Black & White
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Developers | |
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Lionhead Studios | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Zonic Limited |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Mac OS | Feral Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 25, 2001 |
Mac OS (Classic) | February 7, 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | February 7, 2002 |
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 | |
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Black & White | 2001 |
Black & White 2 | 2005 |
Key points
- The official multiplayer servers have been shut down.[1] Online features can be restored with Black & White Resurrection.
- Apply the fan patches to fix problems on newer hardware.
General information
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Black & White: Creature Isle |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Find, delete or rename to something else <path-to-game>\Data\logo.bik
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Patches
Patch 1.3
- Includes all fixes from previous releases.[4][5] Adds support for P5-Glove. If you don't own it, use the replacement P5DLL.dll.
- Sometimes installing a new patch might delete the music folder. Make a backup before proceeding. See missing music.
- Multiplayer matches can only be happen between players with the same game build.
BaW Patch
- Fixes various issues experienced on modern systems, including washed textures and massive draw distance reduction.
- Fixes addons & extra features not being detected.
- Requires a no CD crack.
1.4 Fan Patch (BWFiles)
- Fixes various issues experienced on modern systems, including washed textures and massive draw distance reduction.[6]
- Fixes addons & extra features not being detected.
- Includes fixed setup dialog that allows resolution and windowed mode to be changed easily.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lionhead Studios Ltd\Black & White\ |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>\[Note 2] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lionhead Studios Ltd\Black & White\LHMultiplayer |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
- In-game settings and profile data for the Windows version are stored in the registry.
Video settings
- Most video settings have to be changed through the external configuration tool.
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | The official multiplayer servers have been shut down.[1] Use Black & White Resurrection. Creature Isle expansion is not supported. |
Issues fixed
Compatibility problems
- Make sure to run the game and the setup launcher as an admin on newer versions of Windows.[citation needed]
P5DLL.dll is missing
Download fixed dll[citation needed] |
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Missing music
Music fix[citation needed] |
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Another way is to copy the Music folder found within the Audio folder on the CD into |
Poor framerate on Windows 8
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Bad textures/landscape
- Make sure 'Maximum Detail' is selected in the graphic options or the fix will not work.
Install BaW Patch[citation needed] |
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Missing or malfunctioning add-ons
Install BaW Patch[citation needed] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | 2D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6 - 2D Only. |
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Misc
Black & White Online Launcher
- Streamlined client, makes playing online far easier.
- Fairly buggy on more modern operating systems, still in development.
Patch Uninstaller
- Useful for either quickly downgrading or reinstalling a certain patch quickly.
Addons
- Require either 1.4 Fan Patch or BaW Patch to run.
- Villager Banter Add-On
- Football Addon
- Dancing Bear Plug-in
- MP3 Addon
- English Language Pack
Additional Creatures
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, Me, 2000 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 350 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 8.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | G3 333 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 96 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 End of an era: Black & White Multiplayer goes Off-Line - Lionhead Studios News
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Patch 1.1 Changelog
- ↑ Patch 1.2 Changelog
- ↑ 🚧 A set of patches for Black & White (2001) - GitHub