[Release] Gothic II Gold: ICP v1.0a

**Korianous** · 29.06.2009, 16:38

Hello WoG Community,

We're delighted to announce the official release of our latest patch, v1.0a. Okay, it's been out for a little while now

, but we decided to wait until it was up here on WoG, the community where we came into being, before we made an official announcement.

We've fixed some final bugs in the scripts and added a new, optional Alternative Balancing System, for those who want to try Gothic II again but with some more flavor to the gameplay. You don't have to install it if you want to play "classic" NotR, but if you're itching for a new game experience with the same game, you might want to give it a shot.

Full details are found in the Readme, available during the setup and in the /ICP directory generated by the Setup. Enjoy our newest release!

Best Wishes,

The Ironkeep Studios Team

UPDATE:

We have thrown together an experimental hotfix for sufferers of buggy fight AI. The problem seems to have been resolved now, but please let us know if you run into further complications. And for now, enjoy

.

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Update 6/30/09: New Mirrors added.
Update 10/20/09: Just to address a few concerns I read on another board, I highlighted the words optional and you don't have to install it with regards to Alternative Balancing. Just to reiterate, it's entirely optional, and you can fully enjoy the fixes and features we added without the Alternative Balancing system.
Update: 10/22/09: Restore point for bugged Fight added.
Upadte: 3/12/10: 1.0b (Hotfix 2) released.

Mighty Gorn · 03.07.2009, 10:56

I'm not sure if this patch works on my game... How could i verify if it works??? Maybe you can show me few screens with some visible changes , or , the names of some new items? PLEASE

**Korianous** · 03.07.2009, 15:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mighty Gorn

I'm not sure if this patch works on my game... How could i verify if it works??? Maybe you can show me few screens with some visible changes , or , the names of some new items? PLEASE

Go talk to Hakon, he should be selling a new sword called the Fencing Sabre. If that's in, the mod works. Also, check Vatras' dialogue. Upon saying "Good, let us summarize", the subtitle was in German, that should no longer be the case.

Mighty Gorn · 06.07.2009, 11:41

OK . Thank's a lot

EDIT:
Ooh... it's not working...

maybe beacouse i have the russian version???

Niborius · 07.07.2009, 12:11

Do I need to download v1.0 before downloading v1.0a?

And what's the Alternative Balancing System exactly? It sounds cool.

Alecs · 07.07.2009, 12:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niborius

Do I need to download v1.0 before downloading v1.0a?

And what's the Alternative Balancing System exactly? It sounds cool.

you need to download only this version because it contains the changes of the older versions and alternative balancing increases the monsters toughness, ads new weapons, balances the Claw of Beliar and the LP costs and some other things, download and read the readme or change log

Niborius · 07.07.2009, 14:11

Ok thanks, it sounds really cool.

But now when I installed it and start a new game, the game crashes while loading and comes up with this error:

Any idea what to do?

Thanks!

Alecs · 07.07.2009, 15:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niborius

Ok thanks, it sounds really cool.

But now when I installed it and start a new game, the game crashes while loading and comes up with this error:

Any idea what to do?

Thanks!

You installed Night of the Raven? i'm not good at this things so wait for Korianous he'll know what to do

**Korianous** · 07.07.2009, 15:28

You sure that's the right .exe? There should have been codeview enabled in the error log should the game have crashed.

Mighty Gorn · 07.07.2009, 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niborius

Ok thanks, it sounds really cool.

But now when I installed it and start a new game, the game crashes while loading and comes up with this error:

Any idea what to do?

Thanks!

Strange... but i've got the same problem , and i have installed NOTR...

Alecs · 07.07.2009, 16:20

does the patch need version 2.7 of the game?

Niborius · 07.07.2009, 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Korianous

You sure that's the right .exe? There should have been codeview enabled in the error log should the game have crashed.

I just chose the .exe in the Gothic II/system folder, and what is codeview exactly? Thanks for your help btw!

edit: I have the original Gothic II and later I bought the addon, but not Gothic 2 Gold.

Alecs · 07.07.2009, 18:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niborius

I just chose the .exe in the Gothic II/system folder, and what is codeview exactly? Thanks for your help btw!

edit: I have the original Gothic II and later I bought the addon, but not Gothic 2 Gold.

i have the same but i don't have this problems, for me it works fine

**Korianous** · 07.07.2009, 20:23

@Niborius- Try replacing the .exe with the report version. If that doesn't solve the problem, it should have at least have a more detailed error log. so we can see exactly what's causing it in the code.

After this, try uninstall and reinstall your copy of Gothic II + NOTR. Make sure it works, then install the ICP v1.0a.

Niborius · 07.07.2009, 21:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Korianous

@Niborius- Try replacing the .exe with the report version. If that doesn't solve the problem, it should have at least have a more detailed error log. so we can see exactly what's causing it in the code.

After this, try uninstall and reinstall your copy of Gothic II + NOTR. Make sure it works, then install the ICP v1.0a.

What's the report version? And about the error log, I can't find it. The readme said this:

- error log of GOTHIC II after a crash (sehr wichtig)
(will be copied into the file SYSTEM/GOTHIC2.RPT after a crash)

But in fact, there's no gothic2.rpt at all in there.

I already tried to re-install though, but same result..

**Korianous** · 07.07.2009, 22:47

Gothic II Report Version 2.6 exe

This is what I meant. The error message should display actual code now.

@Mighty Gorn: It may be because you have the Russian Version. We've never tested the patch on other localizations of G2.

Mighty Gorn · 07.07.2009, 22:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Korianous

Gothic II Report Version 2.6 exe

This is what I meant. The error message should display actual code now.

@Mighty Gorn: It may be because you have the Russian Version. We've never tested the patch on other localizations of G2.

Oh... i see... thank's for help , but i'll try a few more times anyway- maybe it works

Niborius · 10.07.2009, 15:14

Nevermind, I bought Gothic 2 Gold yesterday and it's working fine now, but thanks for the help nonetheless!
One more question: Do you think you will be able to fix the fps lag bug in future patches?

**Korianous** · 10.07.2009, 16:24

Optimization and memory management improvement is something we looked/are looking into, certainly. Some issues can be fixed to an extent by messing with .ini values, others not so much

. That's the stuff we will try to fix.

Niborius · 10.07.2009, 16:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Korianous

Optimization and memory management improvement is something we looked/are looking into, certainly. Some issues can be fixed to an extent by messing with .ini values, others not so much

. That's the stuff we will try to fix.

Good to hear that!

I did all kind of things in the .ini file but my fps stays around 22 fps in khorinis at full view distance (I did a test one time to see if anything changes if I changed some values in the ini file)

There's also another bug with the camera in widescreen: If you load a game the screen is very wide, when you talk to someone the aspect ratio changes to the right one.

At any rate, I'm very glad you guys are making these patches. It makes the game even more fun. Any idea when the next patch will be released?