New spore patch has arrived (Spore v1.01)

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brigandphantos wrote:In other words, a third of all the games out there are screwed because of this patch. How many copies did they sell?

(Forum ate my post!)

From the Spore website:

Total number of users: 1742010

Because 1 user = 1 copy of Spore, I'd say they've sold nearly one and three-quarter million copies.

That could be counting CC only owners and trial CC as well. I thought I read somewhere that the official number of the first week of sales was somewhere around 500k.

esch wrote:That could be counting CC only owners and trial CC as well. I thought I read somewhere that the official number of the first week of sales was somewhere around 500k.

Even if it's only 500K copies, with 3 of every 8 copies screwing up, that's well over 200K copies that aren't working right.

lailak wrote:Crashing on creature stage beginning, still, after applying the patch.

Honestly, this is the first time I have ever encountered a game that crashed every time I used it for more than 30 minutes (a crash is guaranteed for me in less than 3 hours so far), and I've run the full gamut of games from amateur to professional with plenty of experience with each.

This game is messed up badly.

Honestly I don't see how this kind of thing gets signed off unless QA was just sitting around watching Oprah and ordering pizzas... or pounding their genitals with mallets as I'd prefer to think of them doing by now.

This game is making a very disappointing birthday gift

How many patches will it take before I can enjoy a full game from beginning to end without a crash ruining my progress? You guys make entertainment software, please start helping me relieve stress instead of causing it for me.

Have you ever played Oblivion? Great game, but crashes on exit, crashes on random, crashes when you overload the engine...

Oblivion may crash and freeze, but it has none of the worst glitches exhibited by spore.

Oblivion with Knights and Shivering Isles Expansions is what I play on 360. The worst I ever experience with it, and mind you this is with most of the map explored, and most of the quests completed, is the occasional freeze when I exit a dungeon or building. All I do is save often.

I've never gone to attack say a will - o - wisp and had it vanish, then continue attacking me. Mind you, you gotta hit it with an enchanted weapon, but never had a problem.

And goblins, nasty little creatures they are, never vanish as I enter their nest, then exhibit an orange glow from an unseen shape, then attack me while I can't do anything back.

Mind you, this happens to be constantly with spore.

Lailak, try turning some of the video settings down. That may minimize or stop the crashes all together. My friend had that issue with an unpatched game, and when he did just that, it stopped happening.

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The Patch fixed the random crashes i was having on my system, havent expereinced a single crash to date.

I'm gonna go ahead and buy some lotto tickets this week.

Windows Xp x64
mobo-Asus P5N32E-SLI
Cpu - Intel Q6600 2.4ghz (oced to 3.2)
memory - 4ghz DDR2
Vid cards - 2x 8800gt

All settings maxed out, with 3gb graphics cache.

NOTE: Pre-Patch having SLI enabled caused frequent crashing, have yet to try enabling SLI post patch.

worldbreaker276 wrote:

lailak wrote:Crashing on creature stage beginning, still, after applying the patch.

Honestly, this is the first time I have ever encountered a game that crashed every time I used it for more than 30 minutes (a crash is guaranteed for me in less than 3 hours so far), and I've run the full gamut of games from amateur to professional with plenty of experience with each.

This game is messed up badly.

Honestly I don't see how this kind of thing gets signed off unless QA was just sitting around watching Oprah and ordering pizzas... or pounding their genitals with mallets as I'd prefer to think of them doing by now.

This game is making a very disappointing birthday gift

How many patches will it take before I can enjoy a full game from beginning to end without a crash ruining my progress? You guys make entertainment software, please start helping me relieve stress instead of causing it for me.

Have you ever played Oblivion? Great game, but crashes on exit, crashes on random, crashes when you overload the engine...

I have oblivion HEAVILY modified (Look up FCOM) and it doesn't crash...

ever...

ever ever ever ever.

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The above listed xp64 system is the same processor motherboard as mine. However ram and graphics card are much higher. wonder if it is related to one of the two. Shame about usage drop though. That is what happens I guess when you crash the user base.

yea... no sound now wtf?

Someone Please Tell me when will the next patch be released. Atleast A Date or just a wisper.
I really hope the next patch comes soon. Or I will have to Kick myself for buying this game.

anindya wrote:Someone Please Tell me when will the next patch be released. Atleast A Date or just a wisper.
I really hope the next patch comes soon. Or I will have to Kick myself for buying this game.

Me too! New games on the patch are okay but can not load pre patched games, just crashes the game altogether, do I have to do a IT course to play this game? Why can't you fix it, first patch must of been in development when the game was released, so where is the next one.

Worldbreaker276 wrote:

lailak wrote:...

Have you ever played Oblivion? Great game, but crashes on exit, crashes on random, crashes when you overload the engine...

yes i brought it
i played it
and i thow it away after 14 days ...

same is going to happen to spore if the support reamains this way ...