Gothic 2 won't start

seepo1456 · 12-20-2010, 07:37 PM

When i click play nothing happens. Honestly thats all that happens i don't know what else to say.

lordwouter7 · 02-20-2012, 12:37 PM

same for me it says i'm playing but it won't start

N3Burgener · 02-24-2012, 05:06 AM

Try this: launch Gothic 2 from Steam and bring up the Task Manager. If you look at the processes tab, you should see two new ones come up: Gothic2.exe and a rundll.exe, or something like that. Select the rundll and end the process, and you should find that Gothic 2 will suddenly start up.

If that doesn't readily solve it, try launching Gothic 2 twice so that you have two Gothic2.exe processes. Wait a few moments, and then end the rundll process. That should kill one of the extra Gothic2.exes and make the other one launch.

I had a similar problem when I was running Gothic 2 on Vista 64-bit, and that fixed the problem for me. I imagine it's the same problem in Windows 7 with the same solution. Otherwise, google "Gothic 2 rundll" and you'll get a bunch of hits for it.

storylander · 06-05-2012, 03:47 PM

Thanks a lot. I had the same problem and this worked.

12-20-2010, 07:37 PM	#1
seepo1456 Join Date: Aug 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 26	Gothic 2 won't start When i click play nothing happens. Honestly thats all that happens i don't know what else to say.

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02-20-2012, 12:37 PM	#2
lordwouter7 Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	same for me it says i'm playing but it won't start

02-24-2012, 05:06 AM	#3
N3Burgener Join Date: Jul 2010 Reputation: 202 Posts: 345	Try this: launch Gothic 2 from Steam and bring up the Task Manager. If you look at the processes tab, you should see two new ones come up: Gothic2.exe and a rundll.exe, or something like that. Select the rundll and end the process, and you should find that Gothic 2 will suddenly start up. If that doesn't readily solve it, try launching Gothic 2 twice so that you have two Gothic2.exe processes. Wait a few moments, and then end the rundll process. That should kill one of the extra Gothic2.exes and make the other one launch. I had a similar problem when I was running Gothic 2 on Vista 64-bit, and that fixed the problem for me. I imagine it's the same problem in Windows 7 with the same solution. Otherwise, google "Gothic 2 rundll" and you'll get a bunch of hits for it.

06-05-2012, 03:47 PM	#4
storylander Join Date: Jun 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 1	Thanks a lot. I had the same problem and this worked.