SACRED newest patch1.55beta9 prevents emulation

[MisterEd]

I think they will fix it as soon as possible...

[BattleCK]

btw. just wanna say, that in the new patch, 1.6.6 is deamonscript also blacklistet

[-think.circle-]

then make a shortcut to daemon.exe and add -rmps on
in the commandline

then start sacred. exe
mark the shortcut to deamon.exe and press enter
keep enter pressed

has the same effect the script had

well it does not work for me
but script did not either

[CongoMan]

i used to play sacred with an rmps copy and, since 1.6 in conjunction with daemonscript, as described in some other thread.

today i read a lot about blacklists of daemonscript. though i cannot conform this, i wrote a small script for the windows scriptting host. perhaps you'll need to adjust the folder to correctly locate the d-tools.
place in in your game folder and execute it. needs windows scripting host to run. wonder if they'll blacklist that, too!

save the following as sacred.js in your game folder
//SCRIPT
RunSacred();
function RunSacred()
{
var WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var i;

WSHShell.Run("c:\\Programme\\D-Tools\\daemon.exe -rmps on",1,1)
WSHShell.Run("sacred.exe",1,0)

for (i=0; i<50; i++)
{
WScript.Sleep(500)
WSHShell.Run("c:\\Programme\\D-Tools\\daemon.exe -rmps on")
}

}
//END SCRIPT

works fine!

[Dodger]

i used to play sacred with an rmps copy and, since 1.6 in conjunction with daemonscript, as described in some other thread.

today i read a lot about blacklists of daemonscript. though i cannot conform this, i wrote a small script for the windows scriptting host. perhaps you'll need to adjust the folder to correctly locate the d-tools.
place in in your game folder and execute it. needs windows scripting host to run. wonder if they'll blacklist that, too!

save the following as sacred.js in your game folder
//SCRIPT
RunSacred();
function RunSacred()
{
var WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var i;

WSHShell.Run("c:\\Programme\\D-Tools\\daemon.exe -rmps on",1,1)
WSHShell.Run("sacred.exe",1,0)

for (i=0; i<50; i++)
{
WScript.Sleep(500)
WSHShell.Run("c:\\Programme\\D-Tools\\daemon.exe -rmps on")
}

}
//END SCRIPT

works fine!

I tried your script but got the following error message:

Windows Script Host

Script: E:\Program Files\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred\sacred.js
Line: 8
Char: 1
Error: The system cannot find the file specified

Code: 80070002
Source (null)

I made sure that it was pointed to Daemon tools, and I put the .js file in the folder where sacred.exe is, but other than that, I'm not sure what I could have done wrong. Any ideas?

[Wlk]

It is not possible to run apps in different path with this script nor set any parameters, dunno why. You have to make batch file in the same dir with daemon.exe command an run it directly...

But still no luck for me

[CongoMan]

the .js script works perfectly for me. maybe (i dunno) itґs because of the blanks in the path. i do not have blanks in either path (daemon and sacred). havenґt verified this ґcos iґm at work now, but ...

well, you might want to give it a try.

[CongoMan]

hey ho!

i have forgotten to tell you to to install the scripting host. download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-3cffcb0c2524

script will work then!

[Dodger]

Tried it again with no blanks and after dl the scripting host and still got the same error msg. Crud. (as a sidenote, isn't the scripting host installed on win xp by default?)

[CongoMan]

yes, thatґs what i thought, too. but when i tried to reproduce the reported errors on my office computer i was successful (in creating the errors, donґt misunderstand me). so i just gave it a try, installed the wsh and ka-boom, the script worked.

[Twisted EndZ]

The reason its not working is because Xp has a bug and I believe its going to be updated in service pack 2. It can't handle long filenames. Change the script to this:

Yours:
Script: E:\Program Files\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred\sacred.js
Line: 8
Char: 1
Error: The system cannot find the file specified

Code: 80070002
Source (null)

Correct:
Script: E:\Progra~1\Ascaro~1\Sacred\sacred.js

Change all types to the old dos style filenames.

Btw, this will NOT work with the US copy or ENU copy. D-tools is blacklisted.

[Lumpi]

I tried your script but got the following error message:

Windows Script Host

Script: E:\Program Files\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred\sacred.js
Line: 8
Char: 1
Error: The system cannot find the file specified

Code: 80070002
Source (null)

I made sure that it was pointed to Daemon tools, and I put the .js file in the folder where sacred.exe is, but other than that, I'm not sure what I could have done wrong. Any ideas?

Disable Script-Blocking in Antivirus Progs.

[Dodger]

The reason its not working is because Xp has a bug and I believe its going to be updated in service pack 2. It can't handle long filenames. Change the script to this:

Yours:
Script: E:\Program Files\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred\sacred.js
Line: 8
Char: 1
Error: The system cannot find the file specified

Code: 80070002
Source (null)

Correct:
Script: E:\Progra~1\Ascaro~1\Sacred\sacred.js

Change all types to the old dos style filenames.

Btw, this will NOT work with the US copy or ENU copy. D-tools is blacklisted.

Well, that was the solution to the scripting error, thanks twisted. Unfortunately, I still get the cd verification error. Ah well, to be honest, unless they patch the game enough to actually make it worth playing, I doubt I'll wear out my original disk. :mrgreen:

[Andareed]

Actually, you should probably quote the actual command, since you have parameters to pass. So you have:

WSHShell.Run("\"c:\\Program files\\D-Tools\\daemon.exe\" -rmps on",1,1)

I've not tried this, but just guesing.

[Zhyr]

i keep getting an error on line 8 char 58 "expected ')'
code 800A03EE

ive tried putting a ) there, but it keep saying it