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|minmem = 256 MB | |minmem = 256 MB | ||
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Revision as of 22:29, 6 January 2014
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Developers | |
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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 apply the fullscreen border fix (not needed for the GOG.com version).
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- The Gold Edition includes the Night of the Raven expansion.
Essential improvements
Patch v1.30 / Add-on Patch 2.6 (German retail)
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.
Disable intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Template:Game data/row
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39510/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
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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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
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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Fullscreen border (Windows 8)
- Gothic and Gothic II show a window border in fullscreen mode on Windows 8.
- The GOG.com version already includes this fix.
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Poor performance
- Gothic II may have poor performance on some systems, e.g. a low frame rate.
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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 version)
- 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.
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) | ||
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.