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Harkole · 10-09-2008, 10:06 AM

Having suffered this one since release day, I seem to have "fixed" it. There is another thread here explaining hot to fix the SLI bug (changing the configmaker.txt in Spore Data to have the current video driver version instead of some future one).

linky: fix for sli issue 10012

I thought that I had been playing in SLI so was intrested to see why I hadn't encountered that problem, turns out I must of turned it off a while back to play something else as it was off, so I duely turned it back on and up popped the message 10012. So I found the configmaker.txt and sorted the line out as instructed in the afore mentioned post...

Now the game ran and I thought oh goody! No difference in the fps (was already running on full whack) but I was now getting lots of texture errors, "hmm another bug I saw on the forums..." so I saved regularly and just kept playing ignoring what was going on... eventually I crashed to desktop when going from Civ to Space.

So deciding that the one off crash while transfering from planet to space was better than what I'd just been through I turned off the SLI again and went back to playing Spore (Note I did not change the configmanager.txt file back)

So I loaded up my save with the space problem and proceeded to play saving after every little incident (ctrl+s = your best friend) and for some reason, even going to the planet that crashed me out everytime I didn't crash. No idea if this is related or not but since I can now play without any issues at all here is my run down on how to get spore going (I'll list my specs to see if its fluke, the hardware or something else)

1. Follow the instructions here fix for sli issue 10012
2. Disable SLI in Nvidia control Panel
3. Run Spore (but remember to save lots just in case!)

Im running Spore with everything in settings turne high/on with 5.1 sound on too...

Setup:

Vista Premium Home Edition 32bit
Intel Quad Core @ 2.6
2GB Ram
Duel 8800 GTS (but running in single card mode also running latest standard release drivers from nvidia.co.uk)
X-Fi Fatality Sound Card
500gb Hard drive with 350gb free

Hope this helps get some of you back up and running, I know how frustrating its been for me.

Sorry for the long post but I thought I'd try help with exactly what when and where!

Cheers
Harcole

10-09-2008, 10:06 AM	#22 (permalink)
Harkole Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 45	Having suffered this one since release day, I seem to have "fixed" it. There is another thread here explaining hot to fix the SLI bug (changing the configmaker.txt in Spore Data to have the current video driver version instead of some future one). linky: fix for sli issue 10012 I thought that I had been playing in SLI so was intrested to see why I hadn't encountered that problem, turns out I must of turned it off a while back to play something else as it was off, so I duely turned it back on and up popped the message 10012. So I found the configmaker.txt and sorted the line out as instructed in the afore mentioned post... Now the game ran and I thought oh goody! No difference in the fps (was already running on full whack) but I was now getting lots of texture errors, "hmm another bug I saw on the forums..." so I saved regularly and just kept playing ignoring what was going on... eventually I crashed to desktop when going from Civ to Space. So deciding that the one off crash while transfering from planet to space was better than what I'd just been through I turned off the SLI again and went back to playing Spore (Note I did not change the configmanager.txt file back) So I loaded up my save with the space problem and proceeded to play saving after every little incident (ctrl+s = your best friend) and for some reason, even going to the planet that crashed me out everytime I didn't crash. No idea if this is related or not but since I can now play without any issues at all here is my run down on how to get spore going (I'll list my specs to see if its fluke, the hardware or something else) 1. Follow the instructions here fix for sli issue 10012 2. Disable SLI in Nvidia control Panel 3. Run Spore (but remember to save lots just in case!) Im running Spore with everything in settings turne high/on with 5.1 sound on too... Setup: Vista Premium Home Edition 32bit Intel Quad Core @ 2.6 2GB Ram Duel 8800 GTS (but running in single card mode also running latest standard release drivers from nvidia.co.uk) X-Fi Fatality Sound Card 500gb Hard drive with 350gb free Hope this helps get some of you back up and running, I know how frustrating its been for me. Sorry for the long post but I thought I'd try help with exactly what when and where! Cheers Harcole Last edited by Harkole; 10-09-2008 at 10:10 AM..