Gothic won't start, HELP?

I Just installed gothic on my computer and for some reason it won't start! I've read other forums and and downloaded patches, but nothing is helping, does anyone know what to do?

Edit: It's gothic 1, and it just won't start, no error message, i've tried both discs and it when i double click, nothing happens, except sometimes it asks me if i want to install it again…

which OS and is it gothic 1? Do you get an error message? Is the CD in the CD-drive? -> try both with and without the CD in.

be more specific please… what gothic game are you talking about? also be sure to add systems specs and what the message of the error is

Originally Posted by small4ward
i've tried both discs

Gothic 1 is only one disc. You're talking about the combined gothics -> I've heard something about the numbers on the CD incorrectly placed, but since I have the original … can't help you there. Be sure you've installed gothic1, cause it can be that you've installed number 2 by 'mistake'.

Try right click -> compatibility mode -> Win 98, fior example.

My own Gothic 1 setup program needed 5 or even more minutes to come up …
I mean under my current OS.

Edit : And make sure to patch it. I think it was 1.08b or so.

How long did you wait after the double-click? Before the first start the virtual file system needs to be created. This can take a few minutes.

By both disk i meant gothic-1: disc one and gothic-1: disc 2

Download and install the program CDCheck (30 day evaluation copy)
—> http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/cd-recovery.html

Then run the check, compare, recover functions as required.
The game data is on cd 1 and speech data is on cd 2.

If you get a report as follows, all should work o.k. (this is for ver 1.08j)
Verify if files are corrupted or missing etc' especially the data cabinet files.
………………………………………….. …………………….
CD check on CD 1
………………………………………….. ……………………..
Info
- date: 29/06/2008
- process: Check
- source: E:\
- source volume label: GOTHIC_CD1

Basic statistics
- time elapsed: 00:01:58
- overall transfer [kB/s]: 3,935
- folders processed: 1
- files processed: 11
- source bytes read: 454 MB (476,255,660 bytes)
- source average transfer [kB/s]: 3,952 (26X)
- source clean transfer [kB/s]: 3,957 (26X)

Errors
- errors: 0
- warnings: 0
- other: 1
………………………………………….. ……………………..
CD check on CD 2
………………………………………….. ……………………..
Info
- date: 29/06/2008
- process: Check
- source: E:\
- source volume label: GOTHIC_CD2

Basic statistics
- time elapsed: 00:02:13
- overall transfer [kB/s]: 3,985
- folders processed: 2
- files processed: 3
- source bytes read: 521 MB (546,478,970 bytes)
- source average transfer [kB/s]: 4,003 (27X)
- source clean transfer [kB/s]: 4,003 (27X)

Errors
- errors: 0
- warnings: 0
- other: 1

Wulf

I had gothic exactly like him! on 2 discs… they were original from what I know… I mean they had the picture on them and all that… it worked fine for me though… maybe you got yourself a… not original copy?

Originally Posted by gaboru93
I had gothic exactly like him! on 2 discs… they were original from what I know… I mean they had the picture on them and all that… it worked fine for me though… maybe you got yourself a… not original copy?

Yeah, I've looked into it. For some reason I thought that gothic 1 came on only 1 CD. What I'm absolutely sure of is that I didn't need the CD to play the game. For me that's an asset that I like to see in much more games.

About the patching: rpgdot has the 1.08k patch and that's the only patch you might need to install. If you recently bought the game, it's probable that your version already has this patch.
Unless off course you're trying the German version. Alrik and Gorath can certainly help you further with this one.

small4ward: Can you please answer the question on which OS you're trying this? I haven't tested it on Vista 64 bit since I still have a slightly older pc with XP 32.
Another dumber question is: On exactly what were you double clicking?

Indeed Bartacus, it comes with two discs, but requires none to play.

I think the second disk only holds the audio of the game!