EA Download Manager a sick joke

EJ107 · 26-10-2009, 02:06 PM

I'm furious!

I have the game installed on 2 seperate computers- and I was unsure if I had the latest spore patch installed on my laptop so I tried checking the EA download manager- only to find no information anywhere about my games, only blank screens and having it insist that my CD-key was already being used by it! I gave up- finding that luckily I had the patch installed already- but as soon as I returned to the game it was full of new weird glitches that made it unplayable!
So I go onto my other comp with spore installed that did NOT have the glitches and I find it doesn't have the latest patch so I try the EA download manager again- not only does it not work again but when I go to the game its got the SAME weird glitches on this computer now! Since the game worked fine on both computers before I tried using the EA download manager it has to be what ruined my game.
Is the download manager really this glitched or is this EA's idea of a sick joke?

TheMrZ · 26-10-2009, 05:14 PM

to update spore, you have to open spore itself. for spore EADM runs from inside spore, don't ask me why they ought to tell you, but that's how it works.

So when you open spore, if it's not up to date it will automatically download the patch, otherwise you're up to date.

As for the glitches, no idea.

It's actually quite clever and useful, but they never put a little message anywhere to tell you how clever and useful they were being, so everyone thinks they're being stupid and buggy.

26-10-2009, 02:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
EJ107 Rookie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3	EA Download Manager a sick joke I'm furious! I have the game installed on 2 seperate computers- and I was unsure if I had the latest spore patch installed on my laptop so I tried checking the EA download manager- only to find no information anywhere about my games, only blank screens and having it insist that my CD-key was already being used by it! I gave up- finding that luckily I had the patch installed already- but as soon as I returned to the game it was full of new weird glitches that made it unplayable! So I go onto my other comp with spore installed that did NOT have the glitches and I find it doesn't have the latest patch so I try the EA download manager again- not only does it not work again but when I go to the game its got the SAME weird glitches on this computer now! Since the game worked fine on both computers before I tried using the EA download manager it has to be what ruined my game. Is the download manager really this glitched or is this EA's idea of a sick joke?

26-10-2009, 05:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMrZ Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 921	to update spore, you have to open spore itself. for spore EADM runs from inside spore, don't ask me why they ought to tell you, but that's how it works. So when you open spore, if it's not up to date it will automatically download the patch, otherwise you're up to date. As for the glitches, no idea. It's actually quite clever and useful, but they never put a little message anywhere to tell you how clever and useful they were being, so everyone thinks they're being stupid and buggy.