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Sacred 2 Enhanced Edition by Flix

  • Sacred 2 Enhanced Edition (S2EE) is the continuation of the Enhanced Spells mod. Because the scope of the mod now extends well beyond spells, the name has changed.
  • This evolved from my personal mods for playing Sacred 2, as well as from my work on the Community Patch. I decided there were enough gameplay improvements and interesting changes to share it with adventurous players. The mod is a combination of fixes, redesigned balance, and cosmetic changes.
  • S2EE is designed for the player to install one of two core modules: one with the original spells lineup, and another with the Enhanced Spells lineup. The player can then install some optional add-on modules.
  • Currently supported languages:
    • Enhanced Spells Version: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish.
    • Original Spells Version: All Languages.

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Installation:

  • I HIGHLY advise NEW CHARACTERS or you may have broken quests or other odd quest behavior.

  • Download the Generic Mod Enabler (GME) and install it to your Sacred 2 root folder.
  • After running the GME once, it will make a folder called "MODS" there.
  • Extract/copy/move the contents of the compressed file into the "MODS" folder.  There should be four folders and some documentation (the documentation need not be placed in the MODS folder).
  • S2EE contains two core modules and three optional add-on modules.  Choose ONE core module!  Either Sacred 2 EE 2.2 - Original Spells OR Sacred 2 EE 2.2 - Enhanced Spells. Do not install both at once.
  • Run the GME and enable your core module.  The GME will back up your clean files and will allow to you to easily enable/disable the mod as you wish.
  • - Optional - add-on modules such as Challenge Mode and SuperSpawn may should be installed afterward.  One or both can be used in combination with either core module.  Classic Icons should only be installed on top of the Enhanced Spells module. Do not install either of the add-on modules without one of the core modules installed first.

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Compatibility:

  • This mod requires Sacred 2 + Ice & Blood expansion with the latest patch (2.65.02) installed (or simply Sacred 2 Gold).
  • This mod additionally requires that Community Patch 1.60 be installed.
  • No previous versions or components of the old Enhanced Spells should be installed.
  • No mods that alter scripts will be compatible with S2EE. This includes: Diablo 2 Fallen, Nude Mods, Boss Arena, Age of Heroes, Survival Mod, Llama's Mod, Wardust's Mods, Dimitrius's Patch Addendum
  • Mods that are known to be compatible: Music Mods, Interface Mods, Main Menu Mods, Reduced Fog, Elite Textures (either official or the unofficial "trimmed" version), and simple texture mods like Eye mod or Grass mod.

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Development (Enhanced Spells module):

For detailed list of changes to combat arts, and for pictures and videos, and development info, visit this thread:

http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/21916-enhanced-spells-mod-sacred-2/

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SuperSpawn Features:

  • SuperSpawn multiplies the enemy spawn density across the map by a factor of 2-3x.
  • Does not affect bosses or creatures spawned through quests.
  • Respawn rate is not affected.

Challenge Mode Features:

  • Critical hit damage increased from 1.2x to 2x times damage.
  • 20% increase of T-Energy damage against the player.
  • Chance for T-Energy to mutate enemies increased by 25%.
  • Max speed in the game quadrupled. The player isn't faster by default, but will benefit from more Run Speed +% gear. Enemies will move faster as well.
  • Enemy aggro range tripled.
  • Aggro range for white (much lower level than player) enemies doubled.
  • Boss aggro range increased by about 10%.
  • Range for clearing the fog of war on the map is tripled (results in more enemies).
  • Cooldown for healing potions is doubled.
  • Slightly lower chance to get runes.
  • Respawn rate remains vanilla (does not use lowered respawn rate from base EE).
  • Enemies gain greater damage from attributes.
  • Overall intensity of enemies increased by 25%.
  • Enemy weapon and spell damage and armor significantly increased (from about 40% on bronze to over 300% on Niobium).

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Known Issues:

  • Not all properties of a Combat Art update dynamically in the CA tooltip text. This is a pre-existing issue in the vanilla game as well. However rest assured that all properties of Combat Arts should be clearly described in the CA description text and will appear (if applicable) in the Sigma bonus overview and/or character overview.
  • Sonic Vortex is missing the visual effect when mounted. No known solution.
  • Dragon's Wrath cannot go into a combo. No known solution.
  • If you find bugs, exploits, or other issues, don't forget to let me know so I can address them.

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Thanks to:

  • - desm for translating the mod to French.
  • - Shadowflare85 for translating the mod to German.
  • - KrystianCzach243r for translating the mod to Polish.
  • - Nikoleagle and LordKomar for translating the mod to Russian.
  • - Deivix for translating the mod to Spanish.
  • - Pesmontis for importing and adjusting several models.
  • - dimitrius154 for doing programming work and other advice.
  • - SX255 for making the new Deathly Spears icon.
  • - Luthal for helping me work out how to handle summoned minions.
  • - Ysendra for making new Daemon textures.
  • - Everyone who played the mod and posted feedback.
  • - Gogoblender and Schot for hosting this mod on DarkMatters.
  • - Llama for making his CM Patch Mod and showing me the way into modding Sacred 2 spells.

 

What's New in Version 2.2   See changelog

Released

Sacred 2 Enhanced Edition 2.2 Changelog:
(Changes affect all versions of the mod unless otherwise noted)

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Enemy and NPC:
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    * Gave a balancing pass to all elite enemies in the game to smooth out unintentionally excessive damage, hitpoints, and XP per kill.
    * The damage of the various enemy Hard Hit/Multi-Hit attacks is greatly reduced to avoid unfair damage spikes that could one-shot the player.
    * Gahanka, Bloodclaw, and Holos got powered up to keep them in line with other bosses in EE. They have greater damage, hit chance, hitpoints, and resistances.
    * Several vanilla quest opponents are now more powerful, worthy foes (TyBosso, Ihheni, Nagash, the Djinn, Sheik Yerbouti, and many others).
    * Revised spells for each individual Dragon boss to make each one more distinct.
    * Fixed a spell animation bug that caused some bosses to "stall" during combat. Enemies affected are: Mutated Dragon, Grinch the Frost Dragon, and the White Griffin.
    * Fixed a minor texture bug with Small Spiders.
    * Spider venom spit attack now does Poison/Poison DOT instead of Physical/Poison DOT. 
    * Changed the FX on Shelob's "Frosty Lair" spell to avoid severe performance loss.
    * Leaping Plants no longer make jet engine sounds when they jump.
    * Hitboxes for Rats, Bats, and Small Dragons are now more appropriately sized.
    * Kobold Chiefs and Wolf Riders should no longer spawn with the equipment of Kobold Shamans.
    * Thraconian beards are now matched to the hair color of the models they spawn on (red, black, or grey).
    * Harpy spawns increased in the western Nor Plat mountains.
    * Fixed a small area in Dyr Lain where Panthers were spawning instead of Jungle Cats.
    * The Marigold Fields in the Swamps are cleared of Undead (replaced with Tree Spirits) because it is a major plot point that the marigolds drive away the Undead.
    * Increased run speed of vanilla mounts, increased walk speed of all mounts.
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    * Random rare Energy Weapons, Energy Pistols, and Lightsabers have overhauled bonuses and should no longer spawn with bonuses to classes that can't use them.
    * The following Legendary weapons now have a portion of their base damage as elemental (formerly 100% physical): Roger's Roving Razor, Methedrin's Scepter, Braggis' Law, Aarnum's Scepter, Thunderstrike, Soorn's Righteous Blade, Aeon Flux.
    * Increased base damage of the following weapons: Trychelion's Pole, Sceptrum Dominus, Globus Cruciger.  
    * Decreased drop rate of the following uniques & mini-sets: Darwagon's Circlet, Tanit's Collar, Tooth and Nail, Eternal Return, Smoke Without Fire.
    * Increased Temple Guardian unique battery drop rate slightly.
    * Increased Legendary overall drop rate slightly. 
    * Increased minimum drop level to 20 for the following: The Silent Water, Glaurung's Remnants.
    * Infinite Revenge set: Chestplate of Fury renamed to Crown of Fury because it is a helm.
    * Item modifier: Life leeched per hit (Gold) is increased to ~2X power.
    * Item modifier: Damage +% (all-channel) is decreased to be 1/2 the value of single-channel damage bonuses (was 2/3).
    * Item modifier: Damage Mitigation +% (all-channel) is decreased to be 1/2 the value of single-channel damage mitigation (was 2/3).
    * Item modifier: Wounds Increase Damage Dealt has doubled values.
    * Item modifier: Chance for Critical Hits (unlocked by Sword Weapons and Ranged Weapons) has doubled values.
    * Item modifier: Chance for Critical Hits (unlocked by Sword Mastery and Polearm Mastery) has tripled values.
    * Item modifier: Regeneration per Hit no longer spawns on rare rings. The value on unique/set/legendary rings is reduced to 1/2 values. Many 2h weapons now have increased values.
    * Chance for individual secondary damage effects (burn, poison, freeze, weaken) on items are increased to be equal to Chance for Open Wounds.
    * Blacksmith Arts: Enhance and Whet now use the correct versions of Chance for Critical Hits and Damage +%, respectively.
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Quest:
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    * Various amendments to the game texts to expand & clarify quest logs and NPC dialogue. Hundreds of typos & inconsistencies are corrected as well.
    * Completing the Swirling Mist of Miasma quest now drops Faye's Gloom instead of the (High Elf-only) Ring of Swirling Mist.
    * Completing the Garganthropod quest now drops Signet of the Apocalypse instead of Amulet of the Jade Scarab.
    * "The Scarabs' Lair": now drops Amulet of the Jade Scarab upon completion.
    * "Against the Blood Dryads": now drops Sword of the Blood Dryads upon completion.
    * "A Feast": Swampbelly Toads are now actually toads instead of turtles.
    * "Betrayed by Fate": Ramiere's Reincarnation now has a weapon.
    * "Attack is the Best Defense": Du'Rach Commander Harrad'smit is now a boss-level opponent.
    * Fixed swapped quest spiders between "The Perfect Green" and "The Metamorphosis."
    * Main Quest: Light-path characters can now strike the killing blow on Grand Inquisitor Nimonuil.
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Seraphim:
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    * Soul Hammer: Fixed an animation bug that caused the Seraphim to lay sideways in the saddle when mounted and using 2h swords.
    * Divine Protection: Fixed swapped strings for bronze mods Capacity/Steadfast. Enhanced Spells incorrectly had the Original Spells text, and vice-versa.
    * Black Seraphim opponent is now classified as Undead in accordance with the quest story. She is upgraded to boss status and is now able to equip armor and weapons.
    * Class quest "Children and Demons III": no longer has the demons pre-transformed before the plot twist.
    * Class quest "The Hunt III": Black Seraphim now commands Undead Orcs and Ogres instead of generic Orcs.
    * Class quest "The Beginning of the End": Black Seraphim final battle now takes place in the Swamp underneath Hesheth, as the dialogs and quest logs suggest it should. 
    * Class quest "Whoops" now drops Amulet of the Sereish as reward.
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Inquisitor:
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    * Class quest "In the Badlands": Shirka Alana regains her fighting gear and is elite-class.
    * Class quest "All or Nothing": now drops Gloves of the Executor as reward.
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High Elf:
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    * Class quest "Settlement From Beyond the Grave": now drops the Ring of Swirling Mist instead of a random ring.
    * Class quest "Delivery" should no longer finish prematurely or have blank phases in the log.
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Shadow Warrior:
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    * Class quest "Orcish Necromancers": now features Undead Orcs instead of generic zombies.
    * Class quest "Past Mistakes": log now shows the "Resurrection Sword" quest item instead of a perfect crystal.
    * Class quest "Brothers in Arms": now drops Draligan's Gloves as reward instead of a random amulet.
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Dryad:
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    * Class quest "Diligent Apprentices": Outlaw Theodus now equipped with a hunting bow.
    * Class quest "Missing Women": now drops Witches' Sabbath as reward.
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Temple Guardian:
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    * Class quest "Rust": Troll opponent is now much more powerful. Now drops Dura's Cell as reward instead of two lesser health potions.
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Dragon Mage:
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    * Mind Strike: Due to enemy CA regen debuff not working, this property is replaced with Chance for Open Wounds. Bronze mod "Weakness" is replaced with "Trauma," which adds Physical DOT. 
    * Class quest "Dratted Little Beasts": Rat opponents are more powerful. Now drops Dragonleather Shoes as reward. 
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(Enhanced Spells Only):
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    * Inquisitor's Mortifying Pillory: Silver mod "Punishment" changed back to vanilla "Expulsion" which increases the duration.
    * Inquisitor buff Harbinger of Death renamed to Battle Daemon. Gold mods are replaced with "Poison Daemon" and "Fire Daemon" which are upgraded forms with elemental attacks and resistances.
    * Draconic Ally: damage of Blazing Tempest-like spell is decreased (roughly 1/2 former values).
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(Challenge Mode Only):
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    * Enemy resistances are moderately increased across the board.

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bassgun

I have three questions about this mod:

1. if I have savegames that ONLY have the community patch 0160 installed and I install this mod after, will it affect my savegames negatively?

2. also will the class mounts have animations for the combat arts that come from this mod only?

3. does this mod work with the sacred 2 character editor? (https://www.nexusmods.com/sacred2/mods/2)

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Flix
11 hours ago, bassgun said:

I have three questions about this mod:

1. if I have savegames that ONLY have the community patch 0160 installed and I install this mod after, will it affect my savegames negatively?

2. also will the class mounts have animations for the combat arts that come from this mod only?

3. does this mod work with the sacred 2 character editor? (https://www.nexusmods.com/sacred2/mods/2)

1.  Yes.  New characters means new characters.  EDIT: to clarify, the only issues I would expect would be with quests.  If you're starting a new difficulty with an old character, I doubt there would be any issues.

2. Yes of course.  And you can always use the Original Spells version of the mod if you don't want to use the new combat arts.

3.  Yes, BUT the editor window will still show the old combat art names and modifications.  But you can still edit them no problem.

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8 hours ago, Flix said:

1.  Yes.  New characters means new characters.  EDIT: to clarify, the only issues I would expect would be with quests.  If you're starting a new difficulty with an old character, I doubt there would be any issues.

so basically there shouldn't be a problem with my old savegames if I start them with a new game and a higher difficulty?

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Flix
45 minutes ago, bassgun said:

so basically there shouldn't be a problem with my old savegames if I start them with a new game and a higher difficulty?

I can't promise anything.  The official advice is you should use new characters.

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bassgun
2 minutes ago, Flix said:

I can't promise anything.  The official advice is you should use new characters.

Welp when the time comes for me to download this mod, time to stash my character items, stats and so on and forth.

But until then I rather see the old abilities and try all of them first before downloading the mod. Although from what I have seen so far ruinous onslaught is one ability that deserves removal; belligerent vault already does its job as a getaway move or get in closer and it does so with better cooldown and some of it's modifications are better than the ones for ruinous onslaught

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bassgun

will this mod also fix the issue about the execution of seraphim's pelting strikes while riding on sabertooth tiger? when I use that move while on the kitty the move does not do the exact number of hits that the move animation shows(eg. when executing said skill with 2H swords while on sabertooth the animation shows three hits but the move only hits twice).

Also speaking of this issue does it happen with other class mounts?

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vagnerhammer

I have a doubt...
When I use only "SuperSpawn" levels go up faster? Or were enemy experience values leveled to spawn, but little effect on leveling speed?

Immeasurably grateful !!! Perfect Mod!

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Androdion
5 minutes ago, vagnerhammer said:

I have a doubt...
When I use only "SuperSpawn" levels go up faster? Or were enemy experience values leveled to spawn, but little effect on leveling speed?

Immeasurably grateful !!! Perfect Mod!

Superspawn increases the default spawn rate on different areas. If you check out the original spawn.txt and the one from the mod you'll see that most values are around double the amount of the original, which means that the number of enemies spawned on that region increase by the same reason.

It's just a mode where you get a bigger mob density per area. That results in more kills and more XP, so more levels in lesser time. ;) 

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vagnerhammer

I love this mod ... Gratitude!

I want to make two suggestions:

1 - The "Eternal fire" of the Dragon Mage should be removed. The "Dragon Form" is more interesting than the "Eternal fire" and could substitute while maintaining "Dragon's Wrath" which is very good.
Better still if you created something to attack.

2 - There is a bug that does not allow deleting a combat art in a combo. For example: If I have a combo with three spells, I can not withdraw one and have two spells again in that combat art. From what I've researched this seems to be a flaw in the original game.

I do not know if they are working on it yet ... If they are the suggestions are there. I tested version 2.1 today and found it wonderful.

Gratitude

P.S: Text written in Portuguese and translated via google traslater ...

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Flix
23 hours ago, vagnerhammer said:

2 - There is a bug that does not allow deleting a combat art in a combo. For example: If I have a combo with three spells, I can not withdraw one and have two spells again in that combat art. From what I've researched this seems to be a flaw in the original game.

Hello!  This should be fixed in Community Patch 1.60.  The fix will only take effect for a new Dragon Mage created under v1.60.  Thank you for playing the mod and writing back!

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Mitropolin

Hi, the mod sounds fun but I have no idea what u mean with " contents of the compressed file ". Like srsly I dont get. Why cant anyone creat a installations guide for dumb people like me. Just a step by step guide where u list every single file that has to be changed/moved to the right locations. Pls help me! 

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Androdion

You need to unzip the file you download because GME doesn't read from zipped files. Then you just need to enable the parts of the mod you want to use with GME. It's actually pretty simple.

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Flix

I do my best to make it as easy as possible for the dumbest people out there.

A lot of time if I say "unzip the file" people end up with an extra folder in their MODS folder.  I wanted to make it clear that the contents of the file you download need to be extracted, without creating any new folders.

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vagnerhammer

The version of Challenge Mode 2.1 is wonderful !!!
The first time I played Challenge Mode was in version 2.0. I was on level 30 (silver) with my dragon mage. Result: The first one that appeared would kill me. :cstars::cstars::cstars:

Now I'm playing a week in version 2.1 (level 76,77 ...). I felt it was not as difficult as in version 2.0 but it was very interesting. Always the danger lurks ... It reminded me a lot of the difficulty of Sacred 1.

Congratulations on the beautiful work !!!:thumbsupsmiley:

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Caledor

While fixing the wizardstaff bonuses unlocked by the weapon skill, I think you might have changed by mistake bonuses 917 and 918 to require skill lore instead of skill mastery.

Also there are a lot of uniquename = "unqien" and "unqiue"... you changed some of them to "unique"... are they relevant in any way?

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22 minutes ago, Caledor said:

While fixing the wizardstaff bonuses unlocked by the weapon skill, I think you might have changed by mistake bonuses 917 and 918 to require skill lore instead of skill mastery.

Also there are a lot of uniquename = "unqien" and "unqiue"... you changed some of them to "unique"... are they relevant in any way?

Skill mastery for Magic Staves didn't actually work for unlocking bonuses, as we discovered during development.  So I had to change it to regular skill lore and add a level requirement instead.

The changes to "unique" were just my own neuroses at play.  I don't think it affects anything.

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Ginnosaji

Hi, I've already posted this on the nexus but I figured I'd post this here:

 

Hi. Thanks for the awesome mod! But I think I found a bug. I'm not sure if the mod introduced the bug or if it was like this before, but Inquisitor's Frenetic fervor run speed mod doesn't work (No Escape). The animation is faster, but the actual speed is the same... I timed myself running from one place to another with 120% run speed and it took the same time as with Frenetic Fervor (158% run speed). I removed my moved speed gear and there is a difference between 100 and 120.

What's strange is that when removing my run speed gear and casting Frenetic Fervor, there is a difference (137% run speed). BUT even weirder is that it took the exact same time as when I had my 120% run speed gear?

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11 hours ago, Ginnosaji said:

Hi, I've already posted this on the nexus but I figured I'd post this here:

 

Hi. Thanks for the awesome mod! But I think I found a bug. I'm not sure if the mod introduced the bug or if it was like this before, but Inquisitor's Frenetic fervor run speed mod doesn't work (No Escape). The animation is faster, but the actual speed is the same... I timed myself running from one place to another with 120% run speed and it took the same time as with Frenetic Fervor (158% run speed). I removed my moved speed gear and there is a difference between 100 and 120.

What's strange is that when removing my run speed gear and casting Frenetic Fervor, there is a difference (137% run speed). BUT even weirder is that it took the exact same time as when I had my 120% run speed gear?

Thanks for the report. I'll look into it soon.

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CapnTucker

How do I disable Superspawn? I otherwise like Enhanced Edition, but the numbers of enemies is just too much..

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