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I've played a couple hours now with everything installed and have run into no issues thus far. The x_something files I was missing are now there, so that was all errors with not having the base CM 1.60 patch installed. It also explains why I had some weapons/armor with no graphics as everything is now visible. Took a bit of troubleshooting, but all appears to be well!

Hrm, I had read that I needed to instal the Addendum on top of the CM 1.60 patch, but looking at the thread and seeing it labeled as a hotfix, I was thinking it was the same as the Addendum hotfix. Perhaps this will fix all my problems! Reading comprehension apparently escaped me, haha. Thanks for all the help man!

I added CM 1.60 + hotfix back and still didn't have any x_something particle files, just fx_something (837 of them). I added the two you gave me and have since added two more, which are just renamed fx_something files matching whatever x_something I've gotten an exception error for again. I don't get the exception again with adding a renamed fx_something file. I have no idea what the problem is man, but I've checked the vanilla install and CM patch and haven't seen any x_something particle files under \scripts\particle anywhere. Are they created while playing or something? I have not tried just playing vanilla alone since I only have characters created with the CM patches. Since adding the renamed fx_something particles files seems to be working, I'll just continue doing that for the time being. I'm using CM 1.60, CM 1.60 Hotfix, and Trimmed Elite Textures from this post:

I didn't have anymore of the ntdll errors after clearing my File Explorer history (found it as a suggestion in some MS forums for the ntdll error). I just happened to run into the exception with a template not found again. This time it was with x_gen_missile2 (which I fixed by just adding missile3 again and renaming) and one of the fireballs. So, I decided to try a clean install again. When I looked in my particle folder after the clean install (without adding CM patch, Trimmed Elite, or anything else), there were zero "x_" files, only "fx_". Since adding the specific "x_" files worked before (like the ones you provided), I was simply assuming that there may be "x_" file for every "fx_" file in the particle folder, which I appear to be missing.

So, I've ran into a couple more exception errors due to missing particles, just like before. I tried a fresh install from Steam and noticed that there are no "x_" particles, only "fx_". Is there any way you can package all of the "x_" particles in a zip file? I thought about just copying all the "fx_" particles and renaming them to "x_", but there are a couple of different values between the two (with the couple I compared) and I' not sure how the game would handle that. Plus, there are over 800 of the files, which would be a rather tedious. I have no idea why this is the way it is, but I'm guessing the Steam version has no "x_" particle files since this has happened four times with the Steam install now. Thanks again!

I found a fix for this that seems to have worked: File Explorer > View > Options > Change Folder and search options > Privacy >Clear File Explorer History All the entries are the same other than some hash values. Here is what I'm seeing: Application Error: Faulting application name: sacred2.exe, version: 2.65.2.0, time stamp: 0x4be45a9b Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.17134.1, time stamp: 0xc8733c73 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00091829 Faulting process id: 0xe28 Faulting application start time: 0x01d3f19e3109a0cf Faulting application path: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Sacred 2 Gold\system\sacred2.exe Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll Report Id: 5be227b7-9933-4ec1-82be-5ebd97a348c6 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Windows Error Reporting Info: Fault bucket 1915561203566166100, type 1 Event Name: APPCRASH Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: sacred2.exe P2: 2.65.2.0 P3: 4be45a9b P4: ntdll.dll P5: 10.0.17134.1 P6: c8733c73 P7: c0000005 P8: 00091829 P9: P10: Attached files: \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4544.tmp.dmp \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45D2.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45E2.tmp.xml \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER45E0.tmp.csv \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4601.tmp.txt These files may be available here: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_sacred2.exe_6cdab268a387817fa8791252acb93503467927c_1acf0bd3_131d4f18 Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: 5be227b7-9933-4ec1-82be-5ebd97a348c6 Report Status: 268435456 Hashed bucket: 583bf5462867cb789a9570c3fc14c054 Cab Guid: 0

I believe I have the most recent Enhanced Edition (Dec 2017) installed. I've not had an "exception" error since adding the missing particles (stone_streak and gen_missile3), so this appears to have worked. Now I'm just randomly crashing here and there without an error . The game will just exit with no pop-up or anything. This is with Enhanced Edition (enhanced spells), Reduced Fog, Trimmed Elite Textures, and CM 1.6/hotifx all installed/turned on. It happens maybe once an hour on average, so much better than the exception at least. I may experiment with Reduced Fog turned off next time. Thanks for the help and quick response!

So, I'm brand new to Sacred 2 and getting a little frustrated. I keep getting some exception error/crash not too long after starting: An exception error has occured! Error #: 1 Function: ParticleSystemManager::createSystem Description: template not found'x_stone_streak'. File: .\Graphics\particle\particleSystemMgr.cpp Line: 199 **I DL'd from Steam (ver 2.65.2) and have the following mods: Trimmed Elite Textures pack (added to install folder), CM 1.60 & hotfix (added/overwritten regular install), Scared 2 Enhanced Edition (GME MOD folder), and Reduced Fog (GME MOD folder). The template not found has also been 'gen_missle_3x' (or something close to that). I tried reinstalling the game and turning off the mods I have included through GME, but continue to get the error. I can start the game and kill a few things, but at some point, the game crashes with this error. The only thing I've not tried is the game in the original state without the Trimmed Elite Textures pack and CM 1.60. Has anyone ran into this problem and knows a fix? Comp: Windows 10, 6700k, 1080Ti (have PhysX turned on) Thanks for any help/guidance ahead of time!