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Revision as of 05:42, 28 June 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

Very small but active modding community.
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 1.3 is the final patch. Fixes from the previous ones[2][3] are also included. Adds support for P5-Glove. If you don't own it, check below.
Sometimes installing a new patch might delete the music folder. Make a backup before proceeding. See missing music.
Multiplayer matches can only be happen between players with the same game build.

Misc

Black & White Online Launcher

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

Patch Uninstaller

Useful for either quickly downgrading or reinstalling a certain patch quickly.

Mods

Any official patch should be applied before installing any mods.
Villager Banter Add-On
Football Add-On

Additional Creatures

Leopard
Mandrill
Gorilla
Horse

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

In-game settings and profile data for the Windows version are stored in the registry.

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

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

In order to play with no borders on fullscreen see Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Instructions

Input settings

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

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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

Template:Audio settings

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

Make sure to run the game and the setup launcher as an admin on newer versions of Windows.

P5DLL.dll is missing

Instructions

Missing music

Instructions

Low frame rate

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