers will fix this issue). After playing such files, you should restart your computer before launching the game. -Disable anti-aliasing on AMD video cards before launching the game. This hardwa re feature currently conflicts with the game s anti-alias settings. - AMD still needs to add a profile for The Witcher 2 to the driver for its Cross fire chipsets. Until this occurs, you may experience reverse performance scalabi lity on systems equipped with this chipset. If this occurs, it is recommended th at you disable one of the GPUs on your system. We will post information on a fix for this issue at thewitcher.com/support FAQ as soon as AMD provides one. - Some AMD cards may not allow you to play the game in fullscreen mode. - The game may occasionally take longer than expected to launch (about 45 second s on average). - After installation, you might encounter an error about a missing .dll file. If this occurs, please run vcredist_x86.exe from the Disk2 directory. - We advise that you de-activate any anti-virus software prior to beginning the installation process. If you fail to do so, please be sure to authorize the down load and installation of any files the software detects as corrupted during inst allation. -Occasionally, CPUs may not be detected correctly when using the auto-detect fea ture in the configuration tool. -If you are prompted to delete game saves while uninstalling, please note that t he logic is reversed and you should choose No to remove saves and Yes to retain save s. Gameplay

- A very random input block might occur when using bombs, during dynamic fistfig hts, and with some interactions. If you encounter this issue, please load a prev ious game save. -------------------------------------------------------------------3) Amendments to the Game Manual EN, page 9, Map panel the map can also be scrolled using the mouse (LMB + mouse move) or the keyboard cursor keys. EN, page 10, Key binding - you can also custom bind keys using the configuration tool built into the game launcher. EN, page 31, Quick casting Signs - Signs can also be quick cast by pressing the following: 5 for Aard, 6 for Yrden, 7 for Igni, 8 for Quen, 9 for Axii. -------------------------------------------------------------------4) Basic Conf iguration Options -Text language: set based on the language packs you install for your version of the game. Register your game copy to download additional language packs, then se lect from among the available text languages in the configuration tool. You can set the game to run any mix of installed voice-over and text languages. -Keyboard setup: choose the correct keyboard setup according to your hardware. T he Witcher 2 also supports French and German keyboard setups. -Voice-over language: choose the voice-over language you prefer to hear in game based on the language packs you have installed on your system. -Screen resolution: select from among a number of screen resolutions. Please not e that Windows XP does not support 720p as a native direct3d resolution. On comp uters running this operating system, choose from among the available 4:3 resolut ions. On systems running Windows Vista and 7, 16:9 resolutions (like 1280x720 or 1920x1080) provide the best gaming experience. -Fullscreen: choose whether to play in fullscreen or windowed mode. -Configuration set: select from among a number of graphics pre-sets. To customiz e your configuration, check the Show advanced options box. View and change specifi c graphics settings on the right side of the configuration panel. -Auto-detect best settings: automatically detects the best settings for your sys tem by querying your computer's hardware. -------------------------------------------------------------------5) Advanced C onfiguration Options -Texture downscaling: higher values result in lower texture quality. -Texture memory size: sets the amount of graphics card memory allocated to textu res. Larger values will decrease the amount of streaming that occurs in game and will make the game run more smoothly, but they can also cause the graphics card to run out of memory and even result in game crashes. Choose a reasonable value based on the amount of memory available on your graphics card. - Shadow quality: affects graphics performance. Consumes GPU power without affec ting CPU performance. - Number of shadowed lights: set the maximum number of lights that cast shadows. Affects graphics performance. Consumes GPU power without affecting CPU performa nce. - LOD distance: distance scale for level of detail on meshes. Lower values impro ve game performance but result in reduced detail on models. - Bloom: effect greatly improves quality of game graphics without placing excess demands on GPU. - Light shafts: visual effect recommended for medium-high/high-end machines. Sho uld be disabled on older systems. - Anti-aliasing: demanding effect that can significantly reduce performance, so it should be disabled on medium and low-end machines. - Blur effects: special blur and radial blur visual effects that are quite deman ding on hardware but used rarely in the game. - Depth of field gameplay: subtle visual effect. Option determines appearance of

effect only during gameplay sequences and does not affect DoF in cutscenes. - Vignette: aesthetic option that produces a photographic vignette around the ga me screen. Does not affect performance. - Rain, Wet surfaces rain effect: modest impact on performance. - SSAO (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion): lighting effect that is important to th e game but unfortunately places significant demands on the GPU. - Motion blur: blur effect on camera movement, demanding on the GPU. - Cinematic depth of field: provides movie-like depth of field in cutscenes and dialogue sequences. Extremely detailed but demands significant power. Should onl y be enabled on machines equipped with top-end graphics cards. - Depth of field cutscenes: option only affects cutscenes and dialogue sequences , does not affect gameplay performance. - Dangling objects limit: limiter for physical animation of character components like Geralt's hair. Disabling this option places greater demands on the CPU. - Ubersampling: high quality rendering mode under which whole scenes are rendere d multiple times to provide the best possible textures, object details and antialiasing (superior to anti-alias and anisotropy even on the highest settings). U se with caution, only on top-end computers (best possible in terms of both GPU a nd CPU). - Vertical sync: helps eliminate "screen tearing" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Screen_tearing) during camera movements and blinking on very quick animations (e .g., bright explosions), but can cause somewhat slower rendering and short input lags. - Decals: enabling decals like dust or blood on characters can affect CPU perfor mance. -------------------------------------------------------------------6) SecuROM Su pport If you need to activate the game on an additional system and you have already us ed up all your activations, simply revoke your activation key on one of the syst ems on which you previously activated the game. To do this, open the command lin e (hit the WIN and R keys simultaneously and enter "cmd" in the window that appe ars), then drag and drop the game s .exe file into the command line window. Hit th e Space bar once, enter /revoke after the space, and commit by hitting the Enter k ey. A dialogue box will appear. Please follow the instructions to revoke the lic ense on that system. For technical support questions related to SecuROM, find he lp or contact SecuROM directly through their official support website at https:/ /support.securom.com/. ------------------------------------------------------------------7) Technical Support For technical support, please see the back of the game manual pdf or visit the W itcher 2 technical support forum at www.thewitcher.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------The Witcher is a trademark of CD Projekt RED sp. z o.o. The Witcher game CD Projekt RED sp. z o.o. All rights reserved. The Witcher game is based on the prose of Andrzej Sapk owski. All other copyrights and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. FMOD Sound System, copyright Firelight Technologies Pty, Ltd., 1994-2011. Licensee Developed Software uses Havok . Copyright 1999-2011 Havok.com, Inc. (and its Licensors). All Rights Reserved. See www.havok.com for details. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, The Way It s Meant To Be Played, GeForce, and 3D Vision a re trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United S tates and other countries. All rights reserved.

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