Black & White 2
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Developers | |
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Lionhead Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Robosoft Technologies[1] |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
OS X | Feral Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 7, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) | January 6, 2009[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building, Strategy, RPG |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Black & White |
Black & White | |
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Black & White | 2001 |
Black & White 2 | 2005 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Black & White 2 is a singleplayer bird's-eye view building, strategy and RPG game in the Black & White series.
General information
- Black & White Community - A forum and downloads site for the series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] and CD key for installation. | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) | ||||
Origin (unavailable) |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A demo for Windows is available here.
- The Windows version of this game is not available digitally.
Version differences
- The Collector's Edition includes the exclusive tiger creature, later included in the expansion pack, as well as a making-of DVD.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Expansion pack | The expansion pack includes the turtle creature, new units, islands and spells. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Battle of the Gods |
Essential improvements
Patches
v1.1 Patch
- Fixes some serious bugs and crashes.
v1.2 Patch
- Patch v1.1 needs to be installed first.
- The most notable change is the ability of skipping the tutorial lands, along with more bug and crash fixes.
Unofficial patches
v1.42 Unofficial Fan Patch
- Patch 1.2 is required.
- Removes SafeDisc DRM, enabling the game to run on Windows Vista and later.
- General fixes on modern systems to do with hardware detection limiting graphical options.
Battle of the Gods Fan Patch 1.1 - only for the expansion
- Removes SafeDisc DRM, enabling the game to run on Windows Vista and later.
- General fixes on modern systems to do with hardware detection limiting graphical options.
Utilities
Tiger Unlocker
- Unlocks the creature exclusive to the Collector's Edition to be available after creating a new game.
- For the base game only - the Battle of the Gods expansion already does this.
Wolf Model Fix
- Fixes an issue with the Wolf's mesh.
Skip intro videos
Move, delete or rename files[citation needed] |
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Splash.tga splash_intel.tga |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Black & White 2\Settings.ini |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Black & White 2\Profiles\ |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | HUD is stretched | ||
Multi-monitor | HUD is stretched | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | UI elements does not scale with resolution and are ultra small in 4K. Also possible side effects are the HUD getting even more stretched. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Editor FOV only. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Checkbox only. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use the Graphics Card Control Panel to Turn On V-Sync on the Program, This will be normal FPS Speed for B&W 2 including BOTG | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Main menu capped 33fps | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
- After doing this use any borderless applications to play with no borders on fullscreen from here.
D3DWindower[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | [5] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Black & White 2. | ||
vorpX | G3D, Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Mouse lag
- The mouse doesn't respond to slower movements and some tasks, such as building roads, become overly difficult.
Logitech fix[citation needed] |
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Razer fix[citation needed] |
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SteelSeries Fix[citation needed] |
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Redragon Mouse Fix[citation needed] |
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Graphical glitches
- On modern hardware parts of the terrain may disappear.
- Might cause in-game audio to lag or stutter briefly when keys are pressed on the keyboard.
- Game data location may change to:
%PUBLIC%\Documents\Black & White 2
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Run white.exe in compatibility mode for Windows 98/Me.[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 1.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support |
128 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support |
- Supported chipsets: ATI Radeon 8500/9100/9200/9250/9500/9550/9600/9700/9800/X300/X600/X700/X800/X850, nVidia GeForce 6200/6600/6800/FX5200/FX5500/FX5600/FX5700/FX5800/FX5900/FX5950/PCX5300/PCX5900/Ti4200/Ti4600/Ti4800
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.4.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz Intel | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5.1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D accelerator 128 MB of VRAM |
- Intel GMA graphics cards are unsupported.
Notes
References
- ↑ Feral Support - Black & White 2 - last accessed on 2023-07-21
- ↑ Black & White 2 support page (Mac) - Feral Interactive
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Sound Blaster Gaming: Black & White 2 (retrieved) - last accessed on May 2023