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Hard_Worker
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Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 88
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gothic 2 english version issue |
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hiya and thanks for trying to help
i'm having this annoying problem in this game
when i start it , it installing the virtual disk ( every time i start it ) and then it stop responding
plz help me
i have :
WIN 9X SE
Pentuim III 1000
GeForce 4 MX 128
and i didn't install the no-cd crack
maybe it can help ??? |
Mon Jun 16, 2003 11:36 am |
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Brolli999999
City Guard
Joined: 06 Jul 2002
Posts: 131
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get windows xp or windows 2000 |
Mon Jun 16, 2003 1:10 pm |
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Hard_Worker
Village Leader
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 88
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well but the game supports win 9x |
Mon Jun 16, 2003 1:59 pm |
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[PB]Nico
Keeper of the Bugs
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
Posts: 237
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With an P3@1000 you have to be patient on the first start.
Indexing VDFS is forced if you do not leave the game via the menu.
- nico
ps: if you properly ended the game from in-game menu, but the indexing is done on every start... i'll ask Gorath if he can upload an updated (unofficial) version on RPGDot. |
Mon Jun 16, 2003 2:02 pm |
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Hard_Worker
Village Leader
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 88
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ho gr8 m8 thanks
i dunno what you mean by that but if it can help so cool
thanks |
Mon Jun 16, 2003 5:57 pm |
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Kirkr
Village Dweller
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 15
Location: England |
Extremely long load-up time was solved for me by moving the vdfs.exe file from your Gothic System folder into e.g. the root directory.
Now the game loads extremely quickly (and no virtual disk file message!). |
Mon Jun 16, 2003 11:26 pm |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
As NicoDE wrote above, he has an updated version of this file. _________________ Webmaster GothicDot |
Mon Jun 16, 2003 11:34 pm |
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[PB]Nico
Keeper of the Bugs
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
Posts: 237
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quote: Originally posted by Kirkr
Extremely long load-up time was solved for me by moving the vdfs.exe file from your Gothic System folder into e.g. the root directory.
The tool was only written to 'explain' the long loading time on first start and after crashes or termination. Due to a nasty bug it may happen (esp. on Win9x) that the initialization is done on every start and twice (tool + game). So removing it is an valid option to solve the problem. But I would prefer to test an updated version first.
.nico
ps: thanks Gorath, I put it on our server (because it isn't that huge and it might be updated (unlikely) if Microsoft invents a new file system or another ME next days (more unlikely)) |
Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:32 am |
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Hard_Worker
Village Leader
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 88
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well thanks nicode
as I see you active in both forums ( in here and on jowood )
and I saw that all other win98 users have the same problem as I have
so I'm hoping that you are from the lovely team that made Gothic
and this is the patch for the game work
I will try it , and if it aint the patch that make the game work on win9x , plz do one cause I really love this game and actually "dreamed" for the day you guys will make Gothic II
thanks
ps - I also send email to you guys where it said on jowood forums , my name is Daniel |
Tue Jun 17, 2003 10:02 am |
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Hard_Worker
Village Leader
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 88
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ok , I reaplaced the file and ... the same
it screen still go blank
i', not really sure what this file did and i didn't understand why the file is 7 kb and the original is 44 kb
?? |
Tue Jun 17, 2003 11:56 am |
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[PB]Nico
Keeper of the Bugs
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
Posts: 237
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quote: Originally posted by Hard_Worker
it screen still go blank
Well, seems to be another problem. What do you mean with blank screen (I know how a blank screen looks like, really. But do you hear sound, is it fullscreen, and so on).
quote: Originally posted by Hard_Worker
and i didn't understand why the file is 7 kb and the original is 44 kb
Don't care, I stripped the sense (just kidding).
.nico |
Tue Jun 17, 2003 4:11 pm |
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Hard_Worker
Village Leader
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 88
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ok , I thought that the email I sent to jowood came to you too ( there I explained in more details what is the "blank screen" )
well it like ... when your computer turned off
lol , really ! but I did "saw the computer thinking" a lot but adter a while it stops
ps : so tell me plz , the file you sent me - what it supposed to do ? |
Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:08 pm |
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[PB]Nico
Keeper of the Bugs
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
Posts: 237
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Hard_Worker, I receive a lot of emails...
my human brain isn't always able to make a connection between nick names, real names, and emails
...so bear with me if I didn't get the point.
- nico |
Tue Jun 17, 2003 7:55 pm |
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Hard_Worker
Village Leader
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 88
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lol sorry
ok so forget the email
I replaced the file , activated gothic and still the same
lets call it a BLACK screen with nothing on it , no sound , no alt+ctrl+del so i can shut the program down ( shut GHOTIC ) no nothing
all I can do is reboot my PC
this is wrong , cause as I heard from people that have win98 / SE , they have the same problem
and I installed the game on my friend PC ( he have XP ) and it worked perfectly
so please guys , do something that the game will work on win 98 SE with directx 9.0a
thanks |
Tue Jun 17, 2003 8:31 pm |
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Kirkr
Village Dweller
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 15
Location: England |
It is possible the black screen is caused by some incompatibility with your graphics card and the opening videos.
Have a look at the Gothic.ini file using Notepad and change the value of the `playlogovideos` to zero instead of 1.
That *may* solve the black screen problem (also makes the game load quicker too!). |
Tue Jun 17, 2003 9:35 pm |
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