RELEASE ROM Hack The Witcher 3 60 FPS and Dynamic Resolution Tweaks

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This thread will include IPS patch for unlocking 60 FPS and how to change Dynamic Resolution values. Thanks to triple buffer 60 FPS drops are not that frustrating as f.e. in Link's Awakening.
It was confirmed working for PL [010039400E8D6000] and EU [01003D100E9C6000] releases.

Unlocking 60 FPS Dynamic Resolution Config Tweaks Dynamic Resolution Exefs Tweaks

• 
  First step to get 60 FPS is to unlock it. It works only with versions: 3.4-3.7
  - Download:
  > For versions 3.4 and 3.5: TW3-60FPS.zip
  > For version 3.6: TW3-60FPS-3.6.zip
  > For version 3.7: TW3-60FPS-3.7.zip
  > For version 4.04b: TW3-60FPS-4.04b.zip
  - put exefs_patches folder to
  atmosphere
  or
  sxos
  
  And Restart Switch.
  
  Now you have 30 FPS lock deleted, but it will still not achieve 60 FPS because Dynamic Resolution is in the way. So we need to tweak it also.
  Recommended OC settings for 60 FPS:
  

  handheld_cpu=1326
  handheld_charging_gpu=768
  handheld_charging_official_cpu=1785
  handheld_charging_official_gpu=921
  handheld_mem=1600
  docked_cpu=1785
  docked_gpu=921

• 
  First we need to backup our save with Edizon or Checkpoint. IT'S MANDATORY TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE GAME SAVE OR AUTOSAVE! ELSE SETTINGS WILL RESET TO DEFAULT!
  
  In backup folder you will find folder user.settings and inside settings.txt
  
  Now we need to find line
  

  [Rendering]

  Below that we can paste any line from this list (I think they are easy to understand what some of them are doing):
  
  Spoiler: List

  DynamicResolutionOverride=-1
  DRRequireCameraMove=1
  DRIgnoreCPU=1
  DRIgnoreVsync=1
  DRGameTargetFrameTimeInMs=31.5
  DRCinematicTargetFrameTimeInMs=40.0
  DRIncreaseResolutionMargin=1
  DRIncreaseResolutionMarginMultiply=1
  DRCinematicIncreaseResolutionWaitTimeInMs=607.5
  DRCinematicDecreaseResolutionWaitTimeInMs=101.5
  DRGameIncreaseResolutionWaitTimeInMs=945.0
  DRGameDecreaseResolutionWaitTimeInMs=157.5

  
  These are default settings. I will focus only on settings that will make 60 FPS available and tweak cinematics for 30 FPS.
  
  
  • For 60 FPS I recommend to paste those 2 lines:

  DRGameTargetFrameTimeInMs=14.0
  DRCinematicTargetFrameTimeInMs=14.0

  As you can see, we changed dynamic resolution frametime interval for gameplay from 31.5 ms to 14 ms and for cinematics from 40 ms to 14 ms
  
  
  • For 30 FPS users I recommend to paste this line:

  DRCinematicTargetFrameTimeInMs=31.5

  It will change dynamic resolution frametime interval for cinematic from 40 ms to 31.5 ms, solving some issues with framedrops in cutscenes
  
  • Fixing resolution
  
  You can disable Dynamic Resolution by using DynamicResolutionOverride
  
  

  DynamicResolutionOverride=-1

  means that Dynamic Resolution is enabled
  Starting from 0 we can disable it.
  
  Ad. It looks like Inventory glitches for different values for each person. Only confirmed value that is not glitching is 25.
  
  Spoiler: List

  Value | Handheld resolution | Docked resolution
  0 | 832x468 | 956x536
  1 | 848x476 | 956x536
  2 | 860x488 | 956x536
  3 | 884x496 | 956x536
  4 | 900x508 | 956x536
  5 | 920x516 | 956x536
  6 | 936x528 | 956x536
  7 | 956x536 | 956x536
  8 | 972x548 | 972x548
  9 | 992x556 | 992x556
  10 | 1008x568 | 1008x568
  11 | 1028x576 | 1028x576
  12 | 1044x588 | 1044x588
  13 | 1064x596 | 1064x596
  14 | 1080x608 | 1080x608
  15 | 1100x616 | 1100x616
  16 | 1116x628 | 1116x628
  17 | 1136x636 | 1136x636
  18 | 1152x648 | 1152x648
  19 | 1172x656 | 1172x656
  20 | 1188x668 | 1188x668
  21 | 1208x676 | 1208x676
  22 | 1224x688 | 1224x688
  23 | 1244x696 | 1244x696
  24 | 1260x708 | 1260x708
  25 | 1280x720 | 1280x720

  Going above will just set last known resolution.
  
  Now just restore backuped save with changed config.
  
• 
  This tab will include some more advanced editing. Improper editing it can result in crashing game or system.
  
  
  • Changing minimal Dynamic Resolution
  
  Warning: This works only with versions 3.4-3.7. After changing it Fixing resolution point from Dynamic Resolution Config Tweaks will scale different, but still 25 is 1280x720.
  
  You need to download:
  > For versions 3.4 and 3.5: TW3-DR.zip
  > For version 3.6: TW3-DR-3.6.zip
  > For version 3.7: TW3-DR-3.7.zip (NOTE: from 3.7 game is using W29 register instead of W22, so underlined bytes are slightly different in IPS file dedicated for this version)
  > For version 4.04b: TW3-DR-4.04b.zip (NOTE: from 4.04b game is using W26 and W19 registers instead of W22, so underlined bytes are slightly different in IPS file dedicated for this version)
  and unpack it. Open IPS file with hex editor (for example HxD)
  You will get something like this
  
  
  
  
  Each color is different instruction with different config.
  Red - Handheld width
  Green - Handheld height
  Brown - Docked width
  Pink - Docked height
  
  You need to convert those hex values to ARM instructions. You can use f.e. this site
  http://armconverter.com/hextoarm/
  
  As example we are taking red value -
  

  16688052

  We got this
  

  MOVZ    W22, #0x340

  We need to change "340". This is hex value. You can use this site to convert it to decimal value
  https://www.binaryhexconverter.com/hex-to-decimal-converter
  After converting we got 832. We want to change it to 640. We can convert it back with f.e. this site
  https://www.binaryhexconverter.com/decimal-to-hex-converter
  After converting we got "280".
  Now our instruction should look like
  

  MOVZ    W22, #0x280

  We need to convert this instruction to hex. We can use f.e. this site
  http://armconverter.com/
  After converting we need to copy value from ARM64 window. So we got hex
  

  16508052

  And now we need to replace our new hex with old hex and save file. Put folder exefs_patches to sdcard folder
  
  atmosphere
  or
  sxos
  
  And restart Switch.