In the end I never bought a forged sword. There's a fine sword in the swamp that you can get while on a quest, though it's a difficult area to tackle early in the game. I used that one until Geralt met a lady (who, though she had a sword, seemed to have forgotten her clothes). There are other fine swords later in the game. I spent my gambling winnings on books and high-quality hootch.

I found the up leveling info. Thanks Nickie.

Will have to go through all of the sewers in both areas to see what I can find.

I think I just got a quest from the elf in the swamp to go there anyway to search
the ruins for something.

I have 3 swords and I am always on the look out for better ones.

My inventory is always pretty full and yet I can’t make to many potions…jeeze.

I still don’t like that this game forces you to make your own potions.

I am lucky if I make one now and then. Guess I need to have the right stuff.

Well just got the Bricklayers free from the salamendra in the swamp area and now
going back to get info on the werewolf to help one of the ladies I met.

VLH, the one thing you have to keep well-stocked in your inventory to order to make potions is high quality alcohol - or "hootch" as Hagatha says! I always buy everything the waitresses have when I am in an inn or tavern.

Also, have you bought or found every book on plants and different monsters you can get your hands on? That will allow you to recognize and collect all your ingredients. Read them and then sell them back to an antiquarian.

Well I have read just about all the books I can afford but always looking to see if I missed one.

I also just stocked up on the strong alcohol so hope that will help me.

Yes buying more strong alcohol did help. I was able to make a bunch of potions finally.

Once I got the hang of Witcher's version of Alchemy, I became a potion-making fool. In my second game I realized that you can make potions that are EVEN BETTER by using alchemy ingredients that all have the same secondary characteristic.

I...became...obsessed.

By the end of the game I had so many perfect potions that I couldn't carry anything else, and never needed 90% of them. But it was fun, anyway; some of the potions are incredibly powerful. I stayed in a crypt in the fourth chapter for about twenty days, using Swallow and Cat Potions, killing ghouls and Graveirs and other assorted undead, and levelled up about four times. Yay! Powergaming!

hagatha-

That is great and you sure are better than me at making potions, what are some of the ones you made? I am still trying to make Wolf.

Take care

maggie

I made most of them at one point or another.

If I remember rightly, if you use all Albedo-based ingredients to make your potion, your character doesn't get poisoned as much. But don't quote me on that because Albedo is the only one of the three I can remember. It might be one of the other secondary effects that makes the potions less toxic. It's easy enough to find out, though.

I remember liking Wolverine and a few others, but I used the basic ones like Cat and Swallow the most.

Some of the better potions require really good quality alcohol, but your friend the alchemist sels some lovely red liquor that can be used for the best potions (and his supply respawns, too).

I'm back in Geralt's world (thanks Drac!) and I don't think I will come out for a very long time. This game so spoils a lot of other games.

I'm so glad the new patch worked for you, nickie! As I remember, the last one didn't. Have fun!

Hi

"This game so spoils a lot of other games."

You are SO right nickie !!

Cheers.

Mad

Mad-

You are so right about this game spoiling other games. I have been playing Loki lately and even though I love it, it is nowhere near as good as The Witcher, and of course it does not have my main man Geralt....................


maggie

Well lads and lasses the real world has encroached so much I think it is time to start playing the Enhanced Version of the Witcher.

Of course it is always possible a nurse might knock on the door hoping to change the dressing on my ankle. Knowing what life has thrown at me recently, it is more than possible

Well, I'm going to give it a go - wish me luck.

See you later.

Alice.

So glad to have you back in the game with us, Alice!

Hope you are able to immerse yourself in the game Alice and at least temporarily be transported from all the daily worries.

Managed to play, on and off, for three hours. Have got the Rev's Eternal Fire ring, dispatched the the echenops in the cave and found the Skull (suppose I'll now need to arrange to bury it in the Rev's crypt).

Just before reaching the Rev I had a glitch. The screen froze when I reached the men guarding the entrance to that area. For no reason at all I suddenly found myslf with the Gift menu. Had two things which were labeled Gifts but the cursor was behind the menu. Had to come out of the game and reload. This time turned my back on the village, wandered back down the road, spoke to some of the old women, picked a few herba etc and wandered back - no trouble at all. Strange , didn't experience any glitchs last time I played.

Now must abandon the computer, get ready for bed and complete the chores which must be done tonight for the morning. Can't rely on Mr. P.

To be honest I shall be glad when I'm actually IN bed and

Hope I get a short time to spend with Geralt tomorrow, though doubt if it will be very long. Sunday is never straightforward.

See I should be taking more interest in making better potions. I've bought or pinched every book and scroll I could. Well, no police around.

G,night.

Glad you were able to play! Do you have any other programs running in the background, like virus checker?

Threads-

I had one time where it closed down to the desktop, it was in part 3. I am glad you did not have any others. I tend to do a lot of saving with all these games, better than going a long way to start again I figure.

Good Luck and have fun with Geralt.

maggie

The cd version of Enhanced seems to be running perfectly on my computer.

One comment -- the dice poker game seems to be much more difficult. Has anyone else noticed that? I used it as an easy source of income before. Now I can't even beat Zoltan Chivvay.

I'm playing on the hardest level this time. So far I see no difference, but then again I haven't got to the Boss fight in Chapter One.

Did you play on the hardest level with the original game?

No. Is there a difference in the poker game? It was incredibly -- ridiculously -- easy on the lower two levels. Not a problem. In my last two games I kept WAY too much stuff. This time it will all get sold, since I know what to keep and who to sell things to (like all the Bhargest skulls...all but one of them, that is

The loading time is much faster in the Enhanced, I've noticed. So far only one crash, though the crashes in this game tend to freeze up my computer.

hagatha, I'm noticing that too. But what I'm seeing is the opponent is actually playing the game correctly. I always hated when my opponent had a full house or something, but still rolled the dice and lost just because I was so far advanced. I would rather play an honest game!

Yes, it was silly.

My game crashes every time I get to the cutscene where Vesna is being bothered by the thugs. I can't go on with the game, unfortunately.

Is the cd version of Enhanced patched? Or do you have to download anything? I did get a fatal error of some kind the first time I tried to install. The second time I walked away for a while and the game was still installing when I came back, but I wonder if I have some installation error even so. Should I be downloading something as well?

Yes, the cd version is patched. One thing I noticed is that my "just barely adequate" video card is having a bit more trouble with the Enhanced version. I had to lower a lot of stuff in the video options this time. It's still playing beautifully though.

Have you tried posting your problem at the Witcher forums? They are great about answering back right away.

hagatha-

Have played poker many times on the enhanced and I also noticed a difference, it does seem to be more difficult to win. Maybe they made it too easy for us last time.

maggie