Difference between revisions of "Black & White"

Revision as of 15:33, 7 April 2014

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

Black & White
Black & White	2001
Black & White 2	2005

Key points

Very small but active modding community.

Limited preset styled in-game video options. Custom settings have to be set through a special launcher.

General information

Black & White Modding Community

Black & White Online

Availability

Template:Availability Table

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Patch 1.1

Fixes many bugs present in the original release. Recommended

Patch 1.2

Includes 1.1 changes. Required if going to play in multiplayer

Installing the patch might delete music folder. Make sure you made a backup before proceeding. See missing music.

Patch 1.3

To be used only by P5 motion capture Data Glove owners. Previously released patches are also built-in.

Later on game will crash without the aforesaid device. A special .dll can workaround the problem

Misc

Black & White Online Launcher

Streamlined client, makes playing online far easier.

Fairly buggy on more modern OSs, still in development.

Patch Uninstaller

Useful for either quickly downgrading or reinstalling a certain patch quickly.

Windows XP Hotfix 824141

Installing Windows XP SP2 fixes this issue.

Mods

Any official patch should be applied before installing any mods.

Villager Banter Add-On

Football Add-On

Additional Creatures

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

User made configurations are stored into the main savegames.

Template:Game data/row Template:Game data/row

System	Location

Save game data location

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System	Location

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video settings

Settings launcher.

Advanced settings.

File:Black And White - Advanced.png

In-game advanced settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Windowed

After doing this use any borderless applications to play with no borders on fullscreen from here.

Instructions

Input settings

File:Black And White - Controls.png

In-game controls settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

File:Black And White - Audio.png

In-game audio and video settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Italian
Polish

Issues fixed

Make sure game is running as admin on newer Windows OSs

Crash on the latest patch

Instructions

Missing music

Instructions

Low framerates

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Pentium II 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	OS 8.6
Processor (CPU)	G3 333 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM

References

@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 '''Key points'''
 {{++}} Very small but active modding community.
 {{--}} Limited preset styled in-game video options. Custom settings have to be set through a special launcher.
-{{ii}} Make sure to run the game and the setup launcher as an administrator. No compatibility modes are required other than the [[Compatibility_Mode#Privilege_Level|Privilege Level]].
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 35: / Line 34: @@
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Instructions}}
-* Find, delete or rename this file from <code>{{p|game}}\Data</code> to something else.
+* Find, delete or rename to something else file <code>{{p|game}}\Data\logo.bik</code> .
-<pre>logo.bik</pre>
 }}
 ===Patches===
-{{--}} On certain cases, while installing a new patch the music folder might be randomly deleted. In order to restore it see [[#Missing music|missing music]].
 ====[http://www.kayssplace.com/files/index.php?display=129 Patch 1.1]====
-{{++}} Fixes a number of bugs present on the original release.
+{{++}} Fixes many bugs present in the original release. ''Recommended''
 ====[http://www.kayssplace.com/files/index.php?display=130 Patch 1.2]====
-{{++}} Additional changes from patch 1.1 are included.
+{{++}} Includes 1.1 changes. Required if going to play in multiplayer
+{{--}} Installing the patch might delete music folder. Make sure you made a backup before proceeding. See [[#Missing music|missing music]].
 ====[http://www.kayssplace.com/files/index.php?display=131 Patch 1.3]====
-{{ii}} Adds support for the P-5 Glove.
+{{ii}} To be used only by P5 motion capture Data Glove owners. Previously released patches are also built-in.
-{{++}} Contents from the previous patches are also included.
+{{--}} Later on game will crash without the aforesaid device. A [http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/120-virtual-glove-p5-fixed-interface-dll/ special .dll] can workaround the problem
-{{--}} Installing this patch without copying a special .dll into the main installation path, will always make the game crash. It can be downloaded from [http://bwgame.wildman-productions.org/files/p5dll.zip here].
 ===Misc===
@@ Line 78: / Line 74: @@
 {{ii}} User made configurations are stored into the main savegames.
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows| {{p|game}}\Profiles\{{p|uid}}\}}
+{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|game}}\Profiles\{{p|uid}}\}}
 {{Game data/row|Mac OS|}}
 }}
@@ Line 97: / Line 93: @@
 |uplay notes           =
 |gamesave manager      = true
-|gamesave manager notes= Path has to be manualy specified.
+|gamesave manager notes= Path has to be manually specified.
 }}
@@ Line 103: / Line 99: @@
 [[File:Black And White - Game Settings.png|290px|right|thumb|Settings launcher.]]
 [[File:Black And White - Advanced Settings.png|290px|right|thumb|Advanced settings.]]
-[[File:Black And White - Audio.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game audio and video settings.]]
 [[File:Black And White - Advanced.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game advanced settings.]]
-[[File:Black And White - Controls.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game controls settings.]]
 {{Video settings
 |wsgf link                  = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/black-white
@@ Line 150: / Line 144: @@
 '''Notes'''
-{{ii}} If the custom resolution hasn't been applied try running '''Setup.exe''' again, then set your resolution to '''800x600'''.
+{{ii}} If the custom resolution isn't working try running '''Setup.exe''' again, then set your resolution to '''800x600'''.
-{{ii}} Don't forget to run '''Setup.exe''' and '''runblack.exe''' as an admin. See [[Compatibility_Mode#Privilege_Level|Privilege Level]].
+{{ii}} Don't forget to [[Compatibility_Mode#Privilege_Level|run]] both '''Setup.exe''' and '''runblack.exe''' [[Compatibility_Mode#Privilege_Level|as admin]].
 }}
@@ Line 175: / Line 169: @@
 ==Input settings==
+[[File:Black And White - Controls.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game controls settings.]]
 {{Input settings
 |key remap                 = true
@@ Line 197: / Line 192: @@
 ==Audio settings==
+[[File:Black And White - Audio.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game audio and video settings.]]
 {{Audio settings
 |separate volume          = true
@@ Line 243: / Line 239: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
+{{ii}} Make sure game is running [[Compatibility_Mode#Privilege_Level|as admin]] on newer Windows OSs
 ===Crash on the latest patch===
 {{Fixbox|1=
@@ Line 257: / Line 254: @@
 }}
-===Low framerates in recent operating systems===
+===Low framerates===
-{{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Low framerate}}
-See [[#Windowed|Windowed]] for a definitive fix.
-}}
-===Incorrect version number===
-{{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Version number}}
-# Remove any compatibility modes which may have been set for the main executable.
-# Launch <code>{{p|game}}\runblack.exe</code> as an admin. See [[Compatibility_Mode#Privilege_Level|Privilege Level]].
-}}
-===Custom controls not saving===
-{{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Controls}}
-# Remove any compatibility modes which may have been set for the main executable.
-# Launch <code>{{p|game}}\runblack.exe</code> as an admin. See [[Compatibility_Mode#Privilege_Level|Privilege Level]].
-}}
-===Video settings not saving===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Controls}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Try running the game in [[#Windowed|windowed]] mode|link=false}}
-# Remove any compatibility modes which may have been set for the main executable.
-# Launch <code>{{p|game}}\Setup.exe</code> as an admin. See [[Compatibility_Mode#Privilege_Level|Privilege Level]].
 }}
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 |minmem   = 64 MB
 |minHD    = 600 MB
-|minVRAM  = 8 Mb
+|minVRAM  = 8 MB
 }}

Developers

	Lionhead Studios
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Mac OS	Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows	March 25, 2001
Mac OS (Classic)	December 2001