Hey guys,
I'm writing this topic because the Steam Mod launcher has some problems that THQ are not going to fix yet:
VDF volumes are copied to the Gothic\Data directory from the Workshop - it takes a lot of time (on average 30sec. to launch 3GB mods on HDD), wears out the ROM, takes up useful space.
The timestamps of the copied volumes change, due that, Steam mods conflict with manually installed mods.
For instant and correct launch of mods I propose a simple solution - deleting VDF copying and Timestamp changing.

Instead of copying VDF this solution supports two types of links: symbolic and hard. This needed to reduce the startup time and save the health of the ROM.
- Symbolic link is necessary if the workshop and the game are located on different hard disk sections. In this case, the launcher (or steam) must be launched with administrator rights.
- Hard link does not require administrator rights, but to create this link, the workshop and the game must be located on the one hard disk section.


Installation: open the Gothic\Launcher directory and place here d3d11.dll library from this link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18kF...ew?usp=sharing

Sources:
https://github.com/Gratt-5r2/SteamLauncherOptimizer