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Revision as of 15:20, 29 June 2015

Gothic II
Gothic II cover
Developers
Piranha Bytes
Publishers
Atari
JoWood Productions
Nordic Games
Engines
ZenGin
Release dates
Windows November 29, 2002
Gothic II on Wikipedia
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Key points

For Windows 8 and later apply the fullscreen fixes.

General information

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
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM: SecuROM and SVK Protector disc check.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Standard or Gold Edition.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Gold Edition.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Gold Edition.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Green Man Gaming
Icon overlay.png
Gold Edition.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
Gold Edition.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Gold Edition.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Version differences

The Gold Edition is a complete edition which includes the Night of the Raven expansion.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest retail patches for the German version are Patch v1.30 for the base Gothic II and Add-on Patch 2.6 for the Night of the Raven expansion. All English versions and German digital distribution versions already include the latest patches.

System Pack

A fan-made patch, which fixes compatibility issues and adds features. Instructions and download links available here. Requires PlayerKit 2.6f.

D3D11 renderer for Gothic II

Requires a GPU supporting DX11

A fan-made renderer which adds a wide variety of additional DX11 graphical features, such as hardware tessellation, full dynamic lighting, HBAO+, and more. Can also noticeably improve performance on modern systems, as it replaces the CPU-intensive view culling code. Instructions and downloads available here. Recommended to be used in combination with the System Pack.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39510/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39510/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Gothic II only natively supports 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800, and 1440x900.
The widescreen mod below makes the game Hor+ instead of Vert- and lists most widescreen resolutions.
Instructions
Instructions

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 a few of these).
Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

See Windowed for the limitations of this mode.
Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Controller support

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Available only in local retail release, Muve and CDP.pl.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Use Gothic Multiplayer mod for multiplayer (requires Gothic II Gold or the Night of the Raven expansion).
If the installer can't find the game copy Gothic.exe to Gothic2.exe (see Mods can't find Gothic II).

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Dedicated
Dedicated server software available for Windows and Linux.
Self-hosting
Direct IP
gmp:// URLs do not connect to IP addresses.

Issues fixed

Black videos (sound but no picture)

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

Window border visible in fullscreen mode

Gothic and Gothic II show a window border in fullscreen mode on Windows 8 and later.
The GOG.com version already includes this fix.
Instructions

Low frame rate in fullscreen mode

Gothic II has frame rate issues in fullscreen mode on Windows 8 and later.
Instructions

"C: maximum texture size is lower than 32" error

This error happens if Gothic II isn't able to automatically change to 32-bit color mode.
Instructions

Can't Alt+Tab (GOG.com)

The GOG.com version prevents task switching to avoid some potential issues (e.g. crashing during FMV cutscenes).
Instructions

Constant Tab input after Alt+Tab

After task switching the game may constantly repeat Tab input; press Tab again to stop this.

Mods can't find Gothic II

Some mods expect the game executable to be called Gothic2.exe.
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1, 11 DirectX 11 requires fan-made renderer.
Shader Model support 1, 5 Shader Model 5 requires fan-made renderer.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium II 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.6 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM

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>/39510/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (39510) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References