The new Sacred 2 CM patch - Now available for Ice & Blood

[czevak 57]

Hi everybody.

 

Thank you for your hard work on this community patch.

 

I have one question about the fist weapons.

 

I have tested yesterday the animations attacks with 8 fist weapon differents (I mean 8 differents skin in inventory) with a seraphim combat arts pelting strikes and assailing somersault.

 

3 of them got the same animation than 1 handed swords, the 5 that remains have the same animation but it's still different than the unarmed animation with the same combat arts tested.

 

Is this intended or is this a bug ?

 

Good luck for the next patchs !

 

This is going to be the case until we have fixed the Highelves fistweapons animation (we hopefully have it done by the release of CM v0100). I had to substitute for working animation classes in order to implement them.

[Bobbybob 0]

Ok, thank you for the fast reply.

[marcuswob 43]

Just a few pictures from our current work.

 

 

In the future we'll be in need for people to translate several phrases from english to italian, french, spanish etc.

So if you want to join in, you know where to find us...

 

CU Marcus

[Dragon Brother 619]

Thats awesome work marcus. Id help...but I dont think you need help translating from english to english

[marcuswob 43]

Well, not directly...

 

To find missing content faster I've inserted a kind of "default phrase" to the global.res. So everytime in the future (Versions > 0090) you find a statement like "Tag 012346789", please contact us to replace this with a proper translation. In most cases this will be german to english first, but then we have to go for the other languages...

 

There is a lot of ignored content the german global.res, so simply translating everything would cost us lots of time. This way we'll be translating what's necassary, especially the reactivated quests. "Dark Rituals" can now be seen in the logbook, but it looks funny with all those default tags.

 

By the way:

The display of the version number of the cm-patch in the main menu is based on a mod from Prinz v.H. for ciSacred.

The import/export tool for the global.res is made by pedro, suppoted by dimitriy. So the developement became international.

 

CU Marcus

Edited October 29, 2010 by marcuswob

[czevak 57]

We decided to release another 9x version, as a hotfix for the 0090. The magic hiding places, waterfountains and other effects should work again, as well as the lighting in dungeons.

 

As marcus already mentioned, we prepared means of support for editing of international language file data.

 

Also, from now on, it is no longer necessary to disable the previous version first. All coming releases have upgrade functionality. Just install it over your current v0090.

 

Download as always in post #1.

[marcuswob 43]

Some first shots from our current work. Pay attention to "Dark Rituals" and "Hunting Fever".

 

 

CU Marcus

[Dragon Brother 619]

Nice stuff Im assuming this will be included in release v0100 or something? To be honest I dont know whats different about the hunting fever quest as I cant remember what happened from when I completed it last.

[wolfie2kX 528]

Some first shots from our current work. Pay attention to "Dark Rituals" and "Hunting Fever".

 

 

CU Marcus

 

Having a slight bit of deja vu with the hunting fever 3 quest's log entry.. Kinda reminds me of the Master Hunter quest found in the Orc region. A sort of condensed version of it.

 

Then again, Ascaron was somewhat notorious for recycling quests even back in Sacred 1... I think there were no less than 3 "find my bunny" quests there. There was the one in Braverock Castle, the one in Highmarsh and one in Alkazaba Noc Draco - where you had to save the stolen chicken.

 

Fortunately, they only did ONE of those in Sacred 2 - and they changed the target to the cat in Benny's Corn Circles.

Edited November 3, 2010 by wolfie2kX

[marcuswob 43]

It's about

 

http://www.frankrentmeister.info/mantisbt/view.php?id=208 "Starting 'Hunting Fever' quest does not get logged into the Log Book"

 

http://www.frankrentmeister.info/mantisbt/view.php?id=214 "Nameless Quest"

There is a quest that involves fighting a Succubus and its pack of Demons in the Human region. This quest has a few issues:

1. No quest dialog for accepting or declining the quest. Once you click on the quest giver, the quest is automatically accepted.

2. Log entry for the quest has no details.

3. Quest has no name, thus cannot be select in the Quest Log

4. Quest creates Chapter III tab in Quest Log, but I'am not in Chapter III yet.

 

So everything you can see about "Hunting Fever III" and "Dark Rituals" ist completely new.

 

CU Marcus

[wolfie2kX 528]

Marcus -

 

I don't doubt it's a new pair of quests... I'm just saying that the Seraphim quest reminds me a LOT of the Master Hunter quests in the Orc region. Slay 10 of this, slay 10 of that... go talk to the master hunter - get his amulet and then fight him for the title.

[marcuswob 43]

Yes, I know. I just wanted to clarify what we're actually working on.

 

Sacred2 knows exactly 4 types of quests: Rescue, Reach, Collect and Attack. Everything in the game is made out of these four types or a combination of them.

 

I don't know much about Sacred1 (okay, I played it years ago, but nothing more). I guess that's everything such a hack-and-slay game is about, mostly killing an collecting stuff. Sometimes there is a rescue as a counterpart to a killquest, and some go-here-and-there for the storytelling. As a consequence, if you've got enough of that stuff, it gets boring...

 

CU Marcus

[marcuswob 43]

Id help...but I dont think you need help translating from english to english

Well, it's time to do so: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=URAB9WRQ

 

Please check this translation. If it's okay, we can pass it along for further translations (fr, it, es, ru for now).

 

CU Marcus

Edited November 4, 2010 by marcuswob

[Dragon Brother 619]

Will do my best

[mazzpsykoziz 0]

sorry if this has already been asked but is this community patch just for blood and ice or can I use it on the regular sacred 2?

[Dragon Brother 619]

sorry if this has already been asked but is this community patch just for blood and ice or can I use it on the regular sacred 2?

For Ice and Blood only sorry mazz.

Edited November 6, 2010 by Dragon Brother

[marcuswob 43]

Will do my best

Any suggestions?

 

Has anybody else reviewed the files (simple txt)?

 

CU Marcus

[Dragon Brother 619]

Ok, here you go:

 

01-Mainquest - Seems fine to me.

 

Der_Olympische_Gedanke - It doesnt really make sense at all to me from the words "Nodo Ping" and onwards. I added the word in red to fix up some grammar slightly.

1551148002 Yes, what is it?<br><br>Floyd sends you? Oh, I know what he wants me to do. Every year the same game.<br><br>And after all I've had to deal with this shaman referee called Nodo Ping again, while Fleud knows nothing! Of course! Nargutz-amnesia, you know that? Guess where he got his nickname "Dumbutz" from!

 

Dunkle-Rituale - A few fixes shown in red, mostly swapped a few words around, deleted some for grammars sake which are harder to see.

3348876981 Deamonic Rituals

2622386239 Find the hermit living in the orc region.<br><br>O dear, this doesn't sound too good. What have we done?<br>We have used our faith to drag an unspeakably evil being into our world. A feat we cannot undo.<br><br>One of our brother Followers of Ker traveled to the orc lands, far away from humans, to engage himself in his rituals privately. Find him and ask him what can be done about the Succubus.

1574233297 Expelliarmus Succubus...

3448124481 Find and banish the Succubus.<br><br>Instead of calling a follower of Kuan, we summoned something terrible. A Succubus from the depths of hell. Only Ker, the Goddess of Chaos could have created such a creature. You must find and banish it, before it brings too much evil into this world.

2400084986 All right, it's not too late!

1406820076 I could not destroy her, she ran before I was able to kill her.

1591512469 Instead of summoning a follower of Kuan, the priests have called a demon from the Chaos of Ker. It might become a threat to all of us. It must be destroyed.

1738929881 Dark Rituals

0484126518 I must find someone who has extended knowledge of invocation spells, a follower of Ker. One of those is believed to live in the mountains in the orc region. I will pay him a visit, maybe he knows how to stop this Succubus.

0297106218 Hello.<br><br>Oh... a Succubus was summoned ... Yes, I sensed it. A disturbance of power. Like a cry which was suddenly silenced.<br>To assist you further, you must get me some things. Wait, I'll write them down for you.<br>Bring all of these ingredients to my colleague living in the seraphim region. He will tell you what else you need to gather.

3487015470 I have collected all ingredients, now I have to find the hermit living with the seraphim.

3671707863 I need to get these ingredients:<br>10 bottles of Harpies blood<br>1 stone of an Earth Elemental<br><br>After finding these ingredients, I'll have to find a hermit in the seraphim region.

4179468779 Oh... a visitor. Come in, come in.<br><br>Ahh, I know these ingredients. I will help you prepare the invocation.<br><br>What we additionally need is an ever-frozen icicle. There should be one here on this island, I will mark it on your map so you will know where to find it.<br><br>After retrieving it, visit my colleague in the dragon region, he will provide you with further assistance.

1272243568 I've found the icicle. Now I only have to visit the hermit living with the dragons.

1456935961 I have to collect an ever-frozen icicle from a monster in this region. Thereafter I've got to visit an hermit in the lands of the dragons.

3354259309 What? How? Indecency? Ah... ingredients, yes!<br><br>Ah... yes... o yes... I recognize these ingredients. It's not a far way to go anymore, hehe. Yes, we will soon have a tamed demon. No, not you... the Brotherhood. Yes, the Brotherhood.<br><br>You must find a Fire-pouch from inside a dragon. Every dragon has one, otherwise they wouldn't be able to spit fire. Retrieve it and go visit my friend in the swamps, you can't miss his hut.

2862382134 I've got the Fire-pouch. Now I have to visit a hermit in the swamps.

3047074527 And again I'm being sent on. This time I have to get a Fire-pouch from a dragon. I'll have to get close to a dragon first.<br>After this I need to find an hermit in the swamps. I'd like to know, to whom he referred to with this „Brotherhood“...

0384124147 O yes, you have traveled far.<br><br>Only to catch a demon? Hehe.<br>Yes, you're right. People will never learn. Demons should not be summoned rashly. Well, enough talking. Hehe.<br>Get... hmm... what was it again? It doesn't happen often that someone drops by in need of old knowledge. Yesss... we also need mud from the swamps. However, this mud we need is not lying around everywhere. It's only available in one particular place in these swamps.<br>Bring these requisites to the desert, where my master will be waiting for you. He will perform the ritual.

0831647864 The Master of the Summoners is letting on quite a bit about his fellows. There must be more to it, why else would he live in the desert?

1754996183 I have the mud. Now I'll have to visit the Master of the Summoners in the desert.

1939688576 It appears that the collection of seemingly useless objects comes to an end. As the next ingredient I have to get a hand full of mud. Of course it has to be some kind of special mud from some special water-hole in these godforsaken swamps.

4266486708 How often have I proclaimed it: Be careful when you summon things! No one ever listened to me. I have told them time and time again, one should leave this kind of magic to experts. Either this or an extra school for summoners and exorcists should be opened. But no, the elves think they're above that sort of thing. Maybe a practiced summoner cannot cast a ball of fire, but surely he could have brought this creature from Ker's womb to this world on his own - enslaved that is. Give me those things. If you really want to help, then you should also get me something trifling. Just tell me if you're interested.

2076130473 Some blood was taken from me, which represents the necessary medium.<br>The invocation starts, I should witness it.

3106313483 Ahh... and what about the medium? Well, well, in that case you are the first creature in this world to survive battling a demon. Don't get me wrong. Demons aren't stronger than dragons, but they're much less known, and they're far less predictable.<br>We will commence the ritual right away. Could I for one moment..., it won't hurt. Thank you, that's enough medium.

3665950797 To perform an invocation isn't as simple as it sounds. We need a medium that has been in contact with the demon. A living medium would be best.<br>Summoning is much easier than an invocation. This can be explained very simply: as soon as we pull something from the Spheres of Chaos towards us, we call it a summoning. So summoning only ever has one origin. In contrast, invocation is much more complex. It means trying to transfer a creature from an unknown location to a known location. To finish the invocation we also need a magic-filled bottle... the darker this magic the better. I'll draw a mark on your map where you'll find it.

3079567942 Get me a bottle filled with dark magic.

0647610232 I have the bottle, I have myself. Now the invocation can go ahead.

0832302625 As a last ingredient, I have to get a bottle filled with dark magic. A thing like that can surely be found in this world.<br>Also a medium is required. Best would be something that has been in contact with the demon to be invoked. I guess this medium will be me.

2739566017 Dark Invocation

3320613082 The Succubus' threat ends now. The summoners dressed in black have subdued the demon. They want to take her away to a country that will belong to the humans.<br>I'm appointed honorable fellow of the Brotherhood of the Sakkara. The Sakkara appears to be the highest of demons.<br><br>I'm not quite sure whether to be happy or fearful about this...

3441277238 It's done. The invocation has finished. The erroneous summoning has shown us many flaws in our rituals. We will improve and simplify them. Soon it will be possible for everyone to summon their own demons without any danger.<br><br>With our newly gained knowledge we will go our own way, traveling west, where we'll settle in a country free from elves. There and then, the era of the humans can begin... and the era of the Brotherhood. Maybe we will meet again in a new Ancaria.<br><br>Maybe we'll meet again one day. I hereby appoint you honorable fellow of our Brotherhood. Keep this name to yourself. We're the Brotherhood of the Sakkara, the highest of demons.

 

Einmischung_von_Aussen - Works for me

 

Jagdfieber - Same drill

0483554052 Hunting Fever

2272865152 Hunting Fever I

3803936236 Hunting Fever II

4026461779 The Seraphim was happy about my success, however the contest continues.

2176408107 I have to win a hunting contest for a Seraphim. As a first test, Wolves have to be hunted. I have to hurry, I don't have a lot of time.

1991715714 Well, that's done.

2933150859 Hunting Fever III

1373713559 Put down 10 wolves.<br><br>Hello!<br>As always, I've done something stupid again. I'm known for this. I was challenged by Sister Humpatumpa. And I couldn't keep my big mouth shut, so indeed I accepted her challenge.<br>The problem in this matter is that in the last 10 years, no one managed to defeat Humpatumpa. In addition I've also injured myself. Could you stand in for me?<br><br>Kill 10 wolves to start with, but hurry, we're running out of time!

3551591536 Hurry, time is running out.

0241501685 Hahaha, that only just went well. We should toast to this... However maybe not you, because the contest hasn't been won entirely yet.

0975977092 I was rewarded this time. However, the contest hasn't finished yet.

1069022156 This time I have to kill some Bears. Again I have to hurry.

0884329763 Once you get started, the rest isn't too difficult.

0761863128 Put down 12 Bears.<br><br>Now that you've proven yourself in Wolf hunting, we'd like to see whether you can also master the next test. In this area, we have some rather vicious Bears. Kill 12 of them. You'll have to hurry again, there's not much time left.

2714274785 Hurry, otherwise we'll lose the contest.

3012475206 And again you haven't disappointed me. Take this as a token of my trust in you.

2220459701 I think it's been worth my while to win this contest for the Seraphim.

4256603501 I have entered the contest finals. Now I have to find a perfect Crystal. Such an item can be taken from Crystal monsters, but only very rarely.

4071911108 I nearly wanted to give up, but still here's the perfect Crystal.

0150012697 Bring me a perfect Crystal from the walking crystals.<br><br>You have almost pulled it off. Now there's only one object left to win this contest. A perfect Crystal from this island. By Lumen, these crystals aren't easily found. Still, if you find one of these crystals I'll reward you amply.

3141405993 I haven't been as well as today in a long time. So why be bothered about an injured leg?

1876958034 Did you find a perfect Crystal already?

1488481431 You are truly heroic. You have saved my honour. From now on no one will call me a big mouth any longer. From now on I will also keep my mouth shut a little more. Take this as gratitude for your help.

2704874751 Seraphim Diana

 

Ueberfall - I deleted one word here, otherwise its all good.

0279102122 Your money or your life! Pay the toll.<br><br>This bridge belongs to us! Anyone who wants to cross it must pay the toll! Those who don't pay get their throats slit!

 

Well, hope that helps. The changes I made hopefully make whats written flow a bit better together.

[marcuswob 43]

1551148002 Yes, what is it?<br><br>Floyd sends you? Oh, I know what he wants me to do. Every year the same game.<br><br>And after all I've had to deal with this shaman referee called Nodo Ping again, while Fleud knows nothing! Of course! Nargutz-amnesia, you know that? Guess where he got his nickname "Dumbutz" from!

 

Okay, so let me explain:

This is in Entruag. You're send to get a potion for the Nargutz-players. The npc who gives you that Quest is called Floyd, later referred as Dumbutz. So here Fleud = Floyd, I just missed the last one.

See "Nodo Ping" as "no doping"... Time to deal with him is in the future, not the past, so I think it should be "I'll have to deal with...", right?

"After all" may lead into a wrong direction. "After the game that comes" may be better?

 

CU Marcus

[Dragon Brother 619]

I see. That makes more sense. How about instead of:

And after all I've had to deal with this shaman referee called Nodo Ping again, while Fleud knows nothing!

you have:

After all this I still have to deal with Nodo Ping, the shaman referee again, while Fleud knows nothing!

[czevak 57]

The scriptcleaner tool was replaced by an improved s2reset tool, suitable to remove all previous versions of the cm-patch, forcing the replacement of altered files with original one from 2.65.x.

 

This tool can be used to reset messed up CM versions to Ice and Blood 2.65.x for a clean fresh start.

 

Link as always under Troubleshooting in the first post.

Edited November 7, 2010 by czevak

[marcuswob 43]

I see. That makes more sense.

After all this I still have to deal with Nodo Ping, the shaman referee again, while Floyd knows nothing!

Thanks. I take it that way. The data is written into my beta 7 and will go for further translations. It will be in the game with the next release.

 

From this I guess it would be better to write a short explanation to the translators, where and when each phrase will be seen in the game.

 

Actually I'm working on the questbook. First, there are some missing or confusing titles and captions. Second, I've got a problem to solve around timed killquests (again) and some mappoints which affect the questbook as well.

 

CU Marcus

Edited November 8, 2010 by marcuswob

[Barristan 14]

Heya guys!

 

DL link is not working for me... problem on my end, or a broken link?

 

Greetz

[marcuswob 43]

L link is not working for me... problem on my end, or a broken link?

Link is working, 80MB to download.

 

CU Marcus

[marcuswob 43]

Some impressions from what is to come:

 

 

CU Marcus