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Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods

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Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods cover
Developers
Trine Games
Enhanced Edition Mad Vulture Games
Enhanced Edition Spellbound Entertainment
Publishers
2008-2011 JoWood Productions
2011-2016 Nordic Games
2016-present THQ Nordic
Engines
Genome Gaming System
Release dates
Windows November 21, 2008
Reception
Metacritic 44
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres RPG, ARPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Gothic
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Gothic
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Gothic II 2002
Gothic 3 2006
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods 2008
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Gothic Playable Teaser 2019
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Gothic 1 Remake TBA

General information

Standalone expansion for Gothic 3.
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Install Enhanced Edition.
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.
Windows
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Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Enhanced Edition Patch 2.01 fixes numerous issues. Using it is strongly recommended. Note that saves from some earlier patch versions are not compatible.

Skip intro videos

Rename/delete logo videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Video.
  2. Delete or rename Publisher.bik and CPT.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Gothic3ForsakenGods\_UserOptions.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65600/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Gothic3ForsakenGods\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65600/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Install Enhanced Edition.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Default is 60°; see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Windows cursor visible during gameplay. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Choice of Anisotropic 1x/4x/8x/16x (with Enhanced Edition).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Choice of Off or FXAA (with Enhanced Edition).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit ge3.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Ini\
  2. Open ge3.ini.
  3. Change Camera.FOV= to the value you want (default is 60°).
  4. Save your changes.

Windowed

Edit ge3.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Ini\
  2. Open ge3.ini.
  3. Change Fullscreen=true to Fullscreen=false
  4. Save your changes. Reverse this change to go back to fullscreen mode.
The Windows cursor will be visible during gameplay.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Sliders for acceleration and smoothing (with Enhanced Edition).
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, voice, music, FX and ambient sliders.
Surround sound
Supports multiple configurations (5.1, 7.1, etc.)
Subtitles
Enabled by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

If some languages are not listed in-game ensure you have installed the Enhanced Edition.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Russian

VR support

Issues fixed

Game slows down randomly

Change timer setting[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Ini\
  2. Open ge3.ini.
  3. Find Timer.ThreadSafe (if this line is missing install the Enhanced Edition).
  4. Change Timer.ThreadSafe=true to Timer.ThreadSafe=false
  5. Save your changes and close the file.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Steam

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.5 GHz Intel or AMD single-core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
1.5 GB (with Vista/7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7900
ATI Radeon X1900
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Disc Version

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Nvidia
ATI/AMD
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


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>/65600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (65600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. New 120Hz Games Report - last accessed on May 2023
  2. G3 - Mysterious Slow Motion Problem - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023