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

[HeReT!C]

even with the orginal dvd you cant play. either you get an error message or the computer crashes.

[dooheht]

yep, same problem here. Maybe they added another protection or something...

[TippeX]

Originally Posted by HeReT!C

even with the orginal dvd you cant play. either you get an error message or the computer crashes.

good old jowood...always releasing stuff before its finished, they really should do less emphasis on 'invasive' (because it unmounts etc) protection and actually work on fixing the game... preferably before it goes on sale..

[Sickboy6th]

In Gothic 3, they now built an api call to virtual cd 8, to unmount all images, and so the game gives an error to insert original disc...
After 2 hours of screwing around with my vcd installation... I found a way to get it working...
You get again the 2 out of 3 times = not starting up problem, and sometimes even a hard crash, but you can play at least 1 out of 3 times of starting up

To get the 1.08 update working, without a crack, use the same virtual cd 8 method as described here: http://www.somewarezsite.com (Sickboy6th post, somewhere in the middle)
except, after inserting the cd into the physical drive... close all virtual cd programs, move the file: vc8api.dll from the Program Files\Virtual cd 8\System folder to somewhere else.. then startup the game...
Don't forget to put the file back after playing the game! If VCD doesn't work properly anymore, make sure that file is back in it's folder and just reboot