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vic_viperman has Sacred 2 Gold

May 25, 2015 @ 10:59pm

Nx Create Physics SDK failed-- game wont start

I have newest physics. I tried compatibility mode. Nothing. It starts to load, crashes, and throws the error in my topic title.

I need an older version of physx to play this? I have to downgrade my entire system just to play this? How?

The game worked fine on my older GPU. I just recently upgraded to a GTX 960 2 gb and now sacred 2 wont work.

Last edited by vic_viperman; May 25, 2015 @ 10:59pm

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mandene

May 26, 2015 @ 2:26am

I've had the exact problem, and I've managed to fix it.

Apparently the game installation doesn't install the right version of physx. However, it gives you the installation files, so you have to run it manually.

Go you the folder where you have Steam installed. And then browse to:

SteamApps\common\Sacred 2 Gold\redist\PhysX

run the install file in there.

vic_viperman has Sacred 2 Gold

May 28, 2015 @ 1:27am

that fails. All it says is I already have the newest version of physx.

vic_viperman has Sacred 2 Gold

Jun 5, 2015 @ 7:39am

Anyone have any idea how i could get this to run?

vic_viperman has Sacred 2 Gold

Jun 7, 2015 @ 8:51am

Anyone? This game is one of my favorite ARPGs ever... too bad i cant play it anymore.

Tripitaka

Jun 7, 2015 @ 3:56pm

Do not install the driver from the game folder. You need to download the "legacy physx" from nvidia's own site. This doesn't overwrite your current driver.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.13.0604-legacy-driver.html

Pity we can't get this stickied.

Last edited by Tripitaka; Jun 7, 2015 @ 3:56pm

vic_viperman has Sacred 2 Gold

Jun 8, 2015 @ 8:22am

Originally posted by 齊天大聖:
Do not install the driver from the game folder. You need to download the "legacy physx" from nvidia's own site. This doesn't overwrite your current driver.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.13.0604-legacy-driver.html

Pity we can't get this stickied.

Could you explain how this works? This absolutely DOES NOT downgrade my physx to an older version? It works independently of my newest physx driver version? How does it do that? Does it only run when I play something like sacred 2?

I REALLY dont want to download this and have it mess up the rest of my game library somehow.

Last edited by vic_viperman; Jun 8, 2015 @ 8:23am

vic_viperman has Sacred 2 Gold

Jun 22, 2015 @ 7:08pm

Originally posted by vic_viperman:
Originally posted by 齊天大聖:
Do not install the driver from the game folder. You need to download the "legacy physx" from nvidia's own site. This doesn't overwrite your current driver.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.13.0604-legacy-driver.html

Pity we can't get this stickied.
Could you explain how this works? This absolutely DOES NOT downgrade my physx to an older version? It works independently of my newest physx driver version? How does it do that? Does it only run when I play something like sacred 2?

I REALLY dont want to download this and have it mess up the rest of my game library somehow.

THANK YOU! This worked! I got the legacy driver you linked to and it works flawlessly! a thousand blessing upon you and your house!

This is one of my favorite ARPGs and I am happy to be able to play it again.

Last edited by vic_viperman; Jun 22, 2015 @ 7:09pm

LinK Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:54am

I installed the legacy and it's still throwing the exception : /

GeT_Good Feb 28, 2018 @ 8:02am

OMG IT WORKED THX

Storm Sep 24, 2021 @ 2:35pm

Tried the fix and I'm still getting the error. What's weird is that the game worked before and it just stopped for no reason.

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HiFive

Sep 24, 2021 @ 4:16pm

Originally posted by Storm:
Tried the fix and I'm still getting the error. What's weird is that the game worked before and it just stopped for no reason.

It sounds like a character save file got corrupted. Go into the game files and move the character files to another location one at a time to see if the game will work again. Start with the most recently played character, of course.

Save file location on Windows 10:

c:\user\YOUR USERNAME\saved games\ascaron entertainment\Sacred2

Last edited by HiFive; Sep 24, 2021 @ 4:17pm

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Storm Sep 28, 2021 @ 2:44pm

Originally posted by HiFive:
It sounds like a character save file got corrupted. Go into the game files and move the character files to another location one at a time to see if the game will work again. Start with the most recently played character, of course.

Save file location on Windows 10:

c:\user\YOUR USERNAME\saved games\ascaron entertainment\Sacred2

No dice. Still the same lovely error.

#12

HiFive

Sep 28, 2021 @ 5:59pm

Originally posted by Storm:
Originally posted by HiFive:
It sounds like a character save file got corrupted. Go into the game files and move the character files to another location one at a time to see if the game will work again. Start with the most recently played character, of course.

Save file location on Windows 10:

c:\user\YOUR USERNAME\saved games\ascaron entertainment\Sacred2
No dice. Still the same lovely error.

Sorry to hear that. If you already tried the usual:

1) Having Steam verify the files.
2) Reinstalling the game.

then I am out of ideas.

Last edited by HiFive; Sep 28, 2021 @ 6:01pm

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aggromagnet has Sacred 2 Gold

Oct 15, 2021 @ 10:23pm

Originally posted by Storm:
Tried the fix and I'm still getting the error. What's weird is that the game worked before and it just stopped for no reason.

Copy (don't move) both the d3d9.dll and d3d9on12.dll from your Windows\System32 directory to your Sacred 2 Gold\system directory. If they're already present, overwrite them. Copying the ones from Windows\SysWOW64 instead of Windows\System32 may work also, but they stopped working for me after shifting to Win11.

Last edited by aggromagnet; Oct 16, 2021 @ 9:14pm

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