Gothic Demo (German)

Gothic Demo (German)

This is a cool third person 3D action role-playing game set in a medieval time. With bows, swords, and other hack and slash weapons, fight your way through to victory.

THIS IS A TRANSLATED COPY OF THE README.TXT

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Content:

1. Minimum-prerequisites

2. Installation

3. Short-introduction

4. It is about what in the GOTHIC demo

5. Control

6. Deal with characters

7. FAQ

I chart-cards

II sound-cards

III Perfomance Tuning

IV support and Updates

8. Mistake-form

1. Minimum-prerequisites

GOTHIC requires at least:

Windows 98/2000

128 MB main memory

16 MB chart-circuit boards

Pentium 400 or fully compatible,

350 MB hard disk-storages

DirectX sound-capable sound-card, for example sound Blaster,

2. Installation

before you install Gothic, you guarantee that you DirectX 7a or higher has installed. If you this has not installed, you will find on the CD in the table DirectX the newest version. To installing DirectX, you follow the instructions of the installation-program and start you the calculator again.

The installation of Gothic myself-constantly runs out and is based a connection on your desktop.

To starting of Gothic, you simply double-click this connection.

3. Short-introduction

GOTHIC participates a role-playing in him/it you the hero, whom you lead, from diagonally behind sees.

GOTHIC participates become identify a medieval world with them/her/it you. There, you participate a criminal, who has to work off his/its penalty in the prison. Since a war rants at this time against the Orks however, all prisoners are sent into the mines. The king has had a magic barrier erected in order to do each escape impossibly. This leaves creatures only in, but again not out.

Her/its/their task participates it to find a way in GOTHIC into the freedom however.

In this mine-world, there are 3 camps: This Alto Lager, the new camp and the sect-camp. In favor of this demo-version, the hero has decided for the new camp and has been sent as spy into the sect-camp.

4. It is about what in the GOTHIC demo

In this GOTHIC demo, the hero has been sent as spy into the sect-camp. There, he/it has acquired himself/itself through filling an order the favor of the guru YBerion. In order to get deeper insight into the events of the sect-camp, he/it can be signed on for a second mission. In this, he/it must become ready with the mills of the Sektentempler. You/they tell to find you something from a vision in her/it in the old mine in the nest of the Minecrawler, it believes that she/it brings the outbreak from the prison near.

Therefore, the hero is sent into the old mine in order to find an object in the nest of the Viecher there. The hero already participates directly in the old mine at the entrance. And the GOTHIC demo begins here.

5. Control

Activities in movement-mode and fight-mode:

Mode-changes: Space

Certain weapon or magic: Shortcuts 1 - 9, becomes with the already selects shown. Close combat-weapon always 1; long-distance-fight 2; magic 3-9,

Moves: With the cursor-buttons

Penalties: Left: Entf Right: Form down

Hauptmenu: ESC

From the Hauptmenu back to the game: ESC

Activities this only in the movement-mode available participates:

Objects pick up: Strg + arrow brawls

Persons are well received: Strg + arrow brawls

Meet selection in the conversation: Arrow rauf/runter confirms: Board

Chest öffnen/besonderen object used: Strg + arrow brawls

Inventory leaves + chest closes: ESC

Inventory: TAB

Resign from object: Strg + arrow down

Activities this only in the fight-mode available participates:

Close combat

Slam: Strg + arrow rauf/links/rechts

Defends: Strg + arrow down

Aim shifts: Arrow links/rechts

Long-distance-fight

Shoots: Strg + arrow brawls

Aim shifts: Strg + arrow links/rechts

Magic:

Works: Strg + arrow brawl

Aim shifts: Arrow links/rechts

View-corners change

On the number-block can with her/it + / - button the view on the hero is changed.

FirstPersonView works only in standing. You used them/her/it comma for it button on the number-block. They can look around when simultaneous pressing the cursor-buttons.

6. The trade

A particular order of the inventory is used with the action. On the left side, you find the inventory of the dealer (victim) and on the right side the inventory of your hero.

If 2 inventories still appear in the middle, they really participate with a dealer and you can postpone with Strg-rechts objects from his/its inventory into the negotiation-area. With her/it right-feels you reach into your inventory. In your inventory, they can postpone objects with Strg-links into the negotiation-area. With her/it left-feels you first reach through your inventory and after the arms into the inventory of the dealer again.

As soon as she/it BOARDS presses, another menu appears. Here, you can complete the deal or but again everything on zero places.

7. Possible problems with video - and sound cards

I video cards:

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With problems, they should always check, whether the most current

Reference-drivers of the chip-sentence-manufacturer is installed. Perhaps, it is worthwhile also beta-versions of future drivers to antesten.

Here the most important left to the Download of the most current drivers:

NVIDIA: www.nvidia.com , Area support Center - Drivers,

ATI: www.ati.com , Area drivers - Updates - PC support,

MATROX: www.matrox.com , Area chart-cards - support - drivers,

3DFX: www.3dfx.com , Area Downloads,

Is generally valid, the older the chip-sentence and the smaller the storage on the chart-card, all the more strongly the performance suffers.

Completely problem-freely, all NVIDIA GeForce/TNT2s and 3Dfx VSAS participate 100, Voodoo4 and Voodoo5, cards, just as the Matrox G400. The ATI Radeon has on reason faulty driver problems with switched on fog.

Holding back of the ATI Rage out still participates unclear 128 pros and the only rarely started S3 chip-sentences & VIDEOLOGIC/PowerVR.

Chip-sentences below the proficiency level of a TNT2, stick out 128 pros, G200, Voodoo3... participates problematic in any case.

Here a listing of the possible problems arranged after chip-sentences:

NVIDIA

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GeForce 256, GeForce 2 MXS, GeForce 2 GTS, GeForce 2 ultra, GeForce 2 pros:

No problems. [Drivers 4.12.01.0631]

TNT2/M64, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra, TNT2 pro:

No problems. [Drivers 4.12.01.0631]

TNT:

Big performance-problems and perhaps chart-mistakes, too inferior, Performance,

ATI

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Radeon:

Chart-problems can it at use of the current drivers with occurs for switched on fog. Big parts the visible scene become represented then in the fog-color. Only fog helps turn off here and wait for improved drivers of ATI. [Drivers 4.12.3056]

Stick out 128 pros and pro GL:

Easy performance-problems.

Stick out 128:

Big performance-problems and perhaps chart-mistakes, too inferior,

Performance.

MATROX

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G450:

No one problem.

G400:

No problems.

[Drivers 5.20.016]

G200:

Easy performance-problems.

G100:

Big performance-problems and perhaps chart-mistakes, too inferior, Performance.

3DFX

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VSA 100, voodoo 4, voodoo 5,:

No problems. [Drivers 1.03.00]

Voodoo 3:

Easy performance-problems. Perhaps mistakes with the representation of Texture - Tiles (in the menu). [Drivers 1.07.00]

Banshee:

Big performance-problems and perhaps chart-mistakes, too inferior, Performance.

Voodoo 2: Gamestart impossible.

S3

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Savage 4:

Easy performance-problems.

Savage 2, Savage 2000,:

Easy performance-problems.

VIDEOLOGIC

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PowerVR:

Easy performance-problems.

II sound cards:

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Generally, all sound-cards should participate run Windows this compatible with Gothic.

If problems should appear with activated sound nevertheless once, so a driver is first valid to move Update in consideration also here. Often, current drivers of tip remedy in the connection with new hardware.

If Gothic should not nevertheless start with activated sound, so they can the entry " sndEnabled " in the file GOTHIC.INIS on " 0 " place in order to test whether possible problems then vanish.

III. Performance Tuning

a, general

They finish all processes in the background. Tasks the parallel runs, the performance and the stability of GOTHIC can impair.

They keep an eye on it, that participates defragmentiert her/its/their hard disk. Fragmented hard disks provide access and ruckeliges reloading of data slow hard disks, the consequence can be.

If her/its/their hard disk UDMA masters, all newer should support this, also this should be activated in the system-control.

They give up also compressed drives or systems like DriveSpace, that compresses the data on the hard disk, and to the term when inviting these again entpacken must.

As simple rule, following sequence is regarded for the influence of individual hardware-components on the performance:

a, storage. With 256 MBS instead of 128 MB skin-storages, they should notice a noticeable speed-increase

b, processor,: From a K6-400, one can play storage and a good Grafikarte with corresponding well

c, chart-card,: More texture-storage participates more important than a high Fillrate

Experiments to find her/it/them Menu with the attitudes in the video about the Komprmiss best for her/it/them between performance and chart-quality.

A good web site with much further performance Tuning Tipps participates www.tweakfiles.com.

A good reference Tool, to determine performance of her/its/their calculator 3D games approximately, participates the 3D Benchmark 3DMark 2000 -, to find, under www.madonion.com.

If the evaluation of the Benchmarks participates comparatively too badly for her/its/their calculator,

they first should in consideration pulls the general 3D power to improve, before she/it reduce the visibility in the Game options for example.

b, operating systems,

- Windows 2000

Although GOTHIC runs also under Windows 2000, we recommend to play 98 at the present stand GOTHIC under Windows, since in general there chart-cards drivers is optimized better, and also on a more current stand participates.

From the service pack 2 should however also the present AGP problems under Windows 2000 is remedied, according to the one quite similar speed like under Windows 98 should be reached.

- Windows 95

We recommend Windows 98 upzudatens 95 on Windows, since Windows 95 problems with the AGP support has.

- Windows NT

GOTHIC requires DirectX 7 and doesn't therefore run under Windows NT.

c, chart-cards,

Although they can play Gothic with a 8MB chart-circuit board, recommends

we urgent, a chart-card with more texture-storage and with good AGP

, To use support, in order to achieve the best performance results.

They keep an eye on it, that the right AGP drivers for her/its/their motherboard install

participates. At motherboards as well VIA chip-sentence gives it to for example very good driver Support on her/it VIA home page www.viatech.com.

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IV. Support and Updates:

- Updates/Patches

On the Gothic home page www.gothicthegame.com or www.piranha-bytes.coms find her/it/them the letzen Updates, Patches, Hints and Tipps.

Please, they visit there regularly, there installed Updates some problems can remedy, and among others also Gameplay improvements not impossible participates.

- Support:

You should problems, they have write up with the GOTHIC demo: [email protected],

Oder

Piranha byte

Demo Feedback

Josef-Haumannstr. 10

44866 Bochum

so that we can take care of the problem.

8. ERRORFORM.TXT

- Which version of Gothic uses her/it/them?

, Example: 1.04. Stand in the Menu,

- What exact has happened

, Example:Crash at the store of a score,

- Type of the CPU

, Example:Intel Pentium 200, Athlon, etc...)

- Type of the chart-card

, Example:NVidia GeForce 2 with 16 MBS,

- Type of the sound-card

, Example:Sound Blaster Live,

- How much main memory

, Example:128 MBS

- Which operating system

, Example:Windows 98

- Which chart-cards drivers version?

, Example:Nvidia reference drivers 6.13

- Mistake-editions of GOTHIC after finishing (very important)

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