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Key points
- Online multiplayer master servers have been shut down.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- SacredWiki: elaborate wiki about Sacred, Sacred Underworld and Sacred 2: Fallen Angel.
- Wolfe's Lair (archive): fansite with walkthroughs and tips for Sacred and the Underworld expansion.
- Sacred Ancaria Connection: a tool which allows multiplayer connections without using VPN usage after the TinCat service shutdown.
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Version differences
- Sacred - the original game, released in February 2004
- Sacred Plus - Free expansion pack released in October 2004 as part of the 1.7 and 1.8 patches for the base game. It adds 2 regions, monsters, quests, items.
- Sacred Underworld - Expansion pack released in April 2005. It adds 2 player characters (Daemon and Dwarf), 6 regions, 2 acts, new monsters and items.
- Sacred Gold - Released in August 2005, includes the base game and both expansions.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Sacred Plus |
Distributed in 1.7 and 1.8 official patches for the base game for free. |
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Sacred Underworld |
Files released as free download for Italian and Spanish releases by FX Interactive in 2006, requiring an SMS message request for a serial key.[6][7] |
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Essential improvements
Sacred Gold running in standard 1024x768 resolution.
Sacred Gold running in 1920x1080 resolution via dgVoodoo.
Patches
- The latest patch for Sacred is 1.8.26 (Dec 2004) - which upgrades it to Sacred Plus. It is available here.
- The latest patch for Sacred Underworld / Gold is 2.28 (Nov 2006). It is available here. It is already included in the digital releases.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\movie\
- Delete or rename
ascaron.wmv and oem.wmv .
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High-resolution rendering
Download and apply dgVoodoo
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- This fix may introduce graphical artifacts.
- Will stretch gfx horizontally altering original aspect ratio.
- Download the latest version (password given)
- Copy the three
.dll files from the MS folder and the dgVoodoo executable into <path-to-game>
- Open the dgVoodoo executable from the game folder and click the
.\ button
- In the
DirectX tab of dgVoodoo, set Resolution to your monitor's native one and untick 'dgVoodoo Watermark'
- Click
Apply and close dgVoodoo as it needn't run along with the game
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Use Sacred NL or PureHD
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- Fixes all artifacts caused by playing at widescreen resolutions and interface scales correctly.
- Adds QoL improvements like extended zoom and new hotkeys.
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Improve performance
Force Vsync off
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- This fix may introduce graphical artifacts.
- Go to
<path-to-game>
- Open
Settings.cfg
- Add the line
WAITRETRACE : 0 at the end of the file
- Save the changes and close the file
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Multiplayer connectivity without VPNs
Sacred Ancaria Connection
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- The project is open source, with a GitHub repository here.
- Download the latest version of the Sacred Ancaria Connection client.
- Execute it before launching Sacred.
- In the game options, select "Modem/ISDN" as the network speed setting.
- Go to the LAN menu and you should be seeing several servers.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
- Saved games are
GAME**.PAK
; saved heroes are hero**.pax
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Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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SFX, Speech, Music. |
Surround sound |
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Requires ALchemy |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Unknown version, supported by ALchemy. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
Czech |
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English |
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US English release has censored blood effects, unlike European and Oceanian English-language releases |
French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Retail only. |
Polish |
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Local retail only. For digital releases use this guide |
Russian |
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Retail and GOG. |
Spanish |
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Retail version, download. |
Network
- Online features require a product key; for the GOG.com version the key is available by submitting a multiplayer key request.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Linux | |
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Sacred Gold had a Linux release in 2009 (by Linux Game Publishing). |
Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Cutscenes |
Windows Media Video 9 |
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Multiplayer |
TinCat |
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Modifications
- The biggest and most elaborate balance mod-patch for Sacred.
- Requires Sacred Gold.
- Changes in the overall balance, bosses, heroes, items, their drop, game mechanics and makes small, but significant changes in the games world to make Sacred more enjoyable and less frustrating.
- It's constantly updated and mod authors are opened for help.
- Doesn't affects the original executable, provides own widescreen support and it's compatible with most languages.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000, XP |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
| AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz or higher Intel Pentium 4 |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible
| 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible | |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
2.2.x or better Linux kernel with glibc-2.1 or later and X-Windows (XFree86 3.3.x or later) |
Processor (CPU) |
1.0 GHz x86 |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3.7 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics card 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References