Sacrifice

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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Enemies can't fight back if the frame rate is higher than 60 FPS.

General information

Sacrifice Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 2.50 DRM^{[Note 1]} Known issues on Windows Vista and later.^{[citation needed]}
GOG.com		Pre-patched for modern systems. Serial keys for multiplayer available by request to GOG support team.^[4]
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

dgVoodoo 2 wrapper

Prevents crashes and issues on modern PCs, in addition to adding new graphical options. Requires a GPU with support for DirectX 10.1 or above.

Configuring dgVoodoo 2^{[citation needed]}
Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2. Extract the .zip file somewhere and copy the contents of the MS sub-folder into the main Sacrifice folder. Use dgVoodooSetup to configure settings (Recommended to disable the dgVoodoo Watermark checkbox) and press ok. Start the game, clicking ok when asked to choose a Direct3D Driver (each box should mention dgVoodoo).

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Shiny Entertainment\Sacrifice\Options^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38440/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves^{[Note 4]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38440/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Force through dgVoodoo 2.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Labeled as "Triple Buffering". Disable GSYNC in the Nvidia Control Panel to avoid instant startup crash.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	causes crashes even at 60fps, the best way to fix all issues completely is by capping frames at 30fps then all issues will be fixed completely as 30fps doesn't cause issues at all Setting the target frame rate higher than 60fps breaks completely the game making the game totally unplayable.

Widescreen resolution

Use the Sacrifice FOV Fix^[5]
The file has a .7z suffix, but it's a RAR file. If you have trouble extracting the archive, rename the file suffix to .rar instead.

Input

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Seems to apply negative mouse acceleration if 'Enhance pointer precision' setting in Windows is turned on.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		On by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1 & 2

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail and Steam only.
German				Retail and Steam; download for GOG.com version
Italian				Retail and Steam only.
Polish				Retail and GOG.com only.
Spanish				Retail and Steam only.
Russian				Unofficial translation by Fargus. Attached as bonus to GOG.com version.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	4
Online play	4	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[6] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2302-2400, 6073
UDP	2302-2400, 6073

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution. `Note:` Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues fixed

No mouse/keyboard access for ReShade overlay

Use dinputto8^{[citation needed]}

Error initializing graphics library (scapex.exe map editor)

Use compatability setting - Reduced Color Mode (16-bit)^[7]

Notes

On a multi-monitor system, keep the editor on the first screen.

Remove registry settings
Open `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Shiny Entertainment\Sacrifice\Scapex\scapex\Frame` in the registry editor Remove or adjust values `left`, `right`, `Top` and `Bottom`

Issues above 30fps

Running the game at higher than 30 FPS breaks the game; i.e. melee damage is buffed, and animations are cancelled. Also causes constant crashing if the frame rate is set higher than the default value

Set target framerate to 30fps Works

Compatibility issues on modern systems

See dgVoodoo 2 wrapper

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, Me	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible	16 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	9.2	10.0.4
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (38440) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Inside Mac Games News: Sacrifice Goes Gold, Preview Posted
↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Sacrifice - Multiplayer key request - last accessed on 2021-06-13
↑ Sacrifice | WSGF
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
↑ Error initializing graphics library in Sacrifice's Scapex - Rage3D forums

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]

[HKLM-6] Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

[Proton_path_note-7] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (38440) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (38440) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[gamedir-8] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Inside Mac Games News: Sacrifice Goes Gold, Preview Posted

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] Sacrifice - Multiplayer key request - last accessed on 2021-06-13

[WSGF-9] Sacrifice | WSGF

[10] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[11] Error initializing graphics library in Sacrifice's Scapex - Rage3D forums

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Developers

	Shiny Entertainment
Mac OS (Classic)	MumboJumbo^[1]
macOS (OS X)	MumboJumbo
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
	Sold-Out Software
Mac OS	MacPlay
OS X	MacPlay
Release dates
Windows	November 17, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	December 24, 2001
macOS (OS X)	December 24, 2001