Black And White 2

Control the Lionhead logo:
In the original Black And White you were able to control the opening logo for
Lionhead. Lionhead Studios has brought this back. When you begin the game, you
can fool around with their physics engine and left click on the box that fills up with
beads; and pull it away or up or down; or do whatever else desired. When you are
ready to continue with the game, release the box and wait for the screen to
change.

Sandbox mode:
Successfully complete the game.

Set building costs:
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file
before proceeding. If you are having difficulties with the game, you can edit the
building costs to make it much cheaper to construct. Use a text editor to edit
the "gamebalancebuilding.txt" file in the "\lionhead studios\black & white 2
\data\balance\" directory. Upon opening the file, you will see something as
follows:

//Balance file for Black and White 2 Last Saved,#2005-08-24
22:58:35#,"probinson"

//Building
AZTEC_ABODE_A 280 0 3.5 80 6 2 3 2 3 2 10 0 1 1 1.5
150 0.7 0.6 0.5 0 0.4 -0.008

Each category (for example, AZTEC_ABODE_A, JAPANESE_ABODE_A,
EGYPTIAN_ABODE_A, etc. until GREEK_MIRACLE_ENHANCER) has 26 numbers
separated by a tab. These numbers correspond to the building's characteristics.
However the only two numbers you need to be concerned about are the first two,
which indicate the Wood (first number) and Ore (second number) requirements to
construct that particular building. For example, the "AZTEC_ABODE_A" requires
280 wood and 0 ore. You can in turn edit all the GREEK buildings' cost
requirements to whatever desired by changing the first two numbers that appear
in each category.

For example, change the following line:

GREEK_TEMPLE 3000 1500 35 85.7142857142857 20 10 20 0
20 0 55 0 1 1 5 50 0.8 0.5 0.5 0 0.6 0.005
to:

GREEK_TEMPLE 1 1 35 85.7142857142857 20 10 20 0 20 0
55 0 1 1 5 50 0.8 0.5 0.5 0 0.6 0.005

The GREEK_TEMPLE originally cost 3000 Wood and 1500 Ore, but now only needs
1 Wood and 1 Ore after the edit. The following 24 numbers remain unchanged.
This has been tested and works on v1.1, and can be applied to current games in
progress. You may choose to start legitimately and only make use of this cheat at
a later level.

Set mana requirements:
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file
before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "gamebalancemiracle.txt" file in
the "\lionhead studios\black & white 2\data\balance\" directory. When you open
the file, you will see the names of spells or miracles. Spells are at the top and
miracles are at the bottom. The first number is the amount of mana required to
cast that spell. After you change the them to the desired amount, save the file.

Norseman tossing mini-game:
Find the path that goes down near the town that you begin at in the fourth land.
Follow the path to find a man in a cave. You can pick him up and throw him for a
mini-game. The more distance tossed, the more tribute received.

Replenishing platoons:
It is possible to replenish your platoons with female villagers (if the villager at the
top of the hand multi-pickup group is male and you hold down with the action
button), while only male villagers will form platoons. This effectively increases
your military population. They will appear just like normal villagers while in the
platoon, but will have the relevant equipment to the platoon. Note: This has only
been tested with Greek melee infantry.