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Release dates | |
Windows | November 21, 2008 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 44 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | RPG |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Gothic |
Gothic 3 is a fantasy-themed open worldaction role-playing game for Microsoft Windows developed by Piranha Bytes. 1 It is the sequel to Gothic II. A Collector's Edition was released containing bonus collectible material. JoWooD released a standalone expansion, entitled Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods, in November 2008.
- Gothic 3 Content Mod 3.0 Download. EDIT: Murphy’s law strikes again! The CPT has discovered a bug in that version. The download will not work, a new version is planned to be released soon. After a series of non-official patches for Gothic 3 we finally got another official patch version: CP 1.75.
- Gothic 3 v1.71 (+2 Trainer).
- (EN) The mod was created to make cities more 'alive' by adding new NPC, quests and items. Full support of ContentModv3.1, Questpaketv4.2, Implications v2.0.2, Return of General Lee 1.3. Logic-Content-Trophys-Mod and ReBalanceMod are already added to LTM (no need to install separately).
Gothic | |
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Gothic | 2001 |
Gothic II | 2002 |
Gothic 3 | 2006 |
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods | 2008 |
Arcania: Gothic 4 | 2010 |
Arcania: Fall of Setarrif | 2011 |
Gothic Playable Teaser | 2019 |
Gothic 1 Remake | TBA |
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Key points
- Standalone expansion for Gothic 3.
- Install Enhanced Edition patch for essential bug-fixes.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Install Enhanced Edition. | |||
Retail | Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Gamesplanet | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
Enhanced Edition Patch 2.01 fixes numerous issues. Using it is strongly recommended. Note that saves from some earlier patch versions are not compatible.
Skip intro videos[edit]
Rename/delete logo videos[citation needed] |
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%DocumentsGothic3ForsakenGodsUserOptions.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65600/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%DocumentsGothic3ForsakenGods |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65600/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
Video[edit]
Graphics feature | State | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | ||
Multi-monitor | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Install Enhanced Edition. | |
4K Ultra HD | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Default is 60°; see Field of view (FOV). | |
Windowed | Windows cursor visible during gameplay. See Windowed. | |
Borderless fullscreen windowed | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Choice of Anisotropic 1x/4x/8x/16x (with Enhanced Edition). | |
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Choice of Off or FXAA (with Enhanced Edition). | |
Vertical sync (Vsync) | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[1] |
Field of view (FOV)[edit]
Edit ge3.ini[citation needed] |
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Windowed[edit]
Edit ge3.ini[citation needed] |
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Input[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Sliders for acceleration and smoothing (with Enhanced Edition). | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio[edit]
Gothic 3 Content Mod 3.0 Ps4
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, voice, music, FX and ambient sliders. | |
Surround sound | Supports multiple configurations (5.1, 7.1, etc.) | |
Subtitles | Enabled by default. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
- If some languages are not listed in-game ensure you have installed the Enhanced Edition.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | Audio only in Polish retail and Steam version; all others are text-only. | |||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian |
VR support[edit]
3D modes | Native | Notes |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Gothic 3 & Gothic 3 - Forsaken Gods. |
Issues fixed[edit]
Game slows down randomly[edit]
Change timer setting[2] |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia ATI/AMD 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia ATI/AMD 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.01.1File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/65600/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (65600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑New 120Hz Games Report
- ↑G3 - Mysterious Slow Motion Problem - Forum - GOG.com
EDIT 3: New download mirrors for AtomicGamer, The Patches Scrolls, World of Gothic plus a torrent have been added! Thanks a lot guys!
EDIT 2: The errors in the current version have been fixed and a new download is available. Just use the link below to get the latest, clean and full version.If you already downloaded the erroneous 1.75 version (most likely you did so if your download dates before the current time April 26th, 10:17 am CEST) you may grab the hotfix which updates the corresponding files only. This way you won’t need to reload the full patch again.Here’s the update download: Gothic 3 Enhanced Edition v1.75 Hotfix
Simply extract the files _compiledMaterial.pak and gui.pak to your Gothic 3Data directory, overwriting existing files. Note: You should not install this hotfix over any other version than 1.75!
EDIT: Murphy’s law strikes again! The CPT has discovered a bug in that version. The download will not work, a new version is planned to be released soon.
After a series of non-official patches for Gothic 3 we finally got another official patch version: CP 1.75. It can be installed on every Gothic 3 version, is available for each language and contains all previous patches.
Download Gothic 3 Enhanced Edition 1.75
Torrent (with MVG as webseed) Gothic 3 Enhanced Edition 1.75 Torrent File
Mirror @AtomicGamer
Mirror @The Patches Scrolls
Mirror @World of Gothic
Mirror @GamesDot
Torrent (with MVG as webseed) Gothic 3 Enhanced Edition 1.75 Torrent File
Mirror @AtomicGamer
Mirror @The Patches Scrolls
Mirror @World of Gothic
Mirror @GamesDot
Checksum: Gothic 3 Enhanced Edition v1.75 MD5 Checksum
You have to start a new game after the installation. Old savegames are not compatible.
Gothic 3 Content Mod 3.0 Free
There were several changes since the last official patch: Beside countless major and minor bug fixes, graphics and performance improvements there an “Alternative Balancing” and alternative A.I. was introduced with CP 1.70.
Compared to the previous patch (1.74) CP 1.75 offers widescreen support for the menues, new graphics options (like color grading or FXAA) and decreasing of stuttering by using a shader cache.
In addition to this the patch includes a ModKit, the Gothic 3 Genome Lite Edition. Using that ModKIt there are possibilities to change or create new game contents in a limited ways. There were also more possibilities added for modders. The new features and the ModKit are explained in the respective modder manual and editor guide.
Changes in that patch will be listed in the changelog and further explained in the readme file.
Gothic 3 EE 1.75 Changelog EN