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Revision as of 15:07, 23 May 2017

Arcania: Gothic 4
Arcania: Gothic 4 cover
Developers
Spellbound Entertainment
Publishers
Original JoWood Productions
Current Nordic Games
Engines
Vision 7|Vision|Vision 7[1]
Release dates
Windows October 12, 2010
Arcania: Gothic 4 guide on StrategyWiki
Arcania: Gothic 4 on Wikipedia
Gothic
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

Poorly optimized, even with modern high end hardware the frame rate dips occasionally below 60 FPS regardless of graphical settings.[citation needed]

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
Requires online activation
SecuROM PA DRM activation and release date check.[2] Use the latest patch to remove DRM.
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Final Patch removes SecuROM DRM and fixes various issues.

Performance tweaks

You should make a backup copy of the file modified here. If you want to revert to the original but can't find it, use the "Verify integrity of game cache" option on the game properties through Steam.
Instructions

Enable Xbox UI

While using the Xbox UI accessing the game options will make the game crash, so either make sure you're happy with your settings or temporarily switch back to the PC UI while you access them.
Enabling the Xbox UI will allow you easier navigation through the game and the menus while using a controller, however it has to be switched to every time you open the game.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General graphics settings.
General graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Controller remapping

Instructions

Invert controller's Y-axis

Instructions

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game won't start

Game has several problems launching especially with 64-bit Windows 7 installations.
Instructions

Stuck in jungle level

It is possible, if you go back to the jungle level, to get stuck in it. There are two ways to get around this issue.
Instructions
Instructions

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz
AMD Athlon II x2 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
DirectX 9.0c compatible
System requirements from official site.[3]

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>/39690/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (39690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References