- Problem
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: http://creaturescaves.com/forum.php?view=12&thread=3202 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)