HowTo Play Gothic3 [Multi]-- Use THIS THREAD ONLY-DO NOT START ANOTHER!
 

Hello...
after 26h testing.. now the result:

1: You need a Image from Gothic3

2: You need Virtual CD 8.0.0.4

3: Download the Fix Image & Savegame from:
http://m0005.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_gothic_3.shtml

4: Install Gothic 3 and Patch it with the Release Patch from Piranha Bytes

5: u need to convert the Gothic3 Image (not the Fix!) to a Virtual CD8 Image (can the vc8)

6: Delete the file: GOTHIC3.vc4 from convert gothic3 image and copy the GOTHIC3.vc6 (fix image) from gamecopyworld on this place
*after this, rename GOTHIC3.vc6 (from the fix image) to: GOTHIC3.vc4

7: mount with VC8 in your FIRST CD/DVD Rom
*right click on the GOTHIC3.vc4 and mount it

8: Copy the SaveGame from gamecopyworld in the savegame folder from gothic3
*When SaveGame not works, Dowload here:
http://www.rapidshare.de/files/36817980/gothic3.rar

9: Start the game with Gothic3.exe
when not run... try, try, try after 3~4trys.. its work!

10: Load the game, press ESC and start a new game...


When u not use a SaveGame from Gothic3,
u cant start a new game ~.~

Finish :-)
Have Fun with this Bugged but great Game ^.^

Sry for my bad english but i hope anybody understand...

Credits for the SaveGame to User: Grunt

Greetz
DerPain

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in step 4 do you mean apply the official patch by piranha bytes?

yer... savegame is for the release patch :-)

I haven't understood anything :( .... I guess I 'll have to bring back the game to the store .....

Can someone explain me how I rename the .vc6 file to .vc4? My windows only shows me that it is a virtual cd but does not show me the ending of the Datafile.

gosh you people are hopeless. learn some windows and then try to backup your games :P ...anyway:

open the folder then go tools->folder options->view->hide extentions for known file types and disable it.
or something like this cause I dont have english windows.

can someone tell me the path for the gothic 3 saves folder?

... or use a proper file manager, like FAR Manager or Total Commander, rather than that unusable piece of shit called Windows Explorer...

I tried to convert the MDS/MDF image of gothic3 that I have on my computer to a virtual cd 8 image, but it doesnt work...
the conversion is finished after 1 second and all I get are some crappy data files of only 100kb.
How can I make a vcd8 image out of an mds image?

I tried it the hole day , found a dozen of guides like this and faked stupid crap like the "cracks". I run the Gothic3.exe about 1Million times. Banned my "bad software" moved my disks from a to z. Nothing works !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its Voodoo not science

And where is the dir for the Savegames???? Its so important to start the game, yes?

@Nyctalus.
first mount your image then make a virtual cd from the drive wih the mounted image

And yes could someone say what the dir of savegames is?

Hello! I got a problem. If i mount this GOTHIC3.vc4 in Virtual CD i got a message:

[code]Error inserting/ejecting the virtual CD.
Reason: Error opening track file(s)
OK[code]

What i can do? I got a german version. Sry for my english im from poland.

Yeaa I Need to know that too!!! :confused:

ok, the path is /my documents/gothic3

Did everything you said still it keeps saying insert disk :confused: i installed virtual cd let it make a image of my englisch .nrg download and replaced it with fixed image. renamed it as it stated in your steps but still a no no for me:mad: :eek:

I even tryed the instructions on the german fixed image:D

Well for me it worked. but I had mdf/mds files for the image.I mounted them then made the virtual cd. But I had first changed my virtual drive setting as in the screenshots wchi can be found in the fixed image rar.
The I just did right click and insert virtual cd into D:\ which is my physical first dvd drive. maybe you just mount it on the wrong drive

And this game either has insane requirements or a heavy memory leak. It used up all my virtual memory :P took 2 minutes just to exit the game...

erm

1. explain 'download'... (and possibly also read the rules if my interpretation of 'download' is accurate
2. nrg file is useless, it can NOT contain the tages duplicate sectors...

I get hard lock ups every 3 or 4 times I try to launch the game.
It launches like ONCE in 10 attempts.

Ok, i have the same situation. i got the mdf/mds files, made the image according to the picutres, mounted it in my first dvd virtual drive, and still no luck. i did everything you mentioned, as well as the original instructions. Any ideas>?

Does not work with English Version

A .nrg file is the same. I have the same englisch game as you all if it had not any protection i could just play it think about that.

The fixed image file on gamecopyworld is for German it seems, did anybody get it to work for the english version ?

Also, when some you say it works 1 out of 4-10 times when you launch it what does it do when it doesnt work?

Does the cd protection thing pop up or does it just crash ? Because Ive done everything in the tutorial (although I have an english version image) and I tried launching it like 8 times or so but all I get is then "insert the dvd" pop up which doesnt look very promising.

If anybody gets the eng version playing update us !!!

Im trying the method of the fixed image itself not from this guy so i will let you know if that works. i have a englisch game;)

no, what im saying is the nrg format can't contain the data required to store the protection information... which is why you can not play the game...

how did you make the image?

I downloaded it from rogesoft like many people did on torrentspy there is even a torrent of it. And why is a .nrg file differennt of a mdf.mds file?

Maybe you have a solution for it ? a other making of a vcd maybe dont know really:) Hope a smart man makes a crack and i will be saved:)

Dont even know this game is worth all the trouble:(

it says [Multi] tho, doesnt that mean multilanguage? and if it aint for the english version, then why the hell!! does the guy post a solution in english? :/

I think for the people that have the german clone;)

Cuz u can put the german version in english language if you have the localized files.

Definitively does not work with english version. Let's pray for a hero coder :cool:

Yes I'm playing the German version. So please only those who have the german version and tried everything in the instructions ask stuff :/ don't know about the english version

And by the way, mine also takes a few tries to start but sometimes it locks up the pc completely. freezes the screen then I have to reset. anyone have this problem too?

I have that problem too...I hate PC lock ups and freezes.

I have the same problem

The first guy was closely quoting what seems to be a way to get the warez release working without a cd by using VirtualCD.

The instructions from the text thats circulating matches very closely to the OP's instructions.

But he got banned anyway :P

You should have read the rules.


NO WAREZ!


You will get banned soon. Torrents, German Clone version, etc etc

Chill out man he was just asking about it and i answered you said no warez hey do you think people got gothic 3 normal NO i dont think so cause otherwise you wont need to do this shit.

@corne: Have some holiday, read the forum rules, and you chill out.

Yo guyz....i actually got past the dvd check with the english version...but then tha game says it cannot load Game.dll.....any suggestions??

tnx

How did you do that? PM me exactly what you did please. Got that once too after a long session of trials.

I tryed it for 4 or 5 times and it still doesn't work...

I got the same problem with the german version.After 4-5 trys i got the same error message that says ""cannot load geme.dll""

Whats up with this error message.

Hi - this method did not work for me... I was wondering whether I should burn it on a DVD? :confused: I mean, is it worth a try?

No!!