Possible fix for nvldumd.dll crash

[JJ]

Spent hours trying to get this game to launch. Would consistently get the startup error message about nvldumd.dll after the pre-load screen.

Finally able to launch, I scoured quite a bit and hadn't seen this fix as an option. Go into your Nvidia Control Panel and then to Program Settings. Find the Sacred2.exe (Game Client) settings and I set the OpenGL renderer to my GTX 1060 as well as forced vsync OFF instead of Auto-decide I think. Along with the command parameters, the legacy PhysX drivers, compatibilty mode settings (these are are found all over the place on other links, if you found this you probably found them already) I'm finally able to launch into the Main Menu. Hope this helps someone at least

[HiFive]

Thank you for this information. I will add it to my compilation of fixes for the game.

[Star-X]

Mildly interesting note: the game runs near perfectly with Steam Proton on Linux, and only needs a single wine trick applied to work (namely physx, of course). No compatibility mode mucking required, no need for finding legacy physx libraries, and no mucking with command parameters.

Only two issues I've seen thus far are that the Elite texture pack causes artifacts (might just be my video card, but it's the only time I've seen artifacts on my PC, so probably a bug), and enabling Physx in the menu drives the camera crazy. Other than that, perfect!