Dax

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.

It´s good that you´ve found us, Starling. You´re welcome! Greetings from Germany!

Oops, I´ve forgotten to put some links up. Here you go: Tropa de Elite Nid des guêpes Outrage and its successor were on Youtube once, but have been removed after the third part "Outrage Coda" saw daylight. The best scenes from both movies can be found on Youtube, but they don´t cover the story, which is quite complex. Speaking of Sicario, I´ve seen the first part, and I´d say Sicario can´t compete with Tropa, or Nid des guêpes. Not for one second. An example: While Tropa was made, there´s a torture scene, the real elite unit watched the actors trying hard to get the job done. Since helping is their job, they went right over and showed the film crew how to torture correctly. If you ask me, Hollywood movies follow some kind of guiding line, since years, decades maybe, which leads to movies that follow the same pattern over and over again. Let´s see: Star Wars, Transformers... what you want. Non-US studios aren´t bound to such a "code", which leads to better movies. The makers enjoy more freedom.

I´d like to introduce you to some nice movies, that never made it to the top, but are very good in my opinion: Tropa de Elite: The movie plunges you into the violent streets of Rio de Janeiro, where an elite unit of the Brazilian Police desperately tries to restore order. Not in the nicest way. The commanding officer faces a big dilemma and that´s where the bloody and ruthless journey begins. I personally adore the movie alot. All actors did a splendid job, you really get sucked in quickly. There´s a free version on Youtube because the makers made a mistake and didn´t reserve the rights of the movie. There´s also a second part, which should cover the current situation of Brazil. I recommend both movies. Outrage & Outrage beyond A Yakuza group is caught in a web of lies and intrigues, drifting slowly toward their own destruction. In the second part of the movie it´s time for vengeance and the last survivor returns to take names. Very good movies, but due to the intrigues on various layers it´s a bit difficult to keep track. Absolutely recommended. Nid des guêpes A police elite unit is ordered to transfer a high ranking prisoner, but is ambushed on the way to court by military equipped partisans. Outnumbered and outgunned, they make it to a warehouse, preparing for the final confrontation. You might know the concept, in theory it´s a remake of "Assault on Precinct 13", but far better. Excellent movie from France with extreme tension! Don´t watch if you got a heart issue! PS: All movies are quite violent. Tropa de Elite is brutal and heartless, leaves you shocked, but is easily topped by Nid des guêpes. No explicite violence is shown like in a zombie movie, with lots of gore and blood, instead you hear bullets whistle and see the bullet impacts on wests and unprotected bodies. It´s a nightmare! In comparsion, Outrage & Outrage beyond are violent, yes, but not too much. I suggest to watch the movies with your buddies, but make sure that kittens are not at home for a while.

Finally! Bloodkiss for mounted Vampires! I hungered for it so much. Good work as always! Explorer hint: Follow the river.

I second TherionX. There´s no way you can win. For me, it smells like a leftover from Veteran mod maybe. I exported your Demoness and restarted the game, made it to the Desert Dragon and the Dragon´s resistances were "normal", if you want it that way. Suggestion: Save your hero, reinstall the game. Besides, you did not spend a single attribute point. That´s what you should definitely do. Klick "Skills" in your Demons´ character screen.

Ysendra can you do me a favor? I want to replace the background image of Sacreds savegame section. Currently, I got access to the main menu, which is under construction at this very moment, and the options menu. For some reason I can´t locate the savegame section´s background image. The image should be split into 12 parts. If you got the time to look into it, I´d be very grateful. PS: I don´t need the files itself, their names are more than enough to get the job done.

Hello Delta! Yes, I´ve seen the videos. The brutality is far beyond a man can imagine. I´ve met a guy from SA once during my Krav Maga time. Good and kind person. I hope he´s doing well. He had more weapons at home than an entire infantry batallion. He had a trailer, loaded with food and supplies. Ready to run at any given time. He said, it´s not about him, he wants to stay (and fight) but what will happen to his wife and kids? I remember he told me, that life has no value in SA. The question is not "if" you get hit, but rather "when". For me as an European it is incredibly difficult to imagine how life is down there. Stay safe!

Ah, I feel honored, but don´t you think that you´re exaggerating a bit? I´m a simple man, I can´t even speak proper english. But to be honest, if you ask me, the internet is an hostile place. And it won´t get better anytime soon. I believe that manners become more and more important nowadays. Setting a good example, beeing a good and kind person, that´s a step into the right direction. Others will follow. At least I hope so. Who wants to join willingly a toxic environment? I suppose there are many silent readers, that don´t sign up due to the low activity here. That´s the soft spot. Let´s make DM bloom a bit more, then let´s reach out. Cheers!

I´m not a Demoness player (yet), but can´t she summon several of these flying pentagrams? Ok, you need Sacred Reborn though. Rune drop has massively increased with the new versions, so it shouldn´t be a problem to level up that pentagram-spell quickly. A speedy horse, combined with the flying pentagrams.... give it a try. You dodge, and the pentagrams fight.

Working together with other mod-teams isn´t that difficult usually, as long as each team stays in its own yard. Scripters do the scripting, graphic team takes care of the visuals... In the best case, the work of all teams melts together. Also, it´s a matter of motivation. I´m very sure here are users, that are interested in fooling around with unzipped files, but, how shall I express it? It´s like a wagon without a locomotive. "Keep it coming", just to quote you, keeping the project vital and healthy, is the right technique to attract attention. I bet 20 bucks, that your progress is beeing watched closely Well, let´s get back to work then.

Well, Sagittary, you´ll find out quickly, that you´re not getting judged here. Ask your questions as often as you want and once more: It´s good that you´ve found us. You´re welcome!

I´m busy with the sound table currently, that´s no fun at all. So, don´t expect too much. I hope that more members will join a team, or a project and combine forces. Overlookers do the scripting and balancing, others working on a visual overhaul, I´m taking care of sounds... Looks good! By the way: Don´t drain your battery too much. I did it when I worked for a big mod-project. Got burnout and left. Until today I refuse to touch the files I worked with a second time. Just a good advice.

Here you go: http://forum.rpgarea.ru/sitefiles/PakExtractor.rar

Ah, ok. Thank you very much Ysendra. Do you plan to upgrade the spell- and combat arts icons for all classes aswell? I´d take on the Vampiress willingly.

Welcome, Sagittary! I guess you´ve picked the right time to return. Somehow I got the intention, that good old Sacred isn´t dead yet!

Ah, ok. I see. Sounds like extra work. Who said that life´s easy. Errm, I uploaded a modified loading screen if you´re interested. You´re free to grab and include it into your own mod. PS: Do you know how I upgrade my uploads? Just made a second screen, but I haven´t found out how to get the job done and I don´t want to create a second download just for that new screen.

S1 loading screens View File -Please scroll down to get the final version- Three new loading/saving screens are available for S1. I made them as a small plugin for Ysendras dark GUI mod. Unzip the files in your sacred\pak folder, that´s it. Works with all versions of S1 and all languages. Submitter Dax Submitted 11/08/2019 Category Sacred Mods  

Very nice work! As always. Short question: Do you have access to the inventory icons? Jewelry really could use a freshup.

- Increased perception range for all monsters to put pressure on the player Increased perception range exits already. Head to the Diablo village, wait until the giant spiders summon the tiny spiders. There you go: The tiny spiders detect you from a large distance. - Hostile protective spells have several-effects & protect all creatures in radius of x meters Imagine several creatures in a certain radius getting protected by fireshield and stoneskin at once... - Camera mod Faithful has a modified camera, the zooms out a bit more at max distance. I know you aren´t friends, but the concept is good. Malus: For ranged characters life gets even easier. (EDIT: Faithful has no camera mod. My fault.) - Potion mod Antidotes increase poison resistance by +3000 for 30 seconds or so. Blue Potions give +250% XP, the player can decide if he wants to level up quickly, or if he takes the long way Black Potions grant 10 to 30% Str to attack / remove undead to death 100% chance - Statue mod Statues grant more extra damage, increase criticals, or cast a certain protective spell. Duration: 180-300 seconds. I also encountered some strange monster abilities at the Diablo village that might be worth a look: - Zombie-Villagers can melee-attack from a large distance - Zombie-Villagers can come back to life, like skeletons, if killed by a high level spell. It was an older version of reborn. I used a spellcaster build and the bloodkiss-spell to kill them. It was quite surprising, though.

Why don´t you make contact with steam/gog? I bet they are interested in a mod like reborn. Every new user/player/visitor is at least a possible customer. Besides, Reborn would reach far more people. A win for both sides.

Some more suggestions for SacredReborn: Monster adjustment - Large monsters aren´t dangerous at all. Giants, ogres and giant spiders & cave fish deal only tiny damage compared to their size. More resistance would increase their potential - More speed for ghosts & lifeleechers (250+) + good resistance vs all damage types like glorbs/bronce glorbs, to put pressure on ranged characters Is unresistable damage possible? - Scorpions, snakes, harpies, wyvern and zombies and Ghouls deal lots of poison damage. More accuracy is needed & finally, the player has to collect antidotes - Additional, good and strong fire damage for flying lizards. (They are dragons after all) - Powerful damage-resistance (like bronze-glorbs) for all gargoyles + increased physical damage - A heavy damage resistance for Zombs would makes sense due to the Zombs slow movement rate. - Extra-physical resistance and damage for bears so that they can go berserk. (: - More speed for wolfes, plus skeleton-like attack rate. Increased physical resistance for armored wolfes Suggestions: - Underworld monsters are getting summoned by sakkara priests & mages instead of classic campaign monsters. - Goblin-Wizards summon wolfes - If possible one day: Skeleton-mages summon ghostly orcs and citizens - If possible one day: Several creatures are getting summoned, like it´s known from the giant spider

Well, then I would say that the studio was lucky, that the community didn´t abandon them. I remember how I stumbled clueless across the gameworld for the first twenty hours or so. Learning was painful, I dropped several heros after they ate every rune they could find, skilled them forward and backward, tried to make it to a big city, hoping for top-gear traders, only to get disappointed... It was very frustrating. Sakredwiki and some guides I´ve found, helped me out of that hole and made me stay finally. But to be honest: I was about to leave. If someone would ask: "Shall I buy S1?", then I´d encourage him to do so, but I´d encourage him aswell, to get himself a guide and to spend some hours at sacredwiki, before he wastes his characters. Because that is what will definitely happen, if you start gaming without at least a rough understanding of Sacreds game mechanics. By the way: Who onws the rights of the franchise now?

Arr! I´ve nearly forgotten to answer. Please look it over. It´s good that you´re here, mike57!

Another puzzle piece! How interesting. Strange, that a game company tries to prevent modding at all costs. Ok, it were other times back then. Modders were rather regarded as Blackhats, that only come to destroy. Damn you, stupid Ascaron! I had the question with all the bugs in my sleeve, but you was a bit faster. Didn´t they say, quite proudly, that they had a second studio, that takes care of the quality assurance? I don´t know what that studio did exactly, but they didn´t perform well. Maybe they simply refused to open the box of pandora and had several cups of coffee instead. However, I´m gladly looking toward a new version of Reborn and of course your project is on the radar too. Thumbs up for both of you!