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|developer     = [[Wikipedia:Piranha Bytes|Piranha Bytes]]
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|publisher     = [[Wikipedia:JoWooD Productions|JoWooD Productions]]<br>[[Wikipedia:Atari|Atari]]
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|release dates = November 29, 2002
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nordic Games}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 29, 2002}}
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|steam appid  = 39510
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|gogcom page  = gothic_2_gold_edition
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|wikipedia    = Gothic II
 
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{{Series|Gothic}}
 
{{Series|Gothic}}
 
'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
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{{ii}} If you are using Windows 8, apply the [[#Fullscreen border (Windows 8)|fullscreen border fix]].
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{{ii}} For Windows 8 apply the [[#Fullscreen border (Windows 8)|fullscreen border fix]].
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'''General information'''
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{{mm}} [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=809 Steam Users' Forums] for game series
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{{mm}} [http://www.gog.com/forum/gothic_series GOG.com Community Discussions]
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{{mm}} [http://www.gog.com/support/gothic_2_gold_edition GOG.com Support Page]
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{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/39510/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==

Revision as of 04:44, 7 August 2013

Gothic II
Gothic II cover
Developers
Piranha Bytes
Publishers
Atari
JoWooD Productions
Nordic Games
Engines
ZenGin
Release dates
Windows November 29, 2002
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Gothic II on Wikipedia
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Gothic
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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
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Template:Availability Table

The Gold Edition includes the Night of the Raven expansion.

Improvements

Patch v1.30 / Add-on Patch 2.6 (German retail)

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.

Disable intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Template:Game Location Table

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

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

Open Gothic.ini and change zTexAnisotropicFiltering=0 to zTexAnisotropicFiltering=1. This is only an on/off setting; if it doesn't work or you want a higher setting, force it using your video card's control panel.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Open Gothic.ini and change zVidEnableAntiAliasing=0 to zVidEnableAntiAliasing=1. This is only an on/off setting. Forcing a higher setting from the video card's control panel may cause black videos (sound but no picture).

Input settings

Template:Input Settings

Controller support

Gothic II has limited native controller support which can be enabled by editing Gothic.ini and changing enableJoystick=0 to enableJoystick=1; note that some axes might not be detected and some inputs cannot be set to controller axes, e.g. camera controls. For best results you will probably want to use a different solution as well as or instead of the game's own controller support; see the controller with keyboard-only game page for details.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

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 II may have poor performance on Windows 8, e.g. a low frame rate.
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

System requirements

Template:System Requirements

References