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

[raymerjacque]

Originally Posted by davedave

Hey guys!

I`ve got Gothic 3 1.8 [Multi] working with the full patch.
Everything you need is a Virtual CD 8 image of Gothic 3 and the fixed image from GCW.

If you mount the fixed image and start Gothic 3, the mounted image will be dismounted. And the game will not start.

I went into the Virtual CD 8-installation folder, looking for a file through Gothic 3 gets control of the mounted image.
If you rename the dll "vc8api.dll" in the ...\Virtual CD v8\System-folder to what ever you want, Gothic 3 can`t dismount the image.
So you can play every version of Gothic 3 [Multi] without changing any game-files.

Am I good? ;-)

method only works for some people, not everyone.

[davedave]

Originally Posted by raymerjacque

method only works for some people, not everyone.

That`s right. But the others can use your great noDVD.

Originally Posted by Gabriel Mury

I did everything you said but the game won't start. It keeps asking for the original CD and sometimes there's an error with a DLL file. I tried for 40 minutes but it didn' t work.

You have to follow the steps in the readme-file which comes with the fixed image at GCW.

[raymerjacque]

Originally Posted by davedave

Hey guys!

I`ve got Gothic 3 1.8 [Multi] working with the full patch.
Everything you need is a Virtual CD 8 image of Gothic 3 and the fixed image from GCW.

If you mount the fixed image and start Gothic 3, the mounted image will be dismounted. And the game will not start.

I went into the Virtual CD 8-installation folder, looking for a file through Gothic 3 gets control of the mounted image.
If you rename the dll "vc8api.dll" in the ...\Virtual CD v8\System-folder to what ever you want, Gothic 3 can`t dismount the image.
So you can play every version of Gothic 3 [Multi] without changing any game-files.

Am I good? ;-)

this is the problem that most people have.

1. : the translation of the readme is in german.

2. : ( Everything you need is a Virtual CD 8 image of Gothic 3 and the fixed image from GCW. ) They all know of the fixed image from GCW, but they have no idea where to get the virtual CD of gothic 3 or how to make it.

basicly instructions are written very very poorly, and thus they give up after few retries.

easier to just use the partial nodvd patch.

[davedave]

1. Download Virtual CD 8.0.0.4. (41 MB)
2. Download the fixed image of Gothic 3.
2. Install Virtual CD 8.0.0.4
3. Make an image of your Gothic 3-DVD using Virtual CD 8.0.0.4:

--- Start Virtual CD 8.0.0.4 ("Virtual CD - Toolbox" opens)
--- Doubleclick on "Erstellen einer virtuellen CD"
--- Click on the button you can find right of "Kopierschablone"
--- Click on "Öffnen >" and then "Auswahl"
--- Choose the "Gothic 3 copy.vps" you can find in the archive you have downloaded before
--- Back in the mainwindow click on "Fertig stellen"
--- The image-making process will start

4. Now go to the folder you have saved the image into and search for a file called "GOTHIC3.vc4".
5. Change that file with the fixed image you have downloaded before. (The name has to be the same as the old one!)
6. Back in the "Virtual CD - Toolbox" doubleclick on "Virtual CD Einstellungen ändern" and then move to "CDs/CD-Laufwerke"
7. Change the Options like in that picture.



8. Now go into the folder you have installed Virtual CD 8.0.0.4 into. Go into the "System"-folder, search for the file "vc8api.dll" and rename it.
9. Now deactivate all your Virtual CD/DVD drives (Like the ones from Daemon Tools or Alcohol).
10. Rightclick your first CD/DVD-drive and choose "Ausgewählte virtuelle CD einlegen" and choose your Gothic 3-image.
11. Now start the game. After 3-4 trys it will start.

©davedave