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Yes. World of Players even added this advice to their FAQ on how to make the game run on Windows 10. I mean that with full earnest: no other advice has worked for me. This is the only thing that made the game run on my system.

Ok, guys, I finally found the solution that actually worked on another forum (World of Players, thx to Khaosmind there, who suggested it). Copy - d3d9.dll - d3d9on12.dll From "C:\Windows\SysWOW64" To "...\Sacred 2 Gold\system" After that you can start Sacred 2 via the exe without compability mode or launch options.

Tried out your recommended settings, didn't help at all. Same problem remains. I deliberately forgoe to install the patch yet, because of the advice of Hooyah: first see, if you can get the game to run on its own and only then install the patch. What puzzles me about the whole situation is this: I can see the setup screen with the Sacred Logo, when I try to start up the game. Even the special sacred mouse icon appears on the screen. But after the setup screen, instead of the logo of Deep Silver etc. only a black screen arrives, out of which there is no escape to desktop, but only to log out via ctrl-alt-del. This is very weird. I cannot even access the Task Manager.

UNhappy to report: the GOG-version got exactly the same problem as the Steam-version on my system: loading screen shows, after that only dark screen.

Already got it, it was on sale and very inexpensive Anyway, if I can get the GOG-version run, I will demand a refund at steam. Just installed GOG and already run into the first problem. It seems, it didn't install PhysX properly. Retrying right now.

Ok, tried it exactly as you suggested. But after the reinstall, when I tried to start up the game, the reaction was again exactly the same. Loading screen and then black screen. So no joy here. Thus I conclude, installing the Community Patch won't solve this problem, as it seems to be running deeper. Compability mode already tried and failed. Also tried your suggested trick with the "trailer"-folder. Didn't work either. So, I am no seriously pondering to get a refund, if possible.

Geforce Experience was already pre-installed on my laptop, so no worries there. Anyway, installed Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, then restarted. Didn't change anything.

Thank you very much As mentioned, Sacred 1 Gold works like a charm and I am having a lot of fun with it. Playing a soaring daemon with tentacles and infernal weapons, she's great So, I really hope this problem with Sacred 2 Gold can be solved eventually. Just that you fully understand what happens: When I start up Sacred 2, I first see the screen with the files loading. After that, the logos of the firms should appear, but instead I just land on a black screen and then I am stuck there. I can ctrl-alt-del out of it, but only to sign off or restart, going back to desktop doesn't work anymore.

Hey Hooyah, thanks for the advice. Yes, I do use Windows 10, but I don't use the Windows default security, rather I have Kaspersky Internet Security (thus I can't access the ransomware protection of windows, it is off). But Kaspersky didn't block Sacred 2, I just checked. I nonetheless put it onto the list of exceptions, just in case. Didn't change the problem, though.

Yes, I did. Again, I tried anything that has been mentioned. I actually followed the step-by-step instruction outlined by Hooyaah. I also read the suggested links on the Steam-Fora and followed their advice as well.

As mentioned, I've tried all solutions detailed in this topic. So, community patch, redistributables (like PhysX), running as admin and with compatibility, putting in the command lines. I also thoroughly cleaned out everything before installing with CCleaner and installed the newest drivers of my graphic card (GeForce RTX 2070, btw). So, I am really not sure, what else I can try. I tried everything that has been suggested. Twice.

Good day and hello to everyone! Just a few days ago I decided to finally try out Sacred, as it has passed me by back in the days, despite me being an old RPG-gamer (well, "old"^^). Sacred Gold has been running like a charm up till now and I am having a lot of fun running around with my Daemon (I do like them bad). Anyway, I also decided to install Sacred 2 Gold nonetheless and my first trial run: BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH So I checked in the internet for selfhelp, being a veteran in gaming and knowing that often old games have trouble running on newer systems (oh, I have brand-new gaming laptop, so the hardware should not be the issue here). Thus I stumbled across these fora. Quickly I read through your advice on this topic and reinstalled Sacred 2 Gold following all the steps required. But, even after thoroughly following all the steps outlayed here (and on Steam), exactly the same thing happens again: The game starts up, loading screen visible, then instead of the Deep Silver Logo I get to see the utter blackness of eternal oblivion. Meaning, I cannot even exit out of the black screen back on my desktop and the only solution being a restart. Again, I did follow all the steps outlined here, especially the very helpful and thorough advice of Hooyaah. Thus I finally decided to revive this corpse of a topic, giving it back its unlife as a zombie topic, which is being hijacked by every new person not being able to run Sacred 2 Gold, it seems. Thus, my final plee: It would be apreciated! Although, "I am at the end of my latin", as we say in German. Thanks in advance!