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Gothic 3 Community Patch 1.75

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This document contains information about Community Patch 1.75.

This patch is official and has been developed by the Community Patch Team.

We would like to thank the staff members of Spellbound who kindly contributed fixes
to
Community Patch 1.6.

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Contents
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1. Important notification
2. Known issues
3. Error Handling
4. Notes to some ge3.ini parameters
5. Bug fixes
6. Internet Links
7. Contributors
8. Legal

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1. Important notification
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1. You install this patch at your own risk!

No responsibility is taken for potential problems arising after
installation.

2. The Community Patch 1.75 can only be uninstalled by uninstalling Gothic 3

completely.

3. All previous patches are automatically uninstalled or overwritten resp.

with the
installation of this patch.

3.1 The Ini Backup which may have been created by previous CPs will also be
deleted.
This is necessary because installing this patch will result in important
changes
to the "ge3.ini" file.

3.2 All ini files of the game will be exchanged by the patch. They must not be
replaced
with an older versions, because this will cause errors.

4. Gothic 3 modifications may lead to problems during the installation of this

patch.
Please uninstall/delete them before the installation (including all related
files
in the Gothic 3 folder).

5. Savegames that have been created before installing CP 1.75 can't be used
with
CP 1.75 anymore.

6. The patched game will only support shader model 3.0 or higher.

7. The previous profile of technical requirements appeared to be slightly

understated
for reasonable performance. Revised estimation:

Minimal requirements:
- Intel or AMD Single Core Processor (2.5 GHz)
- 1 GB RAM (1.5 GB with Windows Vista and 7)
- Windows XP
- ATI X1900 or nVidia 7900 with 256 MB RAM
- Mouse, keyboard, DVD drive
- DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
- DirectX 9.0c (will be installed with the patch)
- 3 GB hard disk memory

Recommended requirements:
- Intel or AMD multi core CPU (3.0 GHz)
- 2 GB RAM (3 GB with Windows Vista and 7)
- Radeon HD 4860, Geforce 9800 with 512 MB RAM or more

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2. Known issues
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Despite the fact that since the first CPT release a four digit number of fixes have
been
and the fact that the game is much more stable right now, there are still a few
stability
issues and other bugs which could not been fixed yet.

1. High resolution texture settings will still result in a higher crash

frequency than
mid or low resolution textures.

2. Gothic 3 will still run out of memory when playing longer sessions
(internally we
one crash in 6-7 hours with high texture resolutions). Teleporting
frequently can
further reduce the crash frequency.

3. Teleporting will take a little longer than before CP 1.60 due to memory
management
changes.

4. Alt Tabbing randomly leads to a black screen when tabbing in again.

5. NPCs can be invisible in rare cases. Just walk far away and return.
6. Camera can flicker in some cases. Just scroll camera out and in again.

7. If the hero sits down on a throne in first person mode, the camera will
face the
backrest instead of looking to the front.

8. The game crashes if the player passes underneath the bridge south of
Geldern.

9. At certain times of the day, black shadows might appear on some ground
textures.

10. Rain and wind can also be heard in caves and other usually soundproof
places.

11. The rain sound can disappear completely in some areas. (It will come back
when a
new rain starts).

12. It's not recommended to activate antialiasing over the graphic card's
driver.

13. Creative ALchemy software may lead to buggy display of textures/materials.

14. nVidia and ATI/AMD driver profiles for Gothic 3 are causing problems and
should therefore
not be used.

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3. Error Handling
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If unexpected new problems arise after installation of this patch, the following is
recommended:

- Uninstall Gothic 3
- Delete the installation folder(s)
- Maybe defragment your hard drive
- Install the game anew
- Install Community Patch 1.75 anew
- Maybe defragment your hard drive again
- Restart your computer

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4. Notes to some ge3.ini parameters
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There has been a certain amount of changes done to the ge3.ini. Three new entries
might
require some further explanation.

1. DisableDEP

Some players, especially Vista users, can't actually play the game, but
instead
receive a message box saying "Genome Gaming System has stopped working".
The main
reason for this is a security mechanism of Vista (and some other operating
systems)
called "Data execution prevention", or in short: DEP.
This protection mechanism can be switched off manually in the system
control panel
of your operating system. For those of you who don't want to switch it off
generally,
or who don't know how to do it, we included the parameter "DisableDEP" in
the ge3.ini.
If this parameter is set to "true", hopefully the mentioned error message
won't show
up again.
If you don't have any trouble with this message anyway, please keep using
the default
value, "false".

You use this parameter at your own risk!

There still may occur problems while playing the game.

2. Threads.Priority

With this switch, you can give Gothic 3 a higher priority compared to other
applications currently running on your computer, e.g. Acrobat Reader. The
main
intention of increasing the priority of Gothic 3 is to provide more CPU
time to the
game. This should result in a better performance, but that's not generally
guaranteed.
The values are:
0=Normal (default),
1=Above Normal,
2=Highest

Try it out if you like, but if you notice any negative side effects, undo
your changes
again. We know from our tests that a priority value of 1 (above normal) can
evoke
problems with the game control on weak/slow computers, resulting in an
increasing
delay of every keyboard or mouse action.
So - all changes of the Thread.Priority are at your own risk.

3. Timer.ThreadSafe

When using multicore computers, there can generally appear synchronization

errors when
querying the system time. In Gothic 3, this could result in particularly
slow or
particularly fast progress of the ingame time ("disco effect"). If the
parameter
ThreadSafe is set to "true" (this is the default after installing the
patch), the
system time will be determined correctly. This may influence the
performance of the
game. If you experience any trouble with ThreadSafe=true (against our
expectations),
 simply change the entry to "false".

4. Render.Nvidia3DVisionFix

This parameter is only relevant if you use nVidia 3D Vision.

You can force the fix "on" or "off" by setting the value to 0 or 1
respectively.
Default value is 2 (auto detect).

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5. Bug fixes
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An extensive list of all bugs fixed by the Community Patch Team and Spellbound (in
CP 1.6)
can be found within the installation directory, once the patch has been
successfully
installed: �Changelog.txt�.

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6. Internet Links
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G3 Community-Fixes-Board (German): http://forum.nordicgames.at/forumdisplay.php?659

G3 Community-Fixes-Board (English): http://forum.nordicgames.at/forumdisplay.php?

661

FAQs Community Patch (German): http://forum.nordicgames.at/showthread.php?161834

FAQs Community Patch (English): http://forum.nordicgames.at/showthread.php?161924

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7. Contributors
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7.1 Community Patch Team Members
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ANNOmaniac (until CP 1.74)
CP 1.74)
Hans Trapp (until CP 1.74)
Kronos (until CP 1.74)
1.74)
raven (until CP 1.70)
Solandor (until CP 1.70)
1.70)
Arthus of Kap Dun (until CP 1.74) Glockenbeat (until
Humanforce (until CP 1.74) iks (CP 1.70)
mdahm Nameless2 (until CP
Reisswolf (until CP 1.6) RoiDanton
Urban Valfaris (until CP
Zyankali~ (until CP 1.6)

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7.2 Accredited Non-Members
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Acryl1 AHO Belagerer
buecherwurm93 D4v3 Dimus
Dungeon Master FreeSergey Ice_Dragon
Leonard lichtwicht NicoDE
Psyoniker RobeN Supernova
WernerTWC

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7.3 Spellbound Patch Team Members (Contribution in CP 1.6)
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Programming:
Lead Programmer:
Thomas Gereke

Additional Tools Programmer:

Michael Flad

Programming Consultancy:
Arno Wienholtz
Johann Conradie

Testing:
Lead Tester:
Markus Steffens

Senior Tester:
Timo Kallweit

Tester:
Stefan Schmitz
Sebastian Sch�fer
Vladimir Ignatov

Additional Translation:
Cay Kellinghusen
Vladimir Ignatov

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7.4 Beta Testers of Community Patch 1.5
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blutfliege1 Cerberos Cesko

DarKWaRRioR Dungeon Master DWI
hagalaz iks Lacni
lichtwicht Lobedan Mister42
mistress_larisa Onisuzume Ribal
smiloDon Sowilo Vertigo
wizer

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7.5 Beta Testers of Community Patch 1.70
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Senior Testers

Bartle Dungeon Master hagalaz

Lobedan RobinSword Supernova
 Testers

.Frodo Apocaliptica Cerberos

Cesko ChessDragon136 Chicolino
DarKWaRRioR DerErzbaron DerGammler
Dominik10 DWI Gebrion
Freddy G00fY GaHero
Ghildrean JanCh Jodob
Lacni Leonard lichtwicht
LokutusvB LordOfTheWar LordZero
Majed Melvyn Merlin1
milbradt Mister42 mistress_larisa
Modres M�tze odin68
Petyamester positronic Ribal
RobeN Ronin shrike44
smiloDon SvendieBlutfliege �ascha
Thorwyn Toady Tr!cky
Wilhelm Hawkeye wizer

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7.6 Beta Testers of Community Patch 1.71 - 1.73
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Dungeon Master GaHero hagalaz

Lobedan Modres RobeN
RobinSword Supernova

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7.7 Beta Testers of Community Patch 1.74
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hagalaz Lobedan Martin3D

Modres RobeN RobinSword

Supernova

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7.8 Beta Testers of Community Patch 1.75
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hagalaz Lobedan RobeN

TazmanDevil Xardas66

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7.9 Translators
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English: Nameless2
French: Mr Anderson, Nazgul, Spellbound
Italian: Carlo Muzzolon, Dudley89, -Henry-, Italian Community, Mister42,
Saturas92, Stryder, ZaZi91, xardas66
Spanish: Ghildrean, Immortality (http://www.clandlan.net), Lord Psion, Rethon
Russian: Atlant, Elind, Kein, Mighty Dwarfs / Odin68
Polish: RobeN, Wilhelm Hawkeye, Macrentofeth, |Duo|, Marduk666pl, MatiKIng,
Polish Community, Romancef, }v{ajin
Czech: Charly, El Kamil, Feodaron, Keldorn, kloudici, Martin3D, Robin_WH, Wem
Hungarian: djzolie, Panyi
Chinese (traditional): gospel, Nekki

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8. Legal
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� 2012 by GO Game Outlet AB. Licensed exclusively to Nordic Games GmbH.

Original version developed by Pluto 13 GmbH (Piranha Bytes)
Enhanced Edition developed by Community Patch Team.
CPT Tools Copyright � 2012 by Community Patch Team.
Microsoft(r), Windows(r) and DirectX(r) are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
This product is powered by Emotion FX - Character Animation System.
Copyright � 2001-2008 MysticGD.
All rights reserved worldwide. www.emotionfx.com.
PhysX(tm) technology provided under license from AGEIA Technologies, Inc.
Copyright � 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 AGEIA Technologies, Inc., USA.
All rights reserved. http://www.ageia.com.
Uses Bink Video. Copyright � 1997 - 2008 by RAD Game Tools, Inc.
Portions of this software utilize SpeedTree technology.
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The ratings icon is a trademark of the Entertainment Software Association.
Software platform logo TM and � IEMA 2008.
Uses Magic Library. Copyright � 2002 by Crownwood Consulting Ltd.
Uses MWCommon and MWControls. Copyright � 2003 by Mikael Wiberg.
All other brands, product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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