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Thursday, 03 September 2009 21:06

Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel could not be located on your system. Re-install Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel and then run this patch again."

Does this seem familiar?


Sacred 2: Fallen Angel from Ascaron Entertainment seems to have problems with its updating procedure. This might be due to its DRM protection. A lot of different instructions have been given from many people, but not all of them worked for everybody.
I summarize here most of those which I believe to be logical to follow (and which I also followed).

Before trying any of the following, if you have the UK version, try these:

2.0.2 to 2.40 cumulative patch (international version):
http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/patches/sacred2/Full/Sacred2-UK-INT-2_40_0_0.exe
or
2.0.2 to 2.34 cumulative patch:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_37266.shtml


If the updater starts but stucks at some point, try replacing the Sacred2Updater.dat file with the one found here:
http://forum.sacred-game.com/showpost.php?p=724529&postcount=16


If none of these have worked, then read on...


There are two distributors of the game; CDV for USA and Deep Silver for Europe. I don't know if there are any more for other regions...

You can find some of the patches at http://update.sacred2.com but the older incremental ones are not included in the list. Those you can find at Gamer's Hell patch archive.

 

I have tested the UK version and the links I give are for this version. For USA or other version/region you can use the search results page: http://www.gamershell.com/search/?q=sacred+2

You can also try Filefront:
http://www.filefront.com/search_results.php?terms=sacred%202&type=2
or
Fileshack (you have to have an account, which is free):
http://www.fileshack.com/search.x?type=files&terms=sacred+2+uk&search_for=2&sortby=date&ascdesc=desc

Chose the file versions below for you language/region and let's hope they will work :)


Here are the steps to be taken:

  1. If you already have the game installed uninstall it and manually delete any leftovers. These are:
    • Options.txt and Optionscustom.txt:
      For Windows XP:
      C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Local Settings\Application Data\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2
      For Windows Vista:
      C:\Users\[AccountName]\AppData\Local\AscaronEntertainment\Sacred 2
    • Save-Games:
      For Windows XP:
      C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\My Documents\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2
      For Windows Vista:
      C:\Users\[ACCOUNTNAME]\Saved Games\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2
    • Log Files:
      For Windows XP:
      C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Local Settings\Temp\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2
      For Windows Vista:
      C:\Users\[ACCOUNTNAME]\AppData\Local\Temp\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2

    Keep in mind that Local Settings and Application Data are hidden and that you need to enable the "Show hidden files and folders" option.

    Here are some instructions:

    For Windows XP:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx

    For Windows Vista:

    http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/27e9a81a-fac7-457f-896b-e0017a04a59f1033.mspx


    File Locations can also be found here.

    Also, there is a File Cleaning Utility for Sacred 2, which you can download here or here.

  2. Turn off your antivirus, as it messes with the copied files.
  3. Turn off Windows firewall.
  4. Close any opened applications (I had only Windows Explorer and Notepad writing these instructions ;) before running the patches. The DRM file check is VERY sensitive.
  5. Make a clean install using disks 1 and 2; don't install the Elite Graphics. When the installer finishes, uncheck the Readme and Run the game options.
  6. Update the game using the incremental patches and not the cumulative ones. These are:

Notes

These are the latest updates as of this writing. I hope that the problem(s) will be fixed, even though I noticed that during the installation of the last two patches the file check procedure was skipped; for some reason there was no file check. This, of course, was not the case for the cumulative patches, up to version 2.40 (2.02 to 2.40).

I read posts about changing the Windows TEMP folder to a drive different than the one that the game's installed to. I did try it but without doing many of the above. What I consider to be critical is disabling the antivirus. When I finally made it, I had changed the TEMP directory back to its original location and I had no problems. I also had plenty of room on that drive ;) (more than 33 GBs). I don't know if this would cause problems in case there was less (insufficient) space. If you're still having problems and want to give this a shot, here are the instructions to do it.

I also read about defragmenting the hard drive. I didn't do this either but, I usually defragment my drives anyway (every 1-2 months), so maybe this didn't affect me.

There was one interesting post saying the following:

When you install the patch 2.0.2 -> 2.12.0, the patcher omits the file speechhq.zip, which later causes trouble patching to 2.34.0(due to a bug in the file list of the patch, I guess), whereas the previous patches update the file correctly.

I can't know whether this is true or not, but I do know that it worked.

Thanks to Talia for providing additional mirros that support resume.


Good luck!

Comments (49)
  • Pepe  - Terrible support

    :angry-red:

    Thanks for the article, I am about to work my way through it. I shoulda bought Batman Arkham Asylum instead as I really don't have a lot of time playing games and certainly don't want to waste the little I have on problems Ascaron couldn't solve in-house..

  • Anonymous  - re: Terrible support

    np :)
    I myself was struggling many hours to find all these and work them out.
    Finally I got it to work, but it was after many hours, during a couple of weeks...

  • Anonymous  - re: re: Terrible support

    :D i myself have spent hours and 1 week doing this too. its a pain. im having trouble just getting away from v2.0.2 in sacred 2 patching.aaaaaaaaaaargh! the struggle continues! :ooo:

  • Anonymous

    :) :) :) SUCCESS! i uninstalled my antivirus, firewall, all windows security etc. i deleted ALL internet connection cookies, history etc and mostly i deleted everything in the 'TEMP' folder found in program files/windows. i had nothing running at all although online throughout. i i then freshly installed sacred 2, discs 1 & 2 NOT elite....yet!
    i then installed this patch :- 2.0.2 to 2.40 cumulative patch (international version):. be patient let it run even if it appears to 'stick'. it was done in 15 minutes on mine. hope this helps! :D

  • Nakis  - re:

    LOL
    This is insane!
    I guess I won't install any more updates... 2.43 is good so far.

  • Woot

    YES :D:D:D

    its finally working after 6 hours of struggling and being angry..

    i found this tutorial and it was all so easy.. not a single error message, not a single struggle...

    FINALLY xD

    in short: thx dude ;)

  • Nakis  - re:
    Woot wrote:
    in short: thx dude ;)


    You're welcome ;)

  • wtf

    Not working :pirate:

  • Nakis  - re:
    wtf wrote:
    Not working :pirate:

    Sorry to hear that.
    I guess that, for most, installing the 2.0.2 to 2.40 UK international update would be sufficient.
    If you're still having problems, be sure to follow each *weird* step mentioned above.
    Good luck :)

  • Michael  - Thankyou so much!

    I thought I had just wasted some money buying the expansion that didn't work on the N/A version, firstly. Then thought I wasted more buying the UK version, which I read would solve the problem. Glad I found your site quickly.

    Thanks very much!

  • Nakis  - re: Thankyou so much!
    Michael wrote:
    Thanks very much!


    You're welcome :)
    The above should be sufficient to solve this problem.

  • BRUCE MATHESON  - SACRED2

    SACRED 2 KEEPS GIVING ME THIS MESSAGE ABOUT EVERY 2 TO 3 MINS. "GAME CLIENT HAS STOPPED WORKING.aPROBLEM CAUSED THE PROGRAM TO STOP WORKING CORRECTLY WINDOWS WILL CLOSE THE PROGRAM AND NOTIFY YOU IF A SOLUTION IS AVAILIABLE".. COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT TA HELL IS GOING ON?? iS IT WINDOWS VISTA??

  • Nakis

    Bruce, I'm sorry but I run Windows XP (vista suck).
    From a little search I made I found out that antivirus programs could interfere with the proper function of the game.
    Have a look at this post:

    http://forum.sacredeng.ascaron-net.com/showthread.php?t=61398

    For Windows Vista specific, this was suggested:

    "On the Sacred2 shortcut, right click, select Properties. Go to Compatibility tab, select "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and choose Win XP Service Pack 3 (or 2). Also check off the "Privilege Level" for run as administrator."

    Something else that I found and might be an issue, is the graphics card you're using. Be sure to check the list of the graphics cards that the game supports.

    These are the minimum:

    Fallen Angel: 256 MB, from nVidia® GeForce™ 6800 or ATI® Radeon™

    Ice & Blood: 256 MB RAM, DirectX® 9.0c compatible, with Pixel Shader 2.0 support (from nVidia® GeForce™ 6800 or ATI® Radeon® X800)

    Good luck :)

  • Talia Anmaritha

    I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and updated regularly, i've trying running with all Vista service pack, and doesn't have any problem.

    My notebook specification :
    Ati Radeon HD4500, 4GB DDR2, AMD X3 2.2Ghz, 500GB HDD space, OS : OpenSUSE and Win7

    Look at my comment in the end of this page...

  • Anonymous

    Nakis tkank you very much will try all I really appreciate all the help


  • Buginoid  - Awesome

    Awesome guide!
    Finally my sacred is updated :D

  • Ruffnexx  - Fixxed

    Ty soooo much for giving your time for this . wish there was more peeps like u on the net :P

    finally got it patch , awesome woooo

  • Nakis

    @Buginoid:
    Thanks :)

    @Ruffnexx:
    LOL.
    you made me laugh at a difficult time. thanks :)

  • GriMgriMoiRe

    At last!!! Thank you, it's really frustating since the original sacred 2 packed with bugs and i reinstalled it many times just to get away from 2.02 to 2.40 thanks for the tutorial

  • Nakis  - Re:

    You're welcome :)

  • 3perday

    Ty Man sooooo much ... i spent a week trying to figure out this ! :D

  • AmBrew

    wow why are games so difficult to update these days... i think i wasted most of my download limit on this crap and its only halfway through the month arghhhh ! i guess i will be reinstalling and trying again. cheers for the guide.

  • Nakis  - RE:

    You're welcome :)

  • Andy13tv  - Help PLease

    The Installed Version of SAcred 2has changed files.The patch cannot be Installed. Help PLease

  • Talia Anmaritha  - Thanks

    Hey Nakis, thanks for share this nice tuts!

    I hate cumulative patch, they're wasting my time with 800MB, trying incremental patch! :love:

    But one thing, lets add more better mirror, because gamerhell and filefront can't pause download and when i download it's stuck at some points! :angry-red:

  • Nakis  - RE:

    You're welcome Talia :)
    I prefer cumulative patches only in case I have to re-install. Otherwise, I download incremental patches.
    As for the mirrors, these are the ones that I found to be working well. I've been using gamershell for some time and it was pretty straight forward, without disruptions.
    If you find other mirrors that allow downloading without having to create an account please post them and I will include them in the article.

  • Talia Anmaritha  - Too long, lol ^o^"

    Oh one again, for everyone that play "cracked" version, don't patch the game until you found the "fix" for every patch that usually found at gamecopyworld or torrentz, so don't blame that to Nakis if you found your game messed up :angry-red:

    I found all fixes up to Ice and Blood, i'm really enjoyed this game since my neighborhood has wi-fi gaming community, and after few weeks i'm decided to buy physical package of this game from for respecting the developer and play online game in peace, lol.

    Just remember, "cracked" version is only for "trying" and "cheats" is only for "loser".

    Talia

  • Nakis

    Thanks for the additional mirrors. I have added them in the article :)

  • Talia Anmaritha  - Can i help you more?

    Hey Nakis :D

    I see your web has lack of "how to" article
    Maybe i can help you writing some articles :)

    Can i have permission to edit or posting at this web or if you don't trust me i'll just mail my article to you :love:

  • Nakis

    If you want you can sent me with email articles and I will add them to the website.
    For access you'll have to wait as I am working on it...

    Thanks for the offer ;)

  • MernkingDK  - please assist me

    i have tried everythiung you have written but, disabling the avg 2011 i just cant???
    anyone know how to do that on vista 64.

    my game wont let me patch up is says that the game is not installed. lol
    tried that in like 2 weeks now.

    i hope uyou can help me out.

  • Nakis

    Be sure to install the proper patch for the game's language. That's the only thing that I can think of...

  • Anonymous

    After so many attemps to try to update it finally worked with the nvidia patch.I even could install the ice and blood ad on.
    thanks alot for this.
    regards- frans

  • Nakis

    You're welcome :)

  • Anders Øyvind  - Successful patch

    Hi.

    I got Sacred 2 patched to 2.43 on Win7 x64!! For the first time!! This guide did the trick!

    What I did:
    - Disabled Daemon Tools (though last drive was still active).
    - Nothing other than Windows Explorer ran when patching.
    - Disabled firewall and anti virus.
    - Uninstalled and revoked Sacred 2 and the elite textures pack.
    - Used the cleaner tool mentioned, and checked the folders to ensure they were gone.

    - Installed Sacred 2 plain from DVD's.
    - Ran the 2.40 UK_INT patch successfully.
    - Ran the 2.43 UK_INT patch without troubles.

    PERFECT!

    I had the stuttering and crashing after patching, but http://forum.sacred2.com/showthread.php?t=65482 gave me the solution. Worked perfectly. In short:
    - Open shortcut properties.
    - Compatibility mode: Windows XP SP3
    - Run in Administrator mode.

    Thanks for the effort Nakis ;)

  • Nakis

    You're welcome :)
    It seems that you did more than I did ;)

  • Burlak  - Ice and Blood

    Hello. Sry for my english :) I instaled Sacred 2 then i patched it to version 2.40... now i cant patch to 2.43 beacause it cant find the game...please reinstal etc... And i cant instal Cold and Blood too because i need version 2.40 but i already instaled it before... i tried everything i think... dk what now... Pls help me thanks :(

  • Nakis

    Hi there.
    Did you follow the procedures described above?
    Where exactly did you find problems and what exactly?

  • Albert  - unsuccesful patch 2.11.2 to 2.40 (UK)

    Good day.
    My original game version is 2.11.2.
    After same problem with install file not being found to update/install I&B and re-install to drive "C", none of the patches has any effect on my original game version. No matter which patch I run, my game remain v2.11.2 and I am therefore unable to use the I&B expansion at all(as it requires 2.40)!!!

    Any suggestions to a solution will be very much appreciated.

  • Anders Øyvind  - Patching of sacred 2

    Hi.

    Isn't it nice to pay for a game that you can't even patch easily?

    I did have a successful patching from vanilla install to version 2.40 (using one large >1Gb patch). After that the 2.43 patch also worked fine.

    I am not sure if the vanilla install was of version 2.11.2, though, how large is the 2.11.2 -> 2.40 patch file?

    Not that it matters, a patch is a patch, and it should work.

    Have you tried to run it as an administrator, btw?

  • Nakis

    Hi Albert.
    As you can see the procedures above are for another version and most probably don't apply for you.
    I guess you can still try and apply one of the incremental patches above and see if it works out...
    Sorry I can't help any more.

  • Albert  - unsuccesful patch 2.11.2 to 2.40 (UK)

    Hi Anders - Thank you for the suggestions. Downloading additional patches with the possibility that it will also fail... too expensive.

    Hi Nakis - I appreciate your reply. I am currently communicating with Koch Media support about my problem but had no success yet. I guess that I will either have to keep trying or forget about my expansion pack, just dump it somewhere in a corner and forget about it. Maybe just wait for the "Gold" edition - it might work out cheaper for me...

    Thanks again for the suggestions.

  • Anders Øyvind  - Silly suggestions

    Hi again.

    I don't think you have other options than to try from scratch some more, different installation folders and as few applications running as possible; but also with additional patches. Expensive in that of time?

    One radical suggestion, if your copy ends in the corner.

    Why not try Magicka? Or Titan Quest? I really enjoyed Titan Quest, and I bet you'd do the same. Fully patched it isn't that buggy either.

    Age of Conan has turned free of charge, too, but then we're talking a completely different game, and you can fill a lot of patch downloads into the AoC-client download.

    If you try Eve Online you are sold, though, and won't play anything else, but now I'm completely off topic here. Hehe.

  • Nakis

    I would suggest Dungeon Siege 3 :)
    I have played all previous versions but this one seems far better...
    Still, Sacred is a good one as well, maybe its graphics are not that advanced, but it still is nice.
    Perhaps you should try non-ordinary methods; try using patches for other (language) versions ;)

  • allan  - i cant start the sacred fallen angel

    i buy a 3 cd of sacred fallen angel i install it and i can play it.. but if the computer shut off the sacred cannot open.. what can i do to use this?.. please help me

  • Anders  - Unable to open

    Hi Allan.

    So you've bought a copy of Sacred II Fallen Angel, with 3 dvds included, and after the lengthy install, typing in the activation code and activate through the Internet, you were able to play it?

    And when you restarted your computer at a later time, it didn't start at all?

    Did you do anything of particular with the operating system? What error message do you get when trying to open Sacred II? Have you downloaded or run any of the patches that we have mentioned above? What operating system do you have? DID you enter the activation code? The third dvd, is that the ice and blood expansion?

    Questions that would give us something to work with.

    My experiences:
    - Without installing the patches, there were multiple bugs and a lack of nice features.
    - The patches were difficult to install, especially on windows 7. The solutions that works for at least two of us are mentioned earlier in this thread.
    - I tried once, to play the game without activating it. After 7 hou...

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