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Granted, I liked Sinister. But Sinister wasn't scary to me, Sinister cheesed me off. As a single man, you better believe I'd be splicing film reels together. It's a good thing I didn't live in a horror movie as a single man, because I'd have been dead in the first fifteen minutes. "Hey, there's a glowing rock, I'm gunna take this bugger home!", "hey, there's this weird thing at a rummage sale, oh this has my name ALL over it!!", "oops, sorry I opened the gate to the seventh level of hell, everyone, there were glowing runes I found, and you can't not touch glowing runes!". But his character isn't a single man. In the beginning, I understand, he's trying to provide for his family the best way he can, I totally get that. But it becomes obvious that the road he's going on is hazardous to the health of his family. It's not that he doesn't recognize it, it's the fact that he purposely gambles his family's safety for the chance to satisfy his curiosity. And there's ego stuff, blah blah blah. And I understand that that's the point, that's one of the underlying themes, but still,I both love and am cheezed at that film for that reason

######################################################################################################### sacred ii @ tweaks @ freeze @ memory leaks @ vpn lan coop @ others ######################################################################################################### - so after days documenting over all places I tink I found a balance point sort of ! - those stuff needs more testing ! - hope that all of this will help you ! - this will be a long post ! - all updates will go lower in this post ! - sory bad english ! ######################################################################################################### so this is what setup I use cpu @ intel @ i5 @ 4690k @ quad cores no ht @ locked to 3.5 ghz no boost no oc gpu @ nvidia @ zotac amp ! edition @ gtx 1080 @ micron 8 gb gddr5x 256 bit @ 2560 cuda cores @ stock auto boost no oc ram @ kingston @ hyper x fury @ 8 gb @ ddr3 @ 1600 mhz ram @ kingston @ hyper x fury @ 8 gb @ ddr3 @ 1600 mhz mob @ asus @ h97m-e @ micro atx @ soket 1150 psu @ tacens @ mars gaming mp800 @ 800 wats ops @ windows 7 ultimate sp1 x64bit dis @ 1920 x 1080 native no antivirus or other malware scan or defender or security or other crap, only firewall active as usual ! using 2.65.1 build 18565 from gog with no mods or other patches microsoft visual c++ 2005 redistributable 8.0.56336 nvidia graphics driver 376.19 nvidia physx system software 9.17.0524 nvidia physx legacy 9.13.0604 all settings to max and all active physx on aa in game x4 downsampling to fhd my monitor 1920 x 1080 native from 4k 3840 x 2160 using nvidia dsr factor 4x and 50% dsr smoothness addaptive half refresh rate, like limit 30 fps ######################################################################################################### and is working ok but as you know it will freeze up the memory allocation will get full and the game will freeze up when hitting like 1,600 ~ 1,735 GB working set we can remove the video starting trailers for more memory but not much, I tink 15MB max mabe ? and we can remove the updater to leave the game run with no checks I tink but duno if this helps realy adding some command lines but dunno if realy helps ingame console comand mem mgr will show up memory manager so wach up for texture memory hiting like 315MB but is not realy persistent to freeze at 315MB so you realy don't know mabe its in range of 265 ~ 315 MB mabe alt tabing from the game and back should do more free up like flush / purge memory ? duno realy ! posting those extra things you can try in the lower space of this post ######################################################################################################### so now the first thing to set up is the actual executables go to C:\sacrediia\system and right click and properties on sacred2.exe in general tab you click advanced and set on only the file is ready for archiving and click ok now go in compatibility tab and set on the run this program in compatibility mode for I use windows xp sp2 but you can try all of them I tink or none set on the disable desktop composition set on the disable display scaling on high dpi settings set on the run this program as administrator now click on change settings for all users and set them the same then click apply now click on apply and ok do the same for s2gs.exe now send a shortcut of sacred2.exe to desktop only do the same steps settings for the shortcut but in general tab on advanced button you add a second set on allow this file to have contents indexed now I have tryed compatibility for xp and vista and with no compatibility at all and ddn't see much realy aniway needs more testing I tink ######################################################################################################### now the second step is to start the game from the shortcut and then exit ######################################################################################################### now the third step so this is what I use and be carefull not to fry your system as those are max settings and needs more testing I tink the only alteration of game is that it includes the camera more free angle line codes wich are those I use cam1_rotx_emax = -1.45, cam1_rotx_max = -1.45, cam1_rotx_min = 1.45, all settings to max + physx on + aa in game x4 I recomend a 30fps limit not just for low pc sake but helps in memory problem too I tink the resolution is set to 1920 x 1080 so if you want to change you can see and find it in the last linecodes and fo those that use ati / amd cards and haves problems try and do this search the line code usePhysHW = 1, and change to usePhysHW = 0, ######################################################################################################### go to folder C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2\ and open in notepad this file options.txt delete all that is in that file and paste the exact text codes below or replace the file options.txt with this one options.txt ######################################################################################################### -- DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE -- -- To customize your settings, edit optionsCustom.txt, -- and add only parameters which you want to overide if not camera then camera = { behaviour = 0, cam1_rotx_emax = -1.45, cam1_rotx_max = -1.45, cam1_rotx_min = 1.45, cam1_trackdist_max = 850, cam1_trackdist_min = 120, cam_autorot_speed = 0.5, cam_autozoom_max = 800, cam_autozoom_min = 100, cam_autozoom_speed = 1, cameraDamping = 1, cameraShake = 1, cover_detection_dist = 1000, customsettings = 0, dng1_rotx_emax = -1.22, dng1_rotx_max = -0.9, dng1_rotx_min = -0.48, dng1_trackdist_max = 710, dng1_trackdist_min = 150, editorDevCam = 0, heromenu_rotx_emax = -1.22, heromenu_rotx_max = -0.99, heromenu_rotx_min = -0.48, heromenu_trackdist_max = 510, heromenu_trackdist_min = 150, invert = 0, leaf_occlusion_fact_x = 1, leaf_occlusion_fact_y = 2, TPOMax = 40, TPOMin = -20, } end if not debug then debug = { } end if not editor then editor = { acc = 5, autolock = 0, camera_scroll = 200, collisionPath = "", createBackups = 1, editor_posx = 100, editor_posy = 500, fixedHeight = 0, fixedHeightValue = 0, menu_scroll = 3, minimap = "minimap.bmp", nogoangle = 45, toolbar_posx = 800, toolbar_posy = 400, undo_depth = 20, viewmode_posx = 0, viewmode_posy = 0, viewScale = 1, worldPath = "../editor/sectors/", worldview_posx = 800, worldview_posy = 50, } end if not editor_bindings then editor_bindings = { binding_con_shortcut0 = 59, binding_con_shortcut1 = 60, binding_con_shortcut2 = 61, binding_con_shortcut3 = 62, binding_con_shortcut4 = 63, binding_con_shortcut5 = 64, binding_con_shortcut6 = 65, binding_con_shortcut7 = 66, binding_console = 41, binding_editor_copy = 1070, binding_editor_create_group = 49, binding_editor_cut = 1069, binding_editor_delete = 211, binding_editor_down = 200, binding_editor_grid = 34, binding_editor_left = 203, binding_editor_ls_down = 3, binding_editor_ls_smooth = 4, binding_editor_ls_up = 2, binding_editor_minimap = 15, binding_editor_nextitem = 38, binding_editor_obj_center = 57, binding_editor_obj_move = 50, binding_editor_obj_rotate = 19, binding_editor_obj_scale = 20, binding_editor_obj_sel = 10, binding_editor_obj_set = 9, binding_editor_obj_snap = 31, binding_editor_paste = 1071, binding_editor_pat_draw = 7, binding_editor_pat_erase = 8, binding_editor_pat_sel = 5, binding_editor_pat_set = 6, binding_editor_previtem = 37, binding_editor_redo = 1068, binding_editor_restore_state_0 = 71, binding_editor_restore_state_1 = 72, binding_editor_restore_state_2 = 73, binding_editor_restore_state_3 = 75, binding_editor_restore_state_4 = 76, binding_editor_restore_state_5 = 77, binding_editor_restore_state_6 = 79, binding_editor_restore_state_7 = 80, binding_editor_restore_state_8 = 81, binding_editor_restore_state_9 = 82, binding_editor_right = 205, binding_editor_rot_left = 16, binding_editor_rot_left_90 = 4112, binding_editor_rot_right = 18, binding_editor_rot_right_90 = 4114, binding_editor_save_state_0 = 4167, binding_editor_save_state_1 = 4168, binding_editor_save_state_2 = 4169, binding_editor_save_state_3 = 4171, binding_editor_save_state_4 = 4172, binding_editor_save_state_5 = 4173, binding_editor_save_state_6 = 4175, binding_editor_save_state_7 = 4176, binding_editor_save_state_8 = 4177, binding_editor_save_state_9 = 4178, binding_editor_select_all = 43, binding_editor_toggle_grnd_snap = 4127, binding_editor_toggle_obj_snap = 4128, binding_editor_tool_toggle = 48, binding_editor_undo = 1045, binding_editor_up = 208, binding_editor_zoomin = 30, binding_editor_zoomout = 4126, binding_exit = 1, } end if not key_bindings then key_bindings = { binding_attributes = 46, binding_autocollect = 16, binding_buff_1 = 7, binding_buff_2 = 8, binding_buff_3 = 9, binding_call_specialpet = 45, binding_camera_looknorth = 44, binding_cancel = 1, binding_cheat_kill_near = 1061, binding_combatarts = 18, binding_console = 41, binding_dbg_copy_location = 1070, binding_dbg_dispnavi = 1058, binding_dbg_dispnogo = 1069, binding_dbg_disppath = 1059, binding_dbg_dispphy = 1060, binding_dbg_freeze_debris = 1073, binding_dbg_instanced_debris = 1047, binding_dbg_paste_location = 1071, binding_dbg_read_physx_files = 4129, binding_dbg_sound1 = 1041, binding_dbg_sound2 = 1042, binding_dbg_teleport = 1044, binding_dbg_test = 1072, binding_dbg_toggle = 1056, binding_forced_attack = 1024, binding_godspell = 34, binding_heal = 57, binding_home_teleport = 66, binding_infoall = 56, binding_inventory = 33, binding_logbook = 38, binding_minimap0 = 15, binding_minion_status = 52, binding_mountslot = 11, binding_ok = 28, binding_orb1 = 67, binding_orb2 = 68, binding_orb3 = 87, binding_orb4 = 88, binding_pause = 25, binding_potion_1 = 19, binding_potion_2 = 20, binding_potion_3 = 21, binding_potion_4 = 22, binding_potion_5 = 23, binding_potion_6 = 24, binding_profile = 1057, binding_savegame = 65, binding_screenshot = 183, binding_shortcut0 = 1083, binding_shortcut1 = 1084, binding_shortcut10 = 1111, binding_shortcut11 = 1112, binding_shortcut2 = 1085, binding_shortcut3 = 1086, binding_shortcut4 = 1087, binding_shortcut5 = 1088, binding_shortcut6 = 1089, binding_shortcut7 = 1090, binding_shortcut8 = 1091, binding_shortcut9 = 1092, binding_slowmotion = 1048, binding_spell_1 = 2, binding_spell_2 = 3, binding_spell_3 = 4, binding_spell_4 = 5, binding_spell_5 = 6, binding_suicide = 16, binding_teamdialog = 49, binding_toggle_debugmap = 1046, binding_toggle_minion_attackmode = 53, binding_toggle_minion_attackrange = 43, binding_toggleui = 87, binding_viewleft = 30, binding_viewright = 32, binding_walk = 4096, binding_walkbwd = 31, binding_walkfwd = 17, binding_weapon_1 = 59, binding_weapon_2 = 60, binding_weapon_3 = 61, binding_weapon_4 = 62, binding_weapon_5 = 63, binding_worldmap = 50, binding_worldmap_layerdown = 26, binding_worldmap_layerset = 181, binding_worldmap_layerup = 27, binding_worldmap_zoomfix = 55, binding_worldmap_zoomin = 78, binding_worldmap_zoomout = 74, binding_zoomin = 201, binding_zoomout = 209, } end if not locale then locale = { } end if not mainmenu_bindings then mainmenu_bindings = { binding_cancel = 1, binding_console = 41, binding_ok = 28, binding_screenshot = 183, } end if not manager then manager = { animMem = 1, grannyMem = 1, pmsMem = 1, secMem = 1, sptMem = 1, texMem = 285212672, } end if not network then network = { lobby_ip = "eu.sacred2.net", lobby_name = "", lobby_port = 6800, networkwrapper_server_remove_timeout = 2000, playername = "Anonymous", } end if not options then options = { autoCollectRadius = 160, autoCollectRareOther = 0, autoCollectRareSelf = 0, autoDoors = 1, autoequip = 1, bigHeadMode = 0, bloodAndGore = 1, camera_mode = 1, cameraConfigAutoCurve = 0, cameraConfigCollision = 0, cameraConfigFollow = 0, cameraConfigZoomCurveMax = 20, cameraConfigZoomCurveMin = 0, cameraConfigZoomMax = 20, cameraConfigZoomMin = 1, damagedetails = 1, debugBits = 0, instantCastSpell = 0, map_mini_curv = 8, map_mini_icon = 0.8, map_mini_rot = 1, map_mini_size = 8, map_mini_transp = 1, map_mini_zoom = 0.6, map_tab_icon = 0.8, map_tab_pers = 0, map_tab_rot = 1, map_tab_transp = 1, map_tab_zoom = 0.9, minion_behavior = 0, posx = 0, posy = 0, potionorder = 2, showBuffEffects = 1, showDangerclass = 0, sound = 1, tutorial = 1, validateScreenMode = 1, version = 2, } end if not render then render = { alphaRefMiniobj = 128, alphaRefObj = 128, alphaRefTree = 128, altLighting = 0, clipShadow = 25, colortrans = 0, compass = 1, cubeMapUpdateLimiter = 1, cutscenes = 1, d_creatures = 1, d_decals = 1, d_editorIcons = 1, d_enableSkinning = 1, d_gpuSync = 0, d_materialFilter = -1, d_miniMeshes = 1, d_minis = 1, d_mipMapFillMode = 0, d_patches = 1, d_patchPhysics = 0, d_renderFx = 1, d_sectorBorders = 0, d_skipDrawPrim = 0, d_statics = 1, d_trees = 1, d_water = 1, debugStrmTextures = 0, decalBias = -0.001, dynamicTerrain = 0, fog = 1, glow = 1, groundDetail = 4, lightLinks = 1, lodBias = 0, maxPntLights = 12, maxPntShadows = 12, miniClipDist = 1500, miniDensity = 50, motionDetail = 1, penumbraQuality = 10, penumbraSize = 0.006, precision = 1, renderpriority = 0, screenClipHeroDist = 0, screenOpacityClipVal = 0, shaderCache = 1, shadowDetail = 2600, shadowFlags = 30, shadowMapDepthBias = 0, shadowMapN = 48, shadowMapSlopeBias = 0, shadows = 1, textureQuality = 4, textureUploadLimiter = 1, threadedSkinning = 1, treeMode = 2, useFlipSync = 0, useLazyDetailTextures = 1, videos = 1, visDetail = 25, waitForGpuMode = 0, weathereffects = 1, wobble = 1, } end if not settings then settings = { checkWorldPositions = 0, dxDetect = 0, enableLightFx = 1, enableMobilitySupport = 0, forceShader = "", maxFps = 0, mgpu = 1, staged = 0, streaming = 1, timeOfDayFreeze = 0, usePhysHW = 1, zoomspeed = 200, } end if not shortcut_commands then shortcut_commands = { cmd_shortcut0 = "sys flush", cmd_shortcut1 = "editor", cmd_shortcut10 = "help", cmd_shortcut11 = "help", cmd_shortcut2 = "help", cmd_shortcut3 = "help", cmd_shortcut4 = "help", cmd_shortcut5 = "help", cmd_shortcut6 = "help", cmd_shortcut7 = "help", cmd_shortcut8 = "help", cmd_shortcut9 = "help", } end if not sound then sound = { chat_notify = 1, falloffpower = 5, hero_on_center = 0, listener_mode = 0, mastergroup_group01 = 1, mastergroup_group02 = 1, mastergroup_group03 = 2, mastergroup_group04 = 2, mastergroup_group05 = 2, mastergroup_group06 = 2, mastergroup_group07 = 2, mastergroup_group08 = 2, mastergroup_group09 = 2, mastergroup_group10 = 2, mastergroup_group11 = 2, mastergroup_group12 = 2, mastergroup_group13 = 2, mastergroup_group14 = 3, mastergroup_group15 = 2, mastergroup_group16 = 2, mastergroup_group17 = 2, mastergroup_group18 = 2, mastergroup_group19 = 2, mastergroup_group20 = 2, mastergroup_group21 = 2, mastergroup_group22 = 2, mastergroup_group23 = 2, mastergroup_group24 = 2, mastergroup_group25 = 2, mastergroup_group26 = 2, mastergroup_group27 = 2, mastergroup_group28 = 2, mastergroup_group29 = 2, mastergroup_group30 = 2, mastergroup_group31 = 2, memorybudget = 80, obstruction_detection = 1, plugin = "MILES", plugin_update_ms = 80, provider = "MILES", quality = 1, samplerate = 48000, speakers = 0, speech_commentary = 1, system_sleep_ms = 30, voices_3d = 50, volume_2d = 100, volume_group01 = 68, volume_group02 = 85, volume_group03 = 80, volume_group04 = 100, volume_group05 = 40, volume_group06 = 60, volume_group07 = 80, volume_group08 = 100, volume_group09 = 87, volume_group10 = 80, volume_group11 = 87, volume_group12 = 34, volume_group13 = 100, volume_group14 = 80, volume_group15 = 87, volume_group16 = 87, volume_group17 = 80, volume_group18 = 50, volume_group19 = 68, volume_group20 = 87, volume_group21 = 80, volume_group22 = 80, volume_group23 = 80, volume_group24 = 80, volume_group25 = 80, volume_group26 = 80, volume_group27 = 80, volume_group28 = 80, volume_group29 = 80, volume_group30 = 80, volume_group31 = 80, volume_master = 100, volume_master_music = 100, volume_master_sfx = 100, volume_master_speech = 100, zoom_falloff = 0, } end if not tutorial then tutorial = { checkObjectsOfInterestTimer = 2, filterRange = 400, initialDelayTimer = 40, popupTime = 15, recheckObjectsOfInterestTimer = 0.5, } end if not video then video = { detail_env = 33, detail_fx = 2, detail_gfx = 3, detail_grass = 1750, detail_grnd = 4, detail_light = 33, detail_physx = 1, detail_shd = 4, detail_tex = 2, fsaa = 3, fullscreen = 1, gamma = 0, hardware_mouse = 1, height = 1080, quality = 5, scaleUI = 1, simplepointlight = 0, vsync = 1, weather = 1, width = 1920, } end -- eof ######################################################################################################### - ill update the post soon for the extra things down this post ! ######################################################################################################### - so here is another update on this post ! ######################################################################################################### so this time my run was different I tink or its schizofrenia because I walked a long road and teleported only once so I had to quit because I was bored to walk so much for the freeze to acure yea seariously I ven walked to the big castle vilage and nothing or it was very close to freeze so wath I tink it is caused this long play is this I have done before play ######################################################################################################### first you go install the microsoft visual c++ 2005 redistributable 8.0.56336 32bit ok now searching in the memmgr.dll wich I tink is the problem will find something about compilation, version, dependency . . . <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"> <dependency> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.VC80.CRT" version="8.0.50727.762" processorArchitecture="x86" so its says about another version of microsoft visual c++ 2005 redistributable 8.0.50727.762 32bit so I installed this too but didnt showed at installed programs so tested it aniways but I used another memory alteration number so it gave me freeze fast aniway I tink so then I was like ok its not good and I runned again the installer of the microsoft visual c++ 2005 redistributable 8.0.56336 32bit the tested and mabe the same as usual I tink ######################################################################################################### now I had to try disable some vodeos from starting to eat lower memory at start so I did this go to C:\sacrediia\video you can find 4 files and the terminations are .bik now try to rename with 7zip or winrar and add after .bik add like .bik.file now go to C:\sacrediia\locale\en_UK\trailer and do the same now I have tested it but mabe a slighty better then in console I saw something about update check so you gues what I did, yea I did the same ti disable it so go to C:\sacrediia and like the video file add the terminations .file to these 2 files and will look like this Sacred2Updater.dat.file Sacred2Updater.exe.file so now that update was disabled ######################################################################################################### I did an extra disabling to those ones too so same go to C:\sacrediia\system and the 2 files will look like this LaptopGaming_vista.dll.file LaptopGaming_xp.dll.file but the I was like I have to change the combatibility mode to none because I had just disabled those 2 but its a speculation I tink duno aniway I changed the compatibility mode to none aniway yes schizofrenia ######################################################################################################### so tested it and I tink was slighty better mabe duno realy animore so I go an change the memory alocation a bit finer but I go to sleep and pc was still running and didn't tested it with new memory settings now I wake up and restarted pc remembered that made a change to memory and started the game so I was talking to the phone the all run so so started the game I was goig trough the graphix settings and turned off weather then turned again on and aply wich I recomend doing so I tink but again shizoprhenia mabe go to sound and aply go to gameplay and aply so the settings was looking good I started a lan free game mode set to 2 players max bronze difficulty but played alone and server name was serversacrediils no password set so now entered the game still talked to phone yes teleported to a simple vilage then walked a long time while talking to phone then after some mabe 2h and 15m I was to the store and leave the game run like 15 min come back home and continued walking in the game trough vilages and wild forests full of mobs behind me the I was bored because I was waiting for the freeze but nothing so walked to the big castle so shorten the time as I wanted to freeze walked the full castle and maibe it did lag 1 second a few times but nothing opened console and typed mem mgr to see the mem stat it was like the manager was working ok this time like one time showed like memtext: 278 MB of 285MB then memtext: 265 MB of 285MB I know I saw that many times reducing it and still go freeze but not this time or mabe was so close but I did quit the game was boored I used the code I posted first time I above this post wich haves the fine memory settings or at least what I tink is good but I need to test it more times I tink to realy see ######################################################################################################### so this is a schizophrenic story and no I don't have schizophrenia I tink ######################################################################################################### - more updates will go down this post ! ######################################################################################################### - so here is another update on this post ! ######################################################################################################### so after setting all stuff that I did upper posts I remembered I did something else too so go to C:\Users\gmxlr8\AppData\Local\Temp\ and delete the folder Ascaron Entertainment so now it showld have clean logs and shaders and stuff the game will gang a little first time running but will be better I tink next time ######################################################################################################### - more updates will go down this post ! ######################################################################################################### - so here is another update on this post ! ######################################################################################################### now for the proper lan play via an vpn network the settings require a bit of work but its a proper way to actualy games to work even with a router or watever you use but duno if its working via phone network via a sim card since I tink hamachi is crap and others are same crap or not available animore or else what I use is zerotiervpn wich is free but limited on conections or something watever just read their infos so make an account go to networks and delet all existing ones now create one like this one I use to play with a friend in coop and used to play sacred 1 too and medal of honor allied assault in coop mod so create a new network watever name now you have an network id 345kj643k56h4k56h or watever it gives you network name abcdefgh or watever name you give it in description leave empty now in access control I use none public network ok now next is set the multicast recipient limit to 32 set the enable broadcast now to the right side you set Auto-Assign from Range easy tab 192.168.191.* now set on only zerotier 6plane ok now for the hard part because the program zerotier is using its a bit strange in its ui parts just do as I say install the program and when opening it will tell you to log in and to create a network but you just log in and don't click on create network and instead close the dialog now close the program be shore its closed as it will minimize in right clock icons task bar ok now easyer part is to open again program and right click on right icon and select join network so you join your id network wich you just created via website and he will take some seconds to install an virtual addapter when its done you just exit again the program now the easyest part start the program go to windows control panel and then in network and internet then in change adapter settings here you press alt on your keyboard and click on top left on the window the advanced tab then advanced settings now in here in conections window you have to see the adapter zero tier one or watever strange name it have and needs to be on top of everithing so if its not then click on it and press the green arrow pointing up so its moded uper till its the first one now click ok hehe almost done now in the main window you will find some addapters and here is the adapter zerotier one or watever strange name it haves you right click on the adapter the one wich name is a bit strange like zerotier one so right click on it and properties then click on networking tab then in a small window you can see different conections now click on the internet protocol 4 (tcp/ipv4) be carefull not to disable the box and after you click it then click lower on right properties here you click on advanced tab and here hahahaha you click on the automatic metric so its disabled and set manual the interface metric to 1 now click ok and ok and ok and you are allmoust finished ha now close the program start the program again yes its dumb but the scripts are like that go to now go right click on the program icon and then on show networks in that window you have to see status is ok and managed ips is 192.168.191.181 or it depends on your termination can be .182 or .183 or else so now you need to go to zerotier website and in your account open your network you created first time here you scroll down in tab with members you need to first set filters for authorized and not authorized then you go down and click on a icon in shape of a tool wrench in front of your conection or ip and select allow ethernet bridging so now you close the program and yes open it again and it should work but now you need to add more budies to play with you they need to only make an account then install program log in but not create network instead join your network close the program open again set the windows addapter settings thing close the program you need to go in zerotier website and allow them on nettwork and set them to the click on a icon in shape of a tool wrench in front of your conection or ip and select allow ethernet bridging now they open the program and they will show up on your network with green finish now open game go to multyplayer then lan select your char create game and set it as you like name of server set to like serversacrediilm and no password chose settings of campain or watever you like and start after your in game now your friend can start game and join with his character be careful to allways save at a resurection monolith both of you frequently and in same place and before exiting because if one plays do more quest than the other then it might go error on you so play in parrallel and try save same place and you save frequently and try to teleport only if necessarry or it might freeze try play like clean and be more soft on the game coz its memmory its fragile as you know ######################################################################################################### - more updates will go down this post ! ######################################################################################################### - so here is another update on this post ! ######################################################################################################### remembered that I added in the game shortcut those parameters -nocpubinding -skipopenal so go to shortcut properties and then in shortcut tab and then in target window I have it like this C:\sacrediia\system\sacred2.exe -nocpubinding -skipopenal ######################################################################################################### - have fun and if I'm around ill try to help you if you have problems ! ######################################################################################################### - this post was last updated on 2019 02 11 22 15 01 001 ! - more updates will go down this post ! #########################################################################################################

Have you ever needed a break from quests and loot? Dude, do I have a game for you! A game without health bars and goals and stats. Well, there is two goals, to discover everything and eventually return to the golden gate. Anyway, I present a game that's not really even a game; it's more of an experience: https://store.steampowered.com/app/582270/Everything/ There's not much I can really say about this game; it's an experience that I highly recommend. Some claim that they burst in tears, others talk about transcendental moments. I don't know about that, different strokes for different folks, but I can say that it's the most relaxed experience I've had on my computer. For the next few days (at least in my area) it's 75% off. I can honestly tell you that this is the best $4 I ever spent on a digital experience. A few of my customers have told me about : https://store.steampowered.com/app/872060/Quiet_as_a_Stone/ That might a little more your speed. But I didn't want to create and destroy, I wanted a came where being was the only focus. Plus, I don't like buying a lot of games at once. I've got 7 days left until Evospace releases https://store.steampowered.com/app/1013540/Evospace/ Granted, I already have a building game; Rising World. However, I no longer support that game, I'll never play it again, especially around customers. Granted, I'm not exactly losing sleep over this, but I've backed this game on here until recently, so I'm going to to tell you why I no longer support it. It's simple; I have no respect for liars who can't own up to their own mistakes. I'll give you a scenario using myself: I sell minerals out of my own home, but I once owned a business. In my business, if you came to me and voiced that I didn't have the variety of other stores, and I both eluded to the fact that I was only a force of one person, and flat-out stated as such, one person means one person. But I wasn't just a one person team. I was the only gemologist, but I had buyers and marketing people, etc. There is only one developer in Rising World, but he's not the only person on the team. There's a person doing artwork, someone else doing something else, I think there's a total of four or five of them. No biggie, except both he and backers of the game use the excuse that he's a solo developer. They release on average, four or five updates a year. Guess what? I know solo developers, one person who handles everything, who release a greater amount of updates per year. In addition, the developer used the excuse that Steam did some nefarious act back in October that's slowed down updates. Granted, I don't know what Steam did or didn't do. But I see other indie studios doing just fine. Anyway, if I sold minerals at just one site, like Etsy.com, and they did something to seriously hamstring me, that very well might slow down my volume and variety of minerals. Even then, though, I wouldn't use them as an excuse, I'd tell my customers "I have a few hiccups I need to iron out, but I'll get this stuff sorted out as soon as I can. Y'all know me, ya can't keep this good ole boy down for long ;)" Anyway, the game isn't just sold on Steam; he's got his own site, there's a crap-ton of Youtube videos, articles, etc. There was even several mentions on some radio broadcast. Even then, guess what? Updates have been scant and scarce for five years before Steam supposedly ham-stringed the sales of the game. Why I've backed the game until now; I thought this was one person, doing the best that they could. Four or five updates per year, for the last five years, so what?! But it's not just one person, and I started to see excuses and blame being tossed around, and as much as I liked the game, the developer as well as the Steam community kind of makes me sick to my butt. So, if you look at that game, decide to buy it, or if you already own the game and love it, more power to you. But the reasons stated above are the reason why you'll never see another statement from me about Rising World.

I liked that movie too. Very different. I really wish they fleshed out the lore behind it more. It was super interesting.

More experiences, Save-Editor-Enhanced Edition I've been sticking to wearing crappy gear with severely buffed enemies, and my damage was noticeably lacking. My hit chance was so horrible without all that %Attack Rating from the blacksmith that my hit chance against lowly vermin was in the 65% range, and I had to do some shophopping to grab some -Opponent Chance to Evade rings. I tested %Attack Rating rings, -Opponent Defense, +Attack Rating rings, they all sucked horribly, but -Evade was dozens of percent to hit per ring. On that note, is -Evade and Deathblow on the same item even possible (that would be a dream item right there)? I have never seen one in probably 10 hours total shophopping, never seen an amulet with both %Max Shield and Absorption either. Anyway, it took me a frightfully long time to realize Flaring Nova was Revered Tech and not Celestial Magic. I had since started using Combat Arts (at all, I had never really used them before because my Leech % and Attack Speed build killed everything so fast I never got the chance, as will any build stacking a town blacksmith's %damage I imagine) and wanted to make some changes. I figured if I had Enhanced Perception at level 5 and Blacksmith at 1 and I wasn't using either, and desperately needed damage, I could do some more testing. I already had Revered Tech *Focus* for shield levels, so I save-editor-swapped the skills for Combat Discipline and Revered Technology Lore (Flaring Nova damage and such, I had to have something). I slapped a bunch of crappy (I wasn't shopping for hours for this) +All Skills and +All Combat Arts jewelry into my gear, and I learned some things in the process of playing around with it and getting to level 125: 1) Assailing Somersault isn't the long, slow, ungainly flight it might seem to be from the description or expectations. It's actually more of a shadowstep-esque facestab with a big damage bonus. You know those enemies that are always sauntering away from you at half a mile an hour, and whenever you try to hit them you MISS, REPEATEDLY, because you're always swinging where they used to be? And then you have to realize what's happening after 3-4 failed swings and try to run ahead of them to actually hit them, all the while a dozen kobolds are throwing rocks at you and causing stuns? Somersault them and use that lightsaber to brighten up where the sun don't shine. Also great for leaping into big groups of enemies and putting yourself right where you want to be (in the middle, for splash damage if your weapon has that, and for Pelting Strikes). You won't really be spamming it so I'd mod it for range, Area of Effect, and Stun. You can leap into a group of enemies from all the way across the screen, and hit most of them and stun some of them... good times when stacked with Flaring Nova in a combo. 2) Pelting Strikes is one I tried over and over on an earlier Seraphim, and I hated it. There was simply no point when twoshotting everything at hyperspeed, and it felt slow... sporadic, uncontrolled, and worse, unreliable. When you do far less damage, Pelting Strikes is far more useful. The damage bonus per strike is actually pretty large if you mod it for such things and have it at a decent level (and especially with Combat Discipline). With Dashing Alacrity's bonus to attack/casting (and thus Execution) speed, it goes off pretty fast. Also, the skill itself doesn't say so, but PS has a HUGE bonus to melee range, and the autotarget feature actually works pretty well if you just let it do its thing (and there's actually stuff to hit, I was killing things too fast and that was screwing with the skill on an earlier build). I modded PS for 20% Double Hit for extra chance to splash, though some may want the 16% extra damage per hit to overcome armor. Both are good, depends on your gear and your target. With enough hit, reducing an enemy's defense is pointless, so mod it for cooldown. I modded for armor reduction because the weapon I'm using does lowered damage of three different types, you may want to go 10% critical for an all-physical weapon. 3) Flaring Nova is, as I mentioned before, Revered Tech and not in the Magic school. This means it may be a viable option for utility if you're already dealing in Revered Tech for Warding like my latest Seraphim. You won't be hitting stuff across the screen with it, but you only need to hit stuff within the range of Pelting Strikes anyway, and enemies tend to group up fairly tightly when they do (if you jump on them early enough, they spawn and move in tight packs and then spread out when fighting). The damage won't be great unless you're stacking tons of Revered Tech Lore (I didn't, I used it for utility not an attack), but all the power lies in the mods. I modded it for two pulses which reduces its range (doesn't matter for what I wanted it for) and allows for a double-roll when stacked with the silver Stun mod. Slowing the enemy down just seemed pointless to me if they're already all stunned or dead, so I took Flux at gold level for damage. 66% Flux damage and two pulses at -30% damage still makes for a nasty, quick ability with which to hit large groups. Keeps those damned brownies from running in circles everywhere. 4) Soul Hammer was the one skill I did use on my first build, but that was more for giggles than anything else. On the latest build I actually use it constantly. I realized I could cast Dashing Alacrity, hold down left-click on an enemy to attack at full speed, and hold down right-click with Soul Hammer selected to have it automatically cast on cooldown as well (which is some serious number spam at 0.5 seconds, get some FIST, baby). Open Wound isn't all that great, but 20+.2%/level crit is amazing for overcoming armor, especially on a skill that already packs a wallop like Soul Hammer (and with other skills/masteries and a few incidental pieces of gear, that total crit rate is probably going to be more like 50%). Choosing between the Disarm mod and Armor Reduction, eh... I've always gone with Armor Reduction (especially lately, with the three-different-damage-types weapon I mentioned), but I suppose a 25%+ chance to disarm an enemy (the ones with weapons, anyway) could be useful if you're fighting extremely defensively against a boss. Are there major bosses with weapons you can disarm? Anyway, lastly is another "wounds" mod I don't like much because the only wounds that matter are Serious Open Wounds and neither mod on Hammer is Serious... besides, Coup de Grace is great. It adds an additional 25+.5%/level Deathblow to Soul Hammer, which is a 100% chance to deal DOUBLE damage when an enemy is below that life threshold. It does stack with Deathblow on other gear, though there are severe diminishing returns (50%, 30%, 30% may only give you 70% someodd total). You will most certainly notice when fighting bosses and their health hits that threshold and Soul Hammer starts pounding huge chunks out of their life while your other attacks are scratching them. I decided I liked some of these abilities and most of them were useful, so I threw them all together in a combo that I've used a LOT. Use the minimap to figure out which enemy is the champion and pick on him, Assailing Somersault leaps into a pile of enemies, splashes (from the skill and may from a weapon too if it has that ability like Maul's Swordstaff or Sword of Rebellion), stuns things, Flaring Nova goes off after you're right on top of everything, hitting them all twice and stunning more stuff, Pelting Strikes swings wildly all over the place slapping down mostly-dead enemies, and then if the champion is still alive (and will definitely be in Deathblow range) they get a big Soul Hammer fist right in the mouth. EDIT sidenote: I'm all about making games less annoying with personal touches. I got annoyed with having to spam recast Dashing Alacrity (even though at this point its duration is longer than its cooldown, so it has no effect on combat at all) and I remember reading somewhere someone changed a buff, so I did some digging of my own. Under Sacred/scripts/shared there's a file called Spells which contains all the characters' abilities. Dashing Alacrity is called "Inspire" in german, or "se_co_befluegeln", and as a quick hackjob I modified the part that adds a fraction of a second duration per Art level from 200 something to 2000000. That's "entry0 = {"et_duration_sec", 2000000, 10, 0, 8 },". Now Dashing Alacrity lasts 20K seconds at this level and I can cast it once and forget about it, for less annoyance but no real combat impact. EDIT 2: Oh mother Fuddruckers (it's a hamburger joint around here, I can use that word!) Combat Arts don't save their level in a combo anymore, I can't abuse it. Anyway, I socketed all my bronze sockets (and a handful of silver for completion) with regen time and crit so that with Tactics Lore and gear I have 97% critical chance and most of my Arts have a regen time around 0.2 seconds. I filled the rest with defense and a handful of damage. The Arts have REALLY crappy damage now because they're all level 11 instead of 130, but we'll see how it goes... with all arts at level 130 and all skills at +300 I was smashing things pretty well with combos (Flaring Nova alone was doing 11K on both hits to a pretty wide area), and Soul Hammer was still hitting for 3-4% of the Undead General boss's HP, sometimes I saw 80K crits with it which nearly oneshots champions. He put up a good fight but he's back in the dirt where he belongs. Yeah, this is definitely the weakest setup I've ever had on this character, both defensively and offensively. On the upside, my Arts cool down so fast I can spam anything I want and teleport all over the place every split second spamming stunnovas everywhere, but nothing does any real damage (except Soul Hammer spam at 0.2 seconds, which is a goddamn champion skill as I stated before). For the first time ever, I actually had to use an Ice Crystal to convert the majority of my damage to one element to increase my ability to overcome armor. Since I'm doing so little damage and most of the other... what are they called, Forge Modifiers or something? They're based on damage types with secondary effects whose damage over time dealt is based on initial damage (and doesn't stack) and mine is garbage, so trying to spread fire or poison everywhere seemed less appealing than splash Freezing everything. Might try a Magic Pearl too, not sure whether enemies have less Ice armor or Magic armor, or whether -% all stats is better than -25% attack and move speed. The biggest thing I'm learning as I try different stuff is that some builds are definitely better than others, but I don't think you can *fail*. Any idea you have, any way you want to play, you can find a path to success. Unless you decide to play straightup naked, maybe I'll try that at level 200 just for giggles. So yeah, that's what I learned today mommy

On movie night Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees make popcorn, turn out the lights, and watch Chuck Norris movies.

Thanks, if only I could learn to model in 3d... I would replace the rats with better enemies like the lizard statue from the E3 trailer or characters from sacred underworld to the fallen angel. And what is more interesting ... years ago I was thinking about learning 3D, maybe this is the beginning and later I can work on it. I'm a graphic designer among other things of audiovisual production, so it's quick to learn about these programs. Understand its structure and adapt them to my needs.

My Experiences as a Seraphim, Part II: May the Force... uh, Maker, be with you! After seeing how ridiculously overpowered it was to stack damage mitigation and reflect stats and Leech % (nothing can damage you and you hit for well over a HUNDRED THOUSAND on bosses, per swing), I decided to try going the complete opposite direction. I decided to limit myself to using nothing but lightsabers, and stack Willpower instead of Vitality (lightsabers get their damage from Willpower, the only weapons to do so). This is the tale of at least the beginning of my adventure. I took 75 Tactics Lore for damage, 75 Sword Weapons for double hits and speed (since lightsabers are technically swords)... 75 Armor Lore to wear phat lootz, 75 Constitution for regen in combat (especially important with absorption warding percent less than 100% and vs leeching enemies), 75 Warding Energy Lore for extra shielding (stacking with all that Willpower), 75 Revered Tech Focus to modify Divine Protection and my shield's max... uh, shielding (via increasing the max level of the skill Without Penalty). That's offense and defense, leaving... 1 point in Concentration (as necessary to use both Battle Stance and Warding Energy, you have to at least take the skill), 5 points in Enhanced Perception as a stepping stone (and a wee bit more loot doesn't hurt), and 1 point in Blacksmithing. Given all the shielding a lot of that may seem like a waste, but at level 117 I was running into level 143 enemies that were dropping level 150 loot I couldn't even use until I was 120 (which I could *barely* use at 120 with barely mastered Armor Lore and Swords, so there is a method to the madness). Console players won't want to take Blacksmithing because it's horribly broken, and I don't know how well it works without the Community Patch either, so be careful on that one... Also, I don't think Seraphim can even take Smithing without the Community Patch. Assuming you have the ComPatch, 1 point in Blacksmithing does a few things... it allows you to socket amulets in silver slots and socket rings in bronze slots (instead of gold and silver, respectively). This allows you to fill a set of gear with +All Skills amulets and rings, even the bronze slots, to increase your own blacksmithing, so you can work on higher level items without wasting skill points, and you can use THAT to socket the crap out of your main gear with %Max Shield and %Absorption Warding Energy amulets (those stats only appear on amulets, and gold sockets can be hard to come by, hence the Blacksmithing). Early on I wasn't sure the build was going to work at all just because the mods I have installed (or have tweaked myself) make the game so much of a pain at lower levels, but once the character hit its stride around level 30 there was no stopping it. I couldn't find any information on the Wiki about just how much Willpower actually does for shielding, so I did some testing. On a character with 15K someodd shielding, the two Art Mods for shield power alone buffed it to 71K, and then the difference of 220 points of Willpower buffed it further to 93K. I assume the scaling is similar for Temple Guardians, meaning stacking Willpower is a viable defense for shield users, even without abusing Blacksmithing. It also buffs Divine Protection (as does Warding Lore and %Max Shield) so you can get some seriously beefy shielding in a pinch. Early on, Divine Protection will add a couple times your normal shield in an emergency, later on DP adds 100K to a shield that's already at over 600K, so it doesn't scale very well (or at least not as well as the base Warding itself). It's still useful for one reason: activating Divine Protection instantly sets your Absorption Warding Energy to 100%, no matter what it was before, so if your Absorption stat is only 50% (meaning half of damage taken gets through to your health) you may get surprised by a boulder to the face for nearly all your HP and Protection can save you by making your life impossible to damage for a while. This build ended up at level 120 so far with a measly 16K life, and some enemies can hit harder than that (though 92% Absorption saves me) so any big damage that gets through before you can stack Absorption is scary. Take note of the wings from the Genesis Siderea set, not only do they look lovely they have the Absorption stat on them in a big way. 100% absorption isn't a bad thing if you have enough shielding, but it's not necessary... If you have the combat regen from Constitution mastery, you only need enough absorption that you can outregen the damage your life does take (which is even easier to do if you're using Leech % or Leech on Hit). So, I mentioned this build being completely overpowered once I realized just how much shielding was available (from Endijian's chest, one of the Sophia pieces has %Max Shield and another has %Willpower, etc), and it very quickly got to the point that nothing was a threat anymore... Seraphim shielding is just too good if you actually make use of the tools available. Early on I decided to play with a few self-imposed challenges (or as I like to call it, "Character Retardation", because that amuses me) and later on I added quite a few more. Seriously, you never got bored playing Diablo II and made an all-curse melee necromancer who never uses any gear except a bone helmet and a scythe? I'm still in the process of transitioning out of some of my horribly overpowered stuff so I don't know exactly what'll happen endgame, but here's what I've been doing so far: 1) I will not wear Damage Mitigation or take the Toughness skill. I will try to avoid reflect and block stats where possible. I will only use lightsabers, and all stat points will go into Willpower, making me as squishy as possible except the shield. 2) I changed balance.txt a bit at level 120, and over doubled enemy armor, more than tripled their damage, etc. I immediately noticed a difference. I'm already using some spawn mods and such, so I assume when I get caught trying to tank FOUR Bloodclaw werewolf bosses and such it's really going to hurt. 3) Even though I took Blacksmithing, I will not abuse it anymore to stack %Shield and Absorption. Additionally, I'm going to start limiting myself to nothing but rare drops (except Maul's Swordstaff, seriously who designed an item with Deathblow, Double Hits, and Splash Attacks? Gimme more), no more Endijian and Sophia OPness. If it's not too harsh and I can get the pieces to drop, I may go even further and limit myself to only Megalcarwen pieces (the Mutation set with almost no stats, but tons of sockets) that I Whet myself without +All Skills, so they're really crappy. We'll see how that goes, no more town blacksmith giving 40% damage a socket. Let's see if I can make myself regret trying all this, or if I still need to make things worse. It'll be a good test of just how OP shields are... that I've survived so far without any real troubles already says a lot. For now, the information above should make a decent explanation for anyone who wants to try a similar character build. All shields is definitely possible and just as overpowered as stacking Mitigation, in its own way. Immortality is immortality, no matter the flavor... well, maybe a lich would disagree when discussing sexytimes, but that's not the point here. Well, even nerfing the crap out of myself and wearing excessively stupid gear setups, I managed to beat four Bloodclaws in one fight (two at once, then two more at once as they wandered into me) though I almost ran out of shielding because I only had 150K and they were outdamaging my health regen. Had to use divine protection at the end and if it had worn off and killed my shield before I won... A bit scary, but doable... gives me hope for other bosses and enemies later on in the game, I can do this. EDIT: After a fresh install and removing some difficulty mods (for the sake of untainted data) it turns out my max shield gear gives me 4.85M shielding with vanilla values, not 1.61. Apparently all my values from testing would have been low on the shield side of things.

Is it no damage, or just very low damage? Carnach does have extraordinarily high fire resistance and mitigation. Not sure if I was ever able to create true immunity to any damage types.

I'll never EVER be able to get over the amount of genius that has gone into this game's sound files. The interview we ran here with Lars Hammer, the head of sound for Sacred just floored me: He was so down to earth, and I remember the feeling of being so grateful that the sounds of even walking in the game were not the regular modulation of just one two foot steps, but a collection...and in fact the effects of life leech and melee battle... outstanding... this game shines gogo

Big Bang < Chuck Norris

Podgie, I strongly you retain a counselor of law who has extensive and successful experience in this area of specialization and do so with haste. You will likely find many who will perform their services at no direct cost to you and receive their compensation as a percentage of the recompense for damages that you receive.

Hope all gets good. If Fire fighters or an ambulance is called and they are unsure of hidden injuries the transport to an emergency room is free of costs at my place. Years back our second was involved in an accident and the Police asked if she was okay. She said yes and when at home she had a hidden wound and the tissue was already dead, years of transplantations and scar treatment. Our insurance paid all but claimed third of costs from state (because Police didn't consider that she was a child in shock) and two third from the car owner. If your car is a total write off the involved forces must have been high enough for a free check at an hospital. At least at my place and all insurance companies I know. Calculations show that it is cheaper for them to check and treat right away than having hidden injuries doing greater and more expansive damage.

May we loot a liitle Divine Spark (just for the symbolism because it's bugged anyway )

@gogoblender It helps clear things up in so many ways. We are in no means minimalists. So for the sale of our place we held a big clean up which involved quite a few trips to the dump and charity, to make the pictures look nice and tidy. It’s so much easier to find things or put them away WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A LOT TO BEGIN WITH

Blast! That reminds me of a recent Easter. I awoke and went to the kitchen and rubbing my sleepy eyes I poured myself a glass of orange juice. I snaked my way back to the refrigerator through the small crowd preparing Easter eggs for the hunt later and went to put the carafe back in its place. I returned and grabbed my my juice and drank it down. Well, I thought that I had until I heard giggles and noticed that the "juice" wasn't sweet. The nieces said, "uncle Steve, you just drank the orange Easter egg dye!" Well, it was an honest mistake and I immediately called my doctor friend on the phone and he told me, "don't worry, you will be okay, you just dyed a little inside." Welcome, once again the the team, Theuns! Cheers! (Excuse me, this is my tequila sunrise, right?)