Running Black & White on Windows 10

[SolarInATeacup]

Did anyone ever come up with a fix for the game files not saving and if we can recover the save? I was playing for hours and I come to load it back up and it goes straight into the tutorial at the beginning. I’m absolutely devastated!

 

[pappde]

If anyone is having issues with the native screen resolution not fitting the screen properly (e.g. trying to use a 1920x1080 screen resolution when that's your native screen resolution, and half the image not appearing on the screen) - on Windows 10/11 there's a 'scaling' option in Display Settings which seems to impact it.
I haven't looked into a way to change this only on the one game, but I'm sure it's possible - for a quick win, use this:
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Edit the exe. properties. There is an override for desktop scaling.

 

[acra]

Did anyone ever come up with a fix for the game files not saving and if we can recover the save? I was playing for hours and I come to load it back up and it goes straight into the tutorial at the beginning. I’m absolutely devastated!

Yeah I found it seems to work if you run the game as admin.
I suspect that means it’s trying to save to a folder it doesn’t have permissions to save to, so there’s probably a better fix if that can be figured out…

 

[pappde]

Did anyone ever come up with a fix for the game files not saving and if we can recover the save? I was playing for hours and I come to load it back up and it goes straight into the tutorial at the beginning. I’m absolutely devastated!

One of the recomendations is not to install into the program files folder. Install it in a folder like GAME, or like it. I installed straight on C: in a folder named Black and white.

 

[pappde]

Also see this:

Black & White Install/Errors FAQ

Black & White Install/Errors FAQ Make sure you've installed using the install guide as a start. Install in a folder outside of Program Files such as “C:\Games\Black & White” to help avoid permissions issues. Install the game using an ISO or CD. Using a rip causes issues with installing the patch...

docs.google.com