John999 5 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 hello yesterday I've reinstalled Sacred 2 Gold edition from the humble store (I have always installed from there) but I am missing the splash screen with the loading info and the funny random quotes instead there is a black screen for a few seconds, and then there are the ASCARON and other screens the menu loads fine and the game too but I'm missing this screen and even though it isn't such a big problem I still liked reading the quotes as they were always different any idea what happened and how to fix it? 1 Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 http://www.sacredwiki.org/index.php/Sacred_2:Silly_Messages this is what I'm referring to Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 hello yesterday I've reinstalled Sacred 2 Gold edition from the humble store (I have always installed from there) but I am missing the splash screen with the loading info and the funny random quotes instead there is a black screen for a few seconds, and then there are the ASCARON and other screens the menu loads fine and the game too but I'm missing this screen and even though it isn't such a big problem I still liked reading the quotes as they were always different any idea what happened and how to fix it? Hi John, and welcome to DarkMatters! I'm bumping up your topic, hoping someone here in the community will have some info and be able to help you... oh boy do I remember those silly message days... when Sacred original came out, there were just tons of bugs...they eventually had to edit the silly messages because some of them were found to be offensive the community as they were so frustrated with the game and thought the devs were making a mockery of it gogo Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Maybe your computer is so fast that it just skips that screen? Is this same computer that you had played Sacred 2 on in the past? If it's a new computer it truly may be that it just loads everything so fast that the splash screen just zooms on by. 1 Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 it is the exact same computer I played it on week(s) ago Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 bump, any ideas? Link to comment
King Angel 69 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Don't be worry. For me is the same thing Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 is your internet connection by any chance slow? because mine currently is, but I don't know if that's the reason since it is drm free Link to comment
Newm4nC4pte 0 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I have the same issue John. my internet connection is on wireless. idk if that'll help! Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 bump so can someone actually suggest anything useful, or is this forum a waste of my time? Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 bump so can someone actually suggest anything useful, or is this forum a waste of my time? Not everyone knows the solution to every problem. If you can't find any topics addressing the issue, chances are nobody else can either and it's not something with an obvious fix. It's not like people are ignoring you. Those of us who don't know the answer aren't going to speculate day after day. 1 Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 did any of you who have this issue do anything since you're getting the issue that might have caused it? Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 bump, can anyone please suggest anything for this odd little problem Link to comment
Popular Post desm 329 Posted January 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hi John, maybe you can try deactivating the intro movies (navigate to instal_path\Sacred 2 Gold\locale\your_language and rename the 'trailer' folder (for example trailer_old)). The intro videos should be deactivated. After that, right-click the Sacred 2 Gold shortcut on your desktop -> properties -> compatibility and check the boxes in front of 'Deactivate desktop composition' (not sure of the translation), 'Deactivate display scaling for high resolutions' (not sure at all for the translation again) and 'Execute as administrator'. Maybe that will help but sometimes you can't see the splash screen at all, depends how the game is loading, computer memory usage and all. Hope this helps, let us know! 2 Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 hello and thank you for your suggestions however I'm still running XP therefore I have neither options available in the game's properties however checking the Run in 256 colors or something like that makes the silly messages screen reappear but of course I'm not gonna run it in 256 colors because it's buggy and ugly could you suggest me some options files which I could look into, and perhaps find something and edit it? Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 I found out that launching Sacred via a SACRED2SAVE File (for example hero01) makes the game launch with the silly messages screen Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 but I still need to find a way to launch the normal executable with the screen Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Did you try disabling the intro videos like he said? I've always had them disabled so it never occurred to me they might play over the loading screen. What I do is open options.txt and find the setting "videos = 1," and change the value to 0. Options.txt is located in: C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2 May need to enable "show hidden files and folders". Link to comment
John999 5 Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 I tried both desm's and your's suggested workarounds but none worked, while the intro videos did not appear neither did the silly messages Link to comment
desm 329 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I really think it's a loading problem. Personnaly I would try to clean my pc (uninstalling programs/games/... I don' use anymore, cleaning unnecessary files and defragment your hard drive to give a boost to your pc (it can't hurt anyway). I would have say your pc is getting a little bit old but apparently you already played the game on it with the splash screen, so.. I don't know, sorry. Link to comment
John999 5 Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 so you don't think it could be a missing file/installation/unpacking error that could be causing it? I hope not Link to comment
Hooyaah 2,823 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 John, are you running the Sacred 2 Gold version and do you have the Community Patch 150 installed? I had some similar issues until I installed it. Link to comment
John999 5 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 humble bundle's drm-free latest version, no cm patch and not planning to either, I only play vanilla games Link to comment
Hooyaah 2,823 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I can respect that, as I played the vanilla Sacred 2 (from the boxed discs) for years. I never had any such issues with it. I hope someone has an idea that will help, perhaps someone who is playing the same version and set up may. Best wishes. 1 Link to comment
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