Answering your feedback about Spore Online Accounts

MaxisLucky wrote:
Thank you for your patience.

-caryl

You are welcome, but it is far from easy.
Please get it right

MaxisLucky wrote:A quick update on this feature...

We have been working on a first pass at a solution for this problem and are currently testing it and fixing bugs and usability problems we've run into.

We are hoping to resolve the open issues and get this out in the next couple weeks along with documentation about how to use the new system.

Thank you for your patience. We're as eager to get this out as you are to have it.

-caryl

Thank you for the update (and right after my post, as well. cool.)!

Updates like these will keep me sane.

Yes thank for it

Is that why Larry was created?

Thanks for the update...

MaxisLucky wrote:A quick update on this feature...

We have been working on a first pass at a solution for this problem and are currently testing it and fixing bugs and usability problems we've run into.

We are hoping to resolve the open issues and get this out in the next couple weeks along with documentation about how to use the new system.

Thank you for your patience. We're as eager to get this out as you are to have it.

-caryl

Quick question, just how many things are you guys being forced to work on right now?

Parts Pack, Expansions, Sporepedia and accounts, etc.... You guys must be crazily busy. (And probably don't have nearly enough people working on things like the Sporepedia and accounts.)

Well, keep it up guys. Looking forward to it.

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Finnical wrote:

MaxisLucky wrote:A quick update on this feature...

We have been working on a first pass at a solution for this problem and are currently testing it and fixing bugs and usability problems we've run into.

We are hoping to resolve the open issues and get this out in the next couple weeks along with documentation about how to use the new system.

Thank you for your patience. We're as eager to get this out as you are to have it.

-caryl

Quick question, just how many things are you guys being forced to work on right now?

Parts Pack, Expansions, Sporepedia and accounts, etc.... You guys must be crazily busy. (And probably don't have nearly enough people working on things like the Sporepedia and accounts.)

Well, keep it up guys. Looking forward to it.

First off i was going to reinstall the game cause i built a new computer but from what i am seeing it seems that EA is still giving everyone the runaround

its 6 days till November and still no multi accounts and reset of the 5 install limit when ya uninstall? hmmm,think ill wait till EA gets around to doing something.

Why are they working on Parts Packs,Expansions,etc. when there is more important things that need there attention? Like for example; getting the multi accounts in,fixing Sporepedia,fixing the patch they messed up,etc? EA really makes no sense at all sometimes

err most of the time.

If and when i become a game programmer i do swear ill treat my customers way better than EA does.Sorry if that seemed harsh but its the truth. Oh i wont ever sell my company to EA noway no chance,wouldn't want them to corrupt my name.

I really really wish someone out there would stand up against these company's and force them to see there mistakes and how there treating there customers,i really do. But unfortunately it will never happen

This is one of the reasons i like Indie programmers so much better cause they treat there customers with respect,most of them i mean,there is one i wont get into here on the forums,i could get banned.

MaxisLucky wrote:A quick update on this feature...

We have been working on a first pass at a solution for this problem and are currently testing it and fixing bugs and usability problems we've run into.

We are hoping to resolve the open issues and get this out in the next couple weeks along with documentation about how to use the new system.

Thank you for your patience. We're as eager to get this out as you are to have it.

-caryl

Funny how we get feedback for the website features, and such, but NOTHING for the game.

Not that I don't appreciate it MaxisLucky.

Do not get me wrong please.

You can now set up multiple screen names for your Spore account.

Log in to spore.com and go to your profile page. At the top of the page you will see a link that says Manage Spore Screen Names. That page has an FAQ about the new system.

Keep in mind, this is just a first iteration of this feature. We hope to continue to improve it and I will keep an eye on the Sporum for feature requests and bugs. We apologize for not being able to solve all of the problems with this system - but Spore was originally designed from the ground up to only support a single player.

Regarding Achievements: In the original post on this board, I stated how we thought Achievements would work. It did not end up working that way.

In this first pass, any achievement you get from this point on will be awarded to all the screen names attached to the Master Account. If you play for 100 hours and get the Spore Addict achievement, it will also show up on your little brother's profile page, even if he's only played for one hour. Any achievements you've earned before now will only show up on your original screen name's profile page.

We know that this is not an ideal solution and will work on improvements to this in the future.

Thank you for your patience and support - and for playing Spore!

-caryl

okay one question. Okay, my brother already has a bunch of creatures and such, now if I were to make a new screen name for him all his creatures are credited to me already, how would they transfer over? (he has his comp I have mine) so if he logs in on his comp with the new screen name will all the saves be there? will they then re-upload under his screen name and come off mine??

Very cool. Not much use to me personally unless I choose to compartmentalize my sporepedia uploads further, since I'm a single player. But I know this will be pretty helpful to a wide range of households.

OmegaRa wrote:okay one question. Okay, my brother already has a bunch of creatures and such, now if I were to make a new screen name for him all his creatures are credited to me already, how would they transfer over? (he has his comp I have mine) so if he logs in on his comp with the new screen name will all the saves be there? will they then re-upload under his screen name and come off mine??

I suspect you need to delete them out of your online sporepedia, and have him re-upload them with his name. Any future content he makes should upload under the new name, and it shouldn't affect the saves at all... assuming this all works the way I understand, and works the way "offline play" seems to already.

if that is the case that is going to be a pain lol. He made a bunch of stuff.

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NecroBones wrote:

OmegaRa wrote:okay one question. Okay, my brother already has a bunch of creatures and such, now if I were to make a new screen name for him all his creatures are credited to me already, how would they transfer over? (he has his comp I have mine) so if he logs in on his comp with the new screen name will all the saves be there? will they then re-upload under his screen name and come off mine??

I suspect you need to delete them out of your online sporepedia, and have him re-upload them with his name. Any future content he makes should upload under the new name, and it shouldn't affect the saves at all... assuming this all works the way I understand, and works the way "offline play" seems to already.

Check MaxisLucky's comment on this http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/15/10404.page
thread as well.

Though it would be good if what Necrobones is suggesting is the case; better than recreating. I have the same problem(bro + sis).

Great Work, I just got back after claiming some screen names I wanted

I got:

One that I will Build Creations under "Ascus", my original screen name;
One that I will Build Sporecasts under "Ascidex", only creation will be a mailbox;
One that I will Modify Under "Updated", with that name its clear its not an original;
and one that I will play under "Groxbane"

I also grabbed a 5th, my web domain.

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so here's the next question. If I delete all my bro/mom's creations from my sporepedia and he logs in under the new name on his comp, will they re-upload onto his screen name? As necro suggested? this questions if for lucy obviously.