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It can happen that the Gothic process is blocked by another application. If you can find Gothic in the task manager, but it doesn’t open up, it’s the case. To solve this problem just start the modification with the Systempack.

If Gothic is installed into the Windows folder (typically C:\Program Files (x86)) this can lead to problems. Normally it is enough to start Spine with administrator privileges. But in case this doesn’t help, install Gothic to another directory (e.g. C:\Games) or on another partition (D:).

To guarantee the compatibility of all modifications all files of a modification are copied to the Gothic directory on startup and are removed after one finished playing. This process can take some seconds or even minutes in case the modification is huge. This time can be reduced by a huge amount starting Spine with administrator privileges. That’s because in this case just a link is created instead of a copy of the file. Another speedup can be reached when having the downloaded mods on the same partition as your Gothic installation.

In this case the solution is to start or the corresponding modification together with the Systempack. The Systempack offers fixes for this problem and many others.

This happens almost every time because of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) of Windows. All modifications using the Ikarus script package (almost all mods released in the last years) are affected by this problem as the script package overrides memory of Gothic to enable to new possibilities for the modders. To fix the crashes you just need to disable the DEP for Gothic. Therefore just follow these steps: Press Windows + Pause, “Advanced System Settings”, press the upper button “Settings” below “Performance”, choose the tab “DEP” and add all EXE files from the Gothic 2 folder (3). After that the problem should be solved.

It might be that you accidently enabled the developer mode. Press Ctrl + D or disable it using the Developer menu.

Ensure you have enough empty space left in the target folder for the Spine downloads (see in Settings => Paths => Path to installed modifications). The size displayed in the database is just the download size, it requires more space on the disk.

That’s caused by the data execution prevention (DEP) on Windows. To fix the crashes you just need to disable the DEP for Gothic. Therefore just follow these steps: Press Windows + Pause, “Advanced System Settings”, press the upper button “Settings” below “Performance”, choose the tab “DEP” and add all EXE files from the Gothic 2 folder (3, Gothic.exe, GothicMod.exe and KillHelp.exe).

The renderer has its problems with GSync and isn’t really compatible with it. The solution for this problem is to disable GSync for Gothic.

One thing that helps us a lot is when you participate in the Spine User Votes. That way we can learn what are important features for you.
But you can also help us to cover the server and development costs of Spine, either by a one-time donation via PayPal or on our Patreon.

Due to Corona and several events in Gothic “universe” like the anniversary of Gothic 1 and the publicity Gothic received through that our server is at its limit. We are working on improving our server infrastructure right now. You can help us doing so with a small donation. See FAQ entry #10 for that.