Junior Adventurer's Guild - January: Gothic

[Vergil]

case sensitive filesystem

Jesus Christ

why didn't you just post 'jesus christ' if it doesn't matter?

Because I'm not an evil pagan like you...

[Oyster Sauce]

Gothic

War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana. Orcish hordes invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony of Khorinis, mining the so much needed ore.

The whole area, dubbed "the Colony", is surrounded by a magical barrier, a sphere two kilometers diameter, sealing off the penal colony from the outside world. The barrier can be passed from the outside in – but once inside, nobody can escape. The barrier was a double-edged sword - soon the prisoners took the opportunity and started a revolt. The Colony became divided into three rivaling factions and the king was forced to negotiate for his ore, not just demand it.

You are thrown through the barrier into this prison. With your back against the wall, you have to survive and form volatile alliances until you can finally escape.

Where to acquire

https://www.gog.com/en/game/gothic - $2.02 (sale ends soon!)

Steam - $2.02 OR you can bundle it with Gothic 2/3 for like $5 OR you can bundle it with the Gothic/Risen/Elex series for like $25.

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Time to beat

23 hours - Main
30 hours - Main + Sides
38 hours - Completionist

Troubleshooting + Community Patches

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Gothic

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldofgothic/ ... /gothic-1/

It appears there is an unofficial translation project, including DE->EN
https://github.com/auronen/Gothic-1-loc ... n/releases

Warning
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.

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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:



Select the localization you want to play with.


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.
@Yankee Zulu

[rusty_shackleford]

(for people who have already played it once)
Anyone played using ModFix? Is it worth using if you already played Gothic prior?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... ext=modfix

I know @Tweed said he was using it.

[Tweed]

Fixes bugs, rebalances some cheese (no easy orc hammer and bone bow exploit anymore), makes bows more useful, adds alchemy, makes pickpocket meaningful, adds bonuses for reading books, adds a few special weapons to some characters where it makes sense, adds a couple of armors mostly to the late game like the ore baron's armor you see Gomez wearing, adds in In Extremo (as I recall), adds back in some missing voice lines, adds in some new voice lines over some really bad ones I.E. "What the HEEL are YOU doin' HEER?" (some are good, some are not so good so be advised). Other bits and bobs I don't quite remember since it's been a long time, but I was well pleased with it overall as I recall.

Adds a bit of meaning to the orc city, but I can't remember what, but the mod dev specifically suggests you don't just sack the place at the earliest convenience.

The World of Gothic page for it has a bit more info and players added some spoilers for stuff they found, but other things are left to discover.

[Roderick]

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Here we go

[Oyster Sauce]

Getting new armor in this feels better than most games

[Lord of Riva]

Finished the game.

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Final stats:

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Level 32, interesting that is quite low.

I just do not want to end the game without becoming a demon summoner.

This time I used the Uriziel rune instead of the sword since my son wanted to play as a "mage", for anyone who has not yet played through G1 loads of times, don't do that.

[Roderick]

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[Tangerine]

I found Saint Floyd and sold him some swampweed.

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[rusty_shackleford]

Getting new armor in this feels better than most games

All the gear upgrades in Gothic games feel really impactful. Same with levelups.

[DagothGeas5]

Is there some way to make x360ce work for Gothic 1? I tried by myself, but the program does not seem to recognize Gothic as a game (this is an example of what I usually do to make things compatible with what gamepads I use https://gamerinfo.net/game/gothic/x360ce/ ).
Also, noticed the intro is missing the cow getting eaten for versions that are not the original German one (the two versions out of four I tested), is it "censored" for other things too or just the intro? (Will be playing it in German myself, but it is interesting to know).

[rusty_shackleford]

Is there some way to make x360ce work for Gothic 1? I tried by myself, but the program does not seem to recognize Gothic as a game (this is an example of what I usually do to make things compatible with what gamepads I use https://gamerinfo.net/game/gothic/x360ce/ ).
Also, noticed the intro is missing the cow getting eaten for versions that are not the original German one (the two versions out of four I tested), is it "censored" for other things too or just the intro? (Will be playing it in German myself, but it is interesting to know).

If you can't figure it out, there's a workshop mod that adds controller supporter. I don't know if it will help.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 2793930041

[Vergil]

I bought Gothic 1 & 2 because looking at all the ******* version talk the past few days gave me a headache I got them on GoG and I'm not ******* with mods

[Finarfin]

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IN EXTREMO!

Hurensohn Son of a ***** indeed




The Castle Gates


Dumb motherfucking Mud. You'll be dead soon.

The Barrier

Temple of the Sleeper exterior

Temple of the Sleeper interior

Time to find the minecrawler nest

[Finarfin]

I bought Gothic 1 & 2 because looking at all the ******* version talk the past few days gave me a headache I got them on GoG and I'm not ******* with mods

You should atleast get Union and the community patch, and obviously the "In Extremo Restoration"

[Vergil]

I bought Gothic 1 & 2 because looking at all the ******* version talk the past few days gave me a headache I got them on GoG and I'm not ******* with mods

You should atleast get Union and the community patch, and obviously the "In Extremo Restoration"

[rusty_shackleford]

If you had bought it on Steam instead, it comes with union preinstalled & takes 1 click to add the community patch.

[Vergil]

If you had bought it on Steam instead, it comes with union preinstalled & takes 1 click to add the community patch.

One of you ******* said the steam version broke something recently

[Oyster Sauce]

Running the recommended suite of mods from Steam didn't fix my crashing issue. I had to launch the game from the playerkit .exe which has been working great, but I have no idea what mods/changes are active and I'm too afraid to mess with it more.

[1998]

I play the gog version with patch and it runs just fine. It's 10MB and one-click install, no problems here.

[Oyster Sauce]

What did they mean by this?

[Vergil]

What did they mean by this?

Germans can only see a limited spectrum of colors kinda like dogs

[logincrash]

What did they mean by this?

Whoa Blueberry, bambalam.

[rusty_shackleford]

What did they mean by this?

They mean that the game was translated without context.

[Oyster Sauce]

Being able to beat people up without receiving a death sentence from the guards is so refreshing

[Tangerine]

Being able to beat people up without receiving a death sentence from the guards is so refreshing

Not just that, but it's a viable solution to problems. Some overseer is being abusive to the farmers? Kick the **** out of him and tell him to quit it.

[Roderick]

Is there some way to make x360ce work for Gothic 1? I tried by myself, but the program does not seem to recognize Gothic as a game (this is an example of what I usually do to make things compatible with what gamepads I use https://gamerinfo.net/game/gothic/x360ce/ ).
Also, noticed the intro is missing the cow getting eaten for versions that are not the original German one (the two versions out of four I tested), is it "censored" for other things too or just the intro? (Will be playing it in German myself, but it is interesting to know).

Tried adding game to steam? Maybe steam input helps.

[Lord of Riva]

What did they mean by this?

it's "Waldbeere" in german, which literally translates to "forest Berry" which is an umbrella term for berries found in the woods, like raspberries and strawberries.

Funnily enough the Blaubeere, ergo blueberry is not part of that group:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldbeeren

So much about the script maybe being not ******, seems like it is not only the VA

[DagothGeas5]

Is there some way to make x360ce work for Gothic 1? I tried by myself, but the program does not seem to recognize Gothic as a game (this is an example of what I usually do to make things compatible with what gamepads I use https://gamerinfo.net/game/gothic/x360ce/ ).
Also, noticed the intro is missing the cow getting eaten for versions that are not the original German one (the two versions out of four I tested), is it "censored" for other things too or just the intro? (Will be playing it in German myself, but it is interesting to know).

If you can't figure it out, there's a workshop mod that adds controller supporter. I don't know if it will help.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 2793930041

Will try again later, but for now not even the mod is working, thank you for the suggestion!

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Tried adding game to steam? Maybe steam input helps.

Never tried doing that before Will try fiddling around with this also then, thank you for the suggestion!

[Vergil]

Didn't know the games had steam workshop support too you guys really failed me on this one whoever confused me in the matrix chat