Game Directory

The language server needs your Witcher 3 install to resolve the base game scripts that your mod builds on. Without it, most features are of limited use - unknown types and members get flagged everywhere because the server has nothing to resolve them against.

Even with no game directory, the default redscripts.ini globals are still recognised - but base game types are not.

Auto-detection

On Windows, a GOG Game of the Year install is detected automatically through the GOG Galaxy registry. If it is found, the walkthrough shows a "Game directory detected" step and there is nothing to configure.

Steam and manual installs are not auto-detected and are routed through the walkthrough's setup step instead.

Setting it manually

If your install was not detected, point the extension at it in any of these ways:

• The Set your Witcher 3 game directory walkthrough step (Open Walkthrough).
• The WitcherScript status bar menu.
• The witcherscript.gameDirectory setting directly.

The folder picker validates your choice: the selected folder must contain a content subdirectory, which is where the base game scripts live.

{
  "witcherscript.gameDirectory": "C:\\games\\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt GOTY"
}

Shared Imports

Many modern Witcher 3 mods depend on Shared Imports (modSharedImports). When present, it is auto-loaded from <gameDirectory>\Mods\modSharedImports so the server can resolve the types those mods rely on.

This is on by default and controlled by witcherscript.autoLoadModSharedImports. Disable it to opt out:

{
  "witcherscript.autoLoadModSharedImports": false
}

Alternate base scripts (advanced)

Sometimes the base game scripts you want to check against are not under your game directory - for example, you keep a separate copy, or you want to switch between game versions (1.32 vs 4.04) without changing the game directory itself.

Two settings handle this:

• witcherscript.baseScriptsDirectory - the exact path to an alternate set of base scripts.
• witcherscript.useBaseScriptsDirectory - whether to use that alternate set instead of the game directory's scripts.

{
  "witcherscript.baseScriptsDirectory": "C:\\witcher-scripts\\1.32\\scripts",
  "witcherscript.useBaseScriptsDirectory": true
}

This must be the scripts folder

baseScriptsDirectory must point at the actual scripts directory - the one containing the core, engine, and game subdirectories - not at a game directory.

You can toggle useBaseScriptsDirectory on and off quickly from the Alternate Scripts button in the status bar tooltip. While the alternate scripts are active, the status bar icon changes to a double-check () so the override is visible at a glance.

Scope of the override

This swaps only the base scripts folder, not the whole game directory. redscripts.ini and the automatic modSharedImports always use the versions in the Game Directory.