Gothic II
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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
- 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 |
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Amazon.com | Standard or Gold Edition. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | Gold Edition. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Gold Edition. | |||
Humble Store | Gold Edition. | |||
Steam | Gold Edition. | |||
Retail | DRM: SecuROM and SVK Protector disc check. |
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 | Sold separately or in the Gold Edition. |
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.
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39510/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39510/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
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.
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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).
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
- See Windowed for the limitations of this mode.
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
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Input settings
Controller support
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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
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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Dedicated | Dedicated server software available for Windows and Linux. | |
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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.
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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.
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Low frame rate in fullscreen mode
- Gothic II has frame rate issues in fullscreen mode on Windows 8 and later.
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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.
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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).
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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
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium II 400 MHz | 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 | 64 MB of VRAM |
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>/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
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