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

[Siemion]

Originally Posted by 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

I did it as u say, i mount and quit vc8, removed dll, and after 10 times it is still asking for cd... WTF?
Is there anyone who tried this and its worked???

Greeting

[TippeX]

Originally Posted by Siemion

I did it as u say, i mount and quit vc8, removed dll, and after 10 times it is still asking for cd... WTF?
Is there anyone who tried this and its worked???

Greeting

chances are the driver name is also blacklisted.. its name doesn't change (unlike alcohol / daemon), so its relatively easy to blacklist, removing the dll probably just stops xprot from unmounting the image as the dll for the vc8 api's wont be there....