Sacred 2 on Windows 11 not working (Steam)

[Sery]

Hi guys,

I just bought the game sacred 2 gold, but after I install it via Steam and try to launch it, it just shows a 3 second load, then nothing happens. No error messages, just the game won't load (after i can click the "play" button again). Could someone help me please?

Thank you :)
Have a nice day

[HiFive]

Maybe this thread will help. Basically, try the fixes people used for running the game on Windows 10.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/225640/discussions/0/3194745797020840156/

Thread for people having trouble running the game with Windows 10:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/225640/discussions/0/364041776199607854/

[Sery]

Thank you HiFive for your help. I just installed the PhysX which was in the sacred 2 folder, and finally its working :D

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Sery:

Thank you HiFive for your help. I just installed the PhysX which was in the sacred 2 folder, and finally its working :D

Good to hear. Have fun!

[irishkel45]

hey guys, I'm having the same issue. can you post the path to find the PhysX I can't seem to find it. thanks

[HiFive]

Originally posted by irishkel45:

hey guys, I'm having the same issue. can you post the path to find the PhysX I can't seem to find it. thanks

It's in your Sacred 2 folder. Look for the folder named redist then there will be a folder called physx

G:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sacred 2 Gold\redist\PhysX

An easier way to get there is to right-click on the game in your Steam Library and browse the local files from there.

[DEUS_EST_MORTUUS]

After successfully purchasing and playing for 6 hours I went to load the game and my character was just gone and all saved games deleted? How can this be resolved and not happen again?

[HiFive]

Originally posted by DEUS_EST_MORTUUS:

After successfully purchasing and playing for 6 hours I went to load the game and my character was just gone and all saved games deleted? How can this be resolved and not happen again?

Did you check the game files to see if your save file has actually been wiped clean?

On Windows 10:

c:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\Saved Games\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred2

[DEUS_EST_MORTUUS]

Yes. Nothing there at all. Why??? This sucks man.

[DEUS_EST_MORTUUS]

Its wwindows 11 too sorry

[HiFive]

Originally posted by DEUS_EST_MORTUUS:

Yes. Nothing there at all. Why??? This sucks man.

Wow! I was hoping your characters were still in the save file. I have no idea how this could have happened. However, you can start making your own backups of the Save file for this game. I do that for a handful of my older games, including this one, just in case something bad happens. These are games that either don't sync well with the Steam Cloud or don't have the Steam Cloud feature enabled for them.

I keep a link on my desktop for the location of the Save file. I keep another link on my desktop for the location where I'm keeping my backup files. In the backup folder, I place subfolders with sequentially-numbered names and a short description. After each play session I make a copy of the save file and put it into the next higher-numbered folder. For example:

Sacred 2 Save 001
Sacred 2 Save 002
Sacred 2 Save 003

[HiFive]

Also, by any chance did you uninstall the game and reinstall it? I've been looking thru old threads and they say that if you uninstall the game then the save file is emptied. Therefore, when you reinstall the game, you won't have any of your old characters and you will have to make new ones. This is another good reason to make your own backups of the Save file for this game, because if we ever encounter problems with our games, one of the things we often try is a reinstall.

[qiwioner]

Originally posted by Sery:

Thank you HiFive for your help. I just installed the PhysX which was in the sacred 2 folder, and finally its working :D

Hi. I ran into the same problem, and I can't solve it. If you still remember what you were doing then, please help me ><

[iBuzi]

This is taken from https://steamcommunity.com/app/225640/discussions/0/3078747887942414438/

Originally posted by greatsmilesd:
I tried all of the suggestions above was still getting a black screen after the initial load of the game which would never change. I had to reboot each time. The I found this on another site which lets me run the game. Now the only issue is that the overlays at the bottom of the screen (left, middle and right) occasionally disappear. using Esc to bring up the options menu seems to dispaly them again, but if someone has a fix for this let me know.

Ok, guys, I finally found the solution that actually worked on another forum (World of Players, thx to Khaosmind there, who suggested it).

Copy
- d3d9.dll
- d3d9on12.dll
From
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64"
To
"...\Sacred 2 Gold\system"

After that you can start Sacred 2 via the exe without compability mode or launch options.

My game works after copying, if not it will hang at black screen.
there is a few more workaround in the link. Good luck

[Vipsu]

Originally posted by DEUS_EST_MORTUUS:

After successfully purchasing and playing for 6 hours I went to load the game and my character was just gone and all saved games deleted? How can this be resolved and not happen again?

With Windows 11 Microsoft is obsessed about backing up your files to one drive which often includes folders that have been used to store save game data in the past. You can try to see if your save files have been moved to one drive making them inaccessible for the game executable. If so then disable one drive backups for that folder and move the files back to their correct place.