Witcher 3 Remastered Hotfix 5.00c Fixes PC Lighting and Audio
CD Projekt Red's latest PC hotfix for The Witcher 3 Remastered adjusts Velen lighting and fixes audio, saving, GOG achievements, and more.
CD Projekt Red has released hotfix 5.00c for The Witcher 3 Remastered on PC. The patch makes several visual adjustments in Velen, including tweaks to bloom, vegetation lighting, saturation, and path tracing lighting.
Beyond lighting, the hotfix addresses an audio bug where voiceover could become significantly quieter than other in-game audio after navigating through the pause menu tabs. It also fixes an issue that prevented saving or loading when the path to the Documents folder contained special characters.
Other fixes include reverting a change that caused significant performance and visual issues with HairWorks enabled for some users, correcting marketing telemetry settings that weren't saved properly, and resolving a GOG issue where achievements wouldn't appear in the unlocked list after being earned. The hotfix also restores the ability to launch the Classic (1.32) version of the game.
The PC hotfix follows a separate patch released yesterday, which was more focused on consoles and also made various lighting adjustments. The Witcher 3 Remastered update launched at the beginning of the week, bringing significant visual reworks, improved animations, altered enemy behaviour, and changes to the skill tree. Eurogamer reported on the PC hotfix.
Quick answers
What does hotfix 5.00c fix in The Witcher 3 Remastered?
It adjusts Velen lighting (bloom, vegetation lighting, saturation, path tracing), fixes voiceover audio becoming quieter after using pause menu tabs, fixes saving/loading with special characters in the Documents path, reverts a HairWorks performance issue, fixes marketing telemetry saving, fixes GOG achievements not appearing, and restores launching the Classic (1.32) version.
Is hotfix 5.00c available on consoles?
The hotfix is specifically for the PC version of The Witcher 3 Remastered.
When was The Witcher 3 Remastered update released?
The remastered update was released at the beginning of the week, with a console-focused hotfix following yesterday and the PC hotfix 5.00c released today.