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  1. You´re going in hard, chattius, but I must confess that you´re mostly right. The total laissez-faire of the past 5 decades now comes back to us like a boomerang. But it is also a matter of personal hardening. I recommend Krav Maga, Kyukushin Karate, or Thai-Boxing. Rolling around on the ground trying to apply a leg lock is good for women, rape prevention, but since you face armed groups nowadays, it´s very likely, that you catch a knife to the neck, belly or heart when you´re immobile. Yes, I know all the stories about Berlin, which can be considered as failed (federal) state and yes it is absolutely possible that such stories are daily buisness in Berlin, or any city where the authorities have lost control because the integration of migrants has failed. Speaking of penalties, then I´m pro prison time, but the family should get the bill. If order doesn´t get restored, our rightwing party will become even stronger and I´m not so sure if that´s a good idea. Also, the society will continue to erode even further. It won´t end good because our politicians aren´t interested in solving the situation. It´s simply too hot.
  2. Ok, I just watched "Viktoria". It´s not my cup of tea to be honest. Too many swearwords, low life language and some petty criminals that are acting like big shots. "City of God" comes close to "Victoria" for those who are interested in such movies. The story is about a crime boss in a brazilian Favela who starts his career quite early. Since he´s brutal, powerhungry and ruthless, he quickly makes it to the top. The movie covers his rise and downfall, the story is told from the perspective of a young journalist and fotographer of the same age. The makers didn´t hire professional actors, instead they asked Favela-kids if they could get the job done, and the kids performed well. A very good movie!
  3. D*mn, I listened to such music decades ago. Do you know the band "Turmoil"? Their music might fit your taste: I personally prefer "Overture to the sun" from Stanley Kubricks "A Clockwork Orange" when I´m going after orcs and gobs.
  4. How interesting! I never heard of that movie. chattius, do you know the movie "Der Schatten"? I can really recommend it. There´s a full youtube upload, for those who don´t speak german, I try to sum it up quickly: A criminal is released from prison. Having only a few bucks left, he turns to what he knows best. The spectator watches from a distance, how the whole coup slips in a early stage of planing slowly, but unstoppable out of the gangster´s hands until the movie finally reaches the point where the whole house of cards collapses. Despite it´s a rather cheap production for the TV, the movie is very good. Watched it several times, never got tired of it. chattius, here you go: PS: Here´s the movie "Victoria" chattius mentioned. It´s an english/german mixture, subtitles don´t work correctly, unfortunately, but you might give it a try.
  5. Some movies I can recommend: Centurion Deep in the scottish highlands, roman legions fight a lost war. A captured young roman commander escapes and runs for his life. As he is followed by Pikt hunters, he runs straight into a marching roman legion and the battle begins. Now that´s a real good sandal and sword movie, despite it´s from 2010. The makers tried hard to stay close to original roman gear, nothing shines and glitters. Great job! The story is ok. Lots of blood and bodies, violent sword battles, well, there´s always action so to say. There´s the good guy, the traitor, the guy that dies first and so on. Yes, it´s a movie for boys, girls are allowed, but they might get bored quickly. Too violent, no high heels, no handbags, no marriage. Guys, have fun and don´t forget to put some beer on the table! Full movie: Dog Soldiers A group of army grunts is send on an exercise near the scottish highlands. As they make their way though the unforgiving terrain, they stumble across a ravaged camp, full of ammonition and bodies, only to face hours later an enemy that won´t die. Dog Soldiers is a slight british horror flic, not too brutal, but with a good dose of brit humor instead. Some scenes are very tense, audio effects are choosen well. Again, a good movie to watch with your friends. Beer, chips or pizza are welcome. Clip: Event Horizon: In the near future, a rescue team is send from Earth to the Neptune-orbit to salvage the rememnants of a long lost ship, that mysteriously appeared on the radar again. On their way to Neptune, the new crew member, a scientist, explains what the shortest connection between two points is, and how a jump device works. As the crew enters the lost ship, a terrible nightmare begins. The movie is a horror-shocker, featuring a very young Laurence Fishbourne, aka Morpheus from the Matrix movies. It takes a while until the story starts rolling, but then you´ll sit pale and with sweaty hands in your chair. It´s a plain white nightmare. Not much blood is spilled, there´s no creature or body horror, like you know it from "Alien" or "The Fly". It´s simply brutal psychic terror with a tiny twist at the end. Recommended! If you would ask me for a similiar movie, I´d say "The Exorcist". Clip
  6. Hello MetaL I´d like specify the horse-killer bug a bit: If I´m using a full (Vampire) Dalmar-set, along with wounds-increase-damage-dealt build and fight mounted, the horse definetely will die sooner or later. It does not matter if it is day or night. The horse will die aswell if I´m using a weapon with no lifeleech at all. The horse dies far less often if a weapon with massive lifeleech is used. I tried "Pike", "Magic Resistor" and "Lance of Vampires". Gave it a twenty minutes run with all three weapons and the survival rate was way better. So, I believe it´s a damage calculation bug, which reaches a critical level sooner or later. Flagging horses as immortal should solve the riddle.
  7. Hehe. Flix might survive as long he does not get close to the bats, that are lurking in the next room. You might survive two or three of them, but not the whole bunch. PS: Wortlos seems to speak german. His nickname means speechless/non-verbal in english.
  8. That´s nice work Flix! Are you still working on the gui? I suggest to reduce gamma a tiny bit. Maybe -0,15 points. The gui will become darker and the lava glows more. Give it a try. IrfanView is an excellent software to do some changes quickly. Despite it´s just an image viewer, it has a lot of great functions and is 100% free.
  9. Ok. I understand. There aren´t much mods for Sacred 1 currently, so roaming the download section and picking stuff is a matter of minutes. I rather thought of all the content that makes it into the players override. Until now, the amount is tiny, but imagine a texture mod for example. The problem is not to pump everything into the override folder, the problem is to get rid of certain mods without damaging other overrides. That´s why I had an installer in mind.
  10. Hello flix I know you´re busy with the inferno gui, but let me ask a question: Are you interested in reworking effects? I had a community project in mind, maybe as a christmas present. Currently, our work, yours, Yesendra´s and mine, is ineffective. We work roughly toward the same goal, but I guess the result would be far better, if we team up. Imagine an installer/uninstaller, filled with the latest mods, fresh gui´s, skins, effects and Sacred Reborn. All eggs in one basket. What do you think?
  11. Eww. I don´t think I need breakfast anymore! chattius, you misunderstood the thread title! If you live in a country where minus 400 degrees is common and nothing special during the winter, then it´s understandable, that you need a bit more calories. Especially if you watch icehockey on your veranda, arm in arm with polar bears, wolfes and elks. (Of course a box of beer is ready too.) I think the Oktoberfest is far more palatable, exept the vomit-hill, which shall not be portrayed here. (:
  12. @ Flix A while ago I mixed some atmospots together for the ice region. Secretly I´m hoping that new sounds will make it into the game one day. That would be similiar to a dam break.
  13. Ysendra, could you take a look at your HUD again? I´ve found out that it looks better if the white symbols, like iventory, map and so on, turn into grey or a dull silver. As above. The screenie has been removed, I don´t want to spoil everything.
  14. Little update: I had to drop the blood-galaxy unfortunately, the savegames are blocking the center of the screen, which means you can´t see the entire picture. Also, it broke the style. Removed the screenshot. I can tell you the dark gui will look very cool, please be patient.
  15. Well done indeed Ysendra! The golden GUI will definitely add more flavor to the game. (At least until the dark GUI is finished. HA!)
  16. Hard to believe that the makers dumped the golden GUI! It looks great, judging by the screenshots. A good choice for gamers that prefer to play the good guys. Working on the Dark GUI becomes far more challenging now. We face a real bigshot here. @ Ysendra Get your job done as you see fit, don´t forget to spend some hours ingame too. I´ll take on the missing screens, savegame and main menu, after that I´ll have a look at spells and combat arts. @ Flix Hellish inferno goes hand in hand with lava and obsidian. I don´t see a bigger problem. If assistance is needed, just let me know and I see what I can do.
  17. Ah, too much praise! It´s just a single screen and it was fun making it. But I´m glad you like it! Well, let´s see who´s next. Shall we rework the combat arts, if our current projects are done? The colors don´t fit anymore. They feel so old and outdated.
  18. It rather reminds me of "XCom: Terror from the deep"! I loved and hated the game at the same time. Good selection of colors, SheHawk!
  19. Good news! I got the options menu ready. Well, Ysendra, what do you say?
  20. The use of overrides is always a bit tricky. The new stuff might fit the makers taste, but not necessarily the user´s taste. It personally think it´s better to seperate overrides by type, including a collection of old<->new screenshots, so that the player decides on his own which content makes it to his *.pak folder.
  21. Maybe you should take a look at Neverwinter Nights, it´s an RPG with an own toolset. The community is still highly active and their content is 100% free. New content, like tilesets, can be added with a few klicks to the toolset. I guess it might be something for you. Check out neverwintervault.org
  22. @ chattius Relax chattius. It was an unlucky coincidence. I´m not pointing at you. Speaking of Mister Hasselhoff and Mister Simpson, so I remember, that one of them is a drunkard and one is a murderer. That´s it. Oh, and both were quite famous years ago. Speaking of terrorists, well, there´s no difference between them. It does not matter where they come from, what they believe, or which skin color they have. It´s the same g!rbage, that feels "choosen" to end other people´s life. For what reason ever. It´s good that our secret service is edgy. Many innocent were saved today. That is what counts. Now, let´s return to the music, yes? @ Hooyaah Oh boy. Thanks for distracting me Hooyaah! I was a bit furious maybe. Let me answer with Amy Winehouse´s "Valery". A great song full of positive energy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfTHe64HQB0
  23. According to the media, we just escaped our own Charlie by a hair. Please, dear chattius, link something that doesn´t darken my mood.
  24. A litte update I´d like to share. I just finished an early prototype of the blood-galaxy and believe me, it will be a very, very nice piece of work when it´s done. There´s a lot of fine tuning to do, I´m working like crazy, but I can´t stop. It´s so much fun and even in this very early stage it looks absolutely stunning. Evil, dominant, triumphant in the end! Hell yeah. It will be my best work! Expect a screenshot at the end of the week.
  25. Ysendra, you should get a medal! Yes, I got a theme in mind. It will blend with your mod like a charm, but please be patient with me. It will take a while to stitch everything together. EDIT: I plan to darken the main menu, reduce it to dark grey/black, combined with golden colors. Gave it a quick try, it looks not bad. The options menu will turn into an obsidian colored background filled with amethyst-crystals, and the savegame folder´s background will become a top down view of a spiral galaxy with the Sacred symbol in the middle. The difference is, all stars & dirt- and gas clouds will be removed and the spiral arms shall be filled entirely with an endless stream of blood, skulls and bones, slowly rotating around the center, the Sacred logo. Main Menu is a bit tricky, Galaxy and Options menu are a piece of cake.
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