Originally Posted by gaboru93 
well… hte only thing that i would modify immediately would be the picking up! i have i have to press ctrl and up! though the combat is… i like it
Apparently, I'm the only one here who completely remaps the controls whenever I play Gothic (except the mouse, which can't be remapped). I use the mouse extensively. It's the only way I've ever played it, in fact.
This is off the top of my head (it's been a while), but I think Left-Click + Forward picks up things.