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

[smoken]

Originally Posted by raymerjacque

Gothic 3 - 1.8 NoCd patch

Ok, i have uploaded the 1.8 NoDvD patch, Complete with added tweaks and files that fixes some ingame bugs.

I have tweaked the hell out of Gothic 3 and I can finaly play it with 1GB ram and a ATI X550 (entry lvl to mid lvl card ) with most settings on medium and my game hardly even stutters, just sometimes in the cities. Out in the open this game is smooth like a babies bottom.

Inside you will find the following files :
1.8 scripts and dll files.
1.7 exe
custom 1.4 shader file
Custom animation files
Custom G3.ini file


Instructions :
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download the 1.8 gothic 3 patch.
run the 1.8 gothic 3 patch.
Download the no dvd patch from link below.
extract nodvd patch to your gothic 3 folder, overwrite all files.
play.



Link to 1.8 patch ( 60mb ) :
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http://update.gothic3.com/


Link to NoDvD patch 1.8 ( 5mb ):
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BYR15YU0


enjoy....


( before link gets taken down, someone with a descent connection please make a mirror )

About the _compiledAnimation folder, do we just copy the whole folder in GothicIII\Data or just the files inside it?

[grayx]

Well, you can try http://www.gothic-3.ru/files/Gothic3_noCD_1.8b.rar

[Gabriel Mury]

So, after you guys installed the patch and used this NODVD, tell me three things:

1- How is the lensflare bug?

2-How is combat against animals?

3-Are the amount of enemies in Nordmar reduced?

[davedave]

Hey guys!

I`ve got Gothic 3 1.8 [Multi] working with the full patch.
Everything you need is a Virtual CD 8 image of Gothic 3 and the fixed image from GCW.

If you mount the fixed image and start Gothic 3, the mounted image will be dismounted. And the game will not start.

I went into the Virtual CD 8-installation folder, looking for a file through Gothic 3 gets control of the mounted image.
If you rename the dll "vc8api.dll" in the ...\Virtual CD v8\System-folder to what ever you want, Gothic 3 can`t dismount the image.
So you can play every version of Gothic 3 [Multi] without changing any game-files.

Am I good? ;-)

[Gabriel Mury]

Originally Posted by davedave

Hey guys!

I`ve got Gothic 3 1.8 [Multi] working with the full patch.
Everything you need is a Virtual CD 8 image of Gothic 3 and the fixed image from GCW.

If you mount the fixed image and start Gothic 3, the mounted image will be dismounted. And the game will not start.

I went into the Virtual CD 8-installation folder, looking for a file through Gothic 3 gets control of the mounted image.
If you rename the dll "vc8api.dll" in the ...\Virtual CD v8\System-folder to what ever you want, Gothic 3 can`t dismount the image.
So you can play every version of Gothic 3 [Multi] without changing any game-files.

Am I good? ;-)

I did everything you said but the game won't start. It keeps asking for the original CD and sometimes there's an error with a DLL file. I tried for 40 minutes but it didn' t work.

[raymerjacque]

Originally Posted by davedave

Hey guys!

I`ve got Gothic 3 1.8 [Multi] working with the full patch.
Everything you need is a Virtual CD 8 image of Gothic 3 and the fixed image from GCW.

If you mount the fixed image and start Gothic 3, the mounted image will be dismounted. And the game will not start.

I went into the Virtual CD 8-installation folder, looking for a file through Gothic 3 gets control of the mounted image.
If you rename the dll "vc8api.dll" in the ...\Virtual CD v8\System-folder to what ever you want, Gothic 3 can`t dismount the image.
So you can play every version of Gothic 3 [Multi] without changing any game-files.

Am I good? ;-)

method only works for some people, not everyone.

[davedave]

Originally Posted by raymerjacque

method only works for some people, not everyone.

That`s right. But the others can use your great noDVD.

Originally Posted by Gabriel Mury

I did everything you said but the game won't start. It keeps asking for the original CD and sometimes there's an error with a DLL file. I tried for 40 minutes but it didn' t work.

You have to follow the steps in the readme-file which comes with the fixed image at GCW.

[Gabriel Mury]

Originally Posted by davedave

You have to follow the steps in the readme-file which comes with the fixed image at GCW.

The problem is that's in german. Do you know where i cand find an English translation of that?

[raymerjacque]

Originally Posted by davedave

Hey guys!

I`ve got Gothic 3 1.8 [Multi] working with the full patch.
Everything you need is a Virtual CD 8 image of Gothic 3 and the fixed image from GCW.

If you mount the fixed image and start Gothic 3, the mounted image will be dismounted. And the game will not start.

I went into the Virtual CD 8-installation folder, looking for a file through Gothic 3 gets control of the mounted image.
If you rename the dll "vc8api.dll" in the ...\Virtual CD v8\System-folder to what ever you want, Gothic 3 can`t dismount the image.
So you can play every version of Gothic 3 [Multi] without changing any game-files.

Am I good? ;-)

this is the problem that most people have.

1. : the translation of the readme is in german.

2. : ( Everything you need is a Virtual CD 8 image of Gothic 3 and the fixed image from GCW. ) They all know of the fixed image from GCW, but they have no idea where to get the virtual CD of gothic 3 or how to make it.

basicly instructions are written very very poorly, and thus they give up after few retries.

easier to just use the partial nodvd patch.

[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.
_________
/ // /
/ () /
(_//______/

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...)