This is all I did.
1. Installed Sacred (it helps)
2. Patched with latest patch from
www.sacred-game.com
3. Downloaded crack from MegaGames (Sorry GCW) I think they're the same crack so no big deal
4. Carried caf.dll, sacred.exe, and sacred.org over to the Sacred folder
That is all I did and everything works fine as far as I can tell. My cousin also got it to work just fine. Both running WinXP if that makes a difference.
Hope this helps some ppl.
Paelin
ps. oh yea, and I'm running the U.S. version. (something about the U.S., it's always working--sorry couldn't resist)