Velen 2.0 is a standalone modification for the game Gothic 2. It offers a brand new story, a brand new large world, brand new characters, dialogues and quests, new armors, helmets, shields, weapons and other items, new features like shields, a complete german voice output and many overhauls of the original game.
This patch isn't necessary but it is recommended for better compatibility if you play this game on newer operation systems! It's an Systempack-Alternative and can't be used with that! Install it if you are experiencing issues with missing voice output.
Permissions and credits
Credits and distribution permission
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Conversion permissionYou are not allowed to convert this file to work on other games under any circumstances
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Asset use permission in mods/files that are being soldYou are not allowed to use assets from this file in any mods/files that are being sold, for money, on Steam Workshop or other platforms
Asset use permission in mods/files that earn donation pointsYou are allowed to earn Donation Points for your mods if they use my assets
Author notes
Feel free to use content from this modification, but always mention the original autor of the specific file (see credits for that)! If you want to share this modification on another website, please mention us (Team Velen) as the original autor!
File credits
There would be too many people to mention, so please see the credits video in the game (it will also be uploaded to YouTube very soon and then linked here).
Donation Points system
This mod is not opted-in to receive Donation Points
Changelogs
Version 2.1.2
- The game no longer hangs when NPCs try to read a note while sitting (this was often the case, especially with Jarvis).
- The key found in the ruin now actually opens the chest in the room (requires restarting the mod to take effect!)
- A tree next to the ruin that was floating far above the ground has been placed correctly (requires restarting the mod to take effect!)
Version 2.1.1
- Achievement: 'An apple a day' has been fixed and it needs less apples then before
- Unconscious characters do now equip ranged weapons and shields (shields sadly don't always work) after they stand up, also they take them from their enemies
Version 2.1.0
You can find the German changelog here: https://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/threads/1593322-Changelog-Velen-2-0-Version-2-1-0?p=26984290&viewfull=1#post26984290
The English changelog has been translated by DeepL!
Voice output and sounds
- The volume of the entire voice output is now identical and has been brought to a comfortable level, so nothing is too quiet or too loud anymore
- Jack now says "Well..." at the end of his sentence. You know what." he no longer says the "You know what" twice at the end.
- William now pronounces Travis' name correctly in English when talking to Travis, just as Travis introduces himself
- Leroy no longer says "[...] brothers and sisters [...]" during his speech, but now pronounces the word "brothers" correctly without an N at the end
- The characters Erik, Henk, Gilbert, Boris, Dieter and the nameless guard in front of the bandit camp have been completely re-sounded
- The sound effects of thunder and rain have been replaced with better sounds
- Sounds for accepting, completing and canceling quests and leveling up have been replaced with custom versions
- The sound effect of the wall fountains in the fortress is now not quite as loud
- The range of the sound effects from the waterfall in the fortress has been reduced so that they are now not quite as loud in Tyler's Forge
Models and animations
- The convict clothes (now called "Old Rag Pants") and both miner pants have received brand new, more appropriate inventory models
- The model of the convict clothing ("Old Rag Pants") has been revised
- The leather helmet and the iron helmet have been replaced with their own models
- Morgan's hat now has a proper texture and is no longer just pitch black
- The Scavenger Egg has been replaced by its own model
- The model of the weapon Wolf Knife ("Sharp Knife") has been replaced by a new, nicer version
- The dandelion grass model was replaced by a much nicer version
- The cauldron has been fixed so that the focus name of it no longer hovers in front of the cauldron, also it can now be used from all sides
- The shield combat animation has been completely replaced and now adapts to the current combat talent or the current combat animation of the respective character, among other things
- The lumberjacks now have their own, more fitting animation instead of just using the one from digging ore; focus names of the trees they are working on are now displayed further down, the trees are also now usable from all sides and the sides that are not currently being worked on are still usable, even if the tree is currently in "use
Textures
- The textures of the bandit armor have been replaced with their own darker versions
- The iron ore texture has been replaced so that it no longer looks like silver
- All loading screens and the background in the main menu have been replaced
Game worlds
- The path network in both worlds has been expanded and partially reworked so that characters now rarely have wayfinding problems and should also appear a bit smarter when running
- Rabbits and rats have been added and distributed on Velen
- Some graves have been distributed that can be looted
- Some of the dead soldiers lying around on Velen can now be looted
- Another variant of grass was created and distributed in the world, containing several different flowers instead of just dandelions
- The collision of all clotheslines has been removed
- Removed the collision from all carpets, because characters and the player himself often got stuck on them
- Removed the invisible vein of ore that for some reason was lying around on the small beach near the harbor town and was usable
- Placed some collectible items in the harbor town pub and also in the fortress pub; the harbor town pub also got some more furnishings so that it doesn't look quite so empty anymore
- A new workbench with its own animation, where the bowsman works and where you can also carve bolts and arrows, has been added and distributed in the world.
- The blacksmith got a workbench with his own animation
- For the hunters, a usable tanning stand with its own animation has been added and distributed in the world
- All usable items should now have a focus name to make them easier to recognize
- Turning spits now also have a function and can be used to roast different meats
- The bush that was partially visible in the big farmhouse has been moved further outside
- Many other small optimizations, improvements and bug fixes made to both game worlds
Scripts
- A now unnecessary feature that caused severe performance problems has been removed, now allowing you to achieve up to 20 fps more
- The blacksmith Albrecht can now no longer be approached for the blunt axes of the lumberjacks if you have not accepted this order
- An additional sentence at Boris, if you were defeated by him in battle, which you never got to hear before due to a bug, is played now
- Armors and helmets displayed in merchant inventories no longer use a very messy detour; among other things, this ensures that they can no longer get some strange arrangement in those now
- The fences in the sewers now wear the same armor as the bandits on Fence Island, since they actually belong together
- The material of the iron ore item has been changed so that it no longer has a shiny effect and no longer has a metallic sound effect when thrown away
- When talking to Jack, the player character now actually turns to the door instead of the bookstand
- Fixed the AI dropout that occurred in the original game when characters drew a ranged weapon while saving and reloading, causing them to just stand around with the weapon in their hands and not react otherwise
- Fixed a bug from the original game that caused the player to simply use sideways running and jumping as an alternative to sneaking
- Helmets that caused characters to have their protection values permanently transferred to them after the first save and reload have been fixed
- When characters use items during a dialogue, they now temporarily break visual contact with the other person, so that they no longer simply shove items, such as food, partially into their heads
- The convict clothing has been renamed to "Old Rag Pants".
- The wolf knife has been renamed to "Sharp Knife".
- Quiver items have been renamed to bundles of arrows or bundles of bolts; it is also now easy to see what size each is
- Characters now collect shields from their victims or after unconsciousness, if there is one lying around, instead of just leaving them lying around
- The difficulty level in the main menu is now correctly set back to "Normal" after starting a new game (which would be the mod's default), instead of easy
- Renwig, when the player selects "(Say nothing)" at the beginning of the game, now actually pauses for a short while instead of continuing to speak directly
- The script responsible for the progress indicator when prospecting, fishing and smoking at the hookah has been completely rewritten and should now work reliably
- The current number of ammunition in the ammunition display no longer overlaps
- The free aiming of mud-freak has been updated to the latest version
- The latest version of the game time display has been installed, which additionally got some improvements and new features, configurable in the mod settings
- The calculation of poison damage is now done in percent
- Protection values in the status screen should now always be displayed correctly
- The protection values against melee weapons are now identical again for all armors, helmets and shields, because the division into blunt and sharp was unfair, because the balancing was not adjusted to it
- The inventory descriptions of all armor, helmets and shields are now uniform and have been partially revised; this also affects melee and ranged weapons
- The range of melee weapons is now additionally displayed
- The whole menu has been reworked; info texts have been adjusted, the mod settings menu has been completely rewritten and is now much clearer
- Ambient subtitles (i.e. the red subtitles that are displayed at the bottom of monologues and of characters in the vicinity) have been colored orange, which blends in better with the overall picture than red
- mod settings are now automatically set to the original value when the mod is started for the first time and written to Gothic.ini
- At the first start of the game a small info is now displayed, which points out that and where you can adjust and deactivate new features of the modification
- The system of colored focus names was completely reworked again
- The focus name of companions is now highlighted in green as well
- Unconscious and dead characters or chests or similar, which contain lootable items, are now marked in color
- Added an option in the mod settings to disable the colored focus names
- Added a new option in the mod settings that allows hiding the focus names of characters (this is disabled by default).
- It is now possible to display all status bars on the left, on the right or as in the original game; for this a new option has been added in the mod settings
- It is now possible to display the current values on the status bars of life and mana; a new option for this has been added in the mod settings
- The new difficulty level "Extreme" was implemented
- Five new unlockable achievements have been added
- Automatic saving has been integrated (is disabled by default and can be enabled and configured in the mod settings)
- Characters and also the player character himself now put on a quiver together with a ranged weapon (can be disabled in the mod settings)
- The daily routines of the two hunters Frank and Joachim, who previously just sat around on a bench in the camp all day and slept in the evening, have been revised
- The player can now get the pirate armor that the player character wears in the intro
- Hoods and masks have been added and given to some characters; the player can get these as well
- The shovel is now usable similar to a broom, rake, lute, etc.
- Leroy no longer entertains the port city all day long, but takes a longer break after each speech; when the player is in a dialogue, he doesn't talk in between at all anymore
- Some characters have been assigned a new daily routine that lets them eat while sitting down
- When receiving experience points, the experience needed to reach the next level is now always displayed underneath; the same applies when you have climbed a level, then the experience needed for the next level is displayed
- Both script packages LeGo and Ikarus have been updated to the latest version for better stability
- Many other small optimizations and improvements to the scripts
Other
- Added images to the alternate ending video so it is no longer just pitch black
- Fast save and fast load is now enabled by default
- Removed a few unused files from the mod so they don't unnecessarily accompany it, making it slightly smaller in size
Version 2.0.8
- a bug has been fixed which had leaded to a very low framerate
Important note: The modification is now also available in the new Gothic 2 Workshop on Steam! There you can simply subscribe to it to always receive the newest updates automatically. After you've done that, you can easily launch it via the new Gothic 2 Workshop Launcher and another cool feature is, that you can easily switch between the English and the German version in the Launcher! For that you'll have to own Gothic 2 on Steam and you'll have to install the latest Beta for the game - "Workshop Beta". All in all it's much easier now to install, you should give it a try when you play the game on Steam anyway.
What is Velen 2.0? Velen 2.0 is a standalone modification for the game Gothic 2. It offers a brand new story, a brand new large world, brand new characters, dialogues and quests, new armors, helmets, shields, weapons and other items, new features like shields, a complete german voice output and many overhauls of the original game. The modification is available in German and English BUT: The English version has been automatically translated! You can find all the ingame videos with subtitles (PL | EN) on our YouTube-Channel.
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Was ist Velen 2.0? Velen 2.0 eigenständige Modifikation für das Spiel Gothic 2. Die Mod bietet eine brandneue Story, eine brandneue große Spielwelt, brandneue Charaktere, Dialoge und Quests, neue Rüstungen, Helme, Schilde, Waffen und andere Items, neue Features wie beispielsweise den Schildkampf, eine komplette deutsche Sprachausgabe und viele überarbeitete Kleinigkeiten der Originalspiels. Die Modifikation ist in Deutsch und Englisch verfügbar, ABER: Bei der englischen Version handelt es sich um eine automatische Übersetzung! Du kannst sämtliche Ingame-Videos mit Untertiteln (PL | EN) auf unserem YouTube-Channgel finden.
Story In this modification, the player takes on the role of William the pirate. The rumor of an apparently heavily drunk old sailor, who one evening in a tavern bragged about his stories and alleged experiences, sent him on a long journey together with his captain Morgan: They sailed to a small island, far from the known Myrtan islands and coasts, ruled by an extremely wealthy prince should be, whose treasury overflows with gold and jewels. The crossing took several days, but it really existed - the island of Velen! Once there, and after they had the information they needed, they made a plan. It should be too simple... So simple that they were caught trying to break into the treasury and were immediately thrown into the dungeon. The verdict was decided on the same day: the execution of the two. Already the next morning it should happen.
Already in the early morning hours of the day of the execution, the prince had William brought to him. Unlike expected, he made him an offer. An offer he could not refuse if he wanted to save his life and that of his captain. He might not suspect anything about it yet, but if he would accept it, he would soon be the one who would decide the fate of all Velen ...
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Der Spieler übernimmt in dieser Modifikation die Rolle des Piraten William. Das Gerücht eines offenbar stark angetrunkenen alten Seefahrers, der eines Abends in einer Taverne mit seinen Geschichten und angeblichen Erlebnissen prahlte, schickte ihn gemeinsam mit seinem Kapitän Morgan auf eine lange Reise: Sie segelten zu einer kleinen Insel, fernab der bekannten myrtanischen Inseln und Küsten, beherrscht von einem äußerst wohlhabenden Fürsten sollte sie sein, dessen Schatzkammer vor Gold und Juwelen nur so überquellt. Mehrere Tage dauerte die Überfahrt, doch es gab sie tatsächlich - Die Insel Velen! Dort angekommen und nachdem sie die Informationen hatten, die sich brauchten, machten sie einen Plan. Zu simpel sollte er sein... So simpel, dass sie bei Ihrem Versuch in die Schatzkammer einzubrechen erwischt und umgehend in den Kerker geworfen worden. Das Urteil stand noch am selben Tag fest: Die Hinrichtung der Beiden. Schon am nächsten Morgen sollte es passieren.
Bereits in den frühen Morgenstunden des Tages der Hinrichtung ließ der Fürst William zu sich bringen. Anders als erwartet, machte er ihm ein Angebot. Ein Angebot, das er nicht ablehnen könnte, würde er sein Leben und das seines Kapitäns retten wollen. Noch mag er nichts davon ahnen, doch würde er es annehmen, würde er bald derjenige sein, der über das Schicksal von ganz Velen entscheidet ...
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