damn its english version only :mad:
could someone please be so kind and make a crack for the german version too please ?

Did you try it out with the German version? Maybe it works, I often used foreign language cracks this way.

I'll give it a try when it's available.

yes i tried it too but the german version 1.5 has a different version number than the english one and has different files that are not compatible to each other .it starts with this crack yes but if you try to start a new game it will crash at the first video and the voices doesnt work either,loading saved games works but it also crashes if you get to the next chapter and at many other things too.i think there is no other way than to wait for a german crack if there ever will be one

Well kiddies, it seems that the IMSDOX 1.5 crack isn't fully cracked and it will totally mess with your game progress.

I was looking forward to playing w/o a CD, so I installed the crack--everything 'seemed' OK. However, once after entering a portal I got transported to a deserted island on the bottom of the map--no way off!

I played it a couple of more times and after a few portal/cave visits I'd end up on that damn island again! I went back to the original .exe and .dll files w/CD in drive and guess what--No Problems. Must be an anti-cheat/crack island of doom!

If at first you don't succeed IMSDOX, try, try again! Please!

yes this seems to be part of the copyprotection others reportet this problems with earlier versions too.maybe some invisible part of the copyprotection checks the files while playing or something like that and if the check fails it sends you to the island .that would also explain why the souldrinker and deviance cracks needed the original exe as base.dll to work because i never had this problem with the souldrinker crack 1.0 or 1.2.

The island is called Mal-Orc-A (Mallorca) and it's "where cheaters get sent".
Previous cracks have had the NFO file say that the game contained triggers. Apparently this is one of them. Same thing happened in a lot of games with triggers (with different effects).
Oh well. We'll have to wait some more then.

Yes, that's right!
I have had the same problems, with this games.
I have the german version, got it to work, but i can't solve any subquests (all enemies are on this island), and when i go in a portal i am on this island ( it has a 6 shown by stones on the ground, espacially the german members this should be a hint)!!!


Yes, we have to wait...

Hm, these are bad news :(

I'm still waiting for an official patch that'll let Sacred recognize my original CD again, so never mind. No time for gaming, anyway ;)

On the official German Sacred homepage, they're already offering beta versions of the upcoming patch. So it shouldn't take long until this crack is outdated.

The Sacred syndrome :rolleyes:

Updated!

IMSDOX did not provide instructions on the use of its 1.5 crack in the included .nfo. I assumed (incorrectly?!) that the included Sacred.ims(.exe) file was for those warez users who needed the original .exe to patch the game.

However, after reading posts about the base.dll file included in previous cracks I decided to reapply the crack--this time including the Sacred.ims file in the game folder. So far I've been able to play w/o problems.

If I'm guessing correctly, the inclusion of the original .exe file even with a different file extension will fool the game into thinking the original .exe file is being used.

Anyone else tried this crack with success or failure?

woah

rwdrex... u may be right m8
i just re applied the crack and the sacred.ims and it seems to be fine after 30 mins of play. cool :)

anyone else tried this ?

maybe there somethin in the cracked exe that searches for the orig exe which is renamed to sacred.ims

Wait... I dont understand what did You do. You change .ims to .exe?!

nope m8, just copy across all the files... the sacred.exe, sacred.ims and the granny.dll into your game folder

Poke02 did it work for you m8 too ?

??? .ims it is probably "images". This file cheat protections. I thought that iMSDOX made some error in crack but now I see that everything is ok.

so it works for u then m8 ?

the .ims is the original exe. it has been renamed from sacred.exe to sacred.ims

Hi,

where can I download this crack?

[Edit] Ok, found it.

I copied all files to my game folder, after applied the patch, before rwdrex said this...
But i had my problems...
So please tell me what should i do?

im not sure m8 :confused:

all i did was update the game, then copied across all the files to the game folder.
Maybe you may need to uninstall and then reinstall it and try again.

i keep back up of the original files for updating, before replacing them with the cracked ones

Hmmm....
Can you sove any subquests? And if you go through a portal, aren't you landing on this island??? Please try it...

Maybe this problems are only for the german version?
Can anyone who plays the german versoin and who applied this patch and the crack tell me if he has problems?

kaioshin - try orginal german exe rename into .ims but I dont know that it will be works.

Pokeo2... did it work ok for you then m8?
how much of the game did u try ? did u go through any portals or do any subquests yet ?

@kaioshin: yes i and other guys tried it with the german version and it doesnt work with it.i already tried to rename the german exe to .ims and i doesnt work .this crack doesnt work for the german version it triggers the copyprotection ,and by the way german version 1.6 is out anyway so we need a new crack.

I will give it a try and post my experiences!!

portals work fine and sub quests do too :D

ims = iMSDOX

We knew this would happen, but I would guess the crack might come faster this time (unless they change the copy protection again) and BW won't be as upset about people going "Where is the sacred 1.6 crack"

now at the risk of sounding impatient and whiny:
Can someone post an edonkey link or PM me with a URL?

is the 1.6 patch for english or german version?

what does it fix?

i just seen it on official site.. its for the english one :) aswell as other versions

doesnt fix as many things, but it improves performance :)

heres list of fixes for 1.6 .....

Single and Multiplayer Fixes

- Fixed calculation of item level when forging them into special items. New item level is now the level of the item forged which has the highest level.

- Fixed EXP bonus when touching special statues. Received EXP bonus reduced to an appropriate level.

- Fixed EXP when defeating Bosses and Champions. Received EXP raised to an appropriate level.

- Improved colour scheme of the enemy status indicator.

- Improved variation of the enemy level when re-spawning.

- Fixed an issue where the wrong bonus was given by potions.

- the performance has been improved

- Fixed an issue where a rare crash appeared while fighting against monsters

- forged rings have been counted twice -> forged items must be forged out of the item and forged into the item again. Otherwise there won’t be any bonuses.

- a possible reason for crashes is fixed

- added a tooltip for the forger so the item stats can now be viewed

- Localisation additions

- added a new option for the Configuration Tool to create logs while playing

Multiplayer

- Improved EXP sharing between party members. Low level characters receive less EXP.

- Reduced EXP if the level of the character is too high for the chosen game mode (e. g. > level 40 in Bronze Mode or > level 90 in Silver Mode)

- The level of the re-spawning opponents is determined by the level of the most advanced character in a group.

- Fixed EXP variation when fighting against opponents with a higher level as the player character.

- Fixed EXP team bonus. Each party member receives more EXP

Hmmm...

Renaming the original german .exe with .ims does not make it a ims file.... it adds only ims on the end of the file, but it is the original exe...

for the germans there must be another solution...

to rename it from .exe to .ims .. u have to have view file extensions enabled in the folder options m8

then it will show up .exe on end

open a window on your computer, then at top click tools, folder options, view and then remove tick from box that says hide extensions for know file types.

There is no IMS file, this is like renaming to .bak it is still the original exe, but renamed to something else so that if something is trying to find the original exe by checking the CRC of ALL the files in the folder it would still find and you would get away with using a fixed exe and STILL have a valid exe in the folder (renamed to ims or bak)

ims is just an extension chosen by iMSDOX, like Norton AntiVirus used to rename your autoexec.bat to autoexec.nav (it's still a .bat file but just renamed .. as a backup copy)

good news! it seems to work ok now i tried it another time with the german version : i first patched to 1.5 then renamed the sacred exe to sacred.ims, then i deleted the sacred.exe and granny.dll entrys with the checksum from the chkfiles.txt and copied the sacred.exe and the granny.dll from the crack in and it seems to work now
i says now version 1.55 instead of 1.53 with the ims from the crack bevore on the bottom of the screen .i dont know what went wrong the first time but it seems to work ok this way now .i tried a few portals and subquests and they worked like they should !
maybe this method works for newer patches too ?

edit:this method should work for users of the us version aswell !

IT WORKS!!!!!

After renaming the file extensions from exe to ims (german version) it works!!!
I went many through portals and now i never ended on this island!!!!
Now i try subquests, but i think this will work to!!!!
So everyone who has the german version must rename the original exe (1.5.5) with ims, and then it should work!!!!
thx to all who helped me!!!!

Hi everybody!

New Patch 1.6 is online!!!:D

The crack is still not available at GCW. Where to get it? Emule got less then 40 sources :mad:


Edit:

Just installed patch 1.6. My CD is recognized again :D :D :D

is there a crack for 1.6 yet or a work around?

1.6 update just came out. Give it a couple of weeks at least.

Here:
http://www.megagames.com/cgi/downloa...MSDOX.NOCD.ZIP

Thanks, although I don't need it so desperately anymore :)
But damnit, I deleted my char :mad:

By the way:
You americans said your version was censored.

Check your Sacred options. Is there a checkbox in the lower left square (the "automatic saving" checkbox or something like that is also in this square, for example) where you can enable "violence" ? I presume it's not there.

Then check your settings.cfg in the Sacred folder. Is there a line like "VIOLENCE : 0" ?
If yes: try setting it to 1.
If not: try inserting "VIOLENCE : 1" (below "SOUNDQUALITY : ?", and above "VOICEVOLUME : ?").

Maybe it's just disabled by letting out this parameter.

Supposedly, the latest patch disabled that. :(

I have heard that if you replace the executable from the American version with the executable from the UK version, that you can get gore to work. Does anyone know if this is true? Would this work with the no-CD files that are out there?

I am in australia, and I have whatever version is sold here.

It comes patched to 1.2 something according to the readme, and i have patched it to 1.5.

I have used the crack that was posted here, and renamed my original exe to the Iss or whatever I cant remember. I can play the game, but then every couple of minutes the models stretch out right across the screen. Like bits on the polygons pop right out so every model looks like it has giant sticks through it.

Any ideas about an Australian version crack?