Sacred 2 Downloads - DIMITRIUS'S CM PATCH ADDENDUM - 2023

[contra 8]

21 hours ago, dimitrius154 said:

@contraIt's time for some blind search then. Do you still have sacred2.exe, s2logic.dll, s2render.dll from the previous iteration?

I also keep the full version 3.0 Addendum Extra integration (the regular version of 13 skills is not kept, probably it is the latest  before version 3.1 released, as of January 30, 2023, I see no update yet). In previous versions, neither of the above 2 issues existed.

I compared the SHA1 values of the 3 files you said, only sacred2 .exe is different. I tried to replace the previous version file to version 3.1 released, because I don't have much time today, so I only played the game for about 20 minutes, and no crash occurred, but the screen overexposure problem still exists.

[contra 8]

Screenshots of the same characters in different versions of the game.

[dimitrius154 612]

@contra Try the following https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UIamGhQ0VKQSWZccsbd5WEZ4Lla17JmA/view?usp=sharing with the latest sacred2.exe(24/07/2022).

[Sirisk 15]

It is impossible to attack the Vapor Vortex. The attack icon (arrow) simply does not appear when pointing at him.

[dimitrius154 612]

5 minutes ago, Sirisk said:

It is impossible to attack the Vapor Vortex.

It's supposed to kill itself after spawning three groups of undead.

[Flix 5,116]

14 hours ago, dimitrius154 said:

s2render.dll replacement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iE-b5NqwoOrm1s0dQYBZip76MEGJQVrl/view?usp=sharing

Thanks.  Sadly the error persists even with this replacement.  The debug log report is the same as before.

[dimitrius154 612]

2 hours ago, Flix said:

Sadly the error persists even with this replacement.  The debug log report is the same as before.

Hmm,  any error entries within the  Windows Application Log? 

[Flix 5,116]

59 minutes ago, dimitrius154 said:

Hmm,  any error entries within the  Windows Application Log? 

I checked Event Viewer but I don't see errors or any entries at all for the game under Windows Applications. Just the normal Information events.

[dimitrius154 612]

@FlixFour files can be at fault: sacred2.exe, s2core.dll, s2logic.dll, s2render.dll. Try replacing them with the previous version, one by one. 

[Flix 5,116]

31 minutes ago, dimitrius154 said:

@FlixFour files can be at fault: sacred2.exe, s2core.dll, s2logic.dll, s2render.dll. Try replacing them with the previous version, one by one. 

As soon as I replaced Sacred2.exe the application started as expected. No launch errors.

[dimitrius154 612]

@Flixtry this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JL0ZtrXP40Y9BGUF6IcCwG1U051Mif8t/view?usp=sharing pass - 12345

[Sirisk 15]

On 2/27/2023 at 10:21 PM, dimitrius154 said:

It's supposed to kill itself after spawning three groups of undead.

It took me 35 minutes for this boss to die. During this time, probably more than two dozen groups of undead were supawned. Is that normal?

[dimitrius154 612]

1 minute ago, Sirisk said:

On 2/27/2023 at 10:21 PM, dimitrius154 said:

It's supposed to kill itself after spawning three groups of undead.

It took me 35 minutes for this boss to die.

Looks like it still regenerates somehow.

[Sirisk 15]

7 minutes ago, dimitrius154 said:

Looks like it still regenerates somehow.

And he was damaged only 3 times (more than 1/3 of his HP at a time). It happened somehow spontaneously after the death of the mob.
And yes, he regenerated a little between damage. If he was taking damage equal to exactly 1/3 of his xp, he wouldn't have died in 3 times.

The first damage he took was much later than the 3 waves of mobs spawned.

[Flix 5,116]

7 hours ago, dimitrius154 said:

@Flixtry this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JL0ZtrXP40Y9BGUF6IcCwG1U051Mif8t/view?usp=sharing pass - 12345

Thanks, but no luck.  The same error and debug.log results. No errors in event viewer.

[dimitrius154 612]

19 minutes ago, Flix said:

Thanks, but no luck. 

Hmm, D2F v14 definitley launches for me. have you tries a shortcut with  -nocpubinding -skipopenal flags?

[Flix 5,116]

1 hour ago, dimitrius154 said:

Hmm, D2F v14 definitley launches for me. have you tries a shortcut with  -nocpubinding -skipopenal flags?

I have a shortcut with those flags added. Didn't resolve the error though.

I also tried manually installing Openal32.dll.  I still got an error though the debug log is slightly different now.

Now it says "SoundSystemFactory type 'OPENAL' registered" instead of "could not find 'OpenAL32.dll'"

[dimitrius154 612]

@FlixHmm, we definitely need one more rig. Can anyone else confirm that same behaviour? @Androdion, perhaps?

[Flix 5,116]

I'll try installing it on my old Windows 7 machine tomorrow.

Some other findings:

• Copying an old Sacred2.exe (from CM Patch) while keeping all other Addendum/D2F system files causes the game to launch ok.
• BUT copying over the current standard Addendum exe still causes the same launch error.
• Installing the current standard Addendum in full (no D2F) and the game launches without issue.

[dimitrius154 612]

@FlixLet's try this one, the entire system folder: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MKeizcyQ4lU6m131gpczp_o_0svceNA7/view?usp=sharing

[Flix 5,116]

32 minutes ago, dimitrius154 said:

@FlixLet's try this one, the entire system folder: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MKeizcyQ4lU6m131gpczp_o_0svceNA7/view?usp=sharing

OK, I backed up and removed my base system folder, replaced the entire D2F system folder with that one, then enabled the mod, and... the same error occurred as before.

My usual system folder does not contain any of that securom stuff, and also has an additional file: goggame-1207665233.dll - however this was not present when I tried your system folder.

Do you think GOG version might not be supported somehow?

[dimitrius154 612]

8 minutes ago, Flix said:

Do you think GOG version might not be supported somehow?

That would be weird.

Maybe it's about the GME. I'd suggest trying the more basic installation approach.

[Lorane 9]

I have a couple of questions

1) Sometimes caches (yellow lights on the ground) don't drop anything.
2) Parashu Axe still drops more than other green items. My level 32 Seraphim got it 3 or 4 times, while 3 or 4 other green items only dropped once.

is this a bug or is it ok?

Edited March 1, 2023 by Lorane

[dimitrius154 612]

2 hours ago, Lorane said:

1) Sometimes caches (yellow lights on the ground) don't drop anything.
2) Parashu Axe still drops more than other green items. My level 32 Seraphim got it 3 or 4 times, while 3 or 4 other green items only dropped once.

1) Technically possible, their droplists may yield an empty roll.

2) I'd say, it's a pesudo-randomization quirk, unless the same situation continues further ingame.

[contra 8]

I just noticed that some items（Not all, but most） in version 3.1 Addendum have an additional attribute, such as Hitpoint Regeneration +xx/s, Light Range +xx/m... etc. This item attribute does not exist in previous versions and sacredwiki. Because of this, there are multiple Light Range +xx/m item attributes superimposed on the body, causing the game screen to be overexposed.

 

Edited March 1, 2023 by contra