Gothic I Classic on Unreal Engine 5

Explains how to play G1 in Unreal Engine 5 with all modern features

Overview

Just a quick taste of how it looks. It is Gothic 1 old school classic but made anew.
This is a one man project by Dmitry Kalyuzhny by the way. Impressive huh?

More in-game screenshots
https://steamcommunity.com/id/Cassandra1984/screenshots/?appid=65540&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall

How to join into Beta on Steam

First you need to own Gothic 1 Classic on Steam

Then you need to right click the game in your library

Select Properties > Betas

In Beta participation select "Unreal Beta - Gothic Classic in Unreal" from the dropdown menu

The game will download the necessary files.

Hit play on Steam like you normally do with any game and choose Unreal.

If for some reason there is no Unreal Beta in the dropdown menu then

In the Betas below, look for Private Betas and write there: TheColonyisNotUnreal

hit check code to the right of the field where you wrote it

then repeat the steps with Beta participation.

Troubleshooting

If you have problems with the game you can navigate to %appdata%\Local\

if you type %appdata% in windows search you can open the appdata folder instantly

find Gothic folder and delete it.

That folder contains your savegames and also all configuration files for settings, and cache. You can back up savegames if you like.

Additionally, with 1.1 you have to start a new game because it added mod support and many other changes.

Full path to config folder:

C:\Users\yourUserName\AppData\Local\Gothic

if you have trouble with DX12 you can try launching the game in DX11 like so:

Gameplay Tips

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3456360662

Discord

Discord Link:

https://discord.com/invite/nEFzUtNzGd

Discord has support for 5 languages (in order of chats):
Russian
English
Polish
German
Czech

Discord has additional information
It has Mods section
it has bug reporting section
It has suggestions
It has help
News and Updates
And you can just discuss the mod obviously

Mod Making Manuals + Dev Kit 1.1 + Nexus Mods

They are all in Russian but you can use any A.I. Model like Grok or GPT to translate them for you or help you work it out and start making mods for the game.

Mod Making Basics: Texture Replacements, Packing, Unpacking, Installation, Configuration:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GreUkoffgWEfW6b7FE7wX4VhHbW5nSmj7In8NE-rGlA/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.v04l93vmd9t7

In Depth Guide to Creating any kind of Mod (including total conversion) for Gothic I Unreal Engine:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bgriLlGpHPgQG5KOIbLURS6s_QirqvN29Ht4WO-TWfs/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.v04l93vmd9t7

Link to download the dev kit for Gothic 1 Unreal 1.1
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/p7EsiM2PjNnVMQ

Nexus mods link:
https://www.nexusmods.com/games/gothicunrealcommunityremaster

Remove Weapon Trails Mod

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3452091471

Disclaimer

I am in no way associated with the creators of this free-to-play non for profit mod. nor am I associated with the owners and developers of Gothic IP, THQ or Piranha Bytes. This guide exists solely for informative purposes to let people know how to run Gothic 1 in Unreal Engine.


The port is free to play provided you purchased Gothic 1 Classic on Steam!

You cannot play it otherwise

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