by CD Projekt Red’s commitment to removing the vulva textures from The Witcher 3 “is not intended as a statement against nudity or adult themes”, he stated.
The next-gen update for The Witcher 3 accidentally included realistic genitalia for female monsters, which weren’t part of the original game.
Since it stated that it is “working to resolve” the inclusion after incorporating several fan mods into the update, CD Projekt Red has identified the source of the textures.
The textures were thought to be from the Vaginas for Everyone mod, as reported by Kotaku, but that was not the case.
In a statement to Eurogamer, a spokesperson for CD Projekt Red said: “As understood by CD Projekt Red until very recently, the vulva textures in question were part of the ‘HD Monsters Reworked’ (HDMR) mod, not the ‘ Vaginas for Everyone’s Mode.
“In 2021, at the time of signing the copyright transfer agreement, the author of the HDMR mod confirmed to CDPR that he was the sole author of the mod in question. The author of the HDMR mod has granted CD Projekt Red rights to use the mod and has been credited and compensated for his work. We’ve reached out to the author of the HDMR mod with questions for clarification.”
Furthermore, the company made clear its intention behind the removal of textures: visual consistency.
“Regardless of this recent development, we remain committed to removing these textures from the game, as we previously confirmed,” the statement continued.
“We also want to add that the removal of these elements is not intended as a statement against nudity or adult themes, but rather an attempt to maintain visual consistency across all character models – including these textures in the game was not something we planned from the beginning. to start.”
CDPR previously explained that the next-gen update includes “several community-sourced mods”.
“Merging everything was a complex process and the textures in question are an unintended result present in the release version. This is something we are working to resolve,” said a CDPR spokesperson.
To learn more about the recent patch and its performance tweaks, check out Digital Foundry’s review.
