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

[davedave]

1. Download Virtual CD 8.0.0.4. (41 MB)
2. Download the fixed image of Gothic 3.
2. Install Virtual CD 8.0.0.4
3. Make an image of your Gothic 3-DVD using Virtual CD 8.0.0.4:

--- Start Virtual CD 8.0.0.4 ("Virtual CD - Toolbox" opens)
--- Doubleclick on "Erstellen einer virtuellen CD"
--- Click on the button you can find right of "Kopierschablone"
--- Click on "Öffnen >" and then "Auswahl"
--- Choose the "Gothic 3 copy.vps" you can find in the archive you have downloaded before
--- Back in the mainwindow click on "Fertig stellen"
--- The image-making process will start

4. Now go to the folder you have saved the image into and search for a file called "GOTHIC3.vc4".
5. Change that file with the fixed image you have downloaded before. (The name has to be the same as the old one!)
6. Back in the "Virtual CD - Toolbox" doubleclick on "Virtual CD Einstellungen ändern" and then move to "CDs/CD-Laufwerke"
7. Change the Options like in that picture.



8. Now go into the folder you have installed Virtual CD 8.0.0.4 into. Go into the "System"-folder, search for the file "vc8api.dll" and rename it.
9. Now deactivate all your Virtual CD/DVD drives (Like the ones from Daemon Tools or Alcohol).
10. Rightclick your first CD/DVD-drive and choose "Ausgewählte virtuelle CD einlegen" and choose your Gothic 3-image.
11. Now start the game. After 3-4 trys it will start.

©davedave

[M4ksiu]

I must say Great work to raymerjacque and grayx, but I have some problem. In many caves are some graphics bugs. When I went to Goxxx (city where is demon [paladins' stronghold]) and there is cave where you can find teleport rune to Vangard. And there is one of such graphic bugs. I have on walls and floor red parts of them.
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What is on red it is example of part of floor which is bgged. Not good image, but I do not have time to do better one =(

[Joe Forster/STA]

Well, if the German mini image is only for the German version then it's not a problem that the instructions are also in German! (And I'm not gonna struggle with the translation either...)

[davedave]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

Well, if the German mini image is only for the German version then it's not a problem that the instructions are also in German! (And I'm not gonna struggle with the translation either...)

Hm. I thought that the translation was the problem... ;-)
Okay... I don`t know if the german image works with other versions. Does it?

[Arthinel]

Much thanx to Ray, dloading and gonna test new noDVD atm. Result will be written here

[raymerjacque]

Originally Posted by M4ksiu

I must say Great work to raymerjacque and grayx, but I have some problem. In many caves are some graphics bugs. When I went to Goxxx (city where is demon [paladins' stronghold]) and there is cave where you can find teleport rune to Vangard. And there is one of such graphic bugs. I have on walls and floor red parts of them.
_________
/ // /
/ () /
(_//______/

What is on red it is example of part of floor which is bgged. Not good image, but I do not have time to do better one =(

Yes i am aware of this issue, i have come accross it myself, unfortunetly it only affects the people using shader 1.4 , if you are using shader 2.0 or 3.0 you will not get this. if the bug does surface it is only inside caves. One way around this is to not use the custom shader file inside the nodvd file, use all the other files, but do not use the shader file. Anyway this bug is not major, so you see a little red on the walls inside some caves, no big deal, atleast you can now play a game you couldn't before, some red shader affects on cave walls is small price to pay for performance boost. Like i said tho, you can allways just not use the custom shader file if you are one of the unfortunete few experiencing this problem.

[raymerjacque]

hmm ok, i have made a fix for the shader problem for those of you that experience red shader affects inside caves. Just check my signiture. if you are having shader issues and seeying red shader affects inside caves, then download the "fix number 2" in my signiture below and extract it to your gothic 3 folder.

[M4ksiu]

Thx a lot dude. I will check it and make some more details. And btw which functions still not work with crack? And what bugs repair grayx fix?

[Havoclivekiller]

Anybody tried with the Polish edition?

[M4ksiu]

I do not have it right now... sry... mayby one of my friends will lent it to me and then I can try.

Btw. This shader fix works THx raymerjacque.

[Arthinel]

can any1 upload the noCD to another location? megaupload don't wanna share dload channels to russian users )-:

[raymerjacque]

Arthinel here is a mirror :
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http://rapidshare.com/files/1835293/...3_noCD_1.8.rar

enjoy....

M4ksiu - glad it worked for you

[MrMisanthropy]

Is this crack any different than what's available here? Sry I don't use bittorrent or whatever its called.

Link Removed!

EDIT: Do NOT post links to Warez Sites!! - Grumpy

[raymerjacque]

Originally Posted by MrMisanthropy

Is this crack any different than what's available here? Sry I don't use bittorrent or whatever its called.

http://www.torrentreactor.net/view.php?id=649053

i am not sure, i can't download torrents to check it, isp blocked me. If you want to upload it to megaupload or something i can check it out.

[Arthinel]

Finally! Thaaaaaaaaaaaaanx! (-: Gonna enjoy it (-: