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Revision as of 07:25, 13 December 2017

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Black & White 2
Black & White 2 cover
Developers
Lionhead Studios
Publishers
Electronic Arts
OS X Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows October 7, 2005
macOS (OS X) December 2008
Black & White 2 on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Black & White
Black & White 2001
Black & White 2 2005

Key points

No major issues on modern systems, slightly moddable too.

General information

BWFiles - Black & White 2 Patch/Support/Modding Community

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] and CD key for installation.
Windows
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Publisher website
DRM details are not known
macOS (OS X)
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
A demo is available here.
The Windows version of this game is not available digitally.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods Requires Black & White 2 to be installed.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
  • Find, delete or rename to something else the following files from <path-to-game>\Data\Splash
Splash.tga
splash_intel.tga

Patches

It is advised to install all the patches before playing.
No patches have been released for Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods.
Savegames do not carry over the patches.

Patch 1.1

Fixes some serious bugs and crashes.

Patch 1.2

Patch 1.1 is required.
The most notable change is the ability of skipping the tutorial lands, along with more bug and crash fixes.

Fan Patch 1.3

Patch 1.2 is required.
General fixes on modern systems to do with hardware detection limiting graphical options.

Utilities

Tiger Unlocker

Unlocks an exclusive creature available after creating a new game.

Wolf Model Fix

Fixes a pretty annoying issue with the Wolf's mesh.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

After doing this use any borderless applications to play with no borders on fullscreen from here.
D3DWindower[citation needed]
  1. See D3DWindower for further instructions.
  2. Find <path-to-game>\white.exe.
  3. Go to Options, Common and check Use Background Resize.
  4. Run it with D3DWindower by pushing the fifth button.

Notes

Bloom has to be disabled in order for this to properly work.
Activating the emulation is not needed. Running the game directly through the launcher will work.
Run any borderless applications before running D3Dwindower or else the game will crash.

Input settings

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Mouse lag

The mouse doesn't respond to slower movements and some tasks, such as building roads, become overly difficult.
Logitech fix[citation needed]
This will only work on newer Logitech mice and requires Logitech Gaming Software.
  1. Open Logitech Gaming Software.
  2. Click on the mouse at the bottom.
  3. Click on Customize pointer settings.
  4. Set the Report Rate to 125
Razer fix[citation needed]
This will only work on newer Razer mice and requires Razer Synapse Software.
  1. Open Razer Synapse Software.
  2. Click on the mouse at the bottom.
  3. Click on Performance settings.
  4. Set the Polling Rate to 125

Graphical glitches

On modern hardware parts of the terrain may disappear.
General fix[citation needed]
This has been tested to work on Windows 7 (64-bit).
Might cause in-game audio to lag or stutter briefly when keys are pressed on the keyboard.
  1. Right-click the Black & White 2 shortcut (leads to "white.exe").
  2. Select Properties.
  3. Go to the Compatibility tab.
  4. Set the shortcut to run in compatibility mode for "Windows 98 / Windows Me".
  5. Press OK.

Notes

Game data location may change to: %PUBLIC%\Documents\Black & White 2

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
Shader model 1.1 support

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]

References