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Revision as of 09:02, 20 September 2018
Developers | |
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Piranha Bytes | |
Publishers | |
Egmont Interactive | |
Engines | |
ZenGin | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 15, 2001 |
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
- Use Gothic ½ — SystemPack to remove the 25 FPS cap, fix compatibility issues, and improve resolution support.
- Steam overlay doesn't work with this game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Install the version 1.08k patch. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam | Only sold as part of bundles. Install the version 1.08k patch. |
Version differences
- The original German release included a performance by In Extremo that was omitted from later German releases and all international versions. Use the In Extremo Mod.
- The Russian Gothic: Collector's Edition includes Gothic and the Diccuric mod.
- The German Gothic Collector's Edition includes Gothic along with Gothic II and its expansion.
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest retail patch is version 1.08k. Some digital distribution versions already include this patch. To check your current patch version look at the bottom right of the main menu box.
Player-Kit
- The Player-Kit is required for playing mods.
- Causes a minor issue with a gate near the end of the game; use Gothic ½ — SystemPack to avoid this issue (recommended) or use
Gothic_backup.exe
temporarily to pass this area.
Install Player-Kit[1] |
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- Gothic will now show a mod selector window when launched; to have a shortcut launch the unmodded game directly, change it to point to
GothicMod.exe
instead ofGothic.exe
.
SystemPack
Fan-made patch, introduces many fixes and features. Download and installation instructions here. Requires PlayerKit.
Skip intro videos
Change playLogoVideos setting[1] |
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Restore In Extremo performance
- The original German release included a performance by In Extremo; this was omitted from later German releases and all international versions.
Use inextremo.VDF[citation needed] |
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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/65540/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/65540/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- Gothic only has native support for 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800, and 1440x900.
Use other widescreen resolutions[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 four during the game, not counting the intro and ending).
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[1] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Available in the LangPack. | |||
Polish | Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[1][3] | |||
Russian | Only two translations, by Snowball Studios (1C-SoftClub) and Russobit-M. | |||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Gothic [DX11]. |
Issues unresolved
ATI 1xxx invisible inventory items
- Inventory item graphics turn invisible on ATI 1xxx cards (the items themselves are still there). There is no known fix.
- One potential fix is to add
zInventoryItemsDistanceScale=2.0
under[GAME]
inGOTHIC.INI
.[4]
Issues fixed
Black videos (sound but no picture)
- This is caused by forcing anti-aliasing. Either method below will fix this.
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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Install the Gothic ½ — SystemPack. |
Poor performance
Access violation errors (Steam)
Disable Steam Community In-Game overlay[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Access Violation / Assertion Failed error when saving
- This can be caused by deleting the saves folder.
Make saves folder[citation needed] |
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Gate cutscene doesn't play, gate won't open
- A gate in the final area won't open when playing with the Player-Kit due to the cutscene not playing.
- Use Gothic ½ — SystemPack.
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.
Game Starts, but screen is black
- If you have multiple monitors, disable/unplug all of them except the one that you're using to play Gothic.
Game reverts back to Miles Fast even after EAX restoration software is installed
- Gothic 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
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.0k |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.0v |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, XP, 2000 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 192 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D Accelerated Graphics Card 4 MB of VRAM | 3D Accelerated Graphics Card 32 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>/65540/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (65540) 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 1.3 1.4 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedSui
- ↑ http://www.wsgf.org/dr/gothic
- ↑ Gothic on SteamDB
- ↑ Object's Problem ( G1 )
- ↑ SystemPack thread