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

[ThePain]

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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[Stepes]

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

[ThePain]

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

[Naiman]

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

[Reaper666]

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.

[Stepes]

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?

[Joe Forster/STA]

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

[Nyctalus]

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?

[Curval]

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?

[Stepes]

@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?

[bedzio]

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.

[schmudel]

Originally Posted by Stepes

@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?

Yeaa I Need to know that too!!!

[Stepes]

ok, the path is /my documents/gothic3

[corne]

Did everything you said still it keeps saying insert disk 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

I even tryed the instructions on the german fixed image

[Stepes]

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...