Difference between revisions of "Gothic 3"

Revision as of 15:33, 9 July 2016

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

Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14 for many crucial performance improvements and bug fixes.

General information

Official site

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		Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.
GamersGate		Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.
GOG.com
Steam		Install Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.

Essential improvements

Community Patch 1.75

Community Patch 1.75.14 fixes numerous issues, improves performance, graphics and stability, and adds a basic modding tool-set. Using it is strongly recommended. It is also a good idea to enable 'Alternative AI' in the options to take advantage of a much improved combat system. Note that saves from some earlier patch versions are not compatible. This patch is also available as a public Beta branch.^[1]

If you experience problems try Community Patch 1.73 or Community Patch 1.74 instead.^[2]

Gothic 3 Update Pack

The Update Pack works on top of the latest Community Patch and includes a number of bug fixes and quality of life improvements. Also contains tweaks to combat and additional features for modders.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39500/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39500/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video options.

Details options.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio options.

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Localizations

If some languages are not listed in-game ensure you have installed Gothic 3 Patch 1.75.14.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish				Full Polish version available on Steam (despite not being stated on store page)^[1]^[3] and on cdp.pl.
Portuguese
Russian				Audio only in Russian retail versions; all others are text-only.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Gothic 3 & Gothic 3 - Forsaken Gods.

Issues fixed

Game slows down randomly

Instructions

Other information

Hide system cursor when game is in focus

When running in Windowed mode the game displays both in-game cursor and system cursor. This may be annoying for some people. Below is the script to solve this issue.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	NVidia ATI/AMD 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	NVidia ATI/AMD 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

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>/39500/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (39500) 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 Gothic 3 at SteamDB
↑ Gothic 3 breaks with Community Patch 1.75 (including solution) :: Gothic 3 General Discussions
↑ Tested by Suicide Machine.

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/39500/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (39500) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39500/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (39500) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[SteamDB_Depots-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Gothic 3 at SteamDB

[2] Gothic 3 breaks with Community Patch 1.75 (including solution) :: Gothic 3 General Discussions

[4] Tested by Suicide Machine.

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[Note 1]

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@@ Line 92: / Line 92: @@
 |fov notes                  = Default is 60°; see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 |windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             = Windows cursor visible during gameplay. See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
+|windowed notes             = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
 |borderless windowed        = hackable
 |borderless windowed notes  = Enable [[#Windowed|Windowed]] mode and use [[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed#Borderless Windowed|Borderless Windowed]].<ref>Tested by [[User:Garrett|Garrett]].</ref>
@@ Line 123: / Line 123: @@
 # Change <code>Fullscreen=true</code> to <code>Fullscreen=false</code>
 # Save your changes. Reverse this change to go back to fullscreen mode.
-{{--}} The Windows cursor will be visible during gameplay.
+'''Notes:'''
+{{ii}} The Windows cursor will be visible during gameplay - see [[#Hide system cursor when game is in focus|Hide system cursor when game is in focus]] for a solution.
 }}
@@ Line 291: / Line 293: @@
 # Save your changes and close the file.
 }}
+==Other information==
+===Hide system cursor when game is in focus===
+{{ii}} When running in Windowed mode the game displays both in-game cursor and system cursor. This may be annoying for some people. Below is the script to solve this issue.
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Use AutoHotkey}}
+:1. Download and install [https://autohotkey.com AutoHotkey].
+:2. Start it, edit the script and use the one provided below:
+<pre>; Script to hide cursor http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1432431
+; Modified by Nirklars and adjusted to work with Gothic 3 by SuicideMachine
+SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
+SystemCursor("Init")
+SetTimer, CheckIdle, 250
+return
+CheckIdle:
+if WinActive("ahk_class Gothic3 Engine")
+{
+    SystemCursor("Off")
+}
+else
+{
+    SystemCursor("On")
+}
+return
+#Persistent
+OnExit, ShowCursor  ; Ensure the cursor is made visible when the script exits.
+return
+ShowCursor:
+SystemCursor("On")
+ExitApp
+SystemCursor(OnOff=1)   ; INIT = "I","Init"; OFF = 0,"Off"; TOGGLE = -1,"T","Toggle"; ON = others
+{
+    static AndMask, XorMask, $, h_cursor
+        ,c0,c1,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,c7,c8,c9,c10,c11,c12,c13 ; system cursors
+        , b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6,b7,b8,b9,b10,b11,b12,b13   ; blank cursors
+        , h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,h7,h8,h9,h10,h11,h12,h13   ; handles of default cursors
+    if (OnOff = "Init" or OnOff = "I" or $ = "")       ; init when requested or at first call
+    {
+        $ = h                                          ; active default cursors
+        VarSetCapacity( h_cursor,4444, 1 )
+        VarSetCapacity( AndMask, 32*4, 0xFF )
+        VarSetCapacity( XorMask, 32*4, 0 )
+        system_cursors = 32512,32513,32514,32515,32516,32642,32643,32644,32645,32646,32648,32649,32650
+        StringSplit c, system_cursors, `,
+        Loop %c0%
+        {
+            h_cursor   := DllCall( "LoadCursor", "uint",0, "uint",c%A_Index% )
+            h%A_Index% := DllCall( "CopyImage",  "uint",h_cursor, "uint",2, "int",0, "int",0, "uint",0 )
+            b%A_Index% := DllCall("CreateCursor","uint",0, "int",0, "int",0
+                , "int",32, "int",32, "uint",&AndMask, "uint",&XorMask )
+        }
+    }
+    if (OnOff = 0 or OnOff = "Off" or $ = "h" and (OnOff < 0 or OnOff = "Toggle" or OnOff = "T"))
+        $ = b  ; use blank cursors
+    else
+        $ = h  ; use the saved cursors
+    Loop %c0%
+    {
+        h_cursor := DllCall( "CopyImage", "uint",%$%%A_Index%, "uint",2, "int",0, "int",0, "uint",0 )
+        DllCall( "SetSystemCursor", "uint",h_cursor, "uint",c%A_Index% )
+    }
+}</pre>
+:3. Reload the script in AHK.
+}}
 ==System requirements==

Developers

	Piranha Bytes
Publishers
	JoWood Productions
	Nordic Games
Engines
	Genome Gaming System
Release dates
Windows	October 13, 2006