Patch 1.75 Steam Beta Branch

[MegalomaniacNG]

Hello,

As promised we now have the 1.75 Patch integrated into a Steam branch:
To access the beta please do the following:
Follow this guide https://ds.thqnordic.com/SteamBetaBranchGuide.jpg
Under Step 1 select of course the Gothic 3 entry in the library.
You dont need a password for step 4.
The branch for Step 6 is named "cpt_1.75_testbranch"

For the Steam Edition we had to use a launcher application that makes sure the language in the ini under My Docs\gothic3 is set correctly and the Shader.Cache file is copied over there. We hope this doesnt introduce any problem. Any feedback is very welcome!

[-={OBI-WAN-SHINOBI}=-]

Oh ok thanks friend. appreciate it. Ya I did have testmode on lol. In the beginning of the game I spawn in about 100 bloodfly potions to help me get around safer and quicker lol. I'll have to edit that line lol. thanks

[Revelator]

FOR OVERLAY&SCREENSHOTS I REPEAT LAUNCH STEAM AS ADMIN!

[Ocsabat]

İlk olarak Revelator tarafından gönderildi:

FOR OVERLAY&SCREENSHOTS I REPEAT LAUNCH STEAM AS ADMIN!

It works for me without runnuing Steam as admin.

[-={OBI-WAN-SHINOBI}=-]

I always run steam as admin.... and the f-12 button with testmode enabled as Ocsabat described is what was causing it to turn off the game

[Turbo Nozomix]

Is the Steam beta branch 1.75.14? The 1.75.14 I downloaded from the web works for me without crashing, and Steam overlay works. But the 1.75 test branch through Steam doesn't work too well for me. What's the difference between them?

[zymla2]

When I applied the 1.75 in betas the game doesn't start anymore.
I only see black screen and there appears a window saying "Compile shader material cache, this may take several minutes. Press button to start"
I gave up after couple minutes and killed Gothic3Final.exe in task manager.
Is that how it's suposed to work or did I miss something?

Edit:
Used 400g's Solution:
Deleted Data\Materials.pak

I think it should be mentioned if someone else occurs this problem

[hinti21]

İlk olarak zymla tarafından gönderildi:

When I applied the 1.75 in betas the game doesn't start anymore.
I only see black screen and there appears a window saying "Compile shader material cache, this may take several minutes. Press button to start"
I gave up after couple minutes and killed Gothic3Final.exe in task manager.
Is that how it's suposed to work or did I miss something?

Edit:
Used 400g's Solution:
Deleted Data\Materials.pak

I think it should be mentioned if someone else occurs this problem

This should be stickied, indeed.

[BloodFlows]

Thank you for making the 1.75 so easy. Much appreciated. *kudos*

[VatsOfGoo]

News...?

[dragonemp]

it has been many months now, will this ever be in actual game branch, not beta?

[S̨̛k̀͡͞y̵͜͝Ń҉͝e͢t]

song - Publisher's, Publisher's ahahahah:)

[Thick as a Brick]

Does this have the comunity patch? This beta branch runs fine, but i don't actually know what it is/does, I am wondering if i should be downloading anything else, or just this?

[400g]

the 1.75 beta is the community patch. No need to download something else.

[Thick as a Brick]

Thank you.

[Turbo Nozomix]

The 1.75 beta patch in Steam doesn't work for me - crashes the game and has launch issues (and steam overlay doesn't work). However, the 1.75.14 patch that I manually downloaded online works for me, with no launch issues, no crashes, and with the Steam overlay.

So there is a difference between the 1.75 patch in Steam and the 1.75.14 patch that is hosted online - even if the Steam 1.75 patch works for other people (though the comments show that at least some others also experience problems with it), there is a difference.

I hope that the 1.75.14 patch that is available for download online gets added to the Steam installation of Gothic 3, so that manual effort to search, download, and back up that patch won't be necessary to ensure future playability.

The 1.75.14 patch can be downloaded here:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_88556.shtml