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[http://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/threads/1140053-Gothic-3-Patch-1-75-release Community Patch 1.75.14] fixes numerous issues, improves performance, graphics and stability, and adds a basic modding tool-set. Using it is strongly recommended. It is also a good idea to enable 'Alternative AI' in the options to take advantage of a much improved combat system. Note that saves from some earlier patch versions are not compatible. This patch is also available as a public Beta branch.<ref name=SteamDB_Depots>[https://steamdb.info/app/39500/depots/ Gothic 3 at SteamDB]</ref>
 
[http://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/threads/1140053-Gothic-3-Patch-1-75-release Community Patch 1.75.14] fixes numerous issues, improves performance, graphics and stability, and adds a basic modding tool-set. Using it is strongly recommended. It is also a good idea to enable 'Alternative AI' in the options to take advantage of a much improved combat system. Note that saves from some earlier patch versions are not compatible. This patch is also available as a public Beta branch.<ref name=SteamDB_Depots>[https://steamdb.info/app/39500/depots/ Gothic 3 at SteamDB]</ref>
 
{{ii}} If you experience problems try [http://forum.nordicgames.at/showthread.php?165652-Community-Patch-1-73-Download Community Patch 1.73] or [http://www.worldofgothic.com/dl/?go=dlfile&fileid=166 Community Patch 1.74] instead.<ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/app/39500/discussions/0/624076027837946703/ Gothic 3 breaks with Community Patch 1.75 (including solution) :: Gothic 3 General Discussions]</ref>
 
{{ii}} If you experience problems try [http://forum.nordicgames.at/showthread.php?165652-Community-Patch-1-73-Download Community Patch 1.73] or [http://www.worldofgothic.com/dl/?go=dlfile&fileid=166 Community Patch 1.74] instead.<ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/app/39500/discussions/0/624076027837946703/ Gothic 3 breaks with Community Patch 1.75 (including solution) :: Gothic 3 General Discussions]</ref>

Revision as of 21:47, 28 July 2016

Gothic 3
Gothic 3 cover
Developers
Piranha Bytes
Publishers
JoWood Productions
Nordic Games
Engines
Genome Gaming System
Release dates
Windows October 13, 2006
Gothic 3 guide on StrategyWiki
Gothic 3 on Wikipedia
Gothic
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Gothic 3 2006
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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
DRM details are not known
Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.
Windows
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Community Patch 1.75.14 fixes numerous issues, improves performance, graphics and stability, and adds a basic modding tool-set. Using it is strongly recommended. It is also a good idea to enable 'Alternative AI' in the options to take advantage of a much improved combat system. Note that saves from some earlier patch versions are not compatible. This patch is also available as a public Beta branch.[1]

If you experience problems try Community Patch 1.73 or Community Patch 1.74 instead.[2]

Gothic 3 Update Pack

The Update Pack works on top of the latest Community Patch and includes a number of bug fixes and quality of life improvements. Also contains tweaks to combat and additional features for modders.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39500/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video options.
Video options.
Details options.
Details options.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio options.
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
Full Polish version available on Steam (despite not being stated on store page)[1][3] and on cdp.pl.
Portuguese
Russian
Audio only in Russian retail versions; all others are text-only.

VR support

Issues fixed

Game slows down randomly

Instructions

Other information

Hide system cursor when game is in focus

When running in Windowed mode the game displays both in-game cursor and system cursor. This may be annoying for some people. Below is the script to solve this issue.
Instructions

System requirements

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

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (39500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References