Difference between revisions of "Lego Creator"

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Lego Creator
Subseries of Lego
Lego Creator	1998
Lego Creator: Knights' Kingdom	2000
Lego Creator: Harry Potter	2002
Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002

Warnings

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

Key points

Limited graphics options

Older versions of the game are difficult to run on modern machines, see Issues fixed.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Original releases use SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}.
Retail		Releases from the 2001 LEGO Masterpiece reissue onwards. Watching the video tutorials requires the disc unless you use the "full" option when installing the game.

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

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Content\mymodels <path-to-game>\Content\myworlds^{[Note 2]}

Video

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		By default.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Install dgVoodoo2 to the `3D Control` folder.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

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

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Japanese				Published by Eidos Interactive.
Polish				Published by Cenega.
Brazilian Portuguese				^[3]
Russian				Published by Noviy Disk.

Issues fixed

Graphical issues on newer versions of Windows

Use dgVoodoo 2

Fixes white textures/graphics in hardware/GPU mode.

Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive.
Open the MS\x86 folder and copy D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll files.
Paste the files into the game installation folder under the 3D Control folder, where the ss3dlego.exe executable is.
Run the game and click the "Software" button to enable "Hardware" acceleration in the options.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	85 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA-compatible card

Notes

↑ 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]
↑ 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

↑ 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
↑ Novo Milênio - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[3] 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]

[gamedir-4] 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).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] Novo Milênio - last accessed on 9 June 2023

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[Note 2]

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@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
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 |engines      =
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Superscape Virtual Reality toolkit}}
 |release dates=
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 26, 1998}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 11, 1998}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-Time Game Purchase}}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-Time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Free-Roaming Camera}}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Menu based}}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Building}}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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-{{Series|Lego Creator}}
 '''Key points'''
 {{--}} Limited graphics options
-{{--}} Older versions of the game are difficult to run on modern machines
+{{--}} Older versions of the game are difficult to run on modern machines, see [[#Issues fixed|Issues fixed]].
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 28: / Line 42: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | Original releases use {{DRM|SafeDisc}}. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free* | Releases from the 2001 ''LEGO Masterpiece'' reissue onwards. Watching the video tutorials requires the disc unless you use the "full" option when installing the game. | | Windows }}
 }}
+{{ii}} This game is not available digitally.
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 39: / Line 55: @@
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Content\mymodels<br>{{p|game}}\Content\myworlds}}
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Lego Creator Options.png|In-game options menu.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 66: / Line 82: @@
 |anisotropic                = false
 |anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = false
+|antialiasing               = hackable
-|antialiasing notes         =
+|antialiasing notes         = Install dgVoodoo2 to the <code>3D Control</code> folder.
+|upscaling                  = false
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 74: / Line 93: @@
 |120 fps                    = unknown
 |120 fps notes              =
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
 |color blind                = unknown
@@ Line 80: / Line 99: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 144: / Line 163: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = false
 |separate volume notes    =
@@ Line 157: / Line 176: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 164: / Line 185: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
   }}
 {{L10n/switch
-  |language  = German
+  |language  = Dutch
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 180: / Line 201: @@
   |language  = French
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
   }}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = German
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ }}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Japanese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Published by [[Company:Eidos Interactive|Eidos Interactive]].
+ |fan       =
+ }}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Polish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Published by [[Company:Cenega|Cenega]].
+ |fan       =
+ }}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = <ref>{{Refurl|url=http://www.novomilenio.inf.br/ano99/9909acdr.htm|title=Novo Milênio|date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Published by [[Company:Noviy Disk|Noviy Disk]].
+ |fan       =
+ }}
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Graphical issues on newer versions of Windows===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo 2|fix=
+{{++}} Fixes white textures/graphics in hardware/GPU mode.
+# Download the latest version of [http://dege.freeweb.hu dgVoodoo 2] and extract the archive.
+# Open the <code>MS\x86</code> folder and copy ''D3D8.dll'', ''D3DImm.dll'' and ''DDraw.dll'' files.
+# Paste the files into the game installation folder under the '''<code>3D Control</code>''' folder, where the '''<code>ss3dlego.exe</code>''' executable is.
+# Run the game and click the "Software" button to enable "Hardware" acceleration in the options.
 }}
@@ Line 214: / Line 285: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Superscape
Publishers
	Lego Media
Engines
	Superscape Virtual Reality toolkit
Release dates
Windows	November 11, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Free-roaming camera
Controls	Menu-based
Genres	Building
Series	Lego Creator