Difference between revisions of "Gothic 3"

Revision as of 04:07, 2 September 2014

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

Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14 for many crucial performance improvements and bug fixes.

General information

Official site

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.
Steam		Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.

Essential improvements

Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14

Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14 fixes numerous issues. Using it is strongly recommended. Note that saves from some earlier patch versions are not compatible.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39500/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39500/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video options.

Details options.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio options.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

If some languages are not listed in-game ensure you have installed Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish				Audio only in Polish retail and cdp.pl digital versions; all others are text-only.
Portuguese
Russian

Issues fixed

Game slows down randomly

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	NVidia ATI/AMD 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	NVidia ATI/AMD 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39500/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (39500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39500/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (39500) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39500/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (39500) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Piranha Bytes
Publishers
	JoWood Productions
	Nordic Games
Engines
	Genome Gaming System
Release dates
Windows	October 13, 2006