Windows 10 64 Bit, Elite Textures, PhysX Enabled = Crash

[digitalforce 0]

Greetings!

 

To make a VERY long story short, I had a combination of settings years ago in my options.txt when I first upgraded to Windows 7 64 bit that I got working to play Sacred 2 Gold, with CM patch, with no crashes yet all the goodies enabled. I wish I would have saved that Options.txt because I tried so many settings over several evenings and finally found a group of settings that didn't crash.

Lately, I picked up the GOG version again and I've tried everything I've found on Steam including Mem settings = 0, etc etc but I still get a crash after 10-20 minutes. Can anyone share their settings or tweaks on getting Elite Textures and PhysX enabled on Windows 10 64 bit without crashing?

Thank you

Edited May 23, 2017 by digitalforce

[digitalforce 0]

Found out it's not PhysX, it's the elite texture pack. I've tried everything. Setting mem options to 0 (Still crashes), to 1 (Crashes on start up), Memory Cleaners, etc etc and the moment I enable the elite textures, it crashes after 5-10 minutes.

Any one out there have all effects maxed, PhysX and Elite textures working?

[Dragon Brother 619]

From memory the game has a slight memory leak so will crash on pretty much anyone's computer after some time. Playing the game at high resolution with the highest quality settings results in a much shorter time until the crash.

 

I also think the windows version has something to do with it. A few people had trouble running it on Windows 8 / 10, so perhaps you could try playing around with the compatibility settings in Windows?

[digitalforce 0]

From memory the game has a slight memory leak so will crash on pretty much anyone's computer after some time. Playing the game at high resolution with the highest quality settings results in a much shorter time until the crash.

 

I also think the windows version has something to do with it. A few people had trouble running it on Windows 8 / 10, so perhaps you could try playing around with the compatibility settings in Windows?

Already tried all compatibility settings and same results. I am running at 4K so that would explain why it crashes so quickly. The only thing I've been able to produce different results with is patching sacred2.exe (GOG version) with the 4GB flag and it doesn't memory leak but it will crash to desktop around 5-10 minutes as well. Spent two days trying everything I've found on the Internet to no avail.

I would just dual boot Windows XP but I have a brand new PC and I can't find XP drivers for mobo or my GTX 1080 TI.

[Dragon Brother 619]

 

From memory the game has a slight memory leak so will crash on pretty much anyone's computer after some time. Playing the game at high resolution with the highest quality settings results in a much shorter time until the crash.

 

I also think the windows version has something to do with it. A few people had trouble running it on Windows 8 / 10, so perhaps you could try playing around with the compatibility settings in Windows?

Already tried all compatibility settings and same results. I am running at 4K so that would explain why it crashes so quickly. The only thing I've been able to produce different results with is patching sacred2.exe (GOG version) with the 4GB flag and it doesn't memory leak but it will crash to desktop around 5-10 minutes as well. Spent two days trying everything I've found on the Internet to no avail.

I would just dual boot Windows XP but I have a brand new PC and I can't find XP drivers for mobo or my GTX 1080 TI.

Not sure what to suggest then...

 

I *think* czevak or one of the other CM patch developers prepared a tool which would flush the memory at predetermined intervals. If you can find it it might be worth a shot? I'm fairly sure it was linked on the site here, but whether or not it is still available to download I couldn't be certain.

 

Edit: Not quite what I was thinking of, but have a look through this thread for someone else who tried to get Sacred working on Windows 10 with some success.