Gothic

Gothic

Developers
	Piranha Bytes
Publishers
	Egmont Interactive
	Piranha Bytes
Engines
	ZenGin
Release dates
Windows	March 15, 2001

Gothic
Gothic	2001
Gothic II	2002
Gothic 3	2006
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods	2008
Arcania: Gothic 4	2010
Arcania: Fall of Setarrif	2011
Gothic Playable Teaser	2019
The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos (unofficial mod)	2021
Gothic 1 Remake	TBA

Key points

For Windows 8 apply the fullscreen border fix.

General information

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Steam Community Discussions

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Improvements

Version 1.08k Patch

The latest retail patch is version 1.08k. Digital distribution versions already include this patch. To check your current patch version look at the bottom right of the main menu box.

Player-Kit

The Player-Kit is required for playing mods.

Instructions

Gothic will now show a mod selector window when launched; to have a shortcut launch the unmodded game directly, change it to point to GothicMod.exe instead of Gothic.exe.

Unlock frame rate (FPS Patch)

Gothic runs with a frame rate of around 25 FPS.

Instructions

Disable intro video

Instructions

Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Gothic has native support for 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800, and 1440x900. For other widescreen resolutions, do the following:

Instructions

Using this shortcut will launch Gothic with the chosen resolution. The in-game video settings will still list the previous resolution, not the one you set in the shortcut; this is normal.

The shortcut can be put somewhere convenient for easy launching (e.g. the desktop or Start screen/Start menu). Existing shortcuts will still launch the game without the widescreen fix.

Windowed

Task-switching may cause repeated Tab input when you return to the game (simply press Tab again to make it work normally).

Task-switching during video cutscenes will crash the game (there are only four during the game, not counting the intro and end credits).

Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

See Windowed for the limitations of this mode.

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Issues unresolved

ATI 1xxx inventory item graphics

Inventory item graphics turn invisible on ATI 1xxx cards (the items themselves are still there). There is no known fix.

Issues fixed

Black videos (sound but no picture)

This is caused by forcing anti-aliasing. Either method below will fix this.

Instructions

Instructions

Fullscreen border (Windows 8)

Gothic and Gothic II show a window border in fullscreen mode on Windows 8.

Instructions

Poor performance (Windows 8)

Gothic may have poor performance on Windows 8, e.g. a low frame rate even when using the FPS patch.

Instructions

Access violation errors (Steam)

Try right clicking the game in the Steam library and choosing "Properties". From here, de-select the "Enable Steam Community In-Game" option.

Access Violation / Assertion Failed error when saving

This can be caused by deleting the saves folder. Go to the main game folder and make a folder called saves. If you want to delete saves in the future delete the individual saves within the folder, not the saves folder itself.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows 98/Windows ME/Windows XP/Windows 2000	Windows XP
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB free
Video card (GPU)	16 MB 3D Accelerated Graphics Card	32 MB 3D Accelerated Graphics Card