Creatures 2
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| Developers | |
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| Creature Labs | |
| Publishers | |
| Mindscape | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 30, 1998 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Creatures |
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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
- Creatures Wiki - community encyclopedia
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Gameware's Website - Useful information and downloads
- TreeSprite's Creatures Grove - A long-standing fan site
- Creatures Developer Resource
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both. | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both. | |
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| Steam | |
Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both. | |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Life Kit #1 | |
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| Life Kit #2 | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Gameware's Official List of Creatures 2 Patches and Bonus content. GOG.com and ZOOM Platform versions come with the latest patch pre-installed.
Mods
As the Creatures series gets older and websites fade out of existence, the great amounts of user content is slowly fading away.
COBs
A COB is a Creature Object. This refers to any object in either Creatures 1 or Creatures 2.
Adoption
You can adopt Norns that have been exported from other player's games.
Breeds
Worlds
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1818340/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Creatures\Creatures 2 |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1818340/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Issues fixed
16 bits error (Windows10)
- Go into the application properties of creatures2.exe and only enable Reduced color mode and set it to 16-bit color.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DirectDraw |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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.