Sacred2: Fallen Angel -- Demo Available

Dyre Straits · September 30th, 2008, 10:53 AM

This Action-RPG is looking really good so far. The demo is pretty hefty, though: 1.71 GB.

Did anyone here ever play the original? I know I missed it.

More information here:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170226

and here:

www.sacred2.com

Unixlord · September 30th, 2008, 12:47 PM

The early screenshots looked so much better. Crap console influence strikes again. Yeah PC gaming isn't dying it's just that we're getting console cancer in all our games! Sure according to wikipedia the user interface has been specially redesigned for each platform's hardware but the graphics seems to have gone to hell in a hand basket!

Dyre Straits · September 30th, 2008, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Unixlord

The early screenshots looked so much better. Crap console influence strikes again. Yeah PC gaming isn't dying it's just that we're getting console cancer in all our games! Sure according to wikipedia the user interface has been specially redesigned for each platform's hardware but the graphics seems to have gone to hell in a hand basket!

I've almost got the download completed -- about 15 minutes left at the moment.

Once I get it installed, I'll set it up and post some screenshots from my own PC. How's that sound?

Unixlord · September 30th, 2008, 01:00 PM

Sounds good. I've just finished downloading witcher EE and a 1.7GB demo would not go well with my excrutiatingly small bandwidth limit. Lets have 4-5 screenshots from different angles and zoom distances plus the skill screen the character screen and the inventory, thank you!

Dyre Straits · September 30th, 2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Unixlord

Sounds good. I've just finished downloading witcher EE and a 1.7GB demo would not go well with my excrutiatingly small bandwidth limit. Lets have 4-5 screenshots from different angles and zoom distances plus the skill screen the character screen and the inventory, thank you!

Here are the PC Specs from the official website:

System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements:

2.4 GHz processor
1 GB RAM
Graphics card 256 MB, from nVidia® GeForce™ 6800 or ATI® Radeon™
DirectX compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive
20 GB free Hard Drive (HDD) space
Windows XP, XP64, Vista, Vista64 • DirectX 9.0d (included with game)

Recommended requirements for a fast, smooth-running game:

Dual Core 2.0 GHz processor
2 GB RAM
Graphics card 512 MB, ab nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS oder ATI Radeon HD 3870
DVD-ROM drive
5.1 surround sound card (EAX 5.0 compatible, DirectX 9.0d [for XP] or DirectX 10.0 [for Vista] compatible), with surround speakers or headphones
Mouse with mouse wheel
25 GB free Hard Drive (HDD) space
Microsoft Windows XP (32 / 64 Bit) with Service Pack 3 / Vista 32 / 64 Bit) with Service Pack 1
DirectX 9.0d (included with game)
Optional: DSL modem or network card for multiplayer games

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Now, tell me, does it show any requirement in those specs for a Physx capable card? No, it doesn't.

And, I do have a HD 3870 installed and using the latest 8.9 drivers.

But....

When I try to start the game, this is what I get:

Unixlord · September 30th, 2008, 01:31 PM

Well the error mentions nothing about "Physx" either. On the other hand that screen would be a perfect addition for an "Angry german kid plays sacred 2" video.

Dyre Straits · September 30th, 2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Unixlord

Well the error mentions nothing about "Physx" either. On the other hand that screen would be a perfect addition for an "Angry german kid plays sacred 2" video.

Actually, that screenshot of the error has everything to do with Physx.

It's why I checked out which version of the Physx software I had installed and I already had a newer version than what the game requires. But, I went ahead and got the latest version, installed it, and the demo started up fine this time around.

Dyre Straits · September 30th, 2008, 02:19 PM

And a couple more.....

Unixlord · September 30th, 2008, 03:18 PM

I was merely commenting on the lack of the word "physx". Physics.cpp could have been anything from an inhouse physics framework to the famous physx engine. One would think that they'd use the commercial name for it.

Anyway the screenshots don't look reassuring. Could you redo the second screenshot from the end (that would be the one on the left of your last post to prevent any misunderstanding) with 8X AA/AF enabled?

Dyre Straits · September 30th, 2008, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Unixlord

I was merely commenting on the lack of the word "physx". Physics.cpp could have been anything from an inhouse physics framework to the famous physx engine. One would think that they'd use the commercial name for it.

Anyway the screenshots don't look reassuring. Could you redo the second screenshot from the end (that would be the one on the left of your last post to prevent any misunderstanding) with 8X AA/AF enabled?

I've seen that type of error at least once before. So, I knew it had to do with the Physx program. Once I read the Readme for the demo, that just confirmed my suspicion. But, the demo calls for at least a V. 7 something and I already had a V. 8 of Physx installed. Installing the latest one solved the error. So, just a heads up for anyone else who may download this demo: Make sure you have the latest Physx installed and, if you still get the error, reinstall it.

As for the remake of that screenshot: I've upped my resolution to 1600x1200 [max on my CRT] and boosted all of the video card settings via CCC to the max also. The ingame settings only allow for a max of 4X AA. So, this following screenshot is with all settings at max.