Game has possessed my Alienware laptop =/

[SaintPhillip]

Okay- Really happy to have this game on PC (I loved it on PS3) and especially for $3.00 or whatever with the XPAC.

-But...

This game overrides my keyboard lighting on my Alienware Laptop. I usually keep it all red so I can play in the dark but when I start a game it goes dark and then flashes with different color LED lights sometimes. Suddenly parts of the keyboard flash blue or purple or green or whatever for a second and its acting possessed. Plus its going to be a chore now to play on the dark since I cant see the keys.

Anyone else have this issue? Of all the issues I expected to have this game is running fine on windows 7 64 bit with Nvidia card (I dont even need to do any of the recomended fixes or community patch) but I didnt expect this keyboard lighting issue.

And its not my rig- The second I shut the game down everything restores and in fact it only does this when I actually start a game (not in character creation) plus all other games are working fine.

Thanks.

EDIT- This is so strange- ive been testing it and it seems to 'go with the game' which is really weird. For instance, I attack someone and it lights up in a certain color and certain way. I cast a spell and parts of the keyboard lights up in another color. Is thi8s supposed to be a 'feature' or something for LED keyboards since this isnt happening random but is very precise. Anyhow, I still dont like it.

[johndoe1927]

Some games directly control the alienware lighting.

[SaintPhillip]

Originally posted by johndoe1927:

Some games directly control the alienware lighting.

I have never seen this before- As much as I wish there were a toggle I must admit its pretty cool when spells are being cast.

Thanks.

[ZakTheFallen]

I'd prefer if my keyboard doesn't randomly flash colors while playing the game... The fact that the game forces this onto the player is just absurd.

[SaintPhillip]

Originally posted by ZakTheFallen:

I'd prefer if my keyboard doesn't randomly flash colors while playing the game... The fact that the game forces this onto the player is just absurd.

Totally agree.

I have spent all morning trying to find an over ride and theres no fix it seems. =(

[TornadoX1]

It was never finished:

http://www.co-optimus.com/article/2209/Sacred_2__Fallen_Angel_and_LightFX_Causing_Alienware_M17x_Issues.html

And if oyu disable it?

http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/19138-troubleshooting-sacred-2-on-alienware/

[SaintPhillip]

Originally posted by TornadoX1:

It was never finished:

http://www.co-optimus.com/article/2209/Sacred_2__Fallen_Angel_and_LightFX_Causing_Alienware_M17x_Issues.html

And if oyu disable it?

http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/19138-troubleshooting-sacred-2-on-alienware/

Thanks-

Crazy stuff. TBH if they could have done what they were trying to do it would have been cool to watch the keyboard change from yellow to red as your health drops and flash rainbow colors when you level up. Too bad it didnt work right.

-Regardless, game is a freaking blast.

[Shadowforged Gamerz]

Originally posted by SaintPhillip:

Originally posted by TornadoX1:

It was never finished:

http://www.co-optimus.com/article/2209/Sacred_2__Fallen_Angel_and_LightFX_Causing_Alienware_M17x_Issues.html

And if oyu disable it?

http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/19138-troubleshooting-sacred-2-on-alienware/

Thanks-

Crazy stuff. TBH if they could have done what they were trying to do it would have been cool to watch the keyboard change from yellow to red as your health drops and flash rainbow colors when you level up. Too bad it didnt work right.

-Regardless, game is a freaking blast.

10/29/24 - Have the same issue with my new Alienware setup with the lights on my keyboard, and even the Lighting FX inside of my tower all shut down and go "dark" once I enter the game. [Sacred 2 ]. Also NEW UPDATE regarding the 2nd website posted here...

http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/19138-troubleshooting-sacred-2-on-alienware/

This website is marked and considered dangerous [ various web security apps ] with a long history of Phishing and Malware issues to the community. If someone else has an alternative to the information on how to shut off or shut down the FX without losing the lights on everything, it'd be a huge help since nobody ever wants to tempt fate on a sketchy site.

[gogoblender]

Originally posted by Shadowforged Gamerz:

Originally posted by SaintPhillip:

Thanks-

Crazy stuff. TBH if they could have done what they were trying to do it would have been cool to watch the keyboard change from yellow to red as your health drops and flash rainbow colors when you level up. Too bad it didnt work right.

-Regardless, game is a freaking blast.

10/29/24 - Have the same issue with my new Alienware setup with the lights on my keyboard, and even the Lighting FX inside of my tower all shut down and go "dark" once I enter the game. [Sacred 2 ]. Also NEW UPDATE regarding the 2nd website posted here...

http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/19138-troubleshooting-sacred-2-on-alienware/

This website is marked and considered dangerous [ various web security apps ] with a long history of Phishing and Malware issues to the community. If someone else has an alternative to the information on how to shut off or shut down the FX without losing the lights on everything, it'd be a huge help since nobody ever wants to tempt fate on a sketchy site.

Hi! Happy to see you're enjoying Sacred..its always a joy when people first peek into Ancaria... the devs created so much and we got almost twenty years of joy and community form it :)
Its unfortunate youre getting that kind of a message when getting to that post...that can happen with browsers, cache, antivirus settings...to help you out i've copied pasted out Kiyeri's post for you and eveyrone plus the link to where he created his guide. Hope this helps!
:)

gogo

https://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/19138-troubleshooting-sacred-2-on-alienware/


Thanks Gogo...

Its my guide from may 20th re-written :P



Posted 20 May 2011 - 09:59 PM
Hiya Shane,

Have you gotten Sacred 2 to work on you new lappy? I have an Alienware m15x i7 laptop, and have FINALLY after months of tweaking gotten Sacred 2 to play on it.

Here are what I have determined made it worked for me. Of course, sadly I have to say "this is what worked for me, it may not work for anyone else", just keep tweaking at it and as frustrating as it is eventually you will get it.

1. Delete the Nvidia Driver in Device manager (simply updating it didn't work for me I had to do a clean install of it)

2. Download and install the most recent Driver DIRECTLY from the Nvidia website, DO NOT install Dell's driver (Dell now owns Alienware
:(
in case you didn't kno). Nvidia has fixed some issues causing incompatibility with Sacred 2. But the Drivers available from Dell are several months behind and do not include these fixes. After many many hours on the phone with Dell Tech Support because I couldn't game on my gaming laptop... NVM long story but.... as a result Dell working on updated drivers with Nvidia expected release late June 2011.

3. Download and install the most recent Community Patch from Dark Matters if you can... you will need Ice & Blood version 2.51 (this also made the game run smoother with less crashing to desktop)

4. turn off PhysX and SLI both on your lappy AND PhysX in the graphics menu in game.

5. Run game in Windowed mode (yea it seems to run smoother idn why)

6. I Set graphics to medium, but I have more power... set to minimum and then turn up in small increments till you get the balance you like. turn off anti-aliasing, weather, v-sync

7. VERY VERY IMPORTANT.... on my laptop when Stealth Mode is turned on it is actually OFF and I am not getting all the power my lappy is capable of... and when it says it is OFF it is in fact turned ON... This is a known issue with these laptops and is being discontinued from the design. If you have Stealth Mode... MAKE SURE WHEN IT FLASHES ON THE SCREEN THAT IT SAYS IT IS OFF.

Good luck, hope my experience helped some.

*hugs*
Kiy