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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | creatures_the_albian_years | DRM-free | Includes Creatures and [[Creatures 2]] plus all expansions for both. | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | creatures_the_albian_years | DRM-free | Includes Creatures and [[Creatures 2]] plus all expansions for both. | | Windows }} | ||
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{{ii}} [[Wikipedia:Creatures (artificial life series)#Later bundled releases|Wikipedia]] details the various editions/bundles and their differences. | {{ii}} [[Wikipedia:Creatures (artificial life series)#Later bundled releases|Wikipedia]] details the various editions/bundles and their differences. | ||
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Revision as of 19:08, 6 December 2021
Developers | |
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Creature Labs | |
Publishers | |
Mindscape | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 11, 1996 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1996 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Creatures |
Creatures | |
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Creatures | 1996 |
Creatures 2 | 1998 |
Creatures Adventures | 1999 |
Creatures 3 | 1999 |
Creatures Playground | 2000 |
Creatures Docking Station | 2001 |
Creatures Village | 2001 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Gameware's Website - Useful information and downloads
- Creatures Developer Resource
- TreeSprite's Creatures Grove - A long-standing fan site
- Creature Caves An active community complete with forums!
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both. | |||
Steam | Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both. |
- Wikipedia details the various editions/bundles and their differences.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Life Kit #1 |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The GOG.com version comes pre-patched to version 1.04.
- Creatures Remastered Patch Adds support for official and third party addon0installers/development tools to The Albian Years, Creatures Exodus and Creatures Village titles.
- 1.02 Update
- 1.04 Update Some people have problems with this update, so feel free to stay on 1.02.
- Submarine Update
- Hatchery Update
- Windows NT Patch Add Windows NT support to the original Creatures release
Bonus Content
- The GOG.com version comes with all official DLC.
- Life Kit 1
- Christmas Pack 1
- Christmas Pack 2
- Observation Kit
- Object Pack 1
- Object Pack 2
- Object Injector
- Norn Download Centre
Mods
COBs
A COB is a Creatures Object - an object in the game for either Creatures or Creatures 2, in Creatures 3 COBs are known as agents.
- Creatures Village
- TreeSprite
- Slink's Treasures
- Forestbreeze
- CREATURES UNIVERSE has a ton of COBs!
- The Cheese Wizard
- AmberCreatures
- Creatures Wiki A large index of COBs linking to other sites
- Creature Caves
Adoption
You can adopt Norns that have been exported from other player's games.
Breeds
Utilities
NornVerter
Converts your creatures into a format Creatures 2 can read allowing you to export your creatures from Creatures and then import them into Creatures 2.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1818340/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Creatures\Creatures |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1818340/pfx/[Note 1] |
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*.cob
and*.rcb
mod files are stored in<path-to-game>
-
*.spr
mod files are stored in<path-to-game>\Images
-
*.wav
mod files are stored in<path-to-game>\sounds
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
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 |
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DirectDraw |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
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 |
- Original release.
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 292 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0 compatible |
- The Albian Years re-release.[1]
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 (1818340) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.