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I've been following Loco's guide for installing, and so far, it's been working fine!
On another note, it just feels different...more complete than my PS3 version O_o
Well how much data can a DVD hold? this game uninstalled is 18GB. so there has gotta be more in the PC game than the Console just in pure megabites of content.
Normal DVDs are 4gb, Dual layer DVDs (xbox 360) are 8/9gb, Blu-Ray is 25 to 50 GB (single-layer) and anywhere up to 1TB (dual-layer).
I have a feeling it has to do with the hardware. They know the exact system specifications it is going onto, so they don't need drivers to support various setups. They also rely heavily on compression and procedural synthesis (creating new data at run time).
It would also have some major components of the network infrastructure removed, because XBL/PSN handles the connection for the game.
Overall, I am still impressed.
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Spunky's suggestions are great.
What a sweet looking set.
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Happy B'day Max
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Damn, that looks great.
The best we get at our local hardware store is a sausage on bread.
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Wow, I didn't even think about that. Combat Art's are bound to the number keys though, right? Can you assign more than keys 1-4 (or 5 when you get it)?The number of available slot was a serious adjustment for me when I "converted" to PC. I used to slot all 12 of my hot buttons right from low level on console. and hot swapping buffs with just 2 button presses was easy on console too. now you got make some choices on whats important at the moment, and creative combo's are more important now too. if you went with Ice and Blood you will eventually get 5 weaps. 5 Combat Arts. but only 1 Buff until you take concentration then is lets you slot 2. and you cant put a Combat Art in a weapons slot.Beware of heart beats that rival BPMs of fancy late night discos
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There's something quite satisfying about killing off escorts.
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Interested to see what this is like. The first one is awesome.
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Ah nice. Does this mean that you were able to finally complete a stable download? Thanx for the info dreeft. I saw that the Ice and Blood files are exactly the same size as my downloaded files.
Unfortunately not. This is based off my original download.
Every file said it completed successfully in my download manager, which leads me to believe the files are the correct size. The issue I had was that the client didn't move a selection of the files from their temp location. I assume these are the ones that were corrupted (that said, I downloaded a couple of replacements and still faced the same problem).
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Awh dreeft. You must have been so disappointed. I'm afraid there is nothing that can be done about a currupt iso to my knowledge. The only suggestion I can offer is that when downloading such large files it's best to start it just before going to bed. Granted you've already started so; Good Luck!
Can anyone tell us what the file sizes of the iso's should be? That would be good info to have and check against for future downloaders.
I'm pretty certain these are the file sizes. I used a command prompt to output the sizes, so they are in bytes. This means they will display slightly less in Windows Explorer (because 1024 bytes = 1kb) so I have included the KB value in brackets.
Sacred2 - Fallen Angel
1,163,663 bytes (1,137 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e.exe
498,836,224 bytes (487,145 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-1.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-3.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-4.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-5.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-6.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-7.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-8.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_ep8-9.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-2.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-10.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-11.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-12.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-13.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-14.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-15.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-16.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-17.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-18.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-19.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-20.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-21.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-22.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-23.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-24.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-25.bin
500,000,000 bytes (488,282 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-26.bin
161,689,436 bytes (157,900 KB) - Sacred2_FallenAngel_edsr_e-27.bin
Ice & Blood
438,623 bytes (429 KB) - Sacred2-IceAndBlood_edsr_e.exe
749,561,216 bytes (731,994 KB) - Sacred2-IceAndBlood_edsr_e-1.bin
577,767,882 bytes (564,227 KB) - Sacred2-IceAndBlood_edsr_e-2.bin
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Did you use their download manager? I found when I tried it a month or so ago it cut off one of the files and did not download the last 6 files. I had to go back and download each of the files manually.
Yeh, I saw your post about that. I will be sure to keep an eye on it. The file corruption occurred getting them with my own download client.
I am now using their download manager. I had it stop working on me this morning and when I tried to reload it gave me a connection error of some sort. Rebooted and tried it again and it seems to be moving.
*fingers crossed*
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No problems, I am used to waiting for replies on forums with primarily international userssorry for the late reply. I was hoping Schot would pop in to help here. I don't know which .bin is bad there. unfortunately everybodies internet and ISP creates variables to how successful a download can be.If you have all your security off for the install. Virus-firewall etc is off, make sure UAC(user account contol) is off. and have restarted your computer and still getting an error, a re-download may be the only solution.
I definitely had all my miscellaneous applications closed and I was running the installer as admin. Several restarts. No luck. I even tried downloading the package I guessed it was failing on, but it then failed on the next file. There were likely multiple damaged parts.
I decided it was probably logical to just start re-downloading instead of trying to wait for a solution that would probably never come. I'm roughly 5gb down, so not too much longer
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Hm, I've hit a bit of a stumbling block.
The installer gets up to graphics02.zip and errors with "An error occurred while trying to copy a file: The source file is corrupted."
This is a fairly major problem, because I don't know which of the individual .bin files is corrupted. Does anyone know of an program that will test them for me? I have looked around but I couldn't find anything.
I have contacted DLgamer, but I am pretty sure I'm going to have to download most of it again
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This is true. I did the same thing on my initial run through.If you complete Silver campaign and say die once, then enter Bronze or Gold with that same character and complete one of them without dying does that count since its a new campaign? Or does the registered death still void it?pretty sure I've seen posted somewhere that once the char has died, it cannot get the achievement.
I then realized if you plan carefully, you can get a few of the achievements/trophies at the same time. Specifically: One of the classes to clvl15, Lightbringer/Dark Lord (depending on which you did on your first play through), Survivalist and Diligent & Junior Cartographer (or Dedicated if you want a challenge).
I'd also suggest doing this on Bronze, just to get them out of the way
You can, but I wouldn't recommend it. It's been known to corrupt save files.Can't you just turn off your xbox when you die? -
It makes me laugh when people are concerned about re-rolling. It's much more logical to start over when you realize something is wrong then to try and push a flawed character through the higher levels.
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Much thanks to everyone for the replies. I have downloaded about 10gb so far, so not much longer to go! I am hoping it will finish before/on the weekend so I can get playing.
Yeh, from what I read this has been fixed, which is good to hear.Beware!I'm not sure if consol has ot but there is a 200 rune cap, meaning of you read more than 200 runes into a single Combat Art it will reset back to 0.
Also alot of th gear you find in Ice and Blood won't be as good as it was on consol.
Witht hat said welcome to PC and enjoy, I only play Freeplay LAN. I'm sure the online community are very helpgul and welcoming to new players.
Make sure you are patched to 2.65.1 and the 200 rune cap wont bite you. I have taken many Combat Arts to 200 and not had a reset, even when I forget and read an extra rune. don't know if I agree on the gear being not as good. well, the nerfed skills mods and others did take a hit, but you get at least 2 sockets in every set armor piece so there was some rebalancing. any way +all skill aren't the only way to build anymore. any way enjoy.
Hacksaw, if you every venture into closed net on EU servers look us up. everyone is welcome in our family.
Dreeft, you may see some of us in the morning and evenings. which is opposite of you.
I definitely understand that a lot of nerfing has gone on recently however having never really taken advantage of mass +all skills (due to the lack of console smithing and the small community) I am not sure it will affect my play style too much. At least 2 sockets for each set piece is a nice trade off.
From what I can tell, you're 14 hours behind me. So 1pm your time is about 3am my time. Seems like I will be mostly playing with you weekend morning/days while it's your friday afternoon/evening. I guess that works out well, because if you play into the wee hours of Saturday, it'll be my evening Sat night. I would definitely appreciate having someone to rush me to mountsWelcome Dreeft! You have joined the amazing world of PC EU HC Sacred 2... addiction on! I do play a lot during the day in and out from work. But I am on and can help you out as soon as it turns 1:00pm here today montreal time. If you're on then, I can meet up with you and set you up with gold, runes and even a spiiffy new mount. World of HC is dangerous but exciting. As well, you are playing from AU ...so there may be lag on your end. We have one of our members Dragon Brother who has been playing with us since last year in the clan, and he's still having a great time with us lag and all (must be the complimentary inhouse poutine).Ask questions, use the Time to Play thread which helps keep us informed when peeps are hitting the servers and if there's a build you're looking to make, I'm sure tween us all we can even help round up equipment.
Welcome to PC Ancaria!
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p.s. in the wiki there is an explanation of PC GUI
http://www.sacredwiki.org/index.php5/Sacre..._User_Interface
HC is how I (try) to play console anyhow, I think there's a lot more excitement to be offered, but I am concerned about the lag. I guess I'll see how it goes.
Much thanks for the link. I got impatient and downloaded the PC manual. The shortcuts don't look to be too confusing, fairly similar to other PC RPGs. I was confounded by the default binding of Skills to the 'C' key and Combat Arts to the 'S' key. Wouldn't it make more sense the other way around?!
(edit: Although, now I look through your link that doesn't seem to be true)
That's definitely some good advice. I am glad you warned me about PhysX, I have an Nvidia card so I will look into that while I'm waiting for it to installA very wise choice you have made dreeft!Regarding the setup of Sacred 2 there are some common pitfalls to watch out for. For starters ALL non essential programs should be turned off so that they don't interfere with the installations. Especially anti-virus and firewall but only while you install Sacred 2 and during the patches. You should probably run the game once before you start installing patches in order to enter your Closed Net information from the in game options. From options you would go to Multiplayer/Closed Net and then choose Create Account. PhysX can be a real pain so if you run into trouble after you finish installing it's highly likely PhysX is the cause which we have answers to. Be patient. It's a looooong install. At some points it might look like the install is frozen for about 10 minutes. If it does just go do something else for a while and hopefully when you come back it will be fine.
Does you/anyone know how big the patches are? I'm going to be pulling my hair out if I have to wait much longer to play!
You mean, a drive other than C:? or a secondary physical HDD? Either way, I will be installing it to the primary.Congrats, I just made the switch from ps3 and it is so much better on pc.My tip is do not try to install on a hard drive that is not the default.
All of my toons kave kriv in the name and you can find me in xfire as kriv99.
also good info in this thread -- http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=13381
Will look you up when I get it installed. Thanks for the link.
I'm aiming for Closed HC. It definitely seems like the place to be.Welcome dreeft,Fellow aussie here.
You didn't mention what game you will be playing when online.
Just be aware that most of Dark players are playing on the Closed servers and also play Hardcore (once dead, always dead).
I have been playing Sacred 2 since the beta and I can assure you us aussies have to suffer with terrible ping speeds (1200ms is common)
You need to factor this lag in any build you want to play.
I have found the best toon to play is an Icy High Elf, due to her ability to have great defense buffs (Crystal Skin and Grand Invigoration) and the ability to slow down enemies (Raging Nimbus and Frost Flare)
Frost Flare can be especially effective when modded correctly and used in conjunction with Schots method of zooming out the viewing field.
Raging Nimbus is a great crowd controller and Glacial Thorns is a deadly boss killer.
I have been able to get my HC Icy High Elf into Niob at level 120 and she is still going strong.
I haven't played the Dragon Mage yet so I cant comment if he is a good toon to try.
Yeh, I was prepared for the lag, as I'm sure you know, it's the bane of Australian gamers everywhere
I've seriously contemplated moving to Europe just for the internet speeds The idea of an Ice Elf definitely appeals, particularly because the targeting on console makes it difficult to direct concentrated blasts. I'm glad to hear you've been able to get her that high.
What times do you usually play? It's great to see other Aussies playing, I really don't think Sacred got the exposure it deserves here, I am trying to convince friends to play but they're all addicted to something or another.
Yeh, this is what I would have replied to that comment. At least the PC version has patches! Not to mention I paid almost half the price for S2FA + IB than I did for the console version.I was thinking about making the jump from PS3 to PC as well, as I'm so used to playing RPGs on PC. I'm just hesitant because of all the bugs I've read about. Hope it works out for you! Playing in those closed net EU servers with others and doing the HC stuff really sounds appealing though.Glad to hear your considering PC. All in all yes Sacred 2 has some bugs. but at least on PC I was able to eliminate most of the ones that plagued me. And software patches have eliminated quite a few. Unfortunately on Console your stuck with what you have, or don't have like blacksmithing. All in all the PC experience is far more fulfilling that Console was. And HC rocks, it that makes you get really serious about staying alive above all else. frustrating sometimes and really rewarding others.
The only real advantage of the console version is being able to lay back in my comfy couch playing it on my large TVNope. Console is softcore only. Framerate are unstable. Those loading icons. The bats you can't hit with a ranged weapon. No black Smith skill... the list goes on. Its a shame too because if consoles got all the patches and addon. It wouldst probably rock.
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haha, that's kind of amusing. Wouldn't dark be more fitting?Members of DARK seems to prefer light campaign, so that could be a good reason to go for light.
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It generally depends how long I am planning on playing for. If I only have an hour or 2 to play, I will just listen to the game music. If I am playing for a fair sitting I will generally hit up whatever is in my play list, which consists of metal/rock/alternative/hiphop/d'n'b..
I once listened to the entire discography of The Offspring on repeat while playing and now fighting the White Griffin reminds me of the song 'Me and my old lady'. Strange how that happens.
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Very clever, nice work
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So I've bought the PC version, the lure of Ice and Blood and playing with you guys was too much. Xbox is going to be very sad.
Anyone have any tips for setting up the game, pointers about the interface/controls/servers or suggestions on character setups?
Seems logical that I should make a Dragon Mage and explore the new areas.
What times do you guys play? I am UTC/GMT +10hrs. I may be limited to weekends, as it's currently my evening and I have a feeling it's early morning for most of you.
Looking forward to getting into it!
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Hahahahahaha, that's hilarious. Did you hurt him?
I might have something, I just bought the PC version, so I don't think my 360 version is going to get much love. Whats your Gamertag?
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Try porting to your last resurrection monolith. It should be there.
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Damn, I wish I had read this topic earlier! I had a similar problem and realized in a fairly similar manner that it was actually corrupt data rather than a faulty disk (luckily I was able to borrow a copy).
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I gave in and bought itRegarding the Sacred 2 Gold download file size I can't be sure but from what I found through google it seems as though it will be as Spunky said, 13.5 GBs.It is indeed approximately 13.5gb, roughly 27x500mb files + the exe files (a few hundred kb).
Now I just have to wait for it to download..
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It's working for me too (and wasn't working yesterday).
I wonder how long it will take to download on my poor Australian connection? It'd probably be quicker to get someone to mail me a copy. How depressing.
Can anyone confirm the size of the file/s? It says 20gb installed, so I assume somewhere around 10-15gb packaged?
Anyone got a Duel Wield staff guide?
in Dryad
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http://forum.sacred2.com/showthread.php?t=59107
This should have the info you need.