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Creatures 2 won't run A messagebox is shown, the game seems to be starting then it quits. The error [DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS] has been detected when attempting to draw game sprites. Please check that your desktop is in 16-bit video mode, Microsoft DirectX is correctly installed and that you have the latest driver software for your graphics card. Extra information: [Creatures path]\dung.S16 Known errorcodes the solution applies to DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS Affected systems Windows XP Workaround Go to start->run, type regedit, and hit OK, then go to find Loading Flags entry and modify it from 0 to 1. Effect

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  • Creatures 2 won't run A messagebox is shown, the game seems to be starting then it quits. The error [DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS] has been detected when attempting to draw game sprites. Please check that your desktop is in 16-bit video mode, Microsoft DirectX is correctly installed and that you have the latest driver software for your graphics card. Extra information: [Creatures path]\dung.S16 Known errorcodes the solution applies to DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS Affected systems Windows XP Workaround Go to start->run, type regedit, and hit OK, then go to find Loading Flags entry and modify it from 0 to 1. Effect
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  • Creatures 2 won't run A messagebox is shown, the game seems to be starting then it quits. The error [DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS] has been detected when attempting to draw game sprites. Please check that your desktop is in 16-bit video mode, Microsoft DirectX is correctly installed and that you have the latest driver software for your graphics card. Extra information: [Creatures path]\dung.S16 Known errorcodes the solution applies to DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS Affected systems Windows XP Workaround Go to start->run, type regedit, and hit OK, then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CyberLife Technology\Creatures 2\1.0 find Loading Flags entry and modify it from 0 to 1. Note: This entry will be created after running the game for the first time. Effect The game should now tell you it's renaming some files and run after a while. It may run slower, than normal, as I suppose. Known exclusions This fix works unless all the addons installed, it seems one of them modifies the entry back to 0 when the game is starting. Possible reason for the workaround working The game might be running without 2D hardware acceleration. Goodies Copy this to Notepad and save as "fix.reg", then run whenever you want to apply the fix. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CyberLife Technology\Creatures 2\1.0] "Loading Flags"=dword:00000001 Alternative option Check this link out: that suggests an hex mod to Creatures2.exe so that is works on Vista/Windows 7. Has worked for me with the patched version. VincentT 14:04, August 25, 2014 (UTC)
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