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  1. Hey all I'm here because there seems to be issues with Sacred 2 running on Alienware computers and laptops, so after months of tweaking, and some help from Kiyeri I have gotten Sacred 2 to run on high settings with minimal problems. So Im going to tell you all what I did to achieve this, and hopefully it will work for you. 1) AlienFX and AlienSense: Now, Sacred 2 was originally meant to co work with Alienware laptops, in the way that the colours on it will do things like go green when your at full health, red when nearly gone, and rainbow colours when you go up levels, and so on. However, this feature is broken! What it actually does is flash random colours at random times. What you need to do is turn off AlienFX (and maybe AlienSense for safe measures). How you do this is you go to your bar next your clock, and look through the icons for AlienFX, right-click it, and either click 'exit' or 'Go Dark'. (I chose exit for good measure). AlienSense can be turned off by going to Alien Command Centre > AlienSense > Put slider to Off. 2) Nvidia PhysX: Make sure this option is OFF on both the game settings and your computer. You can do your computer by going to Nvidia Control Panel (usually in toolbar) > PhysX configuration > Click on Select a Physx processor and choose CPU. 3) Graphics drivers: Make sure you have to most up to date drivers, as Dell (who make Alienware) dont have to most up to date drivers installed. You may have to do a clean install if the first try doesnt work. Nvidia Driver Instructions Go to this url, Im not tech savvy enough to guide you through the process myself lol 4) AVG: I find shutting this down while gaming seems to free up a few problems too. With the new version I havent found out how to shut it down without going to msconfig, so if anyone here knows how, do tell Anyway, go to Run > type in msconfig > Startup > Deselect AVG Internet Security. Then reboot 5) Setting on Sacred 2: Try to find the game settings that work best for you, but make sure to run in window mode! it seems to run smoother 6) Community Patch: Download the Community Patch, but only if you have Ice and Blood. 7) Stealth Mode: This service should be discontinued by now, but if you have this on your Alienware, make sure you get a screen popping up saying that it is Off. Sometimes it can be a bit fiddly and not go off properly. 8) Graphics processing: Make sure you are using High Processing when playing Sacred 2. For Nvidia, you go to Control panel > Select Sacred 2 (or add the .exe file. Shortcut on desktop will do.) > Make sure the preferred Graphics card is high processing by clicking on drop down menu > Click apply. Thats my guide done, hope this helps you guys with Alienwares. Deds to Kiyeri for telling me about some of the things on here
  2. I never found the minotaur lord, but I like the Werewolf lord, BloodFang or something? Just the way his body goes when he dies is pretty cool
  3. Hey everyone Whats your favourite boss in terms of gameplay? Mine would be the Carnac in the Land of the Dragons. The reason being is because its such an epic battle, especially with melee. My Shadow Warrior was facing him with 4 Skeleton Soldiers, and the Carnac summons fire elementals. These proceed to kill them with fire blasts, while my Shadow Warrior is flung to the end of the battle field. Once he recovers, its a straight dash back to the fight, with Rousing Command and Augmenting Guidon, the fire elementals are slowly killed, and efforts are combined to take down the Carnac, with my Shadow Warrior landing the final blow. With a screech, the Carnac falls defeated. I then collect my prizes > Anyway, post your favourite Boss and why, maybe include an epic battle you had like I have
  4. I know, I think I just prefer how the graphics look. theyre generally more colourful lol.
  5. Well, after sacred decides not to behave on my new laptop, I decided to dust off my PS3 Sacred again. and I am actually getting into it more then the PC version! I dont know, something just feels right about playing it with a controller in my hand. Anyone else feel this way? Just wish they had made Sacred 2 Ice and Blood as a downloadable. :<
  6. Ice and Blood, 2.45.2 (cant remember the middle number exactly, but its ice and blood and has the 2 at the end) I would start diagnosing a graphics problem with making sure all drivers are up to date and current. then, go into the Sacred 2 options:Graphics menu and move all sliders to the lowest settings. And turn off PhysX! If this improves the frame rate and game play. Great! then slowly start bringing some of the detail sliders up until you experience problems again. That should get you to a playable level for the hardware you have. Alright, ill try it. Thanks!
  7. Ice and Blood, 2.45.2 (cant remember the middle number exactly, but its ice and blood and has the 2 at the end)
  8. Hi all, I recently got an Alienware M11x for my birthday, and I installed sacred on it. Its graphics card is nvidia 1 gb, and has an i5 intel processor now, when I start it up, my seraphim walks like she has a limp due to the screen freezing for a second, and then it crashes after a few minutes. Also the lights on my alienware go nuts, flickering random colours. Any solutions?
  9. Hey, I know this might sound very odd, but if there any way to spawn only zombies in the game, with the exception of quests and bosses? just I want to make the equivalent of a dawn of the dead kind of theme, so I want just zombies, and a lot of zombies! can anyone give me instructions on how to do this? preferably step by step? orrrrrr... even do it for me if youve nothing better to do? lolz thanks for your time! evil_artifact
  10. I know what you mean, I read them a few days ago, and they all fit very nicely in with the rest of the game. I especially liked the way he explained how the gods were formed. Very ingenious, I mean, who was to say that they were born the way they were? Loved it!
  11. Whats everyones favourite quest or quest chain in sacred? Mine is the ''Ghost Village' quest you get in Antramarks Gate, simply cause its a ghost stories, and I quite like those :3
  12. In order to wear the maximum level set items (I think they are 220?), would u need a good armour lore skill to actually wear them? just asking so I plan my character and decide between Delphic Arcana Focus or Armour Lore
  13. That really isn't to bad at all, Gear and sockets of course go a long way. what kink of modifiers do you socket? and are you running ancient magic? I use mainly blacksmith arts whet, when I move to a new difficulty level, but once im at a level where I find fire rings that give a better damage bonus then whet, I use that. I also equip fire damage rings on my high elf. and yup, im running ancient magic, currently at about level 40 with 60 per cent damage I noticed about a 12.5% increase in damage when I wen't from ancient magic with 74 points to 75 points(skill mastery) on normal enemies, and much higher on bosses. so I would recommend getting that to mastery next. Are you able to shop for good quality items? +all skills with a good damage boost as a secondary mod ifier will benefit you a lot as well. nope, I dont have bargaining lol. my general skill is riding, cause I use a mount and didnt want my regen time affected. in fact, I get a boost to regen time as well. ancient magic wont be mastered until level 125 lol, I put one point into the same five skills every level. ill get there eventually though also, I havent yet gotten the globe mod for fireball that should be a big increase as far as I know
  14. Hey all! New to the forums! Get us a beer too, plzkthx? and merry christmas!
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