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Sacred Underworld - Disabling combat music ?
Dax replied to OlivierGamba's topic in Sacred Underworld General Discussion
Get "Audacity", it is freeware. Choose a jingle of your choice, open it with Audacity -press ctrl+a -click "effect" -click "volume & compression" -click "enhance" -reduce the decibels by max possible -save it over and over again until all jingles have been replaced with blancs. Did not try, but I assume it works. Try following playlists as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B24TFz3ud7s&list=PLGPTigC9cU6XGbRVc-z_GAoIfjIxp1rGr and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psCDPqikTi8&list=PLRnwItmM9-WFL7ob7dnAfixfoboVTBZIN and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDLi0Eq7ijc thank you -
SACRED 2 ONLINE MULTIPLAYER: HOW-TO, DISCUSSION & DEVELOPMENT
Dax replied to xrystal's topic in Sacred 2 General Discussion
All you ever need to know: https://pctalk.info/Games/Sacred2/Wolfes.Lair/index.html PS: Record some coop videos and put them up please. -
Then you heard the unused hero voice lines as well. Sacred, or maybe even Armalion was much more than stated in some interviews. I think the parenting company was cutting down everything with the cleaver studio2/Ikarion came up with to make a real diablo clone without too much additional weight. I also believe, studio2/Ikarion was putting up tiny acts of resistance against such a behavior. The old logbook of Armalion can still be found inside the texture pack. It is much better than the original. Also, the book case has been flipped, which does not make sense. Inside the global.res there are hundreds of pretty good item names, but they were never used. Icarion was hiding their babe from the claws of Ascaron. (conspiracy theory)
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Sacred Gold HD REborn camera zoom like New Life mod?
Dax replied to Leningr's topic in Sacred Underworld General Discussion
Sad news from NL, but I expected it somehow. It never found a bigger audience. It is really daunting for a modder after putting so much work in. As for you, in theory you are at the wrong place. The Sacred 1 (modding) community has mainly moved on to discord. Here are the channels. Darkmatters is rather a place for Sacred 2 modders, since Sacred 2 is far more mod-friendly than its predecessor. Let me tell you that I am absolutely convinced, that all modders of Sacred 1 are still there. Maybe, their power bonus has lowered a bit due to various reasons, but they are still here. And they are very sensitive toward new mods. In a good way. Maybe, they won't get back into buisness anytime soon, but they will watch. So let's keep Sacred rolling and we will see where it goes. Heard also back in the day, that there is something big in the making and that even the devs of Sacred still have an eye on their baby. They sometimes can be found on the discord servers, linked above. Just join. -
Sacred Gold HD REborn camera zoom like New Life mod?
Dax replied to Leningr's topic in Sacred Underworld General Discussion
It would require a code modification ,which can be done by kinda qualified people only. But, Reborn Mod an Sacred NL have both their own VK pages. Asking there might be your best chance. Years ago, I talked to the maker of Sacred NL and he told me that NL could be able soon the host Sacred Reborn. The player then would enjoy the benefits of both mods. A pretty wild dream. But it was before day one. I also remember that Sacred Reborn had its own discord channel, but I do not know if it still exists. You might check around a bit. -
I am not trying to talk you out of it. But, I say how it is in my opinion, trying to take a neutral stance. general - Your project is already big and it might get even bigger as soon as hidden aspects become visible. - Crew members might have neither the same devotion as you, nor an adequate amount of free time and start dropping out after some months, leaving a gap. - How will you handle infights and different opinons? What if people do not like each other any longer? - Can you deliver constant updates, videos and articles to agregate players without getting buried under work? I mean, you got a life too. - The market is getting flooded on a daily basis with new, glittering, shiny games. Most likely, your mod won't even get noticed. - By releasing your own take on Sacred 2, you immediately compete with other, established Sacred 2 mods, which are getting played since years - How player-friendly will your mod be? Do I have to start from scratch and throw my 2800-hour-character out of the window? Don't got the time, you know. personal - What, or who do you work for? Do you want to create a gameworld just for yourself and share it finally, so that others can play it too, or do you work toward a goal, like creating an active community? This is important, because disappointment/broken deams can heavily influence your motivation. Please check the amount of clicks on youtube, or switch, before you jump into it. - Is it worth it? I mean you will waste many hours. Many. dark matters specific - Other modders here will help you at any given time without acting cool and tough. But I do not think they will abandon their own mods for your vision. - If they contribute to your mod, it mostly will be smaller snippets, the main burden is still up to you. Mount Everest style. outlook: I understand your fire heart. Really. So if you want to give everything, then go here: https://www.youtube.com/@lifeleecharpg6714 There is also a discord link in the video description. I think, it is the right place to start. Thorium is a day one Sacred player and finally got his team together to make his own version of Sacred come true. I trust him. Posted here for a long time, he knows what he is doing. Many good and promising men joined him. There are no video-updates since 3 years now, but I do not think it is dead, it sleeps. Give it a try.
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@Nerasw Join an existing mod project of your choice and lend a helping hand. There are many ways you can help. Texture-jobs, coding, modeling, writing, sounds, music...All you want. You can work for years and years to come with no end. But you need to coordinate with others so that there are exactly zero collisions. Otherwise, you know, the infighting starts. That's the approach I would recommend, since it has the highest chance of success. Speaking of re-creating Sacred... forget it. How many top-notch experts do you have on your side? You'll need 30 at least. There is this guy: "Ancledot". Watched him on youtube. Talented man. Really. He planned a Sacred 1 remake. Failed. It is not his fault and I am not blaming him. Wouldn't do for a second. But he stormed the open field to avenge whatever and found himself alone all of a sudden with his pants down. You need a crew and there is no way around it. Next guy from Germany. Talked to him in the DE forum one, two times. He's using the Skyrim game to build his own Sacred 1 world. As far as I know it is rather a personal project which might never see daylight. I think he takes a walk in his gameworld now and then and dreams of things that could be. And that is where it ends. @Lindor Vishanka moved to the DE forum as fas as I can say. Posted there just a few days ago. I think she's here frequently, but rather as a silent reader. As for us: We worked well together without noise, or trouble. The door always swings to both sides and it was a pleasure to help a bit. A few words about the Reborn mod. I think it goes on, it got an minor update last year, but the progress might be very slow right now. For various reasons. For me, Reborn is the hub of the wheel, I am on it to arrange my work around it and make Sacred Reborn a more wholesome experience. But free time is the problem. And missing skills. (Maybe I should not have called Leonardo a street punk and an amateur.) However. Imo Reborn gets preferred over Sacred NL by the players, because NL is rather a techie version (with some insane feats) and Reborn delivers a playable result. A combination of both mods would be fantastic. Time will tell. Are NL and Reborn in ruins.. No, don't think so. The entire franchise has a very loyal fanbase. They are just taking a power-nap.
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Editing camera zoom/angle settings?
Dax replied to SacredEagle69's topic in Sacred Underworld General Discussion
Overlookers Clan can do it, I assume, and Willam from Sacred NL. There might be some others, 3-4 ppl perhaps, but they do not show up here often. Rather, in very, very rare occasions so to say. However. A camera mod would require a new version of Sacred Reborn, or Sacred NL. Your best chance of getting attention are the discord servers. You find them linked at reddit: /r/sacred -
Reminds me of my old job. The morale of the employees was that low, that no one did more than absolutely necessary. Those who did, were considered dense. Floor and toilets were clean since a cleaning lady came over three times a week, everything else was filthy and sordid. Refused to put my lunchbag into the fridge, after I saw ppl spraying sweet whipping cream right into their mouth and putting it back into the fridge. Disgusting. Really. The higher ups and the long term employees went on the womens restroom for taking a dump and one day when we had to clear out the sleeping rooms of the upper floor, ppl were close to start puking after opening the huge cupboards filled with unwashed, smelly sheets and linnen. I assume the term "Bremsspur" is known to you so... Last but not least and not to forget: Constant backstabbing, mobbing and cowardice. If a huge death-meteor from outer space would hit the place by accident and reduce it to ashes... no loss. Believe me.
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I'd really like to know where NL (and Reborn) are in a few years. Both mods made already first steps into the right direction: Adding more depth to Sacred by slowly removing all the silly things Ascaron has left ingame. It is not an easy task and rather a job for a whole century to come, and I am hoping for a coop between both mods, despite the troubled times we are in.
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You do not need VK. Go to the DE Sacred discord, ask there. Ppl will help you und establish the contact with WilliamNL. There are modders for Sacred, experienced ppl and good. They work together now and then and are still getting things done. But, since boards and forums became a bit obsolete over the years, they moved on to discord.