http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/2.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net
We’ve added a couple new features including a new cube planet style and multiple creation selection in the Sporepedia.

A number of issues have been fixed, including:
- Audio/gameplay lag and related “invisible” models and effects
- Crash bugs in Tribe, Civ, and Space stages
- Terraforming update bugs
- General stability issues

For a more detailed rundown of all the fixes, check out the patch notes [url=http://www.spore.com/patch]here[/url].

Note: Please be patient as the patch installs. Depending on your system configuration, the patch install speed may vary.

[i]Please report any issues with this patch [url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/8903.page][u]here[/u][/url].
Thanks!
~Shards[/i]


[i]
You may wish to make a backup of your games and files prior to applying the patch.
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/8906.page#100115
-SporeMasterNumerator[/i]

Notes by SporeMasterNumerator:
[list]This patches the game to version 1.02[/list]
[list]This patch does not add multiple usernames. [/list]
[list]You do not have to have the previous patch installed to install this patch.[/list]
[list]The Bad Baby achievement is no longer being awarded and is not dependent on patch level.[/list]
[list] The patch is downloaded to C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EADM\cache\{ Anonymous }\spore_dd_patch_all_v2.exe[/list]




]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100037.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100037.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100044.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100044.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100048.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100048.page GMT
[b]EDIT:[/b]
[i]"Old file not found. However, a file of the same was found. No update done since contents differ."[/i]

Besides that, I love the list of updates. Can't wait.

[b]EDIT: Fixed[/b]
If you've changed any configuration files, that will cause this problem. Go to your "SPORE\Data\Config\" directory and replace the files in there with the ones of the disk and you're good to go. Thanks for this tip to someone much later in the thread. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100053.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100053.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100062.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100062.page GMT
Yeah, that happened to me with the first patch I think it worked on the second try though... odd.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100063.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100063.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100064.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100064.page GMT
Second times a charm. Hope it doesn't crash my game!!!!

thanks for the patch Maxis!!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100069.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100069.page GMT See these threads:
[url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/7793.page#81770]What Each Package File / Directory Does[/url]
[url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/5625.page#53787]Backing Up Save Games[/url]

Hope that helps.
~Shards]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100074.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100074.page GMT
We’ve added a couple new features including a [b]new cube planet style[/b] and multiple creation selection in the Sporepedia.

A number of issues have been fixed, including:
- Audio/gameplay lag and related “invisible” models and effects
- Crash bugs in Tribe, Civ, and Space stages
- Terraforming update bugs
- General stability issues

For a more detailed rundown of all the fixes, check out the patch notes [url=http://www.spore.com/patch]here[/url].

Note: Please be patient as the patch installs. Depending on your system configuration, the patch install speed may vary. [/quote]

As in, planets shaped like cubes?!?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100075.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100075.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100076.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100076.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100077.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100077.page GMT
We’ve added a couple new features including a [b]new cube planet style[/b] and multiple creation selection in the Sporepedia.

A number of issues have been fixed, including:
- Audio/gameplay lag and related “invisible” models and effects
- Crash bugs in Tribe, Civ, and Space stages
- Terraforming update bugs
- General stability issues

For a more detailed rundown of all the fixes, check out the patch notes [url=http://www.spore.com/patch]here[/url].

Note: Please be patient as the patch installs. Depending on your system configuration, the patch install speed may vary. [/quote]

As in, planets shaped like cubes?!?[/quote]

i think as in terraforming tools... like Cute... don't klnow yet]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100081.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100081.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100100.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100100.page GMT

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100102.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100102.page GMT
Help please?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100124.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100124.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100128.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100128.page GMT
Just a heads up; don't cancel the patch install even if it seems stuck on 0%. On my system (which is a reasonably fast Vista 64-bit rig) the patch took nearly 10 minutes to finish; stayed at 0% for at least 2 minutes straight. It installed fine after that.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100130.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100130.page GMT Drive B is a maped Drive that I should not demap or else I will not be able to use "My Documents"]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100137.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100137.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100145.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100145.page GMT
Yeah, that happened to me with the first patch I think it worked on the second try though... odd.[/quote]

Ditto. Though I'm on try 3.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100152.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100152.page GMT
Yeah, that happened to me with the first patch I think it worked on the second try though... odd.[/quote]

Ditto. Though I'm on try 3.[/quote]
if you have any mods/hacks (.package files), remove them for the patch]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100157.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100157.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100159.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100159.page GMT
cube planets, I'll go with that's pretty cool. Do ring planets next.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100163.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100163.page GMT
Yeah, that happened to me with the first patch I think it worked on the second try though... odd.[/quote]

Ditto. Though I'm on try 3.[/quote]
if you have any mods/hacks (.package files), remove them for the patch[/quote]

yeah, did that. Error log shows this.

105 [20:55:17:890] Error StringHelpers LoadCStringFromFile LoadCStringFromFile failed: H:\Electronic Arts\EADM\cache\\{ 2265735711 }\eal_dm_jobs.eal was not found. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100168.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100168.page GMT
Yeah, that happened to me with the first patch I think it worked on the second try though... odd.[/quote]

Ditto. Though I'm on try 3.[/quote]
if you have any mods/hacks (.package files), remove them for the patch[/quote]

yeah, did that. Error log shows this.

105 [20:55:17:890] Error StringHelpers LoadCStringFromFile LoadCStringFromFile failed: H:\Electronic Arts\EADM\cache\\{ 2265735711 }\eal_dm_jobs.eal was not found. [/quote]

Unfortunately I don't know how to fix that, but it seems it's really stupid useless file that isn't found.

brr, I hope I won't get such error messages like in Patch 1, *remembers trying to patch crysis*]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100176.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100176.page GMT
Yeah, that happened to me with the first patch I think it worked on the second try though... odd.[/quote]

Ditto. Though I'm on try 3.[/quote]
if you have any mods/hacks (.package files), remove them for the patch[/quote]
Didn't fix it. With some games, I'd be running a no-cd EXE because CDs are a pain to move around, and that'd probably be why. With Spore, however, it doesn't require the CD in the drive, so that's not the case.

Unless editing a config file somewhere was enough to confuse the thing, I have no idea what the problem is.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100180.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100180.page GMT
Yeah, that happened to me with the first patch I think it worked on the second try though... odd.[/quote]

Ditto. Though I'm on try 3.[/quote]
if you have any mods/hacks (.package files), remove them for the patch[/quote]

yeah, did that. Error log shows this.

105 [20:55:17:890] Error StringHelpers LoadCStringFromFile LoadCStringFromFile failed: H:\Electronic Arts\EADM\cache\\{ 2265735711 }\eal_dm_jobs.eal was not found. [/quote]

Unfortunately I don't know how to fix that, but it seems it's really stupid useless file that isn't found. [/quote]


Well, it's related somehow to the EADM, like it's lost track of what it's doing.
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100181.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100181.page GMT
Yeah, that happened to me with the first patch I think it worked on the second try though... odd.[/quote]

Ditto. Though I'm on try 3.[/quote]
if you have any mods/hacks (.package files), remove them for the patch[/quote]
Didn't fix it. With some games, I'd be running a no-cd EXE because CDs are a pain to move around, and that'd probably be why. With Spore, however, it doesn't require the CD in the drive, so that's not the case.

Unless editing a config file somewhere was enough to confuse the thing, I have no idea what the problem is.[/quote]

I remember that even changing a cfg messed the patch installation. (there were 3 txt files if I recall) Best is to dump your issues there: http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/8903.page

edit: by the way, someone wants to make a screen of those cube planets? (currently I can't play spore or patch it because of not being on a computer strong enough to play the game) ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100182.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100182.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100185.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100185.page GMT
You'll now run into cube planets in Space stage, and you'll be able to colonize, terraform, and interact with these just like other planets. Here's a preview of what you'll be seeing.

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2948024254_e6e7cd00c0.jpg?v=0[/img]

Also, we're tracking all issues you report here so we can tackle these as soon as possible.

I've reported the hard drive space problem on to the team. Please keep in mind that the patch itself doesn’t add much of any size to the existing installation. However, there is some temporary room needed to cache the patch during installation.

I've also reported the install failures, I'll send an update if I hear more info.

-MaxisCactus]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100191.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100191.page GMT
You'll now run into cube planets in Space stage, and you'll be able to colonize, terraform, and interact with these just like other planets. Here's a preview of what you'll be seeing.

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2948024254_e6e7cd00c0.jpg?v=0[/img]

Also, we're tracking all issues you report here so we can tackle these as soon as possible.

I've reported the hard drive space problem on to the team. Please keep in mind that the patch itself doesn’t add much of any size to the existing installation. However, there is some temporary room needed to cache the patch during installation.

I've also reported the install failures, I'll send an update if I hear more into.

-MaxisCactus[/quote]

That looks just auwsome, thanks for the screen. *Can't wait for sunday when I can play again*

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100192.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100192.page GMT

Trying the patch again.....]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100193.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100193.page GMT Cube planets ROCK!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100199.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100199.page GMT
*sits patiently, waiting for the Mac Patch*]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100200.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100200.page GMT
Patch 3: Spiral planet's, flat planet's (now if you would put some people on there they have a reason to think the world is flat)]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100204.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100204.page GMT
Patch 3: ...flat planet's (now if you would put some people on there they have a reason to think the world is flat)[/quote]
LOL! That would be fun. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100207.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100207.page GMT WOAH.

Obviously I misunderestimated you guys.

Could you perhaps make planet size more dynamic at some point? I tried modding the planet generation sizes to be 5x - 500 to 2500 - but the atmosphere and the like didn't go with it. Not to mention, homeworlds and plot worlds weren't effected. Of course, that's just a random little request. You've got plenty on your plate already, so take your time. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100216.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100216.page GMT
wtf]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100217.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100217.page GMT
That cube planet looks seriously cool. If I can get the patch installed, I wonder if we will be able to play the creature stage on it...?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100218.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100218.page GMT
wtf[/quote]
I think it was a matter of [i]"You know, in retrospect, maybe this wasn't such a good idea."[/i]

You can consider yourself an owner of an unofficial Bad Baby achievement.

[quote=UltraPuff]Thanks for reporting it MaxisCactus.

That cube planet looks seriously cool. If I can get the patch installed, I wonder if we will be able to play the creature stage on it...?[/quote]
That would be awesome. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100223.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100223.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100225.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100225.page GMT
My computer system has the latest drivers and exceeds all specs. Any suggestions? Reinstall maybe?
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100232.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100232.page GMT
Hopefully this will quiet some of the unbelievers.
Like I said before it takes time to create good updates.

Thanks a lot
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100237.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100237.page GMT
Hopefully this will quiet some of the unbelievers.
Like I said before it takes time to create good updates.

Thanks a lot
[/quote]

We're barely halfway october and we got 2 patches, that's quite fast I think. And adding stuff on top of it. even if it's, seemly something simple as a different shape. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100240.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100240.page GMT All my sporecasts have gone nuts ingame!They are emptied out! My Sporecasts are still intact on the website but ingame they're gone!
One example:
Creatures ( 108 ) on the website
Creatures ( 15 ) ingame
How can this happen? ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100254.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100254.page GMT

And yeah, quick patching, although the patches aren't exactly perfect. Things are getting a little better. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100266.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100266.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100268.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100268.page GMT All was fine before that! ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100272.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100272.page GMT
By the sounds of it cube planets are space stage only, but still, really neat addition!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100276.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100276.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100295.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100295.page GMT
Downloading A.S.A.P. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100302.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100302.page GMT Cool. Cube planets ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100305.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100305.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100306.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100306.page GMT
My computer system has the latest drivers and exceeds all specs. Any suggestions? Reinstall maybe?
[/quote]

[quote=VariusMayhem]Trashpatch! All my sporecasts have gone nuts ingame!They are emptied out! [/quote]


I'm passing these along to the team. Thanks.
[i]
MaxisCactus edit: Updating list as I pass along bugs[/i]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100307.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100307.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100308.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100308.page GMT
No minimap fix? And no cheats! Hope another one with those come soon! =)

Thanks to the people working hard to put this together for those who need it! It's SO MUCH harder to make a PC game than a console and I respect that you guys still did it!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100319.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100319.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100320.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100320.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100328.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100328.page GMT
Also a good move with the removal of the Bad Baby Achievement, maybe now people will stop whining about trying to get a non-required badge of shame so they can show it to all their friends on the interweb. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100333.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100333.page GMT There is something very wrong!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100337.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100337.page GMT
Me, I have to wait till the Mac patch is out before I can try ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100343.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100343.page GMT
[code]
Error CoreMessageManager PostMessageW CoreMessageManager::PostMessage - No listeners for message: type:"win_syscommand"(29) - data:"eadcommand:?cmd=win_syscommand&cmdid=29&serialid=7&syscmd=6"

Error StringHelpers LoadCStringFromFile LoadCStringFromFile failed: C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EADM\cache\\{ 2265789864 }\eal_dm_jobs.eal was not found. [/code]
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100344.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100344.page GMT ) are standing on a base.

[IMG]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/badger792002/500151607590_lrg.png[/IMG]

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100347.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100347.page GMT ) are standing on a base.

[IMG]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/badger792002/500151607590_lrg.png[/IMG]

[/quote]

This was a bug introduced after the first patch, which apparently has yet to be fixed.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100353.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100353.page GMT
Generally quicker though and functions at a higher graphics level.

Will try windowed to see if that's better...]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100358.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100358.page GMT ) are standing on a base.

[IMG]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/badger792002/500151607590_lrg.png[/IMG]

[/quote]
That bug came in with the first patch, and I was certain they'd fix it in this one since it's the bug that's caused the most trouble for creators by far.

Now I'm a little upset. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/Sikyanakotik/mooglemad.png[/IMG]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100360.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100360.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100370.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100370.page GMT It unfortunately is a very elusive bug that we have yet to track down.
We will keep trying.
MaxisMorgan]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100372.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100372.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100380.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100380.page GMT
No, this achievement has been discontinued for everyone at this point. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100382.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100382.page GMT ) are standing on a base.

[IMG]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/badger792002/500151607590_lrg.png[/IMG]

[/quote]
That can be fixed by exiting spore and Re-saving the creature.

Did they fix the Hologram Scout yet? It's annoying that I have to use a workaround to use it properly every time.

The Hologram Scout seems to work properly only when I change the graphic settings. It doesn't matter what I change it to or how many of the sections I change, the scout will work as it should.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100386.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100386.page GMT ) are standing on a base.

[IMG]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/badger792002/500151607590_lrg.png[/IMG]

[/quote]Yeah, that happens if you save your creation in test drive/paint mode. Switch to build mode, then save. Then your thumbnail renders fine.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100387.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100387.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100389.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100389.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100391.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100391.page GMT
Please help Maxis ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100394.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100394.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100396.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100396.page GMT [/quote]

This one was not fixed with the recent patch, but the team is aware of the issue and working on a fix.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100413.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100413.page GMT It unfortunately is a very elusive bug that we have yet to track down.
We will keep trying.
MaxisMorgan[/quote]
That's good to hear. I definitely understand, since the bug is very difficult to replicate. It's probably the sort of issue where multiple things have to fail at once for the bug to trigger.

Is there anything the community can do to help?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100416.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100416.page GMT
This has been reported a couple of times and is being passed to the team.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100425.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100425.page GMT [b]
so far, reports are that this is NOT fixed.[/b]


- Crash bugs in Tribe, Civ, and Space stages
- General stability issues

[b]still lots of reports of crashes[/b]


- Terraforming update bugs

[b]so far they're 0 - 2, anyone see any difference in Terra forming updates? Whatever those are.[/b]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100437.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100437.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100440.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100440.page GMT
Also, sporecasts are just as broken as before. They don't update the subscriber information so achievements aren't possible, I still get can not connect to server errors when attempting to search for creations via the game as well as about a dozen other Sporecast issues.

I'd hoped to see these addressed. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100468.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100468.page GMT
Also, sporecasts are just as broken as before. They don't update the subscriber information so achievements aren't possible, I still get can not connect to server errors when attempting to search for creations via the game as well as about a dozen other Sporecast issues.

I'd hoped to see these addressed. [/quote]

hey, that happens to me too]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100475.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100475.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100478.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100478.page GMT
Keep throwing us little bits of content in patches along with the fixes. You need to keep player interest until spring. If you are relying on the parts pack to do it you'll probably lose a big chunk of your player base. There just isn't as much stuff to do in this game as there was with say the sims. I won't keep playing until spring if I don't have something neat to check out every now and again.

Also I wasn't having any issues before the patch so I hope it didn't break anything]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100495.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100495.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100498.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100498.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100500.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100500.page GMT
Everytime i try to install it, it just says "Unable to open file".

Someone please help me. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100511.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100511.page GMT
Everytime i try to install it, it just says "Unable to open file".

Someone please help me. [/quote]

Same thing is happening to me, although the error pops up after 20 minutes of installing. :l

Way to waste my time, guys.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100526.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100526.page GMT Huge bug-fixing (I've never had crash or stability problems, but a lot of people do) and a couple of nice additions.

I hope the next patch will be more focused on the whole sharing/sporecasts system. I'm still unable to do [i]anything[/i] sporecast-related in game.

Good job.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100528.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100528.page GMT Huge bug-fixing...and a couple of nice additions.
.[/quote]

Please elaborate!!! What huge bugs are fixed? What are the nice additions?

the thing is 98MB, there better be something worth while in there.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100541.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100541.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100543.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100543.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100565.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100565.page GMT
Also, they didn't give us mitigating part costs in the creature editor!

If any problems show up, I think I'll edit them in here.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100574.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100574.page GMT Any solutions?

I already uninstalled it twice, deleting everthing.
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100580.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100580.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100592.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100592.page GMT
Yay! Finally my game is no longer FUBAR!! Thanks Maxis!!

Sad to see there are still some people still having issues.

--[u]One thing[/u] I will report though, the bug of the "giant blue circle" appearing on planets is still happening. This is the bug in where no matter what planet you go to there is a big blue colony placement circle on the planet. Still refuse to play a certain save game until this is resolved.


[b][i]StevenMC said:[/i]
"- Terraforming update bugs
so far they're 0 - 2, anyone see any difference in Terra forming updates? Whatever those are."[/b]

Steven this was the fairly huge bug of planets not "updating" after any terraforming was done to them. Their "thumbnail" in space would always be the same T0 planet even after it was a T3.

It also fudged with the water level on planets. Often times if you ever returned to a planet all of the water would be gone and would not re-appear unless you clicked a terra-tool. If you letf and returned it would happen again, and again, and again. Very annoying bug.


[b][i]StevenMC said:[/i]
- Audio/gameplay lag and related “invisible” models and effects[/b]

These seem to be fixed for me as well. Not 100% fixed but as someone mentioned earlier the creatures load up far faster than they use to. Rather than having to wait 5 minutes for creatures to appear it only takes a second or less now.

Audio also hasn't duplicated itself yet either.

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100593.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100593.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100608.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100608.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100612.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100612.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100614.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100614.page GMT
[quote=MaxisMorgan]you can go straight from the shipped game to patch 2 ....[/quote]

Maxis Morgan, Thanks for the quick reply. I think I will wait at least through the weekend to see what pops up with this patch. It sounds like it it probably stable enough but if the sound lagging isn't fixed that will be a probloem big enough to have me wait for patch 3.

People should be reporting their system specs with their bug reports to help the Maxis programmers reproduce the errors so they can get to the root cause. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100617.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100617.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100629.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100629.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100630.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100630.page GMT
see this post]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100637.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100637.page GMT Happy with the patch? 1 star.

And no, I'm not going to ZOMG ELABORATE !!!!1!!1111
Just read the patch notes.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100642.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100642.page GMT
Please post a screenshot so we can help address this one.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100648.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100648.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100654.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100654.page GMT
OS: Windows XP Home]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100658.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100658.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100660.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100660.page GMT
Now:


Planets don't have water on them unless I terraform them...


Big Yellow squares appear everywhere.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100668.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100668.page GMT
Am I the only one, though, who thinks that cubed planets are just well...... odd? How could they possibly be? I know this isn't "Science Spore" but this is getting a bit silly now. How would creatures cross the edges? heh

Cheers.

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100673.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100673.page GMT
I look at the addition of cubed planets as the Spore devs "sticking it" to the whiners that want "Science Spore." ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100682.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100682.page GMT
Now:


Planets don't have water on them unless I terraform them...


Big Yellow squares appear everywhere.[/quote]

Please post a screenshot.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100686.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100686.page GMT
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!!! ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100691.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100691.page GMT
reason 1: i download, game closes down to go to installshield wizard, once installshiled wizard is running it shuts down

so idk i cant download

[img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100704.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100704.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100706.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100706.page GMT What the heII happened???
Creations are still on the internet sporepedia but in the ingame sporepedia and my sporecasts several hundreds of creations are nowhere to find! Luckily they are still under "My reations"

Can someone PLEASE tell me what caused this mess? ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100707.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100707.page GMT
[b]PLANET BUSTER --> USE ON CUPE PLANET --> BOOOM, LAVA SQUARE???![/b]
[img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100711.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100711.page GMT
IM HAVEING THE SAME PROBLEM!!!!!!

[img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img][img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/icons/ratings+2.png[/img]

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100715.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100715.page GMT
http://www.spore.com/view/achievements/MySnookie

Thanks,
MaxisKane]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100718.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100718.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100727.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100727.page GMT
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!!! [/quote]

I see several achievements on your Spore site achievements page.
http://www.spore.com/view/achievements/MySnookie

Can you provide more info on where you're not seeing these?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100736.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100736.page GMT
We know you're very anxious to use multiple usernames. This feature is not quite ready for release yet, we'll send updates when it is.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100746.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100746.page GMT
?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100759.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100759.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100762.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100762.page GMT
Don't remember where I saw the post, but MaxisCactus said you can use Patch 2 straight from the box. You don't need the first patch.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100765.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100765.page GMT
[b]PATCHING PROCESS FAILED
An error occurred while trying to apply the patch.[/b]

Wish I knew why it failed.

Yep, total waste of my time. EA will definitely NOT be getting any more money from me on anything else they release, including the multitude of Spore expansions. This is a joke.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100768.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100768.page GMT
You can tell your [i]grandmother[/i] that she'll have everything she needs by just installing patch 2. There is no need to additionally install patch 1. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100770.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100770.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100774.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100774.page GMT
1.haven't seen any cube planets
2. the game was laggy as hell in space stage until i turned my graphics right down
3. when i go to an eco disaster theres no scanning, no beeps no lifeforms to hunt...
4. i crashed twice randomly

i had no issues last two patches]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100785.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100785.page GMT
You can no longer get the Bad Baby Achievement - doesn't matter whether you patch or not


[quote=YourSavior]Also, do you need the first patch in order to install this patch?[/quote]

Nope - you can just install this patch and you'll get the cumulative of the patches. Be patient - it sometimes takes a while to finish installing on some systems.

Thanks -

-caryl]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100789.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100789.page GMT
btw is there a way to roll back patches because i was fine before and this one has ruined my space stage experience]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100795.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100795.page GMT
Uhh, can I get an answer on why Spore isn't on the list in the EADM? Is it supposed to be even? I'd think so. I thought it may have something to do with the patch executable not being in my EADM folder. There's nothing for me to run in there, and I've downloaded it within the game and ran it, but it refused to fully install. The "Cannot open new file." message.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100796.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100796.page GMT
?[/quote]

?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100798.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100798.page GMT or make a round planet cube ???]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100808.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100808.page GMT
So far so good - at least the game is working now.

Note: I refused to install patches at the prompts when logging into play on the second install.

My problem is this: All my creations seem to exist, I'm getting comments on them, they are listed on spore.com, BUT my My Creations folder is empty.

How do I get them back... ???

A thousand thank you's if anyone can help me get all my creations back into my My Creations folder (even the unshared ones). !!!

Waiting for a reply with baited breath . . .



]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100817.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100817.page GMT ,the only thing i've noticed is that some planets still look like their unterraformed state before zooming into them,its not as common now though since installing the second patch.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100825.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100825.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100835.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100835.page GMT
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/13124/Spore+Patch+1.02 - Found that in another thread. I'm currently downloading it myself to see if I can get it to install properly.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100839.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100839.page GMT ,the only thing i've noticed is that some planets still look like their unterraformed state before zooming into them,its not as common now though since installing the second patch.[/quote]

Do they regain their unterraformed appearance after zooming back out from them?

Cuz I'm thinking it's just your graphics cache needing to update itself from what it last generated prior to the patch.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100841.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100841.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100846.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100846.page GMT ,the only thing i've noticed is that some planets still look like their unterraformed state before zooming into them,its not as common now though since installing the second patch.[/quote]

Do they regain their unterraformed appearance after zooming back out from them?

Cuz I'm thinking it's just your graphics cache needing to update itself from what it last generated prior to the patch.[/quote]

They stay terraformed when i zoom out of the planet,but if i zoom out of that system and back in again the planet may be back to looking unterraformed its kind of random to be honest.Its not bothering me or anything its just a mild annoyance just thought i'd post it as the maxis people were asking if there were still any bugs.

About the graphics cache,do you mean i should delete it,i think i've read about some people doing that when their game gets laggy.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100860.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100860.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100877.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100877.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100882.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100882.page GMT
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/13124/Spore+Patch+1.02 - Found that in another thread. I'm currently downloading it myself to see if I can get it to install properly.[/quote]

Thanks! I really wish EA/Maxis would release an official direct download for patches though... I'd like at least a straight answer as to why we're only allowed to download through the EADM...]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100885.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100885.page GMT
How do I get them back... ???

A thousand thank you's if anyone can help me get all my creations back into my My Creations folder (even the unshared ones). !!!

Waiting for a reply with baited breath . . .[/quote]
See if this helps:
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/4706.page#42185

~Shards]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100933.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100933.page GMT
?[/quote]

?[/quote]

?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100935.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100935.page GMT
?[/quote]

?[/quote]

?[/quote]

?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100943.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100943.page GMT Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100953.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100953.page GMT Happy with the patch? 1 star.

And no, I'm not going to ZOMG ELABORATE !!!!1!!1111
Just read the patch notes.[/quote]

Nice English. Thank Spore you didn't say anything more.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100958.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100958.page GMT Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b][/quote]

That's its compacted size. When it installs it unpacks everything from that 97mb's, thus getting bigger.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100960.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100960.page GMT
I love the game, it would be nice if I could play it. :l]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100961.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100961.page GMT Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b][/quote]

most patches require a "staging" area.... a place where it can unpack the zipped patch and then install it onto ur system (same reason why windows pesters u if you use up more than 85% of your harddrive). So, to describe it easily..... U bring home a bag of groceries, u first have to take everything out of the bag and onto the counter before u put them into the fridge.... the "staging" area is the counter

Back up some unneccesary files and then delete them... this should open up enough space. Or, if u have a PC, defrag (mac's automatically defrag on their own).]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100964.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100964.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100966.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100966.page GMT Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b][/quote]

It probably has to extract the contents of the patch before it actually gets around to patching, and the patching itself (from what I've observed, anyways) involves creating duplicates of the original files with the modifications, deleting the previous versions, and then renaming the "new" files, so yeah, it's gonna want a lot of hard drive space remaining.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100969.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100969.page GMT Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b][/quote]

That's its compacted size. When it installs it unpacks everything from that 97mb's, thus getting bigger.[/quote]

Yeah, not only does it need space to download it, it needs space to unpack it, and on top of that it needs space to actually install it in the game directory. Theoretically, depending on how big the unpacked files are, it might need 400mb or so. If you don't have that much space on your HD you need to be worrying about other things other than getting the latest patch of Spore installed.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100973.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100973.page GMT
I love the game, it would be nice if I could play it. :l[/quote]

None for me so far. Tried installing it about three different times from withing Spore, after it initiates the download and nothing. Tried running the patch manually itself and I still get that same error. People have been reporting the problems worsening after trying to uninstall and reinstall, so I really don't think I want to try that route.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100984.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100984.page GMT Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b][/quote]

most patches require a "staging" area.... a place where it can unpack the zipped patch and then install it onto ur system (same reason why windows pesters u if you use up more than 85% of your harddrive). So, to describe it easily..... U bring home a bag of groceries, u first have to take everything out of the bag and onto the counter before u put them into the fridge.... the "staging" area is the counter

Back up some unneccesary files and then delete them... this should open up enough space. Or, if u have a PC, defrag (mac's automatically defrag on their own).[/quote]

[b]Thank you for your advice. But how much Drive space do you think i may need (I only have 1.5GB atm), and I know that is terrible. Also how do i back up files please, for example i have a movie that is 800MB or something, do I back this up and how please?
Thankyou and Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100987.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100987.page GMT
?[/quote]

?[/quote]

?[/quote]

Marx83, there is no option to disable cubed planets.

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100989.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100989.page GMT
@ Aldwen ~ Thanks bud]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100996.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/100996.page GMT
[b]My Hard Drive is 37GB, I am upgrading in the upcoming weeks to a 500GB. Do you think I should just wait until I get the upgrade?

*EDIT* Even though the question was not to me.... The information is there. (Sorry about that).
Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101000.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101000.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101003.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101003.page GMT
[b]My Hard Drive is 37GB, I am upgrading in the upcoming weeks to a 500GB. Do you think I should just wait until I get the upgrade?
Respect,

(*$malli$*)[/b][/quote]

Wow thats a small harddrive..... Move the movie to a backup drive or CD/DVD and then remove it from your harddrive. Then delete your temporary internet files (easy space to clear up) and try again......

I'll be honest with you tho, your basically fighting Windows on this one. It wont let you fill up ur hard drive (not without tweeking it). I truely don't know if these steps will be enough..... but, hopefully it will get u going till ur new harddrive arrives.

EDIT ~ No, the question was to yo u No worries]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101014.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101014.page GMT Critics...? Auto-upload not discontinued. No solution for Grox unreachable planets, Sporepedia creatures still not loadable to use on space and Maxis stuff not bannable...
And having us mad with no information about it... But hey... overall: Late, but works. Fine.[size=7] thanks...[/size]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101030.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101030.page GMT

I suppose all those perfectionists out there who didn't get themselves banned won't be too happy about it though.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101068.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101068.page GMT
EDIT:Nevermind got it]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101071.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101071.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101134.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101134.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101141.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101141.page GMT
Better question. Has anyone managed to get the patch to work yet?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101148.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101148.page GMT All I had to do was delete the Spore Creature Creator's graphics.package for some odd reason.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101157.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101157.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101158.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101158.page GMT
Better question. Has anyone managed to get the patch to work yet?[/quote]


Works for me.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101167.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101167.page GMT
Then again, the last patch was flawless as well. It always makes me wonder how people have trouble with these patches. I'm running Vista, by some peoples' logic I feel like I should be the one having all the problems.

Was the Homeworld Crash bug fixed? It feels like it was.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101171.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101171.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101178.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101178.page GMT
Then again, the last patch was flawless as well. It always makes me wonder how people have trouble with these patches. I'm running Vista, by some peoples' logic I feel like I should be the one having all the problems.

Was the Homeworld Crash bug fixed? It feels like it was.[/quote]

I'm running vista and both patches worked for me too.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101179.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101179.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101188.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101188.page GMT
Agreed it is really strange why this one is causing me so much problems. Nothing has changed for me either. Anybody got any ideas how to get it to work?
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101192.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101192.page GMT
That sucks, how far along in the installation can you get? I know when i installed both the patches it took a really long time to install and everytime i clicked on the window it went white and said not responding, but i just left it to see what happened and it finally installed it just took around half an hour]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101199.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101199.page GMT
Nope, but I have found one with a flat end. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101203.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101203.page GMT
Any chance of starting off on one of these? Or is that a No go? ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101205.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101205.page GMT
That sucks, how far along in the installation can you get? I know when i installed both the patches it took a really long time to install and everytime i clicked on the window it went white and said not responding, but i just left it to see what happened and it finally installed it just took around half an hour[/quote]

Yeah, I think it's supposed to do that. The first one took quite a while to run through, and needed to go 100% several times before it finally finished. This one does that too, but right near the end before it finishes I get a "Unable to open new file." message, and the installation is stopped short. It's literally one step away from installing. Haha.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101206.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101206.page GMT i feel people won't download or rate any creature with a shotty thumbnail because they are misinformed as to what it really looks like. i've been ver constructive and patient with spore, i know this game can redeem it's stumbles and over come. too bad i have to buy expansions to get it there. but anyways, please respond. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101234.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101234.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101246.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101246.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101249.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101249.page GMT i feel people won't download or rate any creature with a shotty thumbnail because they are misinformed as to what it really looks like. i've been ver constructive and patient with spore, i know this game can redeem it's stumbles and over come. too bad i have to buy expansions to get it there. but anyways, please respond. [/quote]

Regarding this issue:
[quote=MaxisMorgan]I feel your pain with this bug. We are really trying to find and fix it.
It unfortunately is a very elusive bug that we have yet to track down.
We will keep trying.
MaxisMorgan[/quote](From [url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/60/8899.page#100372][u]here[/u][/url])

Also:
[quote=MaxisCactus][quote=Sikyanakotik]That's odd, I don't see the misrendered thumbnail bug addressed in the patch notes. [/quote]

This one was not fixed with the recent patch, but the team is aware of the issue and working on a fix.[/quote](From [url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/75/8899.page#100413][u]here[/u][/url])

Hopefully they'll get it worked out soon! ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101250.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101250.page GMT i feel people won't download or rate any creature with a shotty thumbnail because they are misinformed as to what it really looks like. i've been ver constructive and patient with spore, i know this game can redeem it's stumbles and over come. too bad i have to buy expansions to get it there. but anyways, please respond. [/quote]

Regarding this issue:
[quote=MaxisMorgan]I feel your pain with this bug. We are really trying to find and fix it.
It unfortunately is a very elusive bug that we have yet to track down.
We will keep trying.
MaxisMorgan[/quote](From [url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/60/8899.page#100372][u]here[/u][/url])

Also:
[quote=MaxisCactus][quote=Sikyanakotik]That's odd, I don't see the misrendered thumbnail bug addressed in the patch notes. [/quote]

This one was not fixed with the recent patch, but the team is aware of the issue and working on a fix.[/quote](From [url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/75/8899.page#100413][u]here[/u][/url])

Hopefully they'll get it worked out soon! [/quote]
thank you for the reply. so now i won't waste my time trying to resave creations in the hope that it'll fix the thumbnail. and i was just about to.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101274.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101274.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101279.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101279.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101281.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101281.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101297.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101297.page GMT
When you installed SPORE originally, did you install it to the default location? What exactly is the error message?

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101308.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101308.page GMT

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: SporeApp.exe
Application Version: 1.1.0.338
Application Timestamp: 4897d819
Fault Module Name: SporeApp.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.1.0.338
Fault Module Timestamp: 4897d819
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 001a60ad
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 032b
Additional Information 2: 780bbb6af72e8f3e3c27a0d597fbb353
Additional Information 3: 530b
Additional Information 4: f379d282887c8958fc1eccf56ed62de9 ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101332.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101332.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101409.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101409.page GMT

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: SporeApp.exe
Application Version: [color=darkred]1.1.0.338 [/color]
Application Timestamp: 4897d819
Fault Module Name: SporeApp.exe
Fault Module Version: [color=red]1.1.0.338[/color]
Fault Module Timestamp: 4897d819
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 001a60ad
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 032b
Additional Information 2: 780bbb6af72e8f3e3c27a0d597fbb353
Additional Information 3: 530b
Additional Information 4: f379d282887c8958fc1eccf56ed62de9 [/quote]but you haven't even applied patch 1 yet

much less

patch 2]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101414.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101414.page GMT

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: SporeApp.exe
Application Version: [color=darkred]1.1.0.338 [/color]
Application Timestamp: 4897d819
Fault Module Name: SporeApp.exe
Fault Module Version: [color=red]1.1.0.338[/color]
Fault Module Timestamp: 4897d819
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 001a60ad
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 032b
Additional Information 2: 780bbb6af72e8f3e3c27a0d597fbb353
Additional Information 3: 530b
Additional Information 4: f379d282887c8958fc1eccf56ed62de9 [/quote]but you haven't even applied patch 1 yet

much less


patch 2[/quote]

no this happend with the first patch also i just copied this from another post this DOES HAPPEN WITH THE FIRST PATCH
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101419.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101419.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101425.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101425.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101429.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101429.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101435.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101435.page GMT
What a great improvement. How can i uninstall this patch so i can actually play the game that i paid for?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101436.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101436.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101439.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101439.page GMT
Patch 3: Spiral planet's, flat planet's (now if you would put some people on there they have a reason to think the world is flat)[/quote]

Oh, we gotta have Niven's "Ring World".]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101451.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101451.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101461.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101461.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101481.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101481.page GMT
Is there actually still a question mark there in the game? I wouldn't know since I have the Bad Baby achievement, but I could also see replacing it causing problems for people who have already gotten it (and invalidating 7-30 day bans).

I don't think it states that anything has replaced it in the patch notes, just that it has been discontinued. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101485.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101485.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101488.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101488.page GMT
"[b]Fixed the ESC key to consistently skip the Spore introduction movie.[/b]"

Now I haven't actually downloaded yet, so I can't confirm whether or not it actually works..

Speaking of which, has anyone seen an alternative download link? I refuse to install EADLM again, and want to be able to keep actual patches on my computer so that when EA halts support for Spore and shuts down the servers in a year or two, I can still install/patch the game when I need to.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101500.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101500.page GMT
Now I haven't actually downloaded yet, so I can't confirm whether or not it actually works..[/quote]it works]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101503.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101503.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101505.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101505.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101509.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101509.page GMT
I [i]am[/i] impressed, though, with the new walking animations. Centipede dudes walk how Spode intended them!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101516.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101516.page GMT
Windows vista
3gig ram
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101524.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101524.page GMT
Tried a few times... Crashed every time.


Fixed issue by Right Click on spore icon - Properties - Run in XP sp2 mode.
Seems to work ok now.

hth
Trespidian]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101526.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101526.page GMT
Thank you!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101536.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101536.page GMT
It seems the patch DID NOT fix the water and planet "thumbnail" problem.

It works so long as you're playing a continuous game, but if you close and restart the game for any reason, both the water levels and the thumbnails go back to their frelled up versions

Very sad indeed. I thought I could finally play Spore again.




On a side note does anyone know if there is maybe a file I could delete to "refresh" everything. Just in case the game is pulling from an old-patch version of the file?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101576.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101576.page GMT
Is there actually still a question mark there in the game? I wouldn't know since I have the Bad Baby achievement, but I could also see replacing it causing problems for people who have already gotten it (and invalidating 7-30 day bans).

I don't think it states that anything has replaced it in the patch notes, just that it has been discontinued. [/quote]

Last time I checked before the patch it was still there in my game, I really hope they remove the "?" or add a new Achievement.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101616.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101616.page GMT GJ.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101676.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101676.page GMT [i]
You may wish to make a backup of your games and files prior to applying the patch.
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/8906.page#100115
-SporeMasterNumerator[/i]

Notes by SporeMasterNumerator:
[list]This patches the game to version 1.02[/list]
[list]This patch does not add multiple usernames. [/list]
[list]You do not have to have the previous patch installed to install this patch.[/list]
[list]The Bad Baby achievement is no longer being awarded and is not dependent on patch level.[/list]
[/quote]

Next time could you please include this kind of tips in the Patch Notes: a lot of us only read the News part of this site and not visit the forums often. And the patch notes are copied on (fan) sites not this topic.

Besides that: I never find this kind of tips back in the translations of the patch notes!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101703.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101703.page GMT
My computer system has the latest drivers and exceeds all specs. Any suggestions? Reinstall maybe?
[/quote]

Do not reinstall since thay have not fixed the issue where if you uninstall the game your achievements are permantly lost...as in you can never have the achievements nor can you ever re-earn them. I was told by customer service to uninstall my game and now I can not start any game anywhere but cell stage and all the creatures I created I cannot play because my evo won't work because I have to start every game at cell stage! When will this be addressed? I spent HOURS listening to the same darn song on the phone only to be told this patch would change everything and make it all right! not so it seems and I an about to demand my money back. I paid for the game so I could play it in it's entirety and I am presently so gimped I don't even want to! GAAAH I just want my achievements unlocked so I can enjoy them dang it.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101709.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101709.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101726.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101726.page GMT
Is there actually still a question mark there in the game? I wouldn't know since I have the Bad Baby achievement, but I could also see replacing it causing problems for people who have already gotten it (and invalidating 7-30 day bans).

I don't think it states that anything has replaced it in the patch notes, just that it has been discontinued. [/quote]

Since the Bad baby achievement isn't offered for any version of spore, including vanilla 1.0, I'd guess that there won't be a replacement... but the old '?' will remain because of the requirement to keep the sever backwards compatible with previous client versions.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101736.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101736.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101778.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101778.page GMT
Maxis/EA, [i]thank you[/i] for adding the ability to delete multiple creations from the Sporepedia at once. I can't tell you how annoying it was deleting them one at a time. This makes it so much faster and easier. It's rather amusing, because I was just thinking about that the day before the patch was released. Now it's there.

Whoever that was that mentioned Vista, I'm using Vista, and the patch works perfectly. So far, I've been really lucky with having few problems. The only thing that happened was that after the first patch, the game ran a lot slower, but now it works great again.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101782.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101782.page GMT
Could we get a possibility to download it straight from the main site?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101850.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101850.page GMT
My under-spec system
P4 1.6GHz
1GB RAM
Radeon x1650 Pro AGP
Sound blaster live]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101851.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101851.page GMT
When you installed SPORE originally, did you install it to the default location? What exactly is the error message?

[/quote]

The same problem is happening to me, and SporeMasterNumerator if you could help, I would answer that question. No I did not install it to the default location (space issue). Now I would really appreciate if there is any way to work around this

THANKS!

Update:
Added screen shot if you think it might help
[img]http://www.geocities.com/mew34pan/sporepatcherror.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101852.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101852.page GMT
Has anybody noticed the "Creepy/Cute" sort order in the Sporepedia list? I'm guessing you won't need the pack to get the creepy/cute creatures in the game. Don't worry quilted patchwork teddy [url=http://spacequest.wikia.com/wiki/Orat]orats[/url], my finger is hovering over the ban button.

That said, I might as well buy the C/C pack just to have the new parts. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101859.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101859.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101948.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101948.page GMT

Mainly: Water on planets dispears on every planet except for my homeworld as soon as I go onto it.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101978.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101978.page GMT Has anybody noticed the "Creepy/Cute" sort order in the Sporepedia list? I'm guessing you won't need the pack to get the creepy/cute creatures in the game. Don't worry quilted patchwork teddy [url=http://spacequest.wikia.com/wiki/Orat]orats[/url], my finger is hovering over the ban button.

[/quote]

I'm dreading this one....


So much banhammering I'll have to do....]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101979.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/101979.page GMT
Up until this point, with the main game and 1.01, there were no major problems with the game on my system.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102034.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102034.page GMT
Up until this point, with the main game and 1.01, there were no major problems with the game on my system.[/quote]

I tend to get worked up over tiny things, but the fact that all planets in the game but homeworlds from my saved games have had their water become land...

And when those things don't get fixed, I get more pissed.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102093.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102093.page GMT
Thank you!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102104.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102104.page GMT My total simpathy for the people still having issues. Not a big fun of cubic planets, but Sporepedia fixes and implementations are a go-go...]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102141.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102141.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102201.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102201.page GMT
[i]All my complaints shrink to nothing.[/i]

-Thanx Guys]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102220.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102220.page GMT Maybe i have solved the "Unable to open new file" Error... for me... maybe its work for you...

First I have download the Patch a second Time from a other Server...

Second I have disable end exit my DAEMON-Tools ...

Look at your Taskmanager... is any CD/DVD Emulator running, then close it... try to install the Patch again.

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102227.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102227.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102238.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102238.page GMT
When you installed SPORE originally, did you install it to the default location? What exactly is the error message?

[/quote]

The same problem is happening to me, and SporeMasterNumerator if you could help, I would answer that question. No I did not install it to the default location (space issue). Now I would really appreciate if there is any way to work around this

THANKS!
[/quote]

I suspect its an InstallShield bug. The only way I know of to fix this is to install in the default location.
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102243.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102243.page GMT
Awesome patch, thanks Maxis!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102317.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102317.page GMT All my sporecasts have gone nuts ingame!They are emptied out! My Sporecasts are still intact on the website but ingame they're gone!
One example:
Creatures ( 108 ) on the website
Creatures ( 15 ) ingame
How can this happen? [/quote]that actually happened to me before the patch, so its not the patch i dont think.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102326.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102326.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102345.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102345.page GMT
Eventhoug it can be a pain in the butt now and then.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102352.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102352.page GMT so it seems to have worked well for me. I installed it direct from the game...(i.e. I ran the game downloaded and installed from there)]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102357.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102357.page GMT
Eventhoug it can be a pain in the butt now and then.[/quote]Yeah i like how it protects you from unwanted intallations, i like vista alot. Its just annoying sometimes how for some reason i dont have full security control on programs by default. I have to go into the security settings and set myself to have full control. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102387.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102387.page GMT It treats the user as a dummy ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102403.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102403.page GMT
My computer system has the latest drivers and exceeds all specs. Any suggestions? Reinstall maybe?
[/quote]

Do not reinstall since thay have not fixed the issue where if you uninstall the game your achievements are permantly lost...as in you can never have the achievements nor can you ever re-earn them. I was told by customer service to uninstall my game and now I can not start any game anywhere but cell stage and all the creatures I created I cannot play because my evo won't work because I have to start every game at cell stage! When will this be addressed? I spent HOURS listening to the same darn song on the phone only to be told this patch would change everything and make it all right! not so it seems and I an about to demand my money back. I paid for the game so I could play it in it's entirety and I am presently so gimped I don't even want to! GAAAH I just want my achievements unlocked so I can enjoy them dang it.[/quote]

Hmm.... I guess that's why I can't get the "Space Stage" achievement anymore?

I had to uninstall/reinstall after the Patch 1 fiasco...

So... Maxis... when might this issue be looked into and fixed.

To AW.. thanks for asking that, as I don't spend a great deal of time in the forums, and was not aware that that was an issue...

-L]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102408.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102408.page GMT It treats the user as a dummy [/quote]haha yeah. its like this

"are you sure you want to open this program"

YES

"are you sure?"

YES
"Really?"

omg yes

"Spore is trying to open, do you give permission?"

ugh yes

"sorry you dont have administrative permission to open"
/facepalm]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102414.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102414.page GMT I cleared up an additional 14GB, tried it again, and it worked.
Easy fix.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102427.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102427.page GMT
hehe yea man.
Totally ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102428.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102428.page GMT
[url]http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm[/url]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102432.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102432.page GMT
[url]http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm[/url][/quote]sweeet!

"The UAC forces users that are part of the local administrators group to run like they were regular users with no administrative privileges."

i hate that so much

DRM anyone?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102447.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102447.page GMT
[url]http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm[/url][/quote]sweeet!

"The UAC forces users that are part of the local administrators group to run like they were regular users with no administrative privileges."

i hate that so much

DRM anyone?[/quote]

Oh come on, it's not like disabling UAC is some sort of ultra-hidden secret MS kept from its userbase. I mean, unless treating users like idiots is justified in that they can't find this crap on their own?

BTW, in the tech support biz, it's standard policy to treat users like idiots, cuz if they weren't, then they wouldn't be calling for help. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102494.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102494.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102496.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102496.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102519.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102519.page GMT

[IMG]http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/blackholepcs/Image1-1.jpg[/IMG]


I don't have any mods installed, and I don't think I've changed any files. It's a bit frustrating.

Anyone have a suggestion on how to get the patch installed?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102536.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102536.page GMT
I had made ONE change in the ConfigManager.txt file located at Program Files\Electronic Arts\Spore\Data\Config\ and it kept giving me the error. So I copied it to a different folder, deleted it from the Config folder, and tried to patch again. Now it says Old Version Not Found or some such.

So, the solution would seem to be to make the patch just OVERWRITE whatever is there, regardless of when it was modified or if it has been changed.

I'm not going to uninstall and reinstall just for this patch, cuz I've seen the headaches involved in getting an install revoked, and I've heard horror stories about lost achievements and what not.

So please fix this issue so I can enjoy Cubed Planets!!!

Thanks.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102566.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102566.page GMT
So, for anyone who is having the "However a file of the same was found" error, check to make sure if you have changed any of the .txt files in the config folder. If you have, copy the files from the Spore cd and overwrite them. Problem solved!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102591.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102591.page GMT
The problem with a brute-force overwriting of everything that it needs to change is that they would have to pack the changed versions of every file updated into a patch that would be several gigabytes in size. Nobody wants to download a patch that big. The current approach is to make local copies of the files you already have on your drive, but only alter specific bits, so that the end result are "patched" files. The problem is that if the files aren't exact matches, then the patcher can't be relied upon to accurately find the sequences it needs to change in order to spit out properly-patched files.

So the solution would seem to be to not alter your files in the first place.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102652.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102652.page GMT
I still have to overcome the "However a file of the same error" I was getting with the first patch, I never edited the Configmanager.txt file but did update video and audio dirvers after spore installed. I seem to remember someone mentioning that updating the drivers had the same effect as manually changing the file.

Holding off on patch 2 for now.......]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102668.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102668.page GMT
I doubt it. System restore doesn't make a full backup of everything, all you get with a restore point is the previous versions of [i]system[/i] files. Drivers, registry hives and the like. Enough to get Windows back on its feet.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102697.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102697.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102729.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/102729.page GMT
The rest of the patch is quite welcomed.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103249.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103249.page GMT
[url]http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm[/url][/quote]


When giving out such advice, please consider your audience. This is NOT a good thing for everybody to do. The protection, whilst annoying to us administrator types is there for a reason and many people do need it.

Please read my post here:

http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=72380&hl=

Cheers.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103358.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103358.page GMT
Us administrator types would agree that Microsoft's lousy attempt at reinventing sudo is a miserable failure. Inputting your password [i]once[/i] should be all that's necessary.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103385.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103385.page GMT

[IMG]http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/blackholepcs/Image1-1.jpg[/IMG]


I don't have any mods installed, and I don't think I've changed any files. It's a bit frustrating.

Anyone have a suggestion on how to get the patch installed?[/quote]


I'm having the same problem:

[IMG]http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp226/TheGoddessSpore/failedpatch.jpg[/IMG]
same message as above, just in German

I don't have the EADM installed (hate that thing) so I downloaded the patch manually, tried to patch several times, but keep getting the same error every time. I don't have any game mods installed either.
My PC runs on XP SP3..... Any help on this issue is much appreciated!


UpDate: Well, problem solved.... after reading blackholepcs' post about how s/he solved it by overwriting the config files, I remembered that I had changed a file a while back because of the crappy textures - nvidia drivers thing... so, [b]big thanks to you blackholepcs[/b]!

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103388.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103388.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103805.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103805.page GMT , and only ONCE have I bumped into invisible creatures. Ironnically, it was one of Maxis's creatures, some Blureish bipedal Ampbibian... and I don't have the "game has died in 2 weeks" bug that happened with the previous patch

To users worried about losing acheivements. This only happens in game, as I still have all my acheivements on my Achievement server, but I didn't gain them back in the actual game.

Just fix up the Freezing creator bug, and I'm happy Maxis ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103827.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103827.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103842.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103842.page GMT
For those who experienced problems with the last patch, how long did it take for the problems to start?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103897.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/103897.page GMT
WHAT'S IT TAKE?!?!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104148.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104148.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104282.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104282.page GMT
They were all buzzing about answer question the first day now.... nothing. Hope this doesn't turn into another month long silence.

Also, does anyone know if I can reinstall the game sans patches but still use my old saved games? I'm tempted to do this, I can't stand the bugs. Not to mention the CTDs I've been having since installing the patches.

Out of box this game ran fine. I guess I should have resisted the urge for *70 new planet scripts!* and just stuck with my unpatched version all along. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104306.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104306.page GMT
i have a windows xp that meets all system requirements with new hardware, yet cannot install the patch.
installed the first patch fine with no problems (although afterwards spore had its occasional "moment", froze and shut down on me) but apart from that fine.
the patch starts trying to overwrite the old files but stays on 0% and eventually crashes. can anyone help me?
any help much appreciated
b.t.w. have not messed with any files for spore either

mitchell]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104331.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104331.page GMT

[ PIC DELETED ]

I don't have any mods installed, and I don't think I've changed any files. It's a bit frustrating.

Anyone have a suggestion on how to get the patch installed?[/quote]

Try to disable some CD/DVD Emulation Software... it worked for me....]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104362.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104362.page GMT
Just a heads up; don't cancel the patch install even if it seems stuck on 0%. On my system (which is a reasonably fast Vista 64-bit rig) the patch took nearly 10 minutes to finish; stayed at 0% for at least 2 minutes straight. It installed fine after that.[/quote]


Yes on VISTA it does seem to hang , you can try to help it along by clicking the download window( it might say "not responding" if this is the case hit cntrl -alt- del and select task manager , it 's [b]not[/b] that you want to cancel the Spore patch (so don't) but doing this on my PC (32 bit VISTA PREMIUM) seems to clear the process and allow the patch to get through faster. If you want to help this patch run kill the windows sidebar tool , and any other icons in your toolbar that arent necessary. I saw at least 6-8 patch over passes in the installshield wizard , so if you see the 100% bar , dont end it manually , it will shut itself down once the patch is truly installed. Might be a good idea to restart afterwards too, before playing again.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104364.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104364.page GMT Great! Only problem is, I still have the homeworld crash after leaving my homeworld. After I got rid of turrets and deco in citys, I was able to leave it (phew).
My PC is a dual core over 2 GH, and 2 GRam and I am playing on high setttings...Runs smooth otherwise.
Will play now for a longer time to see how stable it is in space stage.
Thanks for the patch Maxis and please give us the Flora Editor and multiple accounts with the next Patch!!! ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104388.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104388.page GMT
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104437.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104437.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104474.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104474.page GMT the internet of one of my computers (where i had Spore) failed. can i download the patch from the ea.files or whatever and take it on the internet less computer? ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104534.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104534.page GMT
You can tell your [i]grandmother[/i] that she'll have everything she needs by just installing patch 2. There is no need to additionally install patch 1. [/quote]

Thank you! She did try to install it but she said it kept giving her some error message about not being able to open a file. I won't be over there til the end of next week. So I can't post a screen shot of the error message. Sorry. But from what I have heard about the patch, maybe that is a good thing.

I personally can't even get my game to start up to install a patch. The first patch broke the game. I am probably just going to uninstall my game and wait a month before installing patch 2. I learned the hard way, don't install patches right away. The cube planets seem like they would be cute, but not enough to lure me into patching after I go through uninstalling and reinstalling again. Spore vanilla for me. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104560.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104560.page GMT the internet of one of my computers (where i had Spore) failed. can i download the patch from the ea.files or whatever and take it on the internet less computer? [/quote]

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/13124/Spore+Patch+1.02

And yeah, just put it on a USB stick or something and take it to the other computer.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104561.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104561.page GMT
1) When using the [i]-jobPriority:0[/i] command, after downloading I got an error that the patch couldn't install. Removing the command solved the issue.

2) Again I have encountered an [b]invisible creature[/b] in Creature Stage. It was a rogue which at first was running around with only one colour instead of any textures, then after I turned away, it became invisible. And killed me. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104603.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104603.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104656.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104656.page GMT
Issues with crashing whilst leaving a planet and other issues with invisible creatures/small creatures seem to have been resolved. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104657.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104657.page GMT thanks maxis!!!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104698.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104698.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104733.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104733.page GMT
What. The. SPORE.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104738.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104738.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104829.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104829.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104833.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/104833.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105068.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105068.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105347.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105347.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105416.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105416.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105547.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105547.page GMT
Any chance that a fix for that one will be online soon ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105613.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105613.page GMT
Having read through all of these pages it seems to be completely random whether or not someone will have a problem after patching.

Aargh. My game (currently patchless) doesn't seem to have any problems so I wonder if I really need to download the Patch.

So, someone else asked this & I didn't see a reply ...

[b]Is it possible to uninstall the Patch?[/b] If it caused problems. Or, if the game broke, is the only way forward to reinstall?

(I will be backing up though, thanks for the link to the instructions - this link - http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/8906.page#100115)

[i]eta backing up now, then downloading patch & crossing fingers & looking for a lucky rabbit to kiss his foot ...[/i]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105953.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/105953.page GMT
I have seen some a few odd things though since the patch:

1) Played a Knight and during the start of the space stage when you are buying the engine, there was an option to buy a three star item for 0 that showed up. Not all items showed up in trading either. If I sold an item, then more would show up, but still not all. Then if I sold them another item (without buying anything) everything would usually show up. This was for both my colonies and other aliens.

2) Played a Bard today and noticed that items for a particular philosophy wouldn't always be purchased for more like usual. I had a stone of Force that the Warriors were only offering 45K for. So I saved the game and reloaded it and then they offered me 90k for. Saw the same thing with a Block of Chance at a Bard Philosophy planet. But I sold a Faith object at a Shaman for 2x first time. So it's a bit spotty.

3) Had a planet tonight while playing the Bard that would not terraform. It had 3 plants when I got there and I placed two Herbivores and on Carnivore on it. The map did not update and it said the creatures died due to starvation. Yet I was still able to beam them back up. So like with the objects, I saved and exited and then reloaded. Once I did it worked fine.

4) Not sure if anything changed on this or not, but it seemed like finding systems with blue, green, pink, and purple spice are much more rare than before. Playing the Bard today, I was rank 5 before I found a planet that had purple spice. The only blue or white stars close by were already occupied when I got there. It seems to be a much more crowded galaxy than I remembered. I had a hard time expanding because so many systems were occupied if not by a spacefaring race then by a tribe or civ stage race. Definitely much more crowded and fewer rare spice planets in the two games I have played since the patch.

Otherwise, definitely a step in the right direction. Thank you. I can now enjoy the graphics again which is a good start.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/106539.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/106539.page GMT
Since the patch, I've been able to start a new game and make it through to tribal just fine.

I tried to go into two seperate space stage games and they crash out when I zoom in/out from one area to the next. A third game crashed while trying to load the creture stage for it.

Any thoughts?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/106969.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/106969.page GMT
Same here, it's horrible, had made the game nearly unplayable.

If you read back over my old posts I have not complained much about Spore until now - this is just too much, this patch has ruined my ability to play.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107032.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107032.page GMT
Seriously Maxis/EA, ever heard of beta testers? Yeah, we aren't them. Go hire some. X(]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107145.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107145.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107367.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107367.page GMT [/quote]


Uninstall the game, reinstall then run the v1 patch manually.

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107435.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107435.page GMT I have a screen shot of the error but don't know how to attach it here?
the error is "old version of file not found"]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107499.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107499.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107629.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107629.page GMT
2. Ran the 1.02 patch install (took 3 minutes to complete patch) without any problems

3. was able to start and run spore (offline and fullscreen). This was using "new game" Game0 folder.

4. Replaced the "new game" Game0 folder with my backup of the Game0 folder that was made during my 1.00 and 1.01 play.

5. Started 1.02 play using the backup of Game0 and played for about 10 minutes. Had not experienced any lag and graphics were looking like they loaded faster during battle or ship regeneration. Then CRASHED to Desktop.

I will restart Comp and try play again. Will update with results here in this post.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107653.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107653.page GMT
Home planet was under attack. So went there killed the baddies and decided to zoom out and back in to pick up spice.

When I zoomed out - black screen and then CTD.

I had only been in game less than 2 minutes.

There has been talk of corrupt saved games. If this is a possibility I am willing to try methods to clean them up but if the solution is to start over and loose all time spent to get where I am now with the strong possibility of only having the same problems again - NO THANKS.

There are better things to spend my time on.

If you want to know what I have done to-date use search to find "BigDaddyBadAss" posts.

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107775.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107775.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107822.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/107822.page GMT
Otherwise I'm not buying an EA product again. I'm tired of glitches and bugs.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108016.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108016.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108097.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108097.page GMT
How much RAM do you have?
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108128.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108128.page GMT How much RAM do you have?
[/quote]

I have 3.5GB of RAM, 3.25 GHz Pentium 4, Radeon X1950 Pro XGE graphics card, DirectX 9.0c]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108185.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108185.page GMT How much RAM do you have?
[/quote]

I have 3.5GB of RAM, 3.25 GHz Pentium 4, Radeon X1950 Pro XGE graphics card, DirectX 9.0c[/quote]

That is plenty.

Can you reduce the memory usage that your graphics card uses to see if that makes a difference?
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/4731.page#42378]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108232.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108232.page GMT That is plenty.

Can you reduce the memory usage that your graphics card uses to see if that makes a difference?
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/4731.page#42378[/quote]

I'll try it out and see. It hadn't crashed for about an hour of gameplay until I hit the Wildlife preserve, so maybe it was a memory issue with my card.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108295.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108295.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108599.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/108599.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109182.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109182.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109271.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109271.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109427.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109427.page GMT
*Snort* Are you kidding me? They won't remove SecuROM. They're too stubborn. -_-]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109513.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109513.page GMT
Its worth a look.

I ask this because everytime on his that I would finish the creature creator following cell stage, I would crash continuously. Once it was verified the crashes stopped completely at that point. Then the patch caused new ones to start, but no CTD's.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109535.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109535.page GMT
*Snort* Are you kidding me? They won't remove SecuROM. They're too stubborn. -_-[/quote]

According to EA's CEO, SecuROM is

a) safe
b) viable
c) effective

In other words, I think someone needs to raid his office and book him for possession of crystal meth.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109536.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109536.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109615.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109615.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109688.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109688.page GMT
Gotta keep patching SecuROM to stay ahead of the pirates!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109721.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/109721.page GMT
NO! It puts it back. I had patched to 1.01 and was having many problems so followed some of the instructions to help cleanup the problems. One of the things I had done was to go through all the hoop jumping to remove SecuRom.

Well after installing the 1.02 patch which I did using a direct download of the patch (ie. not using EADM which is not installed on my comp. anymore) I now see that SecuRom is back installed on my computer. Plus I only play offline and am not running the game with the CD in. So Securom could only have come from the patch.

Guess it is time to go and get an update on how the class action suit started by a lawyer in California is going. She is suing EA for installing Securom on her Comp. along with Spore without any notification that Securom was going to be installed. You can read about it here [url]http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170131[/url]

I can tell you that I did see improvements in some of the problems I had (search for my nick in this forum to see them) by:
1. using the -jobPriority:0 parameter in the target of my launch properties. This was recommended by Maxis.
2. Uninstalling EADM
3. Removing Securom.

Hmmm ... Hope I will follow my own advice when the next patch comes out and only install it if I see other people saying that it is actually fixing more problems than it creates.


st.



]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/110629.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/110629.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/110908.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/110908.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/111228.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/111228.page GMT
I was not having any issues with the game and I was at version 1.01.

When the 2nd patch came out, I downloaded and patched without any issues. During game play, however, I crashed during the Civilization stage and the Space stage as soon as I tried to communicate with another tribe/species.

And when I say "crash" I don't mean crashing to the desktop with a Spore error message - I mean the game crashed the entire PC, locked it up, and there was nothing I could do other than hold in the power button and do a hard shut down on my system.

After this happened several times, I un-installed the game completely (including EA Downloader) and re-installed new. I have not patched at all and I am running fine at version 1.00.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/112054.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/112054.page GMT
Look here:
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/9565.page
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/112125.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/112125.page GMT And here I thought this patch had resolved the problem.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/112168.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/112168.page GMT
sometimes after I've either scanned/beamed up all the items in the planet's food web, the mission does not complete. I have to go back to the planet and start scanning/beaming up at random until the game realizes that I'm done

I've also seen some invisible creature issues still

haven't noticed any cube planets yet]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/112498.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/112498.page GMT
NO! It puts it back. I had patched to 1.01 and was having many problems so followed some of the instructions to help cleanup the problems. One of the things I had done was to go through all the hoop jumping to remove SecuRom.

Well after installing the 1.02 patch which I did using a direct download of the patch (ie. not using EADM which is not installed on my comp. anymore) I now see that SecuRom is back installed on my computer. Plus I only play offline and am not running the game with the CD in. So Securom could only have come from the patch.

Guess it is time to go and get an update on how the class action suit started by a lawyer in California is going. She is suing EA for installing Securom on her Comp. along with Spore without any notification that Securom was going to be installed. You can read about it here [url]http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170131[/url]

I can tell you that I did see improvements in some of the problems I had (search for my nick in this forum to see them) by:
1. using the -jobPriority:0 parameter in the target of my launch properties. This was recommended by Maxis.
2. Uninstalling EADM
3. Removing Securom.

Hmmm ... Hope I will follow my own advice when the next patch comes out and only install it if I see other people saying that it is actually fixing more problems than it creates.


st.



[/quote]
More power to her I say, not to offend Maxis in any way (its EA's fault not yours) but SecuRom slows down my pc and is evil. The fact that EA won't remove secuROM shows how immature and persistant they are in ruining my computer. I hope she wins the case so they have to remove it.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/113579.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/113579.page GMT But so far i'm happy with the patch #2 as i have said earlier in this topic.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/114122.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/114122.page GMT That is plenty.

Can you reduce the memory usage that your graphics card uses to see if that makes a difference?
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/4731.page#42378[/quote]

I'll try it out and see. It hadn't crashed for about an hour of gameplay until I hit the Wildlife preserve, so maybe it was a memory issue with my card.[/quote]

Ok, It is a consistent crash every time I fly down to a wildlife preserve. I posted the Exception report in the bug report thread.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/114201.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/114201.page GMT
You'll now run into cube planets in Space stage, and you'll be able to colonize, terraform, and interact with these just like other planets. Here's a preview of what you'll be seeing.

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2948024254_e6e7cd00c0.jpg?v=0[/img]

Also, we're tracking all issues you report here so we can tackle these as soon as possible.

I've reported the hard drive space problem on to the team. Please keep in mind that the patch itself doesn’t add much of any size to the existing installation. However, there is some temporary room needed to cache the patch during installation.

I've also reported the install failures, I'll send an update if I hear more info.

-MaxisCactus[/quote]

being able to start on every solid mass in space orbiting a star is needed. like moons and CUBE PLANETS! i just wanna test out walking on one edge to the other of a cube planet mostly. that and see oceans and and other bodies of water defy physics on the edges. i'm a 'science spore' fan, but just like the sims, we need some unreal silly fun every once in a while.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/114924.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/114924.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/114965.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/114965.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/115549.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/115549.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/115781.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/115781.page GMT

Ironically, I had no problems with the patch that messed everyone up, but the patch that fixed everyone broke my game...



OT (Off Topic): Darkov, why'd u quit the RP ...the rate at which posts occur is deacclerating..]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/115789.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/115789.page GMT the second patch actually helpe din the fact that I can now run the game of full graphics.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/116080.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/116080.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/119739.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/119739.page GMT when is it coming out for mac]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/122746.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/122746.page GMT when is it coming out for mac[/quote]

Ditto]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/122752.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/122752.page GMT Will this patch fix the invisible planets that I have been getting?
Here is some examples of it:
[IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn67/Morio-kun/Spore_2008-10-20_17-06-04-1.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn67/Morio-kun/Spore_2008-10-19_00-07-29-1.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn67/Morio-kun/Spore_2008-10-01_21-45-12-1.png[/IMG]
It started after the first patch.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/136069.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/136069.page GMT Will this patch fix the invisible planets that I have been getting?
Here is some examples of it:
[IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn67/Morio-kun/Spore_2008-10-20_17-06-04-1.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn67/Morio-kun/Spore_2008-10-19_00-07-29-1.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn67/Morio-kun/Spore_2008-10-01_21-45-12-1.png[/IMG]
It started after the first patch.[/quote]\

The mac version has been released as of today.... And maxiscactus did state the patch addresses the invisible planet issue.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/136072.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/136072.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/136157.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/136157.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/151805.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/151805.page GMT
No one knows and we haven't been told. There's a lot of speculation though.

[quote]What can I do? [/quote]

Grin-and-bear it; or delete Spore, reinstall, and don't patch.

Note however that reinstalling will use up one of your limited number of installs.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/151817.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/151817.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/154802.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/154802.page GMT Anyway, thanks for the help I may get. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/162278.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/162278.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/162447.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/162447.page GMT

So, if you can, add another Hard-drive into computer, Burn-off some data to DVD-R's, like music and movies that you may have acquired, as well as uninstall old programs and games.

Contact me if you have more questions.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/164178.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8899/164178.page GMT
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/12286.page

For Patch issue, use this thread.
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/12283.page

Locking this thread.

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