We rarely see major gaming companies support modding on PC when releasing next-gen updates or remasters. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its upcoming next-gen update represents just one of those rare occasions because CD Projekt RED has announced that it has tested dozens of popular mods in collaboration with the Yigsoft modding team during the development of the updateto determine which modifications will remain functional and which will require further modifications.
Source: CD Project REDDetails on the new generation of The Witcher 3 improvements
The creators warn about it. updating the game necessarily requires the modification of certain files, so it may happen that a mod that depends on the modified files will not work. And since CD Projekt RED wanted to focus on delivering the best possible update without compromise, and since the last patch for the PC version of The Witcher 3 has been out for several years, some mods are bound to break.
Curious which mods will work and which won’t work when The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Next-Gen comes to PC on December 14th?
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However, a significant number of modifications are still operational, as evidenced by the extensive result list, which CD Projekt RED published. Although the studio indicates that the list may not be entirely accurate, as mods were gradually tested during the next generation updatebut still should give a good idea of what to expect. Especially when it is often indicated what the cause of the malfunction is. This is mainly an issue with scenarios that have been modified to include a new quest that introduces players to items inspired by Netflix’s The Witcher series.
In any case, the team of modding experts that CD Projekt RED uses should help modders with problems and give advice on the studio’s forums, and moreover, Along with the next generation update, there will also be an updated version of the official but rather simple modding tools available under the name ModKit. A new version of the larger, originally community-based WolvenKit modding editor for The Witcher 3, created by modder Bens and his team, should also arrive a bit later.
The developers have also confirmed on this occasion that they directly included some popular mods in The Witcher 3 next generation update., although their availability varies by platform. The studio has always obtained permission from their authors before using the chosen mods, which will also be mentioned in the end credits of the game. Mods have been redesigned and optimized internally as needed, and the name itself has been changed to be fully compatible with them.
As we mentioned in the introduction, this kind of concern for modders is quite rare in the gaming industry, so this is a move that CD Projekt RED definitely deserves credit for. So let’s hope that the situation with the functionality of various mods after the release of the next-gen update on December 14/December will not be worse than it seems at the moment, and that modders will continue to offer us news that will show that the care pays off.
Source :Indian TV
