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  1. 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).
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  2. I think Italy will become soon a desert too, because it doesn't rain (a big rain) for almost a year!
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  3. As Augmint said, put all you don't need in the shared chest, or use them with the Combo Master. Good luck for the game!
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  4. Go to the runemaster and use 4 runes to get specific runes - dwarven steel and dwarven armour. You don't really need to worry about regen on those in comparison to others. Might cost a bit of gold though. You could also use 4 runes and swap them to get specific runes for other classes. Keep them in the shared chest. Comes in handy for classes you might play later where you wanna pump up CA - e.g ghost meadow, infernal power, heroic courage, testosterone, etc P.S - trading at 150 for a level 67 character is pretty neat.
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  5. Oh maaaaan! This is great! I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. The upgrade via modification would be great, but shoot... I'll be more than happy with whatever you come up with. Maybe something like making it really expensive, skill-wise. Just a thought.
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  6. I was recently playing my Temple Guardian (Ice & Blood, CM patch installed), when I suddenly stopped in the middle of combat, and my guy said "My joints are locked due to rust." I have never encountered this before. Is it a "new" thing in Ice & Blood or the CM patch, or is it just a quote the Temple Guardian says when he's stunned? I mean, I completed the Rust character side-quest (the one with the oil stones) so I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not. If it's not just a quote and if rust is an actual thing for the Temple Guardian, how do I stop it? Like I said, I never encountered this before in my original playthrough in Fallen Angel.
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  7. There were many disabled character lines that were reenabled in the CM Patch. Lines for all characters when accepting new quests is one of them. The Dragon Mage also had several restored lines when approaching campaign bosses.
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  8. Don't forget the woods around Timberton - area is rich with Orc champs and small enough for quick round-ups. Good place to take a break for the MQ and get a few nice items while there. When I get bored of desert orcs I end up here to rumble with the immigrants . Playing a level.42 WE atm and found at least 4 set items, even with very modest MF. For me, an even bigger challenge lies in acquiring quality rings/amulets, especially for a character without trading. The only way about is to go ghostbusting and the best place to do that would be the famous "ghost cave" near Highmarsh, south of the river IIRC. I've found couple of useful pieces from the ephemeral residents of the numerous haunted mansions/basements throughout Ancaria but that cave is just epic!
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  9. There is another way to get very good items: the set cavern. The name comes from the easiness to find set items there. It's located just a bit East of Khorad Nur. It's circular, co you can always go ahead, and it's full of bosses. The best way to get set items, exept Anducar and hacks.
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  10. Another tip - you can easily farm the undead dragon boss south of the orc city in the desert, and the orcs themselves seem to drop better gear overall than most places in the game. Just be careful of the goblin shamans on the way there that can root you and also the roaming undead groups, their leader is usually a champion undead skeleton mage and they can be deadly to under-geared players. The dragon itself is easy IF you avoid the poison clouds it leaves on the ground, so basically you want to kite the dragon around a bit so you aren't eating a huge DoT on top of it's breath weapon. It helps if you do the main quest up to getting the one NPC as your "partner in crime", whom you can slap a sword & shield or a bow onto and he'll help you kill things, and heal potions work on him too ;)
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  11. It definitely sounds like something I'd try. I have no qualms trying new things and "Some onions and caraway on the Mett, salt and pepper,..." sounds pretty good to me! Ah well, maybe if / when I get to Europe I'll have to swing by Germany. And I definitely agree on not overcooking meat, red meats have to be medium-rare!
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  12. Cool... And I mean mean both meanings of the word. Hot dog, burger, steak are all eaten warm. Mett has just the right temperature (not too cold) to get the taste which is enforced by its fat. Fat is needed for some aroma to be carried. It lacks the taste of roasting or smoking which is actually good for a food eaten cool. Controlled raw is not necessary more dangerous. Smoking, roasting give a taste because of burned stuff, be it the wood or the hide and it is considered to may cause cancer. If you eat too much of it. So there is one thing left. What will your stomach do with raw pork? There are some studies which say that people who grew up in an area with a history of milk producing have far less lactose intolerance and same studies say that this may be valid for raw pork too. On the other hand: Eating mik products is just 6000 years old, raw meat is in our genes for million years. Raw pork is nearly totally made into its amino acids in the stomach. It are the vegs which need bacteria to digest them. So if you eat too much Mett you may get a hungry or even hurting pain in your belly. It is because your colon has nothing to do and may be empty. So you should give your colon some work too. I like bread roles with some seed and made from not so fine flour . Some onions and caraway on the Mett, salt and pepper,... Taste Good meat recipes say you should not overdo the heating so the taste giving amino acids are not broken apart. Mett gets no heat at all so it keeps the full taste of the flesh liquid (whats the word?) which is inside a crispy hide at roasting or BBQ. And no... We don't eat it every day. I like it as a snack at parties or events. The perhaps crazy thing is: I like it at parties in hot summer when it is the most dangerous to eat. But people are used to it. As soon as a plate with Mett leaves the kitchen people take and eat it right away. The people responsible for it don't leave Mett too long on the tables. Same is for buying it. I don't buy it in summer if I have no cool box in the car. We live too much outside to have it uncooled in the car.
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