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weeneybomber

weeneybomber
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  1/31/2019

I have downloaded Creatures Exodus on a windows laptop and when I go to open it, an error occurs and tells me to set my display to 16 bit color. My laptop, however, has no setting below 32 bit. I was wondering what my options were for remedying this issue?
 
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  1/31/2019  1

If you right-click on the shortcut for Exodus (or Creatures 3 or Docking Station) and select "properties," you should see a compatibility tab. Click that, and under Settings check the "Reduced color mode" and make sure it's set to 16 bit.

This is assuming Windows 10. Windows 7 and below should have an option to switch to 16 bit mode under the general display settings.


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Kazooo

Kazooo



  1/31/2019

Right click the engine exe
Hit properties
Hit compatibility
Under settings check reduced colour mode and select 16 bit.
Enjoy!

Edit: Me and Grendel man must've been typing at the same time lol

 
weeneybomber

weeneybomber



  1/31/2019  1

I did this and received the same error, I'm not sure why this this.
 
weeneybomber

weeneybomber



  1/31/2019

Okay so I restarted and fiddled with it a bit and now I get this error instead,

"The game could not be started due to a direct draw error.

Windows NT/2000 6.2 build 9200 ()
OriginalDisplay DirectX (no modules)
Thu Jan 31 20:52:29 2019 - 19084 - 2.296"



 
FlyingEttiNorn

FlyingEttiNorn



  2/1/2019

i have the same problem, but with creatures village
nobody had any clue how to fix it, so i'm afraid that this problem may be unsolvable

try running it in virtualbox and see if that helps?

 


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