Why won’t Black & White 2 run on Windows 10, you ask? Well, there are many reasons but there is a workaround and it’s very effective. I cannot guarantee this will work if you are playing the game from a cracked version, and many people have run into problems that way, but if you use the legit installation CDs or get them off eBay, this should work perfectly. Bear in mind that the game itself was always a little bit buggy, even on the operating systems it was designed for, so it will never be perfect, but this is just as good as the original, in my opinion.

First, you will install Black & White the regular way using your CD / DVD and legitimate key. You will notice that the game won’t run at all, not even in administrator mode. So, download these patches and install them in the correct order:

1. 1. Game update v1.1 (exe) | Alternate download link (zip)
   2. Game update v1.2 (exe) | Alternate download link (zip)

Now, Black and White 2 uses an Anti-Piracy measure called SafeDisc v4 DRM. With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft removed support for SafeDisc and has also released a disable patch for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. So to get around it you need to be able to run the game without the CD / DVD.

Then download the No Cd Fix:

• • Black & White 2 No CD Fix (zip) | Alternate download link (zip)

Extract both files somewhere on your hardrive using WinZip or WinRar or similar. Cut and paste the 2 extracted files to:
C:\Program Files\Lionhead Studios\Black & White 2
or
C:\Program Files (x86)\Lionhead Studios\Black & White 2
depending on where the installer placed your game.

Make sure you didn’t also copy the folder ‘no cd fix’ – you only want those 2 files inside it.

This will replace the files, including the original exe that runs the game, so that it no longer looks for the install disk when you run it. From here on out, you will run the game from White.exe. You can create a shortcut on your desktop or wherever you like.

Happy gaming!

PS: So far, no one has managed to get this to work for Black and White 2: Battle of the Gods. Let me know if you find a solution.

If you’re developing a site in WordPress or similar on your local machine and want to run your site from //customsitename instead of //localhost in WAMP every time you test, or even have a bunch of virtual hosts like //sitename1 //sitename2 etc, here’s how to do set them all up:

Open wamp64/bin/apache/apachex.x.xx/conf/extra/http-vhosts.conf and make a duplicate of the Virtual host entry for your localhost, paste it below localhost’s and change the ServerName, DocumentRoot and Directory to your own names and locations. DO NOT replace localhost, copy and paste it below. Change the names like for example:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yoursitename
DocumentRoot C:/wamp64/www/yourfolder
<Directory  "C:/wamp64/www/yourfolder/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>


Save.

Then, open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in administrator mode and below:

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

add

127.0.0.1 yoursitename
::1 yoursitename

Save and restart WAMP. Go to your localhost page and you will see it show up as a clickable virtual host.

It is now configurable from the Wamp Aestan Tray menu.

1. Right-click on wamp icon in your system tray on the right.
2. Go to “wamp settings”
3. Enable “Add localhost in URL”
4. If you see the green tick mark, it is enabled.

Now refresh your localhost home page and check URLs. It should be working perfectly.

In older versions of WAMP:

Open wamp/www/index.php

Change this line:

$suppress_localhost = true;

To :

$suppress_localhost = false;