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Revision as of 14:36, 10 July 2015

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Black & White
Black & White cover
Developers
Windows Lionhead Studios
Publishers
Windows Electronic Arts
Mac OS Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows March 25, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) December 2001
Black & White on Wikipedia

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
Black & White 2001
Black & White 2 2005

Key points

The official multiplayer servers have been shut down.[1]

General information

Black & White Modding Community
Black & White Online

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
This game is not available digitally.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Black & White: Creature Isle
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Error: OS 'OS X' not found in infobox

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Patch 1.2

Fixes some issues with the game, while adding some smaller features.

Patch 1.3

This is an optional patch, it is only required for owners of the P5 Glove. In order to install this without using glove use this file.

Black & White Online Launcher

Streamlined client, makes playing online far easier.
Fairly buggy on more modern OSs, still in development.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Any settings set through the launcher are contained in these paths.

Save game data location

Save games are stored in the main installation path.
Most in-game settings are stored in the registry, along with the main profile data.

Video settings

Settings launcher.
Settings launcher.
Advanced settings.
Advanced settings.
In-game advanced settings.
In-game advanced settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

In-game controls settings.
In-game controls settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio and video settings.
In-game audio and video settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian
Polish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
The official multiplayer servers have been shut down.[1]
Use Black & White Online.

VR support

Supports the Essential Reality's P-5 Data Glove

Issues fixed

Missing music

Instructions


Poor framerate on Windows 8

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, Me, 2000
Processor (CPU) 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
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 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

References