The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Interview Roundup

Rashid Sayed: Are there any plans to use Mantle or DX 12 features in The Witcher 3? May be post launch?

Balazs Torok: There are definitely plans for exploring different graphics APIs, post launch. Right now we are concentrating on providing the best possible game for the majority of our players.

Rashid Sayed: One of the major challenges in creating a vast, expansive world is loading of distant objects. How are you handling the streaming and memory management so that the world loads in seamless manner?

Balazs Torok: After the Witcher 2, we completely rewrote the streaming system. The new system is loading the resources in a way so that the player can walk around in the world without any loading screens. This is a very big change in the engine and in the gameplay too.

The second interview is from Worlds Factory with Visual Effects Artist Jose Teixeira.

I think CD Projekt said that they’re trying to release the modding kit along the game, is that confirmed?

I don’t know if it’s coming out at the same time, but we’re going to release it. The modding kit is one of those things, we have to make sure that it’s user friendly, because it’s going to the public. Right now, the engine is great, as you can see there’s really nice graphics, but it’s messy since there are a lot of tools. For The Witcher 3, they needed so many new features, because this game was so much bigger; actually right now we’re making changes to the engine, making sure that it’s easier to understand. We will do that, and then we’ll release the mod tools.

Are these mod tools going to be deeper than the ones released for The Witcher 2?

I think so, just because there’s so much new stuff that you can do, so many more options. It’s going to be significantly deeper I think. People might have fun with it, if we get the tools right.

The last one is a new video interview on Gamereactor with CD Projekt Producer Stan.

CD Projekt producer Stan Just has discussed what the team are doing for Witcher 3's cinematic intro, stating that those working on it are "striving to do their best", when we caught up with him at Gamescom.

"We're cooperating with one of the best CG companies in the world," said Just, who supervises the character artist team and the cinematic designers. "So definitely, they're striving to do their best and I think you'll really, really enjoy the new intro."

We also asked how the team are future-proofing the game on the visual side.

"We are constantly being harassed by our tech team," Just laughed, "to decrease the resolution of the textures and be careful about the optimisation. But we do have the uber settings and we do have next-gen equipment right now, so we can go a little wild with this."