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What game should we play in January?

Poll ended at January 1st, 2025, 03:01

Arx Fatalis
2
7%
DARK
1
3%
Gothic
11
38%
Jade Empire
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3%
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
4
14%
Mass Effect
5
17%
Nox
1
3%
Terranigma
1
3%
Ultima Underworld
3
10%
 
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Vergil wrote: December 29th, 2024, 21:26
I would rather suck **** than play a game with both hands on keyboard. Low bar but still.
Withdrawal after only 52 hours?
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J1M wrote: December 29th, 2024, 22:32
Vergil wrote: December 29th, 2024, 21:26
I would rather suck **** than play a game with both hands on keyboard. Low bar but still.
Withdrawal after only 52 hours?
26 years... think what that does to a man
I'm just stating the facts.
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No thank you, I'm gonna play it with mouse and keyboard as I always do
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Vergil wrote: December 29th, 2024, 22:35
J1M wrote: December 29th, 2024, 22:32
Vergil wrote: December 29th, 2024, 21:26
I would rather suck **** than play a game with both hands on keyboard. Low bar but still.
Withdrawal after only 52 hours?
26 years... think what that does to a man
Was referring to your abstinence from the HQ.
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When do we start seeing goth girls?
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rusty_shackleford wrote: December 29th, 2024, 21:26
Anyone know the status of the engine remake for gothic 1?
Seems to work fine, but you'd lose access to most mods. Also, the UI is very tiny, unsure if you can fix that.
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Tangerine wrote: December 29th, 2024, 05:19
WhiteShark wrote: December 29th, 2024, 03:47
What's the fastest to complete, easiest to install, most enjoyable game of previous AG entries? I still have a couple days left to make @Oyster Sauce pay.
Crystals of Arborea. That game is maybe 6 hours tops if you're unlucky, but you'll probably finish it in about 3-4.
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WhiteShark wrote: December 30th, 2024, 04:36
Tangerine wrote: December 29th, 2024, 05:19
WhiteShark wrote: December 29th, 2024, 03:47
What's the fastest to complete, easiest to install, most enjoyable game of previous AG entries? I still have a couple days left to make @Oyster Sauce pay.
Crystals of Arborea. That game is maybe 6 hours tops if you're unlucky, but you'll probably finish it in about 3-4.
Tried it this evening. I utterly loathe it. The interface is a pain and DOSBox won't respond to quick inputs, so I have to hold every button press or it won't register. Randomized positions for the points of interest is ********. Healing is extremely limited, the map is always swarming with enemies, fleeing pushes you many tiles away, the vast majority of attacks miss, and I'm pretty sure a tunnel entrance spawned on an inaccessible forest tile. On both my attempts I found two crystals fairly quickly and then spent over an hour wandering around unable to find anything else on the map.
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WhiteShark wrote: December 30th, 2024, 04:36
Tangerine wrote: December 29th, 2024, 05:19
WhiteShark wrote: December 29th, 2024, 03:47
What's the fastest to complete, easiest to install, most enjoyable game of previous AG entries? I still have a couple days left to make @Oyster Sauce pay.
Crystals of Arborea. That game is maybe 6 hours tops if you're unlucky, but you'll probably finish it in about 3-4.
Tried it this evening. I utterly loathe it. The interface is a pain and DOSBox won't respond to quick inputs, so I have to hold every button press or it won't register. Randomized positions for the points of interest is ********. Healing is extremely limited, the map is always swarming with enemies, fleeing pushes you many tiles away, the vast majority of attacks miss, and I'm pretty sure a tunnel entrance spawned on an inaccessible forest tile. On both my attempts I found two crystals fairly quickly and then spent over an hour wandering around unable to find anything else on the map.
I found one of the crystals in a cave to the northwest. There's another cave to the southeast, but it had nothing for me. It may have spawned in those caves for you.
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Gothic, Arx Fatalis is something that I enjoyed but would never like to play again, because of the shitter second half of the game (even shitter than PB games).
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I would strongly recommend against using more mods than just the community patch or something, it's way more unstable than gothic 2.
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 30th, 2024, 00:48
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 29th, 2024, 21:26
Anyone know the status of the engine remake for gothic 1?
Seems to work fine, but you'd lose access to most mods. Also, the UI is very tiny, unsure if you can fix that.
https://github.com/Try/OpenGothic
This will probably be the 'definitive' way to play in a year or two.
Other than the water being RUINED, what the ****. Need to fix that ****, I don't want fancy ray-traced water.


Might try playing with gamepad tho, using this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... earchtext=
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I hope Gothic crashes as often for you dirty fuckin' rats as it does for me
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Last time I played it I think about 3 years ago and it ran just fine. Obviously much better than on release.
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Gothic 1 has workshop support, just install the union patch and community patch and it runs without a hitch.

EDIT: It's the union patch of course, thanks for the correction further down.
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A big month for the germoids here
I'm just stating the facts.
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Oyster Sauce wrote: December 30th, 2024, 22:25
I hope Gothic crashes as often for you dirty fuckin' rats as it does for me
I use the community patch for both games and they very rarely crash for me.
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Vergil wrote: December 31st, 2024, 08:31
A big month for the germoids here
And Poles.

But honestly, that list is probably the best we had so far.
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1998 wrote: December 31st, 2024, 10:21
Vergil wrote: December 31st, 2024, 08:31
A big month for the germoids here
And Poles.

But honestly, that list is probably the best we had so far.
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Vergil wrote: December 29th, 2024, 22:35
J1M wrote: December 29th, 2024, 22:32
Vergil wrote: December 29th, 2024, 21:26
I would rather suck **** than play a game with both hands on keyboard. Low bar but still.
Withdrawal after only 52 hours?
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That's not long when you're 86
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Lord of Riva wrote: December 31st, 2024, 08:28
Gothic 1 has workshop support, just install the unity patch and community patch and it runs without a hitch.
*Union
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Nooneatall wrote: December 29th, 2024, 19:45
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How do we even get Gothic to work?
@Nooneatall Check if this folder is present:
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SpellSword wrote: December 31st, 2024, 15:00
Nooneatall wrote: December 29th, 2024, 19:45
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How do we even get Gothic to work?
@Nooneatall Check if this folder is present:
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So I just finished Gothic while waiting with my son for new years:

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Hope that counts :D

Started 2 weeks ago, it was a coincidence that I did and that it was selected here.

You people really should play Terranigma though.
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@Oyster Sauce you might want to quote this in the OP when you write it
rusty_shackleford wrote: January 1st, 2025, 01:49
It appears there is an unofficial translation project, including DE->EN
https://github.com/auronen/Gothic-1-loc ... n/releases

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If you're using a case sensitive filesystem(read: lunix), you need to extract the files manually into the correct directories, as the case of the directories doesn't match the ones in the actual game installation.


But, this won't allow us to use it with the mod launcher via steam. What to do?
First, install the localization as described in the link above to your Gothic game directory. You want the Gothic_1_Localized.zip file.
Extract this to the same Gothic game directory(again, at the root of it): https://f.rpghq.org/pO5bIvQlD4Wm.zip?n= ... uncher.zip
One file will overwrite the Launcher/Gothic1SteamWorkshopLauncher.exe , I've patched it to use the game's launcher instead of directly starting the game. the other is simply a copy of GothicStarter.exe renamed to GothicSta.exe (it expects a string of a certain length for the game executable name). This will let you launch a custom gothic installation.

If you didn't **** it up, it should look like this:
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Select the localization you want to play with.

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Make sure it has the "G1CP 1.2"(You should have the community patch!) & "Union […]" text at the bottom of the menu to ensure it loaded properly. If not, I dunno, try again and then bug me I guess.
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I'm going to assume the translation is superior to the one Atari(? I think it was them?) did years ago.
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2 hours into the month and OP still not updated… it's over, the adventurer's guild has fallen…
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rusty_shackleford wrote: January 1st, 2025, 01:50
case sensitive filesystem
Jesus Christ
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Vergil wrote: January 1st, 2025, 07:04
rusty_shackleford wrote: January 1st, 2025, 01:50
case sensitive filesystem
Jesus Christ
why didn't you just post 'jesus christ' if it doesn't matter?
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Finished the game.
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