Difference between revisions of "Impossible Creatures"

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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Insect Invasion	Expansion pack (requires Impossible Creatures Update v1.1).
Multiplayer Map Pack	Expansion pack (requires Impossible Creatures Update v1.1).
Bonus Animal Unlocker	Expansion pack.

Essential improvements

Patches

Impossible Creatures Update v1.1 - does not work on Windows Vista. Does work again on Windows 7 however.^{[citation needed]}
Impossible Creatures Update v1.1 - French
Impossible Creatures Update v1.1 - German

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Movies` Delete or rename `Nordic_Games.bik` and `relicintro.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324680/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324680/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Maximum resolution seems to default to that of the smallest monitor. UI issue can also occur with parts of the minimap becoming obstructed.
Multi-monitor		Possible to force multi-monitor support, but the UI stretches and no fix is known
Ultra-widescreen		The entire screen is stretched horizontally to fit the monitor's aspect ratio
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		It is an RTS however, so its need is debatable
Windowed		Add `-window` parameter^[1]
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default. Running in windowed mode disables Vsync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Options menu has a slider for framerate. Function is unknown. Needs additional testing.
Color blind mode		In multiplayer games, it is possible to choose a player's color by repeatedly clicking a colored orb by a player's name. This recolors the structures that player builds and the icon on each of their units.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Quite extensive, though a few keybindings cannot be changed (camera controls and menu options)
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, speech, and sound effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/324680/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (324680) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Unable to run game

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/324680/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (324680) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/324680/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (324680) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] Unable to run game

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	Relic Entertainment
Publishers
Retail	Microsoft Studios
Digital	Nordic Games
Release dates
Windows	January 7, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	72