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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
macOS (OS X) December 2001
Black & White guide on StrategyWiki
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] Online features can be restored with Black & White Resurrection.
A no CD crack is required to play under latest Windows and apply the fan patch that fixes problems on newer hardware.

General information

Black & White BaW Patch Dev
Black & White Support/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
DRM: SafeDisc disc check (Windows).
Windows
Mac OS
This game is not available digitally.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Black & White: Creature Isle
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Patch 1.3

Includes all fixes from previous releases.[2][3] Adds support for P5-Glove. If you don't own it, use the replacement P5DLL.dll.
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.

BaW Patch

Fixes various issues experienced on modern systems, including washed textures and massive draw distance reduction.
Requires a no CD crack.

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.

Video settings

Most video settings have to be changed through the external configuration tool.
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.

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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 Resurrection. Creature Isle expansion is not supported.

VR support

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

Poor framerate on Windows 8

Instructions

Bad textures/landscape

Make sure 'Maximum Detail' is selected in the graphic options or the fix will not work.
Instructions

Missing or malfunctioning add-ons

Instructions

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

Misc

Black & White Online Launcher

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

Patch Uninstaller

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

Mods

Require at least patch 1.10.
Villager Banter Add-On
Football Add-On
Music Add-on

Additional Creatures

Leopard
Mandrill
Gorilla
Horse

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