NO CD PATCH FOR 1.8 -
http://www.gothic-3.ru/news.php?item.17.1 - NOT A WARES SITE. Its in russian but you can just click the download link right there or for those who cant navigate the simple page, link is here
http://www.gothic-3.ru/files/Gothic3_noCD_1.8.rar
Just put those .dlls in your gothic 3 directory with the 1.7 .exe no cd patch. It works for me, someone else lemme know if its working for them. So to recap
1. Download these
http://www.gothic-3.ru/files/Gothic3_noCD_1.8.rar
2. Extract the .dlls to your gothic 3 directory
3. Use the 1.7 NOCD .exe
I've scanned these with 2 different virus scanners. Someone else please scan them to make sure their clean. Welcome