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Anyways like I said runs fine got the patch everything is good to go.

Love the game maxis . Screw you EA ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32891.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32891.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32897.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32897.page GMT
Is one thing Maxis got right. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32941.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32941.page GMT .

Anyways like I said runs fine got the patch everything is good to go.

Love the game maxis . Screw you EA [/quote]

I think you're right on the money, look what EA did to Sim City.. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32958.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32958.page GMT
I am a happy bunny.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32993.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/32993.page GMT
I am a happy bunny.[/quote]

a bat-bunny? O.o]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/33001.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/33001.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/33022.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/33022.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/34154.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/34154.page GMT

... a 5-3 ratio of something causing problems is bad though. Personally, I think that the patch just really screwed up system requirements so people on lower end of things got the hose.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/34211.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/34211.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/34635.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/34635.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/34654.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/34654.page GMT
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/3700.page

33 people ok in the poll 18 not ok, thats a catastrophic failure in the software business. You guys and all this vocal minority crud are blowing me away what do you care? Is there some need to protect poor EA? Do you think were just making it up? I have a MSCS and 15 years in IT and development, running a clean as a baby gaming rig(xp hardly any services running no AV, behind firewall, minimal services, bout 20 other games that work perfectly).

I never cared to much for the whole hate EA thing but this patch alone is sooo telling about their testing and release process. Why do you think people love Blizzard so much, cause they have an insanely strict test and release process.

And to top this all off they release right before the weekend and don't have a single community manager to simply post a thread and say "hey send your reports here, include your dxdiag, etc, we are working on it, oh and by the way we do actually value your business".

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Why don't I have an avatar or sig yet?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35000.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35000.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35123.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35123.page GMT
Same.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35135.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35135.page GMT
ohh i am also running it on max setting and max screen res. no crash no problems game runs better


THANK YOU MAXIS just dont let EA tell you what to do, EA does not care about their customers just the money the customer gives them!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35225.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35225.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35240.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35240.page GMT
My issues are minor but slightly irritating: Asset load in times seem to have been increased, in all phases, by quite a bit since I installed the patch. I also had some issues in Creature phase with commands being "Delayed". That is, I'd click "Bite", and it'd cycle, bu my creature wouldn't actually bite for a few seconds. Meanwhile I'm getting chomped on. My Cell was invisible to me for about a minute when I started as well.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35257.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/35257.page GMT Existing game is stuttering in space and I'm getting constant messages that I cant get rid of (you and acknowledge and it just re-issues the message / communique again /rinse repeat).
Sounds occasionally laggy as well.

Started a new game at tidepool level and *nothing* aside from the background is showing up. No creatures, no food ...nothing.

Amateur hour at Maxis it seems.

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AMD 4400+
3gig RAM
ATI x1950XTX (latest drivers)
SBLive
WinXP Pro

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It's not the first time EA has released a patch that was a step backwards. Battlefield 2 had a patch that was actually recalled for causing multiplayer servers to crash every 10-15 minutes.

I try my hardest to avoid EA, but I bought this game because of Will Wright and the Maxis name. Boy, was that a mistake. I'd like to mail the dev team a turd sandwich.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36826.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36826.page GMT
However, I am suffering from the creature cache bug.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36840.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36840.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36910.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36910.page GMT
I never crashed until I got the patch. I don't crash ALL the time now but its not exactly unheard of for me either.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36912.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36912.page GMT
I just hope there is a patch for the patch released soon.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36985.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/36985.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/37336.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/37336.page GMT
The problem won't hit all, that's one thing for sure. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/37358.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/37358.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/3712.page)
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After the patch still no crashes, but the animations are missing, sound is missing or delayed. Whole game "lags".]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38128.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38128.page GMT
I do have fewer issues than before - the patch was good - but I'm not issue free so I voted "have patch, still have issues."

Old computer though.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38159.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38159.page GMT It could be from zooming out from planet view or when I was bombing a city.

I've patched right away, even after hearing people complain about the patch issue. And since then, I have yet to crash once in space mode. Also made a few other game and still have'nt crash in any phase now.

This patch work like a charm for me.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38180.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38180.page GMT
I have to wonder what the heck is going on here, this is the messiest, most disorganized game launch I've ever seen firsthand; and the followup after launch has been equally grim to look upon.

Earn your salaries, folks. Show at least an [i]average[/i] level of performance. With a game this big this cavalcade of problems with DRM, screen name "misprints", and serious/prolific bugs is like having your pants fall off on network television, my god the embarrassment.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38406.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38406.page GMT Also spore just crashed for the first time ever for me.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38423.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38423.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38439.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38439.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38475.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38475.page GMT
Don't want to risk messing up my current game so I'll wait a bit until this patch goes final and out of beta(cause that's what it is, a beta patch.you can't make a patch like this in two weeks and have it tested sufficiently for a game of this scope in that kind of time frame). ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38611.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38611.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38620.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38620.page GMT
I am not so much angry this happened as I am at their total failure to even acknowledge it.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38711.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38711.page GMT I am not so much angry this happened as I am at their total failure to even acknowledge it.[/quote]
Yeah, that's what has me more and more upset with each passing day. I worked for a major school administrative software company, and we released a few dud patches over the years. We always had an acknowledgment out within 24 hours, along with instructions for a rollback. We kept the customer apprised of the situation, and this often mitigated the negative effects of a failed release.

EA/Maxis has done none of this almost 5 days on from a patch that breaks the game for almost 40% of users.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38746.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/38746.page GMT
I'm just waiting till the next patch, or till they fix this one.
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Its hard for me to relate to you guys ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39046.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39046.page GMT
Same here. I seem to be getting fewer crashes, however I wouldn't say "the game runs fine" by any means (although I've only played in the Space Age). But if I vote that it "has issues" then it looks like the patch has made things worse.

This is a bad poll.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39160.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39160.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39170.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39170.page GMT
had the "locked in a planets atmosphere after 8 hours of not saveing" chrash, couple random freezes, but now max graphics

i only wish it had a FPS counter in it]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39189.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39189.page GMT would be. But There is the crashing, I can tell when and at least save my game before it crashes,

The patch dose not seem to have change that much.
But for me it has not hurt anything, At least not yet that i know of. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39672.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/39672.page GMT
I'm just waiting till the next patch, or till they fix this one.
[/quote]

And now you're on your second of 3 activations, and it's the developer's fault, to boot!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/44741.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/44741.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/44788.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/44788.page GMT
My game ran without a hitch prior to the patch. After the patch, I started getting crashes in the space stage every 20- to 30-minutes. Yeah, I'm a bit pissed about it.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/44971.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/44971.page GMT
And now you're on your second of 3 activations, and it's the developer's fault, to boot![/quote]

Actually, EA upped the install limit to 5 now. Not a fan or supporter of EA. I just thought I would update this here.

EDIT: EA if you want more fans get with Stardock and learn a little something.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/45049.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/45049.page GMT
Not sure what you mean by "Hard games" so I will have to guess. If you mean other games on your hard drive, I have not had any problem with the patch messing with them. If you mean your previous games played in Spore, again I have not had any problem there either.

Maybe it is different on different pc systems.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/45055.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/3816/45055.page GMT