Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

v2.10.0 patch - hardware cursor implemented, added hotkeys (Alt, F9, F12), improved game balancing and enemy AI, massive quest polishing (polished questbook, new/changed texts, alternative endings), more items, drops and weapons; automatic update function included, new button in lobby screen allows you to recover your password in case you lost it, reduced memory for footprints, various performance boosts especially in the main menu, even more sound FX, moving the mouse over a hireling now not only shows his hitpoint bar but also the quest that the hireling refers to, side quest compass will stay on the active quest now, even if you have accepted a new one; limit of 5 hirelings per player, all boss and elite opponents are easier to defeat now, adjusted hero combat arts, more sets and unique items, adjusted prices for horses, reduced price for forging items, townpeace also in PvP now, graphics are being set to medium instead of high on the first run of the game, minor text changes

v2.10.1 patch - hotfix

v2.11.2 patch - Silver campaign progress now stored on Closed Net servers, the message "Game Saved" will be displayed when saving in multiplayer mode, Shadow Warrior/High Elf characters' death no longer causes crashes, campaign coop no longer treated as a SP game, chat functionality fixed, Scorpion King no longer kills players instantly, administrative rights no longer required under Vista, items cannot be stolen by pressing Alt, F12 correctly teleports MP characters to the MP start location, key binding updates will be correctly stored, Nether Allegiance no longer inactive after teleport, Divine Gift of Testa now works correctly, giant octopus' tentacles can no longer be picked up as items, SP character playing MP will quest progress saving fixed, books now displayed in quest log, fixed OpenAL exception, fixed sound problems, voices are played less frequently, fight music is played less frequently; regional music is played more frequently, clicking on a player in the lobby now tracks that player

v2.12.0 - fixed lags while clicking on NPC's and objects, fixed bug that caused a savegame to overwrite another character, fixed erroneous message of version conflict when joining servers, it is now possible to use the character slots 8 and above in the Closed Net lobby, fixed instances where quests that require a certain amount of collected items didn't grant enough of those items, F12 now teleports the character to the resurrection monolith in SP and MP, sidequest arrow no longer points to completed sidequests, fog of war removal improved, clients accomplishing sidequests in MP campaign no longer interfere with the server progress, corpses no longer block projectile, mounts no longer lose XP after exit/load, sporadic problem with sounds on the 5.1 subwoofer channel fixed, fixed an exploit concerning hero statues, fixed exploits using the smith or the buddy list to duplicate items, redundant window concerning the connection to the chat server removed

v2.31.0 patch - implemented a new ingame options menu, added new bosses to reward exploration, added eight new portals for more convenient travelling, new level of detail system for better general performance, better pathing in some areas, end bosses use more/improved special abilities, opponents in dungeons are more challenging now, buffs can no longer be activated when the selected combat art slot is empty, improved targeting with combos, improved drop reward for the completion of side quests, Mastery of the skill Enhanced Perception will now yield significantly better chest drops, failed quests no longer count as resolved quests in the game statistics; multiple fixes and improvements in PvP, individual quests, items, MP, various bugs; new mini-sets added, traps now work correctly, boni on items are now displayed in red if they don't affect the character, added button for refreshing the server list, dismounting is now quicker, other changes

v2.34.0 patch - new area with 24 aboveground sectors and about 6 additional underground sectors, new textures and objects to create a snowy landscape, additional sounds for the snowy landscape, 20 new creatures, new NPCs, new full quest chain, additional armor set for each character, new armor items and weapons, characters over level 61 are no longer unable to create game channels, characters no longer start at an incorrect position on the map leading to a dead end after respawning at a monolith, fixes for items and quests, multiple sound system fixes, rivers no longer have dust clouds instead of water splashes, ability and buff fixes

v2.34.0 patch (cumulative version)

v2.40.0 patch - nVidia PhysX technology implemented for two combat arts of each respective hero, pause functionality for singleplayer mode, added controls for minions (attack range, attack mode, select opponent), new achievement system (available in logbook), characters can be turned 360° in character selection screen, equipped items now have a new layout which is individual for each character, the Crystal Planes now feature a new quest series as well as new opponents, new items and mini-bosses, new logbook appearance, new audio settings, added duration tooltips for blue and purple potions, incoming messages will now open the chat window, extensive bug and crash fixes

v2.43.0 patch - it is now possible to disable the camera shake via an entry in optionscustom.txt (the entry is: camera.cameraShake = 0), insufficient armor against certain damage types now gives correct feedback, reflection damage from NPCs has been reduced, Sakkara demon on the Start Island no longer attacks the player unless he has been attacked first, gold and XP amounts will now be displayed using periods as the thousands separator, the region music will continue to play during combat when fight music is disabled, the "push rider from mount" bonus has been removed, blowpipes are now able to hit mounted creatures, achievements will only be shown ingame and commented by the hero the first they are accomplished, the "Group Hug" achievement is now possible to accomplish, other heroes in multiplayer game sessions are now less chatty