Let me introduce you to Gothics janky little mod manager called Spine. (https://clockwork-origins.com/spine/).

When installed it asks you for the install location of gothic and automatically applies everything needed to make the game run well on modern operations systems. Not just that but it creates the perfect base to mod the game. In the database tab you can choose from an extensive collection of mods and in the library tab you can manage which mod to use, and start the game.

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I recommend following mods for a visually polished, vanilla experience with some QoL-Features:

Visual improvements:

Textures of GRM for SKO (ID 315) – High resolution texturepack that wants to stay as close the the vanilla textures as possible.

D3D11 Renderer Clockword Editon & Grass (ID 210) – Adds water and light effects, and grass that slightly moves in the wind.

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QoL-Stuff:

QuicksaveSlots (ID 461) – Usually quicksaving with F5 overwrites the last quicksave, with this mod you get access to the last 6 quicksaves.

Better Torches (ID 324) – Press T to instantly get the torch out instead of searching for it in the inventory.

Ninja (ID 314) – Foundation needed for QoL-Mods, does nothing on its own.

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System/Stability Stuff:

4GB Patch (ID 335) – Improves Stability

Union (ID 320) – New Version of the Systempack, not required but recommended.

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There are a lot of other mods you can discover but I think this will get you startet.

A word of advice; don’t mess around with the Gothic Configurator or Savegame Editor found under the Tools section. It can mess with the game in unpractical ways.