You Can't Play The Witcher 2 On a Non-NTFS HDD

[Worgen]

This is quite a bad thing, actually. A lot of people will probably end up being unable to play the game, without knowing what the problem. And even if they do they will need to go through the trouble of reformatting their hard drive or adding a partition first.

Why the hell would they even need a single 9 GB file? And why don't they just split it up in three parts? In my opinion: this is nothing more than a bug that can easily be fixed.

almost no one uses fat 32 anymore, Im surprised that anyone even had this problem, fat32 is just worse then ntfs and chances are if your still using fat32 your not running an os that can run the game since win 2000 and up all defaulted to ntfs

 

[Wintermoot]

I've built my own PC and I have no idea about this distinction.

How do I know if my drive is NTFS or FAT-32?!?!

Vista enough??

right click on the disc you install games on and check it,s properties.
OT
from what I read FAT-32 is pretty much outdated why do people still use it?
PS then again people (excluding office,s/schools) still use Windows XP/IE6

 

[tomvw]

I've built my own PC and I have no idea about this distinction.

How do I know if my drive is NTFS or FAT-32?!?!

Vista enough??

really it should be ntfs, theres no reason to use fat 32 anymore, anything past windows 98 has automatically formated for ntfs by default

ntfs is universally better then fat32

Most USB-sticks and SD-cards still use FAT32, but unless your PC is ancient NTFS is pretty common.
Anyway, this is probably a moot point for 99% of gamers.

 

[Rack]

Considering the thing needs 4 gigs a quad core and a bleeding edge graphics card this is an especially nonsense limitation.

 

[CommanderKirov]

Ah PC gaming. I would buy this game for PS3 though.

I'm sorry, but your black box is not nearly powerful enough to run this game on proper settings.


Finally a game that was not developed with thought of having to fit in the tight limitations of console markets. But if CD project feels generous enough console people might get a PC port in some time... Mabby.

 

[Krion_Vark]

Why oh why would anyone in their right mind install a FAT32 partition? Why? OK, I read the thing about Mac's and the same is true for Linux, but why? Really?

Been thinking of doing that on my external so I can hook it into my Xbox or PS3 and watch Kamen Rider that I have on it. Yeah apparently THOSE don't read NFST yet.

 

[thiosk]

Good god people still cling to fat 32? its a terrible format! You have to split up your imported japanese godzilla-themed pornography into MULTIPLE FILES!

Why would anyone subject themselves to this?

 

[Azhrarn-101]

Considering the thing needs 4 gigs a quad core and a bleeding edge graphics card this is an especially nonsense limitation.

Not really, all of that functions perfectly with Windows XP, and that runs just fine on a FAT32 HDD, NTFS is the defacto standard, but that doesn't mean everyone uses it.

If you're running anything younger than Windows XP though, NTFS should be the default, I believe Vista and Windows 7 won't even install on a FAT32 drive and will simply format it to NTFS is needed.

 

[Baneat]

I've built my own PC and I have no idea about this distinction.

How do I know if my drive is NTFS or FAT-32?!?!

Vista enough??

Uh... NTFS and FAT-32 are the format file system of the drive, if you built your own computer you would have had to format the drive before installing the OS. That's like saying I can build an car engine but I don't know what oil it will use.

All I did was plug in the Hard drive (and all other components), insert the Windows Install disc and... install.

Never mentioned FAT-32 or NTFS as options in the windows Install.

I never actively did any formatting before Windows installed itself. When you install windows on a drive does it format the ENTIRE drive to NTFS?!?!

See THIS is how easy it is to build a PC people... I built one without even knowing what I am doing.


BTW: my PC runs perfectly, all the performance that I ever wanted

It would only become apparent if you had the desire to change it.

It?

Change what? The Operating system or the Drive?

Or are you being general, like upgrading components, because that's fairly well standardises, the only tricky part is power and I guess also airflow.

By "It" I mean the different filestructures. The information's pretty much on a need to know basis. If someone tells you you will need to swap your drive's structure to FAT32 to work, you will soon see all the different types available. It's an option on the "Select drive" stage of windows, and, unless you need to switch it you won't be aware of its existence.

Very cleverly done.

 

[Sebenko]

Ah PC gaming. I would buy this game for PS3 though.

I'm sorry, but your black box is not nearly powerful enough to run this game on proper settings.


Finally a game that was not developed with thought of having to fit in the tight limitations of console markets. But if CD project feels generous enough console people might get a PC port in some time... Mabby.

Good to see we're working on that PR problem PC gamers seem to have in the eyes of console players, huh?

 

[Treblaine]

I must remember to NEVER put a question in the first post, now I have like 20 people replying giving me the answer.

TO THE EDIT!

 

[zeonz]

im realy not sure why some people think this is a bad idea.
in only a tiny percentage of all PC's ( that are abel to run witcher 2 ) use FAT32. and those who choice for FAT32, should understand howto make a NTFS partition.

also, why is a 9 gig file a bad idea? just becaus humans can't look in it, doesen't mean your computer has to load or search thruw 9 gigabyte. no, it can simply look where it needs to look. all in all, it would probaly increase your reading speed by not having to search different files or sectors. and as someone mentioned, 1 file ( normaly/usualy ) doesen't defragment.

in general if you hava a HDD of over 10 Gig ( and you need more for the witcher ) then it supports NTFS. and if your 1 of those people who install it on a usb-stick. whell, then your just asking for trouble anyway.

so, is it wrong they left that tiny, insignificant portion that you need a file system that supports upto 9 gigabyte. no, i don't think it is. just like they don't put on the cover that you need to be abel to start up your computer in order to play.
( yes, there are people who don't know how to start up a PC, even if they work with it daily )

oh, and that 0.001% of people that might not be abel to play from it, whell they can easily google the answer now.

 

[Eri]

I see no problem here. Why anyone would be using FAT is beyond me.

 

[Rack]

Considering the thing needs 4 gigs a quad core and a bleeding edge graphics card this is an especially nonsense limitation.

Not really, all of that functions perfectly with Windows XP, and that runs just fine on a FAT32 HDD, NTFS is the defacto standard, but that doesn't mean everyone uses it.

If you're running anything younger than Windows XP though, NTFS should be the default, I believe Vista and Windows 7 won't even install on a FAT32 drive and will simply format it to NTFS is needed.

Technically true, though you do need to be running the bizarre 64 bit version of XP to get that 4 gig of RAM. But I can't imagine who'd opt for XP 64 bit on a system like that let alone use an antiquated file structure on it. Possible? Sure, but so marginal as to be a very minor issue.

 

[RA92]

Change what? The Operating system or the Drive?

.

Just check the Properties of your drives, and check out File System to see whether it's NTFS. When you're installing your OS and are creating partitions, you're given the option to create them in NTFS or FAT32 format. Or just right-click one of your drives now, choose 'Format', and they will give you the option to choose your file system. Now, my Win7 only has the option for NTFS, so I guess what I said is only applicable to XP. Vista & Win7 has NTFS by default, so nothing to worry about.

 

[Azhrarn-101]

Considering the thing needs 4 gigs a quad core and a bleeding edge graphics card this is an especially nonsense limitation.

Not really, all of that functions perfectly with Windows XP, and that runs just fine on a FAT32 HDD, NTFS is the defacto standard, but that doesn't mean everyone uses it.

If you're running anything younger than Windows XP though, NTFS should be the default, I believe Vista and Windows 7 won't even install on a FAT32 drive and will simply format it to NTFS is needed.

Technically true, though you do need to be running the bizarre 64 bit version of XP to get that 4 gig of RAM. But I can't imagine who'd opt for XP 64 bit on a system like that let alone use an antiquated file structure on it. Possible? Sure, but so marginal as to be a very minor issue.

You can simply install the 4GB of RAM even for the 32-bit version of XP, it won't allow you to use more than 3.5GB of it, but that's a different matter.

 

[lacktheknack]

(Insert giggle about the poster that built his own pc but didn't know what a file system was here.)

To be fair, I built my own computer three or four times before I learned about file formats when researching why my FRAPS videos were breaking into 4GB chunks. (Apparently, FRAPS and VirtualDub assume that you have a FAT32 format drive. I don't know why.)

 

[theriddlen]

It doesn't run on Windows 95 either. Oh noes.