Calabi- everytime I log on it gives me: There was a problem completing the registration. please try again later. and it won't let me activate manually. The FAQ section is not helpful one bit, so maybye you know, seeing as you use already.

so is there a way for normal people who wont spend 7000 on a program to render spore creations?
did anyone get blender working?

TheNagotiator wrote:so is there a way for normal people who wont spend 7000 on a program to render spore creations?
did anyone get blender working?

im currently working myself trough the toturial for blender on nystic.com (http://www.nystic.com/blender.php) its very helpful to understand the basics

@ Jonosaur looks like its a known problem. Try logging into the daz site and then going to this address for the serial number if not then sorry you'll have to wait till they get it sorted. It is quite good normally.

Calabi wrote:@ Jonosaur looks like its a known problem. Try logging into the daz site and then going to this address for the serial number if not then sorry you'll have to wait till they get it sorted. It is quite good normally.

They gave me my serial number, but the program says its invalid.

errrrrr this is SO CONFUSING!!!!!!!

crazy199292 wrote:errrrrr this is SO CONFUSING!!!!!!!

indeed. I don't think anyone (save for maxis) has actually gotten their creatures imported into a 3D program.

Will you help me and Malli?!

sonicdude98 wrote:Will you help me and Malli?!

What he said ^ (with an added... Please).

P.S. Email me at: malli1001@hotmail.co.uk for a link to a download, any questions on what I mean.... email me.
Respect,

(*$malli$*)

ya, this is getting very confusing there should be different conversations or whatever for each 3d program

Jonasaur wrote:

Calabi wrote:@ Jonosaur looks like its a known problem. Try logging into the daz site and then going to this address for the serial number if not then sorry you'll have to wait till they get it sorted. It is quite good normally.

They gave me my serial number, but the program says its invalid.

Found the issue: It gave me serial number for a differnet version(2.3) instead of 3

Jonasaur wrote:

Jonasaur wrote:

Calabi wrote:@ Jonosaur looks like its a known problem. Try logging into the daz site and then going to this address for the serial number if not then sorry you'll have to wait till they get it sorted. It is quite good normally.

They gave me my serial number, but the program says its invalid.

Found the issue: It gave me serial number for a differnet version(2.3) instead of 3

does it work now?

irlydontknow wrote:

Jonasaur wrote:

Jonasaur wrote:

Calabi wrote:@ Jonosaur looks like its a known problem. Try logging into the daz site and then going to this address for the serial number if not then sorry you'll have to wait till they get it sorted. It is quite good normally.

They gave me my serial number, but the program says its invalid.

Found the issue: It gave me serial number for a differnet version(2.3) instead of 3

does it work now?

NO

Its the wrong product code and they do not understand that they need to put up the right one before the y go ahead and decide to post an upgrade without thinking!!!!

Thank you maxis, for making sure your software does not aggrivate the customer as much as some OTHER software programs do

Besides Maya, who costs 2000$, and blender, who doesn't have the pluggin, and DAZ with which I can't register, is there any other (free) program that can support this?

There are tons of tools/products with COLLADA support. Here's a few I know about, some I tested with the Spore colladaexport that did work just fine.

I am curious what your findings are, what other products/tools you tried...

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Maya has a 30 day free evaluation period [tested]
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?siteID=123112&id=12035483

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3dsMax has a 30 day free evaluation period [tested]
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?id=10083915&siteID=123112

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Plug-ins for Max and Maya are there:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/colladamaya/files/

Both the 'next gen' (Beta) and the 1.4.1 plug-ins should work. Make sure you select the plug-in when importing the data, since Max/Maya have some built-in support for COLLADA (through the FBX import) that may not work for Spore content.

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XSI MOD TOOL [tested]

this is 100% free version of XSI with some limitations.

http://www.softimage.com/downloads/XSI_Mod_Tool/default.aspx

make sure to install crosswalk to get the COLLADA import feature

The full product is available free for 30 days

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?id=12421549&siteID=123112

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Cinema4D [I did no test this]

There is a demo version available
http://www.maxon.net/downloads/downloads/demo-version.html

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Swift 3D - $249 [I did not test this]

http://www.erain.com/Products/Swift3D/

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Photoshop CS4 extended (need extended version for COLLADA loader) [tested]

There is a free 30 days trial
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?loc=en&product=photoshop

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FXComposer - free [tested]
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/fx_composer_20.html

This will let you add real-time shaders if you know how to use HLSL or Cg

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Rendermonkey - free [I did not test this]

http://ati.amd.com/developer/rendermonkey/downloads.html

same idea as fxcomposer

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Google O3D - for programmers - free [I did not test this]
API and plug-in for 3D visualization in a web browser - includes COLLADA tools
http://code.google.com/apis/o3d/docs/samplesdirectory.html

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Google Earth - free [I did not test this]

Try drag/drop of the dae on the earth.

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lightwave - free trial [I did not test this]

http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/lwtrial.php

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modo 401 (only version with COLLADA support) - not released yet
http://www.luxology.com/modo/401.introduction/

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Apple snow leopard
The included preview utility should open COLLADA directly [not tested]
http://www.apple.com/macosx/

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Scenecaster - free [not tested]
social network 3D plugin
http://www.scenecaster.com/news/press-release/scenecaster-announces-collada-support-to-increase-3d-content-exchange-across-all-delivery-platforms

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Vivaty - free [not tested]
social network 3D plugin
http://www.vivaty.com/

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Javamonkey engine - Project Wonderland [not tested]

for those of you java programmers - virtual world

https://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/

wow thanks

but unfortunately for me, I just realized my graphics card couldn't handle any 3D program. I tried starting blender And my computer pretty much froze. I need an upgrade.