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- The Witness
New version is now live.
Changes: * Switched default vsync mode to 0 on Nvidia and AMD now that their drivers seem to be fixed; this should eliminate microstutter for many people who had it. * Fixed crackling audio that happened on some AMD pro…
Announcement1 changeFixUI/audio - The Witness
New version is now live.
Changes: * Switched default vsync mode to 0 on Nvidia and AMD now that their drivers seem to be fixed; this should eliminate microstutter for many people who had it. * Fixed crackling audio that happened on some AMD pro…
Announcement1 changeFixUI/audio - The Witness
New executable-only patch (small!)
Fixes some small weirdnesses in the launcher, and makes sure the game launches with consistent graphical options.
Announcement - The Witness
New executable-only patch (small!)
Fixes some small weirdnesses in the launcher, and makes sure the game launches with consistent graphical options.
Announcement - The Witness
The 'future' beta from a few days ago has now been pushed to everyone.
This includes some new launcher options (more control over graphics settings, for example) and tweaks for various GPUs, in addition to a fix for the savegame-deletion problem. The patch is 1GB, as are any patches that c…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - The Witness
The 'future' beta from a few days ago has now been pushed to everyone.
This includes some new launcher options (more control over graphics settings, for example) and tweaks for various GPUs, in addition to a fix for the savegame-deletion problem. The patch is 1GB, as are any patches that c…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - The Witness
Reverted the game to the February 4th build.
This will result in another 1GB patch for those who downloaded the upgrade already yesterday. (For people who didn't download that, there should be no change at all). This patch isn't anything new, it is just undoing th…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - The Witness
Reverted the game to the February 4th build.
This will result in another 1GB patch for those who downloaded the upgrade already yesterday. (For people who didn't download that, there should be no change at all). This patch isn't anything new, it is just undoing th…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - The Witness
Fixes for HD Graphics 3000 and 4000 now on 'future' beta.
We have found workarounds for the driver crashes that were happening with certain Intel HD Graphics chips. HD Graphics 3000 probably still crashes a little but, but it is much more rare and should enable people to play…
Announcement1 changePerformance - The Witness
Fixes for HD Graphics 3000 and 4000 now on 'future' beta.
We have found workarounds for the driver crashes that were happening with certain Intel HD Graphics chips. HD Graphics 3000 probably still crashes a little but, but it is much more rare and should enable people to play…
- The Witness
AMD R9 fix and added command-line options.
The fix for driver crashes on AMD R9 GPUs (and other models) has now been pushed to the default branch. Default and 'future' are currently the same now. If you don't like big patches, you can get off 'future' and back o…
- The Witness
AMD R9 fix and added command-line options.
The fix for driver crashes on AMD R9 GPUs (and other models) has now been pushed to the default branch. Default and 'future' are currently the same now. If you don't like big patches, you can get off 'future' and back o…

