I had previously started Gothic II last year and eventually got side-tracked at a decision point and when I was about to get back to it, I heard about this expansion and that it was going to be available in a month or two.* And, that I'd have to start the game again to play the expansion. I, too, was confused by the lack of anything regarding disk 4 in the supplied documentation. Will probably put disk 4 in again and hope it works with a new install. (sigh) guess I'll pull a Scarlet Ohara and worry about it tomorrow. I am now hesitant to install Disk 4 again in case I run into the same problem.

I have now uninstalled the whole thing, reinstalled Gothic II (1st three disks) and have been playing for a while. When I'd click on the startup icon I'd see the hourglass, then the spinning disk icon and then.nothing. I installed all 4 disks, played a while, had a crash and then the game wouldn't start. If I install with Disk 4 then Disk 1 doesn't work and I am playing off Disk 4. If I only install Gothic II without Disk 4 then I play off of Disk 1. When I insert disk 4 it then installs Night of the Raven which I assume replaces some of the original Gothic II files and the game now becomes Gothic II with addon. The first three install Gothic II then it tells you to hit finish and Gothic II is installed. The manuals leave a lot to be desired in explaining what is what. Just got this thing in a trade and am a little confused.

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