Key points
General information
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.
A fan-made patch, which fixes compatibility issues and adds features. Instructions and download links available here. Requires PlayerKit 2.8, which the instructions include as a separate installer.
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.
gothic.ini
playLogoVideos=1
playLogoVideos=0
Use Gothic ½ — SystemPack.
Notes
Gothic.ini
extendedMenu=0
extendedMenu=1
zVidResFullscreenX=
zVidResFullscreenY=
zStartupWindowed=0
zStartupWindowed=1
scaleVideos=1
scaleVideos=0
<path-to-game>\system\Gothic.ini
zTexAnisotropicFiltering=0
zTexAnisotropicFiltering=1
zVidEnableAntiAliasing=0
zVidEnableAntiAliasing=1
zMouseRotationScale
enableJoystick=0
enableJoystick=1
Gothic.exe
Gothic2.exe
gmp://
zVidResFullscreenBPP=16
zVidResFullscreenBPP=32
appwiz.cpl
system
Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.
dsound.dll
pre.load
<path-to-game>\System\
FixMss=1
FixMss=0
SystemPack.ini
FixMss
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39510/