- Author BluCat
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This is the final version of black & white 2 plus, this is the ultimate way to enjoy plus, it does also become compatible with the new upcoming expansions!
The objective of the mod is to keep the game vanilla as possible but giving it cut content back and much better balance, this includes
balance changes, land changes, building changes, scripting, new dialogues, coding, music, two scrapped lands back and a whole new story with 9 new lands to explore!
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HOW TO INSTALL?
- Install Black & White 2.
- Install both v1.1 and v1.2 official patches (Ignore V1.42 fanpatch)
- Install Black & White 2 PLUS v1.6
- DONE!
IMPORTANT:
-Remember to Cap the game FPS to 60, otherwise crashes may be possible!
-In-Game audio must be always at full (On all 3 settings), then lower game volume on windows settings to prevent atmos volume spikes.
- When installing plus, start a new game, in a fresh new profile in a new resh install of the game to prevent save corruptions!
Below there's a FAQ to help you trobleshoot most problems!
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What's new on V1.6?
A complete cleanup of plus, encompasing all previous patches into a single one and adding more stability fixes and other details!
(This patch includes the base plus 1.0 , old gods lands expansions, plus patches 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5 and 1.5.1 in one single file)
- Fixed a couple of small capacity bugs.
- Updated installer.
- Added 1.5.1 update to the base installer.
- Includes the quick strategy guide.
- Game is now ready to receive next expansions, which will be additive to base plus.
- Updated the end game credits
- Added end game credits at the end of old gods lands.
- Added a small end game scene after Old gods lands ending.
- Added a small fix to prevent level 10 archers from becoming norse melees when leveling up past 10 (weird bug, but should be solved), thanks knowingowinga!)
- Added anti-cheat for burning tree on enemy capitals - (I got you, silly!)
- Inmortal guy now have a small area of influence to pick him up on every land, but you can't throw it freely until you complete the level.
- Slightly buffed catapults speed, damage and turn to low levels to make them more useful.
- Slightly increased the virtual influence time and distance to make gameplay a bit less restrictive outside the influence ring.
- Fixed some dialogues in land 21 (Post old gods lands final fight).
- Increased timer for attacks in land 19, giving the player more time to prepare.
- Overhauled the women escape sequence on land 10 (sacrificial lands) to prevent bugs, new a cinematics added, absolute objective from land start is rescuing the woman.
- Slightly reduced difficulty of sacrificial lands.
- Added a small influence (invisible) to the marauders quest to add the food.
- Check the readme for all the previous patches and details!
- Check the quick strategy guide to learn more about game mechanics!
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FAQ:
Q: How to install PLUS? Do i need previous patches?
R: Install Black & white 2 (Base), the install both official patches (v1.1 and v1.2) then install Black & white 2 PLUS - FINAL (v1.6)
Q: The mod works in MAC?
R: ... I Don't know...
Q: Do i need previous Plus patches? What about 1.42 fan patch?
R: No, you only need Final Plus (v1.6), it includes all patches, it includes the 1.42 fanpatch applied and also a 4GB patch (for stability)- (DO NOT INSTALL FANPATCH ON TOP OF PLUS!)
Q: The game is similar to the base game, what changed?
R: You will see a lot of changes as you progress, i don't want to change the original experience too much, i just added more to the experience.
Q: It is mentioned that PLUS have more miracles and lands, where are them?
R: New miracles will be available after beating the main game, same with new lands (Bw1 lands), there are also two cut levels added back to the main game.
Q: The game is too hard!
R: Not hard at all, but more challenging than vanilla, learn to use the new mechanics and you will be okay!
Q: New mechanics?
R: Check the quick strategy guide and the did you know sign posts!
Q: The game is still too hard!
R: GIT GUD... I'TS A JOKE!!! :
Quick tips (this also works for the base game):
-If you don't know what to do, check your objectives tab!
-If you are stuck, observe the world around you! There's always a way to win!
-Need help with mechanics? Check the Do you know sign post around the world, these have very useful tips, you can also read the in-game object descriptions, or the quick strategy guide included in the installation!
-Epic miracles are nasty! Play and save often, so you can learn where the epics are casted beforhand.
-Learn the mechanics! Not only city building, you will also need to learn about soldiers, what each unit do, so you can use them or know how to protect against them.
-Shield miracle usefulness is questionable, but it can protect your town from enemy catapults and arrows, and also will protect you against enemy miracles in old gods lands!
-If you are really stuck and cannot progress, by any means, seek help in moddb page of the mod, i'll gladly try to help you (if i'm online)
-With plus, building is much more expensive now, but ore mines are now always bottomless! Use your villagers more often to get resources with factories, they can produce more resources than you by hand!
-If you are stuck and enemy is attacking, don't panic, stay calm and think about what to do, the pause key "P" is a very powerful tool to stop the time.
-Learn from your mistakes! If something you didn't work, or you feel you are not progressing, don't give up! you can do it!
-In the quick strategy guide included in the instalaltion (or moddb) there are lots of useful tips, from hidden mechanics of the game, to army/building strategies!
Q: The game is too hard, i'm gonna cheat, and you can't do anything to stop me! HAHA!
R: You are right! I encourage you to not cheat, but it is a single player game anwyays, have fun!
Q: Will the game keep updating?
R: Of course, I'm almost everyday working on next updates and game expansions
Q: Is battle of the gods included?
R: Nope, because battle of the gods exists, you can play it after finish the main game, the come back to play the expansion after the main story!
Q: Add battle of the gods!
R: No... (sorry)
Q: Is PLUS compatible with REDUX?
R: No, both mods use different scripting and techniques for them to work. (Redux is a great mod! I recommend you to play it too!)
Q: Is PLUS compatible with TPP? (Tribal pack plus mod)
R: Yes, a bit... But no, it will not be compatible when the next expansion comes (When elementals come, tpp will be incompatible and will cause lots of issues)
Q: Are there new creatures available?
R: Yes, the base game monkey, lion, wolf and cow are available, on top of that, tiger, gorilla and turtle are also available.
Q: No zombie ape?
R: No, a weird bug assigning it to the last slot (thanks to 1.42 fanpatch) makes zombie ape to MEOW and do cat sounds (and purrs)... It is so cursed that i will not add it LMAO.
Q: W.O.M.D Is so BS, it makes your influence useless, i can't do anything! (panic attack)
R: Patience is a virtue... Wait until the effects are gone and prepare you most destructive miracles to counter it!
Q: New languages available?
R: Maybe, someday, i don't have much friends who can help me with this, sadly...
Q: Game crashes!!!
R: Game problem... If the game crashes it could be:
A - Doing too much stuff in the land (too many miracles, too much destruction, excessive something makes the game crash)
B - Something glitched, in this case quit and coming back to the game fixes most issues or starting from the previous land.
C - Installation problems (adding fan patch on top of plus is a common mistake)
D - Not capping FPS to 60 can make the game crash and cause wierd behaviour.
E - Compatibility mode has been reported to cause crashes, never use compatibility mode on bw2!
F - Save corruption: Sometimes starting using a save or profile of previous bw2 installs or other mods can cause crashes and other... funny problems. (including creature swapping)
Make sure to start a new game in a new fresh install!
Q: Game crashes every X minutes or every X hours.
R: This is also save corruption, reinstall, and also start a new game with a new profile, plus is not compatible with vanilla, nor redux, nor other mods.
Q: My creature changed to a lion?...
R: Your save is corrupt, this happen when using a save of previous BW2 installations. Make a new profile and start a fresh new save from a fresh new Bw2 Plus installation. (sometimes it will requiered to delete the profiles and every save on the documents folder)
SAVE OFTEN JUST IN CASE!
Q: Sound is mixed and random voices are heard... HELP!
R: You installed plus wrong... uninstall everything and do it again.
Q: The characters goes silent sometimes... why?
R: This is a FPS problem, in modern systems, the game goes too fast, and if you limit fps, sometimes the dialogues are silent, this is a vanilla game problem tied to FPS, nothing to do about it.- BUT! You can have subtitles activated to read in case this happens, it is recommended to have subtitles always on!
Q: Why there's no voice acting after the main game?
R: Because lionhead made voice lines are hardcoded into a file, even if the file is extracted, it cannot be packed again, and would also need a lot of work on the exe, so i decided to go into text dialogues, if dialogues go too fast, press P mid game to stop the time.
Q: You can stop time?
R: Yes, using the default keybind "P" can pause the game and you can freely move, this will work to help you doing quick actions or pausing cinematics to read or process what is happening on intense moments.
Q: Smoke signals is TOO HARD!!!
R: Watch for the small fire, there's a small light there, be super reactive and place your hand on the vent/crater, follow patterns and you will finish it!
Q: A volcano destroyed me in sacrificial lands... why?
R: If you don't save the women, you will lose, restart the land to try again!
Q: Is this mod compatible with win11?
R: Yes (NEVER use compatibility modes!)
Q: What does the flags do? The miracle enhancer?
R: Always present on every land, the miracle enhancer will slightly speed up mana production if built near altars.
Q: The mod is fantastic, awesome, incredible, brutal, i love it omg! How could i support you?
R: I have a patreon: Patreon.com - The mod is free for everyone and the patreon is for donations only, thanks for your support! <3
This is the final version of black & white 2 plus, this is the ultimate way to enjoy plus, it does also become compatible with the new upcoming expansions!
The objective of the mod is to keep the game vanilla as possible but giving it cut content back and much better balance, this includes
balance changes, land changes, building changes, scripting, new dialogues, coding, music, two scrapped lands back and a whole new story with 9 new lands to explore!
Features:
- Enjoy Black & White 2 with a new refreshing balance changes to improve the game.
- New balance system, carefully created to make the game more challenging and enjoyable.
- Cut content restored! Enjoy two new lands in the main campaign, the norse homeland and the aztec sacrificial lands.
- Improved map layouts and make use of new strategies to win!
- Select between seven creatures, Ape, Lion, Wolf, Cow, Tiger, Gorilla and Turtle!
- Enjoy a new story after the events of black & white 2 and battle of the gods expansion: Old Gods Lands.
- Old gods lands expansion is a new story with some new characters and a lot of new features!
- Includes 9 new lands, 13 new miracles, your own powerful temple and much more!
- Return to the past! Revisit the Black & White 1 maps, remade for the second game, explore and see how time has changed these lands!
- Enjoy 13 new miracles, including resource miracles, battle of the gods miracles, cut miracles and much more!
- A new enemy awaits! This new entity is the most powerful god ever existed, face this monster and put an end to his tirany!
A new expansion is currently under development, which will take place after the events of Old Gods Lands expansion!
Please, read all the changelogs to keep up with the game changes, which are a lot!
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>>> BW2 PLUS will keep updating, in case of rare glitches patches will be released and new content will be added in the future!
>>> Special thanks to KnowingOwinga for massive beta testing efforts, also thanks to him to figure out lots of balance stuff!
>>> Special thanks to Herolich1 for help with script testing and some improvements!
>>> Very special thanks to the community for playing and trusting me with the continuation of Black & White 2 Story (and for extension, BW1 Lore), i will try to give this game and the franchise the ending it deserves.
>>> Thanks to Boxhead to give me the first hints to make coding possible! Also, play his mod too! Black & White 2 REDUX
>>> New expansion on the works!
Please, Enjoy!
- BW Blu Creations (Blu)
- If you like this mod, please consider supporting me on patreon <3 ( https://www.patreon.com/BWBluCreations )
v1.5+
Small patch:
- Added a small flag in the code to prevent temple build music interrupt the current cutscene music.
- Added a coloured radius around the W.O.M.D to feedback the player about the influence void (Dialogue added to demon god about this too).
- overhauled the last demon god land (Land 19) that was filled with crashes, now it is very stable and moslty free of crashes and errors.
- Land 19 is still very hard! Good luck here and use all the new miracles mechanics to win! (Catapults will be very helpful here!)
