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Sacred 2 Gold (225640)

Open nstgc opened this issue 7 years ago • 7 comments

Error log: https://gist.github.com/nstgc/aa7f19872652e98540559854537fabb5 System info: https://gist.github.com/nstgc/02457d7920931a3f8d69cc7b9fa41a2c

Sacred 2 crashes to desktop. I tried no esync, but that didn't help. I'm pretty sure this is an issue with 64b-only prefixes.

edit: the issue is that PhysX wasn't getting installed properly which can be fixed by installing it separately.

nstgc avatar Aug 25 '18 13:08 nstgc

I got it to work with a workaround. It needs the "PhysX" installer to run before the game game run.

  1. Go into "SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Sacred 2 Gold/redist/PhysX" folder and copy the "PhysX_9.10.0513_SystemSoftware.exe"
  2. Paste the executable into "SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Sacred 2 Gold/system/" folder.
  3. Rename the file "sacred2.exe" to "sacred2.exe.old"
  4. Rename "PhysX_9.10.0513_SystemSoftware.exe" to "sacred2.exe".
  5. Run the game from Steam and let the PhysX installer run and install it.
  6. Go back to the "SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Sacred 2 Gold/system/" and rename (or delete) the
    "sacred2.exe" dummy file and rename the "sacred2.exe.old" back to "sacred2.exe".
  7. Launch the game again and it should run.

I know this isn't an ideal solution going forward but it will allow the game to run for now. Hope this helps.

supashang avatar Aug 26 '18 16:08 supashang

@supashang Thanks! Here is what I did.

  1. Launch the game for the first time to set up the prefix
  2. run WINEPREFIX="/path/to/Sacred 2/prefix" "/path/to/proton/beta/wine64" "/path/to/PhysXInstaller"

It cuts out extra steps and does the same thing. Also, I have symlinks to the prefixes and binary directories in /path/to/steam/compatdata which makes all that easier.

Thanks again!

nstgc avatar Aug 26 '18 19:08 nstgc

I was able to launch Sacred 2 Gold after running PhysXInstaller as @nstgc described. Here is the PhysX installation command that works for the default Steam library path (~/.steam/steam) and Proton 3.7 on Ubuntu 18.04 today:

WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/225640/pfx "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton 3.7/dist/bin/wine64" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sacred 2 Gold/redist/PhysX/PhysX_9.10.0513_SystemSoftware.exe"

dmytrokyrychuk avatar Dec 02 '18 20:12 dmytrokyrychuk

The workaround of @supashang worked for me, but at some point the game goes crazy and mixes up all the sprites for UI, menus. 3D is fine when this happens. Some regions on the map also seem to generate a massive FPS drop. Maybe my an AMD GPU is involved.

fer-rum avatar Apr 05 '19 00:04 fer-rum

@fer-rum Please can you include a gist with your Steam > Help > System Information. Others using a similar setup to you may be able to provide a solution.

supashang avatar Apr 05 '19 18:04 supashang

Sure, here you go. I experimented with the graphics options, unchecked physx, but so far nothing changed. For completeness I attached steam-225640.log

fer-rum avatar Apr 06 '19 05:04 fer-rum

I was wondering, why game fails to run PhysX installer. There is a typo in installscript.vdf file:

"commad 1" "/quiet"

Sadly, one cannot just fix this and re-run first time setup, as any modifications to installscript.vdf are lost when starting the game.

joshas avatar May 10 '24 16:05 joshas