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Ganjasmoker
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I need HELP ?!?!
   

Hello guys im new here and i need help !

Ok I bought gothic today (again, but thats another story... but I can tell ya in the past it worked) and I installed it as I came home... then I tried to start it but nothing happens... there was only a short time a loading icon (mouseicon) and then NOTHING :[ ! I looked around forums and faqs and asked friends but i didnt found any answers :[ ! Then I installed the patch 108h...
After that, the game starts but then a message makes me frustrated again:

"Please enter the original play disk !!"

OMFG !! Whats the problem here ??? What shall I do ? I reinstalled the game about 10 times and tried ALL the patches I found !!! but nothing worked.... :[

plz try to help me :O thx

btw: my system

p3 600
gf2 mx 400
256 sdram

i know its really shitty but ill go to upgrade in winter ;O
btw sry for my bad english

cya ganja
Post Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:48 pm
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Gorath
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First of all installing patch 1.08h over the English version 1.08j sounds like a stupid idea to me. Why would anybody go back to an older version in a different language?
Install 1.08k instead.

If the game doesnīt recognize your original CD you can try the following things. Each one can be the reason for the incompatibility.
-enter the task manager and close _all_ programs.
-update _ALL_ drivers. Especially mainboard, IDE driver and sound.
-Download a new virus scanner.
-Use AdAware and SpyBot to kill all spyware.
-disable (maybe even uninstall) your firewall, CloneCD, Nero InCD (?), Daemon tools, etc.
-disable MS Office indexing
-defrag your hard disk
-install the latest BIOS for mainboard and CD-ROM drive.
-disable your sound card to for testing purposes.
...
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Post Fri Sep 05, 2003 11:27 pm
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Ganjasmoker
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first of all, thx 4 help

I tried to patch down to 108h but THEN first the message with cd appears! but if I dont apply the 108h patch the game wont start becuz the patch is 4 grakas like gf3-5 oO !! i hate it :[
and btw when u say close all tasks to u mean all TASKS or all PROCESSES ?
Post Sat Sep 06, 2003 2:56 pm
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Gorath
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quote:
Originally posted by Ganjasmoker
first of all, thx 4 help

I tried to patch down to 108h but THEN first the message with cd appears! but if I dont apply the 108h patch the game wont start becuz the patch is 4 grakas like gf3-5 oO !!


No! Patch 1.08k is for new graphics cards. 1.08h is an old German patch.


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and btw when u say close all tasks to u mean all TASKS or all PROCESSES ?

Both. If itīs not absolutely required you should close it. Close everything except the vital programs.
If your windows is older than a year you should even consider downloading the latest drivers and reinstalling the windows. This is the only way to 100% clean an old windows installation.
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