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Back when original Sacred 2 Fallen Angel was released, a set of high-resolution textures was separately sold, dubbed "Elite Textures". It added extra detail to many items, NPCs, monsters, landscapes, architecture and misc. objects in the game. It also added, sometimes unbearable, lags in crowded places, like cities. The mechanics of said lags is as follows: when "Default" texture option is on, the RAM cache assigned to the game is 210MB by default, when "Elite" texture option is on the RAM cache assigned is 420MB maximum. Yet every large town contains enough units, using hi-res textures from the package, that actual RAM usage shoot up to 465MB. The game's memory manager start returning it to the limit value, it overflows again, the memory manager optimizes it again, ad infinitum. All this causes constant heavy HDD I/O load, causing incessant lags. An attempt has been made to remedy that situation - hi-res normal maps(the true reason behind the problem) have been selectively cut out. Judging by the feedback, the outcome was positive. Therefore: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rbxeeelYDIWefBXqVRe4sKT50pnLpNtd/view?usp=sharing Back up original graphics20 - graphics24.zip, then paste zips from the archive to the pak folder of the game(alternatively, use Generic Mod Enabler).

So hey guys, I recently installed sacred 2 because I played both 1 and 2 and it was, like the best gaming memories in life and since there is no real open world rpg that is better than Sacred 2, I ask you guys is it possible to play on some kind of opened server like it was back in the Sacred times? Indeed, if not how is it possible that this awesome game that could easily beat the FECAL MATTER! out of both diablo 3 ( im an active D3 player but this is true) and path of exile is not recovered? Im like 100% sure that if it was, with some patches and stuff, people would choose sacred 2 instead of these games, because holy hell, the world, the freedom in sacred 2 and all the things and its so underrated it makes me sad its "dead" if it is, so im really happy I found this fan page

Thanks everyone for your kind words. Well, that is a pity However, I´m going to complete the campaign first then look up the mods ^_^ Nice to see some sacred fans here =)

I recommend this to anyone and everyone interested in getting better performance out of Sacred 2. It doesn't require any other mods, or the Community Patch, or even the Ice and Blood expansion. Visually, you will not see a difference from default elite Textures.

Welcome aboard!

Hi, Fury69! Welcome to DarkMatters! You'll love it here. Yeah, it's really sad that Sacred isn't more popular than it is... but I'm glad we have this community. It doesn't look like DarkMatters is going to end anytime soon, so there'll always be a Sacred 2 community on the web. Anyway, if people would just give Sacred 2 a chance, I'm sure they'd love it

Welcome to DarkMatters.

Try going to the Cursed Forest under 1.60, and tell me if the FX causes the same stutter for you as before.

Yeah, just tested. It's definitely the effect. I'm not sure it's improved any with the beta patch. It still drops me from 60 to 40 fps for that second that the effect is onscreen. Without the effect, there's no framerate drop. We could just replace the effect, if nothing else.

Hi Fury, firstly, welcome to the forums Now, to answer your question; while technically it is possible to play Sacred 2 in multiplayer still, it requires services like tunngle to create a virtual LAN over the internet with other players. There has been some mention of users doing just that here in the past, but it was never something as popular as when the Ascaron / Deep Silver servers were online. Unfortunately, from a multiplayer perspective, for all intents and purposes this game is dead with only the CM patch, Diablo Fallen mod and other work done by the great modders who post here still generating interest for those satisfied in playing the game in singleplayer.

Hi, Dmitriy(по-английски так по-английски) Today I create new char (HE) I played Sacred 2 (CM-Patch v.0160, ru_RU) for 3 hours. I walked on the map (& dungeons, open/close inventory, it's all good. No bugs, no freezes, no crashes. Now this game looks like pretty good. Thanks you so much, Dim P.S Извиняюсь если что не так, но после универа вкрай забыл весь английский

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exploring details like this is a skill I do not have and one of the reasons I enjoy this thread so much

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