Sacred

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Sacred
Sacred cover.jpg
Developers
Publishers
Release dates
Windows
February 27, 2004
Linux
April 9, 2009
Sacred at Steam Charts
Sacred at SteamDB
 Sacred at Wikipedia
Sacred
Sacred 2004
Sacred Underworld
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel 2008
Sacred 2: Ice & Blood
Sacred Citadel 2013
Sacred 3 2014

Key points

Disadvantage Online multiplayer master servers have been shut down.

General information

More information GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
More information GOG.com Support Page
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums for game series
More information SacredWiki: elaborate wiki about Sacred, Sacred Underworld and Sacred 2: Fallen Angel.

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
GOG.com DRM-free Sacred Gold; DRM-free
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg Sacred Gold
Desura DRM-free Linux DRM-free Version

Version differences[edit]

  • Sacred - the original game, was released in February 2004
  • Sacred Plus - Free expansion pack released in October 2004. It adds 2 regions, monsters, quests, items.
  • Sacred Underworld - Expansion pack released in April 2005. It adds 2 player characters (Daemon and Dwarf), 6 regions, 2 acts, new monsters and items.
  • Sacred Gold - Released in August 2005, includes the base game and both expansions.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Fix Delete/rename video files

  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Go into movie
  3. Delete or rename ascaron.wmv and oem.wmv.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\SETTINGS.CFG
Linux

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\save
Linux
Information Saved games are GAME**.PAK; saved heroes are hero**.pax.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

General settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Impossible False icon.svg 1024x768 only.
Multi-monitor Impossible False icon.svg 1024x768 only.
Ultra-widescreen Impossible False icon.svg
4K Ultra HD Impossible False icon.svg
Field of view (FOV) Impossible
Windowed Native Set in launcher.
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible 1024x768 only.
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Unknown
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native FSAA on/off.
Vertical sync (Vsync) Unknown
High frame rate Unknown

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Unknown
Mouse acceleration Unknown
Mouse input in menus Unknown
Mouse Y-axis inversion Unknown
Controller
Controller support Unknown

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native SFX, Speech, Music.
Surround sound Unknown
Subtitles Unknown
Closed captions Unknown
Mute on focus lost Native

Network[edit]

Information Online features require a product key; for the GOG.com version the key is available by submitting a multiplayer key request.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play Native 2-16
Online play Impossible 2-16 Master servers have been shut down.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking Impossible
Peer-to-peer Native
Dedicated Native
Self-hosting Native Use GameServer.exe in installation folder.
Direct IP Impossible

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz or higher
Intel Pentium 4
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
2 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2.2.x or better Linux kernel with glibc-2.1 or later and X-Windows (XFree86 3.3.x or later)
Processor (CPU) 1.0 GHz x86 Processor
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.7 GB
Video card (GPU) Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics card