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Revision as of 04:28, 12 April 2018
Developers | |
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Piranha Bytes | |
Publishers | |
Atari | |
JoWood Productions | |
Nordic Games | |
Engines | |
ZenGin | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 29, 2002 |
Gothic | |
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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 and later apply the fullscreen fixes.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM and SVK Protector DRM disc check. | |||
Amazon.com | Standard or Gold Edition. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GamersGate | Night of the Raven | |||
Gold Edition. | ||||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | Gold Edition. | |||
GOG.com | Gold Edition. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Gold Edition. | |||
Humble Store | Gold Edition. | |||
Steam | Gold Edition. |
Version differences
- The Gold Edition is a complete edition which includes the Night of the Raven expansion.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Night of the Raven | Included with the Gold Edition. Not available separately for some languages (e.g. English). |
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
Change playLogoVideos setting[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\system\GOTHIC.INI[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39510/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39510/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- Gothic II only natively supports 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800, and 1440x900.
- The Gothic ½ — SystemPack makes the game Hor+ instead of Vert- and lists most widescreen resolutions.
Use widescreen mod (recommended method)[2] |
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Notes
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Set resolution manually (alternate method)[2] |
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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).
Change zStartupWindowed setting[1] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
- See Windowed for the limitations of this mode.
Set up borderless fullscreen windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Set zTexAnisotropicFiltering in Gothic.ini[citation needed] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Set zVidEnableAntiAliasing in Gothic.ini[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Mouse sensitivity
Set zMouseRotationScale in Gothic.ini[citation needed] |
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Controller support
Set enableJoystick in Gothic.ini[citation needed] |
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Audio only available on GOG.com (added on September 20, 2017) | |||
Polish | Available on Steam, despite not being stated in a store.[1][3] | |||
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
toGothic2.exe
(see Mods can't find Gothic II).
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Dedicated server software available for Windows and Linux. | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | gmp:// URLs do not connect to IP addresses. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Gothic 2 [DX11]. |
Issues fixed
Black videos (sound but no picture)
- This is caused by forcing anti-aliasing in the video card control panel.
Disable video card anti-aliasing[citation needed] |
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Disable video scaling[citation needed] |
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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.
Apply the fix[citation needed] |
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Low frame rate in fullscreen mode
- Gothic II has frame rate issues in fullscreen mode on Windows 8 and later.
Apply necessary fixes[citation needed] |
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"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.
Change zVidResFullscreenBPP setting[citation needed] |
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Can't Alt+Tab (GOG.com)
- The GOG.com version prevents task switching to avoid some potential issues (e.g. crashing during FMV cutscenes).
Remove GOG.com fix[citation needed] |
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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
.
Copy Gothic.exe to Gothic2.exe[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Camera spins uncontrollably
Disable display scaling[4] |
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Game reverts back to Miles Fast even after EAX restoration software is installed
- Gothic II doesn't see
dsound.dll
wrapper from EAX restoration software.
Create pre.load file, which orders game to load dsound.dll wrapper[5]
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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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 |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.5e |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.5v |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/39510/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (39510) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Suicide machine on August 13, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gothic II | WSGF
- ↑ Gothic II: Gold Edition on SteamDB
- ↑ Gothic 2 (classic) Camera spins uncontrollably
- ↑ SystemPack thread
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