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DragoonHunter
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Joined: 18 Jun 2003
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ok, i just bought this game today, being huge fan of Gothic 1 i was really looking forward to this and guess what happens, it frezes while starting, crap!
ok, it doesnt exactly freze. it just knocks out the mouse (doesnt work) but the rest i working, keyboard, the few programms in the background.
it always happens at the same spot, after loading something (a bara that says something about this may take ´several minutes) it goes back to the gothic 2 logo and then the mouse stops working and when i press Ctrl+alt+delete i cant fing anything about gothic 2 running
sorry about my crappy english ^^
my sustem spec
Amd xp1700+
Geforce ti4 4600 (latest drivers)
Audigy
Ram 512
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Kirkr
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Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 15
Location: England |
Does this only affect Windows 98 systems?
Same thing happened to me. It is a LONG delay caused by the Virtual Disk File program which Gothic 2 insists on running every time on *certain* systems.
Go into your Gothic/System folder and move the file vdfs.exe somewhere else (to the root directory for instance).
Now Gothic 2 should load pretty quickly.
If you get a black screen/lockup after the Gothic 2 logo has gone, edit the Gothic.ini file and set the value `playlogovideos` to a zero (instead of a 1).
This is the last time I will post these fixes.
The game should never have been released in this state. Many of us have been victims of this `virtual disk file system`. A patch and/or official statement from JoWood or Piranha Bytes would be kinda handy. Apologies to them if there has already been one. |
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Thu Jun 19, 2003 12:09 am |
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DragoonHunter
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Joined: 18 Jun 2003
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kirkr!!!! 
thx! i hope that fixes it, i will test it first thing in the morning
BTW you said that there ju was a long waiting time, so i i wait it will come up?
and what does that thing do anyway?
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Thu Jun 19, 2003 12:27 am |
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DragoonHunter
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Joined: 18 Jun 2003
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ok..........it didnt work, my mouse still gets knocked out!
hmm.....im thinking of returning this game........damm im dissapointed
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Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:47 am |
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Kirkr
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Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 15
Location: England |
Sorry to hear it didn`t work.
When I first installed the game I had the `virtual disk file` message showing every time. It would fill the blue boxes in its progress bar nine or ten times and take over a minute doing this. Then there was a delay of two and a half minutes where nothing happened (no hard disk activity - just the Gothic 2 small loading screen). After that delay, the game would start loading (hard disk drive light came on).
When I moved the file vdfs.exe from out of the Gothic2 System folder I got no `virtual disk file` message/delays etc. Just straight to the Gothic2 loading screen and the game loads quickly and without any delay whatsoever. |
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Thu Jun 19, 2003 12:56 pm |
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DragoonHunter
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Joined: 18 Jun 2003
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ok.....my mouse is a wireless intellimouse explorer.........maybe there is some know problem with that mouse? (just a possibility)
i think im going to keep the game
(maybe give it to a friend if i dont get it to work)
"""When I first installed the game I had the `virtual disk file` message showing every time. It would fill the blue boxes in its progress bar nine or ten times and take over a minute doing this. Then there was a delay of two and a half minutes where nothing happened (no hard disk activity - just the Gothic 2 small loading screen). After that delay,"""" its exactly after that my mouse gets knocked out and the gothic logo dissapears.
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Gorath
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Joined: 03 Sep 2001
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Location: NRW, Germany |
@Kirkr:
The link to an updated version of the VDFS file has been posted days ago. You´re actually the only person on this forum who still proposes removing the file instead of trying the updated version.
@Dragonhunter: How new are your mouse drivers? Logitech updates them every few weeks. Don´t know about MS, though.
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Thu Jun 19, 2003 3:17 pm |
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Hard_Worker
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Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 88
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to kirkir
1) He didn't say he have win 98
2) This "fix" you suggested doesn't work ( set no intro movies )
3)( for gothic 2 ppl ) , first I love you all for making this game
and second you should just write on the books - no win98 support and that it , we win 98 ppl won't have anything to negg about
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Thu Jun 19, 2003 3:40 pm |
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DragoonHunter
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Joined: 18 Jun 2003
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i got win 98 se =(
i havent tried to install G2 to XP yet but i will......
about the drivers. i almost sure i got the latest drivers!
so i dunno if that can be the problem
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DragoonHunter
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some of my posts on a other supporet forum. im just gonna put em here incase there is something interesting there
""""""""""""""""ok i tested fixing so it strted in windowed mode
and now it works but its still that dam virtuel disk thingy that takes forever. is there a way to get rid of that one?
ok i can start the game in windowed mode but not in fullscreen =(
weird........
gahh my third msg this hour =)
update: when i quit the game in windowed mode the mouse gets knocked out again.........and my deesktop is 32bit 1024x768 when is start the game.........if it says anything.......""""""""""""""""""
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Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:38 pm |
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[PB]Nico
Keeper of the Bugs
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
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quote:
Originally posted by DragoonHunter
about the drivers. i almost sure i got the latest drivers!
Good, but this time I recommend to use one from the Win9x Driver Archive.
(the latest with WHQL certificate is 30.82 - the one we tested the game with)
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Fri Jun 20, 2003 12:54 am |
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[PB]Nico
Keeper of the Bugs
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
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If the updated version of the VDFS-Init Tool still doesn't work,
make sure you have the latest IDE/mainboard drivers.
(esp. if you have an VIA board)
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Fri Jun 20, 2003 2:09 am |
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DragoonHunter
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i checked. i have version 44.03 in graf drivers
............i dunno if i want to use vers 30.82 just for one game......or is it a big difference betwen drivers
im super green on these things =)
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[PB]Nico
Keeper of the Bugs
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quote:
Originally posted by DragoonHunter
i dunno if i want to use vers 30.82 just for one game......
Your choice. It costs one install+reboot to test 30.82 and another install+reboot to revert to 44.03.
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Fri Jun 20, 2003 10:23 am |
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DragoonHunter
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so its just to install 30.82 over 44.03 and then reboot?
or am i missing something because if its that simple ill try it out
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