Gold Remaster
This is mostly a graphics mod which takes a lot of stuff and textures from other mods, like L’Hiver, and packages it up to one beautiful thing. It also integrates with the MiniMod (see above) so this is ideal, if you want a more beautiful version of the vanilla game and, optionally, some sensible changes to balancing. Recently, the MiniMod has been rebranded as Remaster scripts that seem to do essentially the same. The release announcement can be found here.
Manual Instructions
- Start with a fresh unpatched installation of the game
- Install fix-2.6.0.0-rev2 (necessary to be able to install Union)
- Install Union1.0
- (Optional) Install Ninja
- (Optional) Install D3D11 renderer (with DLL override and LAA hack)
- (Optional, if D3D11 renderer was installed) Install NormalMaps
- Execute Remaster executable
- (Optional) Install Remaster Scripts (version adapted to Remaster)
- (Optional) Install functional mods you like
- Start the game with
$BASE_DIR/system/GothicStarter.exe
Note
The patches for the report version and player kit are already included in the installer. The report version needs to be installed nonetheless because Union cannot be installed to the vanilla GOG version of the game.
Lutris Install Script
Note
This includes the Remaster scripts. Note that after the installation of the mod itself, the normalmaps and the Remaster scripts the game launcher will open up and needs to be exited manually for the installation to proceed and finish successfully.
description: "Installer for Gothic II Gold Remaster mod with textures, normalmaps, Remaster scripts and D3D11 renderer activated and support for Ninja and Union mods"
game_slug: gothic-ii-gold-edition
gogslug: gothic_2_gold_edition
installer_slug: gothic2-gog
name: "Gothic II: Gold Remaster"
slug: gothic2-gog
gogid: 1207658718
version: GOG
year: 2003
notes:
"Hassle free installer of Gothic II Gold Remaster. Click \"Continue\" button in\
\ any pop-up during the installation. Please be patient, some steps take time to\
\ execute. After the installation of the mod, the normalmaps and the Remaster scripts the\
\ game launcher will start. This needs to be exited manually for the install script\
\ to finish successfully."
runner: wine
script:
files:
- setup: N/A:Select the GOG game setup file
- report_version:
filename: gothic2_fix-2.6.0.0-rev2.exe
url: https://www.worldofgothic.de/download.php?id=833
- normalmaps:
filename: G2_Gold_Remaster_D3D11_NormalMaps.exe
url: https://www.worldofgothic.de/download.php?id=1657
- remaster:
filename: G2_Gold_Remaster_Multilanguage.exe
url: https://www.worldofgothic.de/download.php?id=1647
- scripts:
filename: G2_Remaster_Scripts_German.exe
url: https://www.worldofgothic.de/download.php?id=1658
- union:
filename: Union_1.0m_26.06.2022.exe
url: https://www.worldofgothic.de/download.php?id=1625
- ninja: https://github.com/szapp/Ninja/releases/download/v4.1.16/Ninja-4.1.16.exe
- gd3d11: https://github.com/kirides/GD3D11/releases/download/v17.9.7/GD3D11-v17.9.7.zip
game:
arch: win32
exe: $gamesystempath/GothicStarter.exe
args: -game:Remaster -start
prefix: $GAMEDIR
installer:
- task:
arch: win32
description: Creating 32-bit Wine prefix
install_gecko: false
install_mono: false
name: create_prefix
prefix: $GAMEDIR
- task:
app: win7
arch: win32
description: "winetricks: win7"
name: winetricks
prefix: $GAMEDIR
- task:
arch: win32
args: /SP- /SUPRESSMSGBOXES /LOG /SILENT
description: Installing Gothic II
executable: setup
name: wineexec
prefix: $GAMEDIR
- task:
app: "directmusic dotnet48 vcrun2022 dxvk"
arch: win32
description: Install wine dependencies. This will take some time.
name: winetricks
prefix: $GAMEDIR
- task:
arch: win32
description: Install Report Version
executable: report_version
name: wineexec
prefix: $GAMEDIR
working_dir: $GAMEDIR
- task:
arch: win32
description: Install Union patch
executable: union
name: wineexec
prefix: $GAMEDIR
working_dir: $GAMEDIR
- task:
arch: win32
description: Install Ninja mod
executable: ninja
name: wineexec
prefix: $GAMEDIR
working_dir: $GAMEDIR
- extract:
dst: $GAMEDIR/$gamesystempath
file: gd3d11
- task:
arch: win32
description: Install Normalmaps
executable: normalmaps
name: wineexec
prefix: $GAMEDIR
working_dir: $GAMEDIR
- task:
arch: win32
description: Install Remaster
executable: remaster
name: wineexec
prefix: $GAMEDIR
working_dir: $GAMEDIR
- task:
arch: win32
description: Install scripts
executable: scripts
name: wineexec
prefix: $GAMEDIR
working_dir: $GAMEDIR
- write_config:
data:
GAME:
playLogoVideos: 0
scaleVideos: 1
subTitles: 1
description: Updating 'gothic.ini' file
file: $GAMEDIR/$gamesystempath/GOTHIC.INI
- write_config:
data:
Display:
Brightness: 1.0
Rain: 1
RainEffects: 1
TextureQuality: 16384
UIScale: 1.0
VSync: 1
FontRendering:
Enable: 1
General:
AllowNormalmaps: 1
AnimateStaticVobs: 1
DrawWorldSectionIntersections: 1
EnableDebugLog: 0
EnableGodRays: 1
EnableInactiveFpsLock: 1
FpsLimit: 60
SunLightStrength: 1.5
HBAO:
Bias: 0.5
BlurSharpness: 4.0
EnableBlur: 1
Enabled: 0
PowerExponent: 3.0
Radius: 1.0
SsaoBlurRadius: 1
SsaoStepCount: 0
SMAA:
Enabled: 1
SharpenFactor: 0.2
Shadows:
EnableDynamicLighting: 1
EnableShadows: 1
EnableSoftShadows: 1
PointlightShadows: 2
ShadowAOStrength: 0.5
ShadowMapSize: 2048
ShadowStrength: 0.4
SmoothCameraUpdate: 1
WorldAOStrength: 0.5
WorldShadowRangeScale: 8.0
description: Updating GD3D11 config
file: $GAMEDIR/$gamesystempath/GD3D11/UserSettings.ini
variables:
gamedatapath: drive_c/GOG Games/Gothic 2 Gold/Data
gamepath: drive_c/GOG Games/Gothic 2 Gold
gamesystempath: drive_c/GOG Games/Gothic 2 Gold/system
wine:
overrides:
ddraw: n,b
dinput: n,b
dsound: b,n