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Revision as of 09:31, 15 October 2021
Developers | |
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Creature Labs | |
Publishers | |
Mindscape | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 30, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Creatures |
Creatures | |
---|---|
Creatures | 1996 |
Creatures 2 | 1998 |
Creatures Adventures | 1999 |
Creatures 3 | 1999 |
Creatures Playground | 2000 |
Creatures Docking Station | 2001 |
Creatures Village | 2001 |
General information
- Creatures Wiki - community encyclopedia
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Gameware's Website - Useful information and downloads
- TreeSprite's Creatures Grove - A long-standing fan site
- Creatures Developer Resource
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both. | |||
ZOOM Platform | Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Life Kit #1 | ||
Life Kit #2 |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Gameware's Official List of Creatures 2 Patches and Bonus content. GOG.com and ZOOM Platform versions come with the latest patch pre-installed.
Mods
As the Creatures series gets older and websites fade out of existence, the great amounts of user content is slowly fading away.
COBs
A COB is a Creature Object. This refers to any object in either Creatures 1 or Creatures 2.
Adoption
You can adopt Norns that have been exported from other player's games.
Breeds
Worlds
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Creatures\Creatures 2 |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | As the game runs in a window it will expand as much as needed. | ||
4K Ultra HD | As the game runs in a window it will expand as much as needed. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | The game only supports windowed mode. | ||
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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
16 bits error (Windows10)
- Go into the application properties of creatures2.exe and only enable Reduced color mode and set it to 16-bit color.
Low FPS
- Go to the compatibility options of the executable and select option run with a resolution of 640x480
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.1, 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 60 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 colours @ 640x480 |