infinite loading screen on quest Payback. *minor spoilers*

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OK, so normally it takes litereally less than 5 sec for the loading screen to dissapear and I can play my game. It is a much shorter time than even when there is the recap of events when starting the game from steam (although I use Geforce Experience with no problems) or when you change lands. There are very few bugs in my game and most are not even that big of a deal. I'd say the most annoying ones are when the guys are carrying those boxes and they look like they are playing QWOP or something or when a bush or tree is going through a bulding. Other than that I've not had any problems with the 1.1 patch other than one and its is quite an annoying one. There is a quest called Payback. It is a very easy quest from what I've completed so far, but there are a few preblems with this quest.

Problems with Payback Quest:

Ciri doesnot move. You can't follow Ciri where you are suppose to go. The solution I have found with this is to go in a different direction from where she is until the quest marker locatioin is no longer on the mini map and then go back and Ciri says something like "I'll meet you at the spot" or something. You have to do this multiple times to actually complete even one of the objectives.

Second problem is an infinite loading screen. Not sure what do do about this and its freaking annoying. No need to worry about my PC specs, just need to know if there is a work around for this bug, preferably for this specific quest. It happens when I am about to start the horse race.

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Have exactly the same issue (and I am on latest patch of 1.12.1) Any workarounds?

[anastaceya]

I'm having the same problem. Although Ciri never moved for me, I managed to walk far enough away from her to make her appear near the end goal but when I tried to do the horse race it never got past the loading screen. Anyone have a way to fix this or at least a workaround?

[Wakachangi]

I am receiving both of these issues also on the latest 1.21 patch. Stuck at the loading screen at the horse race mainly as can fix the Ciri not moving issue by just running away. It's strange because I have completed the game and come back to change my ending and I can now not get past this bit.

[Wakachangi]

To anyone having this issue in the future, I fixed it by;

1. Go to folder in which the game is installed and remove following files (if you they are there):
goggame-1207664643.hashdb
goggame-1430742867.hashdb
goggame-1430743168.hashdb
goggame-1441355562.hashdb
2. Run gog galaxy, and log in to your account.
3. Go to Witcher 3: Wild Hunt tab.
4. Click More>Manage Installation> Verify/Repair and then confirm by clicking Verify Game
5. Let gog galaxy check the integrity of game files

^Or Verify with Steam or Origin whatever your client is.

After the verification is complete, please load savegame made before this issue occurred.

If you can't see .hashdb files in the Witcher 3 installation folder please follow these steps:
1. Open Control Panel> and go to Folder Options
2. Change to View tab
3. In Advanced settings switch "Hidden files and folders" to "Show hidden files, folders, and drives"

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Originally posted by Wakachangi:

To anyone having this issue in the future, I fixed it by;

1. Go to folder in which the game is installed and remove following files (if you they are there):
goggame-1207664643.hashdb
goggame-1430742867.hashdb
goggame-1430743168.hashdb
goggame-1441355562.hashdb
2. Run gog galaxy, and log in to your account.
3. Go to Witcher 3: Wild Hunt tab.
4. Click More>Manage Installation> Verify/Repair and then confirm by clicking Verify Game
5. Let gog galaxy check the integrity of game files

^Or Verify with Steam or Origin whatever your client is.

After the verification is complete, please load savegame made before this issue occurred.

If you can't see .hashdb files in the Witcher 3 installation folder please follow these steps:
1. Open Control Panel> and go to Folder Options
2. Change to View tab
3. In Advanced settings switch "Hidden files and folders" to "Show hidden files, folders, and drives"

I cant find these files in my steam folder. The endless loading screen is not fixable for me.