Minimum requirements not met!

[Hat8]

I know that my computer can run this game but It won't even try because when I start the game I get a message "Minimum requirements not met!" which prevents my computer from even attempting to run the game.

Edit: I managed to be able to open the launcher by editing the files and adding dontForcemin to the target but when the steam play window comes up I get the "Minimum requirements not met!" message again which stops me from playing.

[FFM]

When I played I too suffered from this issue. I had a computer that was more than capable of running it, yet I would still get this message. There is one fix for this issue, and that is running this game with the argument -dontforceminreqs.

In steam, that means
1) Right click the game in your library and select properties
2) Navigate to launch options
3) Type in -dontforceminreqs into the text box and apply

Doing this unfortunately does restrict many of the graphics options in the game. For instance, resolution is limited to roughly 720p, and the textures are always going to be the lowest option. It is however the only way to play the game. Trust me, I spent many hours searching for solutions on the internet, and tried some of my own, like messing around with my graphics card settings and downloading mod textures, but nothing fixed it or let me use higher settings.

As for why this occurs at all, it might be due to the Virtu MVP ability of motherboards messing with the games ability to detect the right card. I'm not positive on this, but many other people experiencing this have confirmed they have compatable motherboards. I also tried messing around with the settings of Virtu MVP, including uninstalling it and disabling my iGPU, but nothing worked. They did release version 2.0 of the software recently which you have to pay for, and I doubt it fixes the problem, but you never know.

[Hat8]

Originally posted by FFM:

In steam, that means
1) Right click the game in your library and select properties
2) Navigate to launch options
3) Type in -dontforceminreqs into the text box and apply

Thank-you very much. The graphical limitations don't really matter since I'm not too concerned with graphics but it is unfortunate.

[chebonaparte]

weird ive played this before on my old vista which was too slow to play and windows 8 laptop was gonna try see if i could fix the settings and i had this error for first time. will check this idea thx

[chebonaparte]

nope now mine are saying that too!

[AbedsBrother]

I just applied "-dontForceMinReqs" to Launch Options, and the game runs in 1920 x1080 with all graphics options available to me (runs best around the medium graphics settings).
System: AMD A10 APU 6800K with onboard graphics (Radeon 8670D).

[chebonaparte]

thank you abedsbrother! so much. ive tried many peoples ideas and commands but only yours copy pasted worked on my windows 8. for first time in a year i can get withcer to play! thanks! :D

[DOTBP]

Спасибо, помогло!! Есть еще один вариант запуска игры:

в папке \System\
создаём bat-файл, например witcher.bat, в нём пишем строку
witcher -dontForceMinReqs

и сохраняем.

[ProjectCaddyGuy]

Sadly, still getting the minimum not met. This laptop is throwing more processor, more ram etc. But is integrated graphics. :(

Edit: Nevermind, I had to redo that tweak. It worked pretty nicely on my laptop. i3 Core, 2.13 mhz, 4 gigs of RAM on Win 7. (Though I do put 7 on a diet, none of the pretty effects, etc.)

[BlocknBoom!]

PLease help me! The game wont even launch or start and it doesn't say anything! It says im playing minimum when it doesn't even pop up, NOTHING pops up!!!!! What must I do!!!!

[Revelator]

cdrp! if you read make a patch! :-D

[BlocknBoom!]

WOOPS! THIS IS FOR THE WITCHER! DARNIT I WASTED ALL MY TIME FOR NOTHING!
I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE GAME 'MINIMUM' ON STEAM

[soap]

Originally posted by Boom, Headshot!:

WOOPS! THIS IS FOR THE WITCHER! DARNIT I WASTED ALL MY TIME FOR NOTHING!
I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE GAME 'MINIMUM' ON STEAM

LOL

[soap]

WHATS WITH THE CAPS?