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Not a firewall issue? port forwarding appropriately enabled ?

. . . But now that you said 'gore' ... could be buh-bye to the WE Actually, the explosive arrow we rivals tentacles for gore, imo

You can run Underworld, with the 2.28 patch on a 64 bit system -- I have been doing so for 2 years. I did nothing special to make it work, at least nothing I can remember. The most difficult problem to deduce and resolve related to graphics glitches and odd hangs once the game started. I finally found a post on the old SIF that indicated Underworld only runs on a single processor -- so you must set the processor affinity for the executable if you have a multi-core system.

I often do that as well. Depends upon what cut the roast is whether it will make good steaks, though.

You might look at Csaszar's vampiress using the Ettol Bow. Now that is really different

I've had a similar problem on rare occasions -- during combat all of a sudden I can't move. Teleporting does no good either, but a game restart always fixes the problem. It has seemed random for me -- not Gar'Colossus but rather ordinary mobs in the desert or swamp. I'm running the vanilla 2.43 patch under Vista-64, and usually SP as well. There was a similar, common problem in Underworld. It was related to the "granny.dll" becoming corrupt. I'm not sure if Sacred 2 uses that, though

The mount starts at 50% penalty, but as you ride it and it levels, the penalty goes up. As you can see, lujate's penalty was 60.7% -- no longer the initial 50%.

. . . Unless he is Abebe Bikila at the 1960 Olympic games in Rome. Bikila won the marathon barefoot. He won it again in Tokyo, 1964 -- but wore shoes that time.

The aspect should be applied after -- and basically cancels the increase. To wit: Say your regen factor is F; then F x (1 + 1/2) = 3/2F Apply the -1/3 bonus: 3/2F x (1- 1/3) = 3/2F x 2/3 = F. voila

I had heard how tough the guardian was and always tried to stay away. Accidentally stumbled into him once, though. Very high damage fire bow with ravaged impact and sinister predator and a very fast regen. Took him down in about 2 minutes, but I had to heal a few times myself, too.

I just have Fallen Angel, not Ice&Blood for now... I have just FA, too. No problem with ranged weapons on 2.43 and ghosts nor the dragon, either. And boy was I surprised when the dragon respawned. I did not know about that and just ran back into the cave "edging" it. Close call.

Actually, that is the question that started this thread - hehe. And I am not yet convinced extra visibility range is needed. I'm just over 75% now, a couple small areas above ground remain, and I have not "edged" most of the dungeons yet.

I'm running plain vanilla US version patched to 2.43. Maybe that's why the percent matches -- no extra areas to count.

My in-game displayed % revealed matches the stored value in the hero file -- at least to displayed significance. The stored value is 74.07 -- displayed as 74.1

Well I'll be dipped. I keep expecting to hear "Well done player . . ." every dungeon I enter. Now I know why I don't. And does visibility affect % explored? I know in underworld it did not matter what your visibility was -- you got credit for each "block" you entered. Seeing did not matter. You got the whole block even if you only just crossed the edge, but got nothing even if you saw the whole thing but did not enter. I'm at 74% explored now, with a couple areas I can yet visit. Plus I did not do good "edge" work in many dungeons. I fully expect to hit 80% without any visibility boost.

I will give it a try this weekend -- although I do have Underworld. Buyt I fail to see how the process would "build up" your character. All you are doing is making a copy of it, then putting it into a new game. No gain I can see. If you are attempting to protect yourself against death, why not simply save the game and re-load it should you perish.

Are you importing to the same difficulty level that you exported from? I've really only tried that when I completed the main quest and was moving up -- then, of course, all the quests reset.

Mine too, and she's the ex-!

My wireless modem also has an ethernet plug, so I run my desktop wired and laptops wireless. Perhaps you could locate yours similarly . . .

It doesn't sound like enough draw to be a problem unless the psu is going bad. Can you measure the output with a meter, both loaded and unloaded? That may give a clue.

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Could be the psu. 460W is on the lower side for high end graphics. Depends upon how much else you have installed: ram, hard drives, etc. -- everything draws power. Also, is it a single rail power system -- I.e. all 460W on the same line, or is it divvied up into multiple rails? I'd suspect that too much peak power is being taken on a warm boot, as Chattius did as well. On a cold boot, the load is probably more balanced, so the peak level is not as high.

Socket as much as possible. You can always trade unwanted runes at the combomaster to get more that you want. Runes are easy to come by. But by all means, as Sil says, boost GM and get yourself a good set.

Did you notice the tabs on the side of the book? You probably completed Part I, and further items are being recorded on tab II. As I recall, that is where Wilbur dies at Ice Creek Pass. Edit: As to killing dragons -- keep moving; don't get caught in the flames. Using a high level combat art from a combo, repeatedly with concentration potions (yellow) to inflict more severe damage.

Runes: As you say, regeneration slows. For most attacks, I usually read just one, and boost CA levels with equipment and/or socketing. For CAs with duration -- say Multiple Shot for the wood elf, keep the regeneration time smaller than the effective time, whenever possible. Bronze v Silver: I always start in Silver. But it is somewhat more difficult. If you find you continue to die regularly, consider bronze until you get a better feel for your character. Combos: I almost always play a wood elf using explosive arrow. Once I've progressed far enough (say around level 60 or so), I create a "combo suit" that maximizes the level of my EA. I then create 2 combos - 1x EA and 4x EA. The level of the CA remains in the combo even after I remove the suit -- these combos are on a different timer than my regular CA, so allow extra attack capability against large bosses and dragons, for example. But with extremely long regen times, they are not for frequent use. Yellow potions of concentration regenerate combos virtually instantaneously, for those that wish to use them as their primary attack. Ideas/concepts: You could peruse the guides at the sacred wiki to get some ideas. Play around, experiment. Do what is fun. The last is the key -- FUN. Sorry I did not see this sooner.