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Creatures
Creatures	1996
Creatures 2	1998
Creatures Adventures	1999
Creatures 3	1999
Creatures Playground	2000
Creatures Docking Station	2001
Creatures Village	2001

General information

The Creatures Wiki

The CreatureCaves Forum

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions for Creatures Docking Station

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Creatures Exodus.
Humble Store		Creatures Exodus.
Steam
ZOOM Platform		Creatures Exodus.

Version differences

Creatures Exodus is a compilation of Creatures 3 and Creatures Docking Station with Windows XP compatibility.^[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1797350/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1797350/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Simply play in window mode and maximize the game window.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		(Author is unable to test this. Should work by playing in window mode and maximizing the game window.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		"Fixed" to resolution.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 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

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		The game allows you to mute the SFX and music individually.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Speech bubbles always appear when Creatures speak.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200 MMX
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	800x600 resolution 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible
Sound (audio device)	16-bit sound card
Other	4x CD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1797350) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Creatures Exodus | Creatures Wiki - last accessed on 2019-04-02

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1797350) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[4] The app ID (1797350) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Creatures Exodus | Creatures Wiki - last accessed on 2019-04-02

[1]

[Note 1]

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 {{Infobox game
-|cover        = Creatures Exodus - Cover.png
+|cover        = Creatures 3 cover.jpg
 |developers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Creature Labs}}
 |publishers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Merge Games}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Mindscape}}
 |engines      =
 |release dates=
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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|2001}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|2009}}
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+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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 |strategywiki = Creatures 3
+|mobygames    = creatures-3
 |wikipedia    = Creatures 3
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 |license      = commercial
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-{{Series|Creatures}}
 '''General information'''
+{{mm}} [https://creatures.wiki/Creatures_Wiki_Homepage The Creatures Wiki]
+{{mm}} [http://creaturescaves.com/ The CreatureCaves Forum]
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+{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1659050/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions] for [[Creatures Docking Station]]
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-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | creatures_exodus | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | creatures_exodus | DRM-free | Creatures Exodus. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Humble | creatures-exodus | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Humble | creatures-exodus | DRM-free | Creatures Exodus. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam| 1797350 | Steam | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| ZOOM | creatures-exodus | DRM-free | Creatures Exodus. | | Windows }}
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+===Version differences===
+{{ii}} Creatures Exodus is a compilation of Creatures 3 and [[Creatures Docking Station]] with Windows XP compatibility.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://creatures.fandom.com/wiki/Creatures_Exodus|title=Creatures Exodus {{!}} Creatures Wiki|date=2019-04-02}}</ref>
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 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = false
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           =
+|gog galaxy                = false
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+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|xbox cloud            =
+|steam cloud               = false
-|xbox cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 67: / Line 93: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = unknown
+|widescreen resolution      = true
-|widescreen resolution notes=
+|widescreen resolution notes= Simply play in window mode and maximize the game window.
 |multimonitor               = unknown
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = unknown
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = (Author is unable to test this. Should work by playing in window mode and maximizing the game window.
 |4k ultra hd                = unknown
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = unknown
-|fov notes                  =
+|fov notes                  = "Fixed" to resolution.
-|windowed                   = unknown
+|windowed                   = true
 |windowed notes             =
 |borderless windowed        = unknown
@@ Line 85: / Line 111: @@
 |antialiasing               = unknown
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = unknown
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 93: / Line 122: @@
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
-|color blind                = unknown
+|color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
-|key remap                 = unknown
+|key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
 |acceleration option       = unknown
@@ Line 111: / Line 140: @@
 |touchscreen               = unknown
 |touchscreen notes         =
-|controller support        = unknown
+|controller support        = false
 |controller support notes  =
-|full controller           = unknown
+|full controller           = false
 |full controller notes     =
 |controller remap          = unknown
@@ Line 161: / Line 190: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = The game allows you to mute the SFX and music individually.
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = true
-|subtitles notes          =
+|subtitles notes          = Speech bubbles always appear when Creatures speak.
 |closed captions          = unknown
 |closed captions notes    =
@@ Line 174: / Line 203: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 180: / Line 211: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = English
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+  |interface = true
   |audio     = unknown
   |subtitles = unknown
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
- |fan notes =
 }}
 }}
@@ Line 212: / Line 242: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|64-bit executable      = unknown
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|64-bit executable notes=
+|windows 64-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows arm app        = unknown
+|windows exe notes      =
+|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
+|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          =
+|macos app notes        =
+|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
+|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
+|linux arm app          = unknown
+|linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 220: / Line 260: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    =
+|minOS    = 95
-|minCPU   =
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium 200 MMX
-|minRAM   =
+|minRAM   = 32 MB
-|minHD    =
+|minHD    = 300 MB
-|minGPU   =
+|minGPU   = 800x600 resolution
+|minDX    = 7.0
+|minVRAM  = 2 MB
+|minaudio = 16-bit sound card
+|minother = 4x CD-ROM drive
 |recOS    =

Developers

	Creature Labs
Publishers
	Merge Games
	Mindscape
Release dates
Windows	November 4, 1999
Linux	2001
macOS (OS X)	2009
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Creatures