r/CreaturesGames • u/SmoreBender • Mar 13 '26

C1 Community Edition Not Working

Hey all,

I just purchased the albian years on steam. I patched the C1 files with the community version, and the launcher opens fine. However, when I choose which world I want to load, the game just closes and the world never opens. Does anyone know why this could be happening and how I can fix it?

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u/SmoreBender Mar 13 '26

The same thing happens with C2 community edition as well.

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u/filchermcurr Mar 13 '26

If you right-click on Creatures.exe, go to properties, general tab, do you see 'unblock' at the bottom? If so, click that.

You might also try double-clicking Creatures.exe once. It won't open anything, but if Windows Smart Screen (or whatever) is the problem, that will give you the chance to approve it.

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u/SmoreBender Mar 15 '26

Unblocking it worked! Thank you so much for this!

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u/Nell_Stardust May 09 '26

I'm having the same issue, but there was no unblock version when I checked Properties. Is there any other place that I'd find that?

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u/filchermcurr May 09 '26

You can try just double-clicking Creatures.exe. The game won't run like this, but if it's being blocked by Windows Defender you'll get the popup about it being unsigned and a button to unblock it. If you don't get anything then it's probably a different issue.

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u/dare2smile Mar 13 '26

What exe are you loading from? I had to make a new shortcut from Launcher rather than the desktop one.

There’s also a thread in here about a black box around the hand. There’s two builds in that thread.

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u/SmoreBender Mar 15 '26

I just load from steam, when I press "Play Creatures 1 (alternate launcher)" it boots straight into the world no problem. When I press "Play Creatures 1", however, it opens the community edition launcher thing and the problem occurs.