Vitality / Toxicity Health Bar is Black / is not shown

[Ry]

Was extremely confused why I couldn't see my HP, til I realized that the game isn't showing the health bars / showing them as black. What can I do to fix it?


Could this be some compatibility issues? I'm on Windows 11. Previously played it on a Windows 10 laptop and it was fine.

[Just Guy 0_0]

Verify game files on steam ,
(I played on windows 11 no issues so that's not it)

[Just Guy 0_0]

Try the mods in this guide :

(Maybe it was fixed in some mod I use from this guide)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2706522134

[robertoseghezzi]

Hi Ry, did you solve this issue?

[Grumo]

Hello i have the same issue, did you resolved it ?

[Just Guy 0_0]

Originally posted by eliopod:

Hello i have the same issue, did you resolved it ?

If you have no mods just verify game files , if you have mods delete duplicate files.

Also check if you have z_nolife file and delete it if you found it in game files.

(Also ensure you are not on max toxicity)

[robertoseghezzi]

Thanks for your help and your complete answer! I don't have mods, I already checked the files 2 times. Now I unistall it because it was impossible to play...

[Just Guy 0_0]

Originally posted by robertoseghezzi:

Thanks for your help and your complete answer! I don't have mods, I already checked the files 2 times. Now I unistall it because it was impossible to play...

the mods change the health bar appearance but look almost same as original , you can try the AI texture mod with rise of wolf and overhaul (this is one mod named AI textures) and it would show the health bar as red , also if you click shift and point at health bar it says your exact hp number.

you can also change colour to more red by increasing saturation in reshade.

here is a picture of how the Ui (health bar and other bars) looks:

https://imgur.com/a/TAZmZuJ

[Grumo]

I try both, simply textured mod, in my data/Override fold, seems not working at all :/ Maybe i did something wrong.
Download the mod, create a folder in /data named override, then extract the mod in there. Lunch it with steam is a wrong way to do it ?

[Grumo]

nevermind, the mod i downloeaded seems to work but no health/toxicity bar, i'll search one

[Just Guy 0_0]

Originally posted by eliopod:

nevermind, the mod i downloeaded seems to work but no health/toxicity bar, i'll search one

??

for easiest installation do rise of white wolf first then add the AI textures mod and replace files (then check if you have same file that is located in z_rotww and delete it)

for example if you have 2 oko_w files or other files with exact same name and one is 512x512 and other 1024 x 1024 then you need to delete the lower quality one or if one is located in z_rotww then also you need to delete it





the texture mod is a different outdated mod (please delete it) , you only need one file that is with AI upscale mod , here is what I mean:

AiO AI Upscale Textures with The Witcher Overhaul Project by lexo1000

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/808?tab=files

yes you extract there but make sure there is no folders in that folder just files alone and make sure you dont have compressed files inside.


then manually install rise of white wolf and disable sky blocks and check for duplicate and delete them if found

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/669



then add

Textures Settings Downgrade Fix on same page

also in steam (right click game on steam, click properties) disable steam cloud , big picture or overlay as they are not needed or not working.

then in steam go to command section and add the :

-dontforceminreqs

This will enable game to use highest quality textures from the mod.

then in game settings go to settings and make sure you have everything max except light that needs to be low and shadows that have to be medium.


then try new game and check if you see the bar as I showed in picture above.

the health bar change is from rise of white wolf the AI upscale just makes textures higher quality so they dont look so blurry as original.

to see if mods work just check your game vs comparison pictures on rise of white wolf

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/669



(if you want clouds from rise of white wolf then delete clouds from overhaull manually and then in rise of white wolf select skybox option)

(or I can just send it to you )

[Just Guy 0_0]

also have you tried what was said here , someone with your problem said they fixed it in that post :

https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/13iepgn/glitch_help_healthtoxicity_bars_are_shown_as/

I myself have only d3d9.dll in system / witcher 1 and dont have the rest files this guy said

just to make sure but are you perhaps missing this file ?

( I thought it is default file from game as mine says installed 2022)

(but maybe it was from one of the mods)

ok I just checked and it says it came from reshade so I guess it is not default file lol

I got this file from : https://reshade.me/

and if you use reshade you might as well use the preset for game :


https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/984?tab=description

[Grumo]

YES got it, thank you qo much, finally i can see my health haha. Btw i got mods very cool.

Thanks again, i thinks your last solution from reddit is the one

https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/13iepgn/glitch_help_healthtoxicity_bars_are_shown_as/

[Just Guy 0_0]

Originally posted by eliopod:

YES got it, thank you qo much, finally i can see my health haha. Btw i got mods very cool.

Thanks again, i thinks your last solution from reddit is the one

https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/13iepgn/glitch_help_healthtoxicity_bars_are_shown_as/

no problem , since you have mods I still recommend checking the guide I posted above (I am not the author of it)

you dont need everything from there just the bug fixes and few mods you like.

also the NVIDIA part is nice as it enables HBAO+ in game .

I also recommend the reshade I posted as the colours just look better and the annoying grey on monitor is gone.

you can customise everything in reshade (if you dont like the dark colour you can turn it off to have what I posted in above picture)


https://imgur.com/a/TAZmZuJ



, you can see the difference in the pictures I took :

https://imgur.com/a/IcbXDyi

as for performance it takes like 2-3 fps max +1 ms delay which is almost nothing

[gothheck]

Just an update on this for anyone looking for this fix (like I just did) who doesn't want to handle mods:

The old link to WineD3D via that Reddit post no longer appears to work as the site has been remapped. Instead, you can download it here:

https://fdossena.com/?p=wined3d/index.frag

Download the current version and then put d3d9.dll and wined3d.dll into The Witcher Enhanced Edition\System folder (no longer need libwine.dll).

This works for both Windows 10 and 11.

[DarkFriend]