sporemasterkaliena wrote:To my knowledge DRM limits are still in effect. Thus my request only for those willing and able. If you exceed the three limit you will still need to contact EA either by phone (see last page of manual) or at http://easpore.custhelp.com to request additional installations.

Yeah I figure for a reinstall you dont lose a credit.

Well, it's currently installing, I did not get the error message. So it looks like reinstalling worked. Umm I did mess around with the config files like Properties to try and fix the building baking bug (or the un-bug) so not sure if that would have done anything.

It shouldn't. You have to make changes to your setup for using an install. AFAIK that will not remove an install.

Drish wrote:Vista 32-bit home edition.

Madjack: haha nice to see you on another thread

I guess I'm going to try reinstalling Spore.

Oh shush! :p

Wayback wrote:A friend of mine told me that they have re-installed Spore from their CD and the patch works. However, I have installed Spore on my main desktop and my laptop, thus leaving me with only being able to update one of my systems because I only have one of my 3 installs left.

You can imagine my quandary.

Although not related to this thread, there has been a release of information from EA about relaxing the DRM in the future. Information can be found here : http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/689340/EA_To_Relax_Spore_DRM_In_Upcoming_Patch_.html

--//--

My install is complete, information to come soon from patching

I'm waiting for a direct download. I don't have EADM installed, nor do I want to ever have it installed.

azrupl wrote:I an some other people have a problem with installing the patch as well, a different one than mentioned here tho'.

Every time I'm trying to instal the patch I get a message just after the unpacking (I guess) bar fills up that "No space on disc -- to install the update you need 1021381894 B of free space". The thing is... I have Spore installed on E: and it has over 80GB of free space, C: has 2.74GB free space. I have no paging files for virtual memory set on those drives.

Any thoughts and suggestions on what to try next?

That is a dangerous amount of space to be left on your operating system drive.

The problem you are probabbly experiencing is a lack of pagefile room, or any other overhead the program needs to install.

All hard drives act very strangely when they are at or below 15% space, freeing up some space there should solve your problem.

A fresh reinstall worked.

So far i've noticed that when my brain is upgraded I do not see the brain getting bigger. Also when I started the cell stage my cell took along time to load befor i could see it.

Ok, I see the errors, but the point of this is to help resolve the issue quickly. The more info the better, right? Here is a capture of the error, and my system data. This one is based off of XP, maybe a Vista owner could do the same?



System:

=============================== System =================================

CPU = Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
CPU Speed = 3197 MHz
No. of CPUs = 2
OS = Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Ver 5.01.2600
Version of DirectX = DirectX9.0c
Main Memory = Capacity:1534MB : Free Space:1057MB
Drive [C:\] = Local Disk Free Space:43.55 GB(Capacity:74.52 GB)
Drive [F:\] = Local Disk Free Space:271.17 GB(Capacity:298.02 GB)
PlayOnline Viewer Install Path = C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\
FINAL FANTASY XI Install Path = C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\
TETRA MASTER Install Path = C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\TetraMaster\
Graphics Card = NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Type of Chip = UnKnown Video Chip
Video Driver = nv4_disp.dll
Version = 6.14.11.7519
Updated = Friday, May 16, 2008 2:01 PM
VendorId = 0x10DE
DeviceId = 0x02E1
SubSysId = 0x380196E
Revision = 162
VRAM = 512.0MB
AvailableVidMem = 498.6MB
AvailableTextureMem = 552.0MB
Sound Card = SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [B800]
Sound Driver = ctaud2k.sys
Version = 5.12.01.0402-1.82.0020
Updated = Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:33 PM
Network Card = Linksys Wireless-G PCI Network Adapter with SpeedBooster
Network Driver = bcmwl5.sys
Version = 3.100.46.0
Updated = Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:01 AM
Network Card = Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Network Driver = e100b325.sys
Version = 7.0.26.0
Updated = Tuesday, March 04, 2003 3:56 PM
Motherboard = D865PERL
Manufacturer = Intel Corporation
Version = AAC27646-208
Serial Number = AZRL32815462

============================== Processes ===============================

smss.exe
winlogon.exe
services.exe
lsass.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
spoolsv.exe
avgwdsvc.exe
avgfws8.exe
Explorer.EXE
avgam.exe
avgrsx.exe
avgnsx.exe
avgemc.exe
ctfmon.exe
iexplore.exe
svchost.exe
iexplore.exe
Core.exe
polcfg.exe

========================= Installed Programs ===========================

Adobe Acrobat 5.0
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
AVG 8.0
Microsoft Internationalized Domain Names Mitigation APIs
Windows Internet Explorer 7
FINAL FANTASY XI: Chains of Promathia
PlayOnline Viewer and Tetra Master
FINAL FANTASY XI: Wings of the Goddess
FINAL FANTASY XI
FINAL FANTASY XI: Rise of the Zilart
FINAL FANTASY XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan
EA Download Manager
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB938464)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB94664
Security Update for Windows XP (KB950762)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB950974)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB951066)
Update for Windows XP (KB951072-v2)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB951376-v2)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB95169
Security Update for Windows XP (KB95174
Update for Windows XP (KB95197
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB952287)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB952954)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB95383
Security Update for Windows XP (KB953839)
Microsoft National Language Support Downlevel APIs
NVIDIA Drivers
Intel(R) PRO Network Adapters and Drivers
Creative System Information
System Requirements Lab
Winamp (remove only)
Windows XP Service Pack 3
WebFldrs XP
Logitech Gaming Software
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
SPORE™
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181)
BioShock

========================== Connection Test ============================

Not Checked



Hope this helps!

karatta wrote:

That is a dangerous amount of space to be left on your operating system drive.

The problem you are probabbly experiencing is a lack of pagefile room, or any other overhead the program needs to install.

All hard drives act very strangely when they are at or below 15% space, freeing up some space there should solve your problem.

The thing is... C: partition is only 7.81 GB big in total, this disc was partitioned ages ago, and since then through all those years it didn't need to be bigger. Is 2.74GB of free space (35% of total) really not enough to instal a ~90Mb patch? I have 3 gigs of paging files on other drives... And if this will be necessary I will repartition the drive and reinstall Windows but it looks like a big sacrafice to install a small patch.

That's why I have to be sure that there are no other solutions for this.

Okay, say I'm willing to use one of my precious re-installs to fix this problem so I can actually get the patch...

Is there anything I need to back up? The "My Spore Creations" folder seems to maintain integrity pretty well (or at least did between installation from CC to Spore), but should I back it up?

What about my save files?

What about the Sporecasts I subscribed to?

My Achievements?

Anyone know how much I should back up, if anything, before attempting a re-install?

Chane,

Reinstalling works. Only thing I can think of is I edited my config files trying to make the buildings and vehicles look better, did you do that at all?

I downloaded and installed the patch..but then, when it was 100% complete, my computer got incredibly slow. So I cancelled the downloading. Everything went back to normal. So I ran Spore again, hoping to retry the process. But it didn't give me the option of downloading the patch again...and none of the feature of the patch were installed, as far as I can tell.

I did actually. I guess a reinstall and a subsequent phonecall for an extra installation allowance is needed.

Hmm... it downloads in the game no problem, then pops up a box that says the patch cannot be applied at this time... and I do not have a EADM Cache folder.

Edit: Disregard, found the file, but it is taking a lot of time and resources to apply it . Hangs at every step of the patching process and is eating my memory...