Have you encountered any problems running/playing Spore?

Vicissitude · 12-09-2008, 04:35 AM

There was a poll made on the Tech Support board. But problem is, most people there will, of course, be experiencing problems.

So I bring the question here, as well as a link to the original poll/post:

EA / Maxis: Do something about it.

Please vote.

This is, of course, an imperfect poll/question, but it will at least give us an idea of how widespread these issues are.

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A clarification of the questions:

1. No problems: this means that you have installed Spore without any issues, have access to online content, and have not encountered any bugs

2. Slight problems: this means you have encountered slight problems, but you can still play and somewhat enjoy the game (eg. can't access online content, encountered minor bugs that don't make the game unplayable)

3. Major problems: this means that you can't play the game at all, or barely (eg. can't install, game keeps crashing, major bugs which makes the game practically unplayable)

Doomy82 · 12-09-2008, 07:15 AM

Can't Change language to english!!!!!!!

Vicissitude · 12-09-2008, 07:31 AM

If you bought the Thai version, you might be in trouble...

See this thread:

Can't play in Thailand / so many problems

Specifically:

Quote:

Originally Posted by LingNoi

I just found out that every version of Spore in every country has all the languages apart from the versions of Spore that are sold in Thailand which only include Thai.

I'm not sure if this is confirmed, but if this is actually the case, you might be out of luck.

CarlAylward · 12-09-2008, 07:51 AM

I get the odd problem that you should expect with every computer program like a random ctd and graphics glitches but apart from that and registration issue for the first few days not had any.

Soreanol · 12-09-2008, 02:51 PM

I put Major Problems. The game crashes randomly every 5-10 minutes, the editors worked fine (the ones in the main menu) except when playing the actual game in the creature/tribal/etc... Weird texturing glitches randomly blurring on my creature and painting over everything, often crashes when I click "Save", log out and then back in and notice my creatures (Made like 3 of them) are copied like forty times so now I have 48 creatures instead of 3. And no, I can't change the language to English even when I clicked "English" in the installer.

So, that's my problems (not all of them). I'm not installing Spore again until they get a working patch for everyone.

ComradePassmore · 12-09-2008, 02:55 PM

I would be classed as 2 but saying that I also share the odd crashes in the space stage when you zoom in or out of a planet they are rare but worth mentioning.

Berteh66 · 12-09-2008, 03:29 PM

0 problems here

Matchu · 12-09-2008, 04:13 PM

One crash, but that's been it. Oh apart from in the Creature stages, it'd occasionally be slow to render stuff after I'd downloaded a lot of new creatures.

mjay77 · 12-09-2008, 04:19 PM

saves dont work half the time and game keeps crashing for random reasons

oh yeah almost forgot cant play space age any attempt of leaving my home solar system and it crashes!

Shadowmyst · 12-09-2008, 04:20 PM

would be nice, if the game supported dual nvida 8800 gtx cards, im sick of disabling one.

Fenrir · 12-09-2008, 04:22 PM

i put down no problems... i did have like 1 VEEEEERY small problem once...i couldnt clikc the com chat in space...but i could do everything else. a little save- reload fixed it and ive never had anything since

SH

Redneo2k · 12-09-2008, 04:25 PM

i am having a major problem with my graphics, i keep getting white lines all over the page, is there a known cure for this

Wreltch · 12-09-2008, 05:59 PM

Random crashes, random reboots.

What a waste of £35.00

I WANT MY MONEY BACK

flixern · 12-09-2008, 10:59 PM

It's a problem that I'm not getting my achievements -.- Killed an epic creature on creature phase "Epic killer unlocked", but I don't have it lalala. Unknown User

Danna202p · 13-09-2008, 06:19 PM

Well I was almost in the center of the galaxy and now when I try to play the game crashes

HainLeKes · 13-09-2008, 06:22 PM

I once crawled out of the water from being a cell, and crawled into a lake, everytime I went to swim to the land the giant fish monster jumped out of the soil and ate me.

HainLeKes · 13-09-2008, 06:23 PM

I mean my starting nest was in the middle of the lake.

LightSystem · 13-09-2008, 06:52 PM

I only had a problem until now, and not a big one:
Once, in tribal stage, my shaman started slowly going up in the air until it actually reached space, but then died of hunger. Its true, really, kinda funny though

Eroneouse · 13-09-2008, 06:54 PM

No probs at all here either with install, log ins or playing.

harvmiester1 · 13-09-2008, 06:59 PM

Only problems? the space game lags a bit during combat, if the game's been running for too long it freezes for a few seconds every now and then, and there's a bit of after lag for a few minutes if i enter a busy planet.

VioNectro · 13-09-2008, 08:32 PM

1) When saving a creature in the creature editor ingame in the creature phase and the complextity of the creature is around 80% the game hangs with the spore spining curson.

2) Save games randomly become - unloadable; that is when I try to load them the game hangs in the loading screen with the spore spining curson.

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*edit
1) Is now a resolved issue. (possibly 2) as well - will see if no corruption in a week)

Platform: Vista 32bit, Nvidia 7600GS AGP
Fixed by the following steps:
a) Installed Vista SP1
b) Uninstalled current Nvidia drivers.
c) Installed Latest Nvidia drivers.
d) Creature creation no longer fails with high complexity creatures.

Todestool · 14-09-2008, 04:07 AM

Direct downloaded, installed, started up no problem, then I went to edit a creature I had made in the creature creator trial and the 3D graphics had extreme corruption (giant random planes of color, blank spots). Rebooted my system, and now SporeApp.exe shows as running in the task manager when I double click it, but the game never starts.

UnknownTerrorUK · 14-09-2008, 04:13 AM

I put "slight problems" since one day spore kept CTD'ing when I zoomed out to the solar system view throughout the day, but it hasn't happened since. I think Windows Live One Care was messing around, scanning or tuning my system, no idea now. Plus occasionally the planets will have no texture, just a web while I am zooming out, but it goes back to normal pretty quickly.

I thoroughly enjoy the game and apart from the first problem I had, it's all great.

Nutter · 14-09-2008, 07:19 AM

I've had the game crash just after the cell stage and at one point during the creature stage I had a serious lag for a minute or two.

When I was on the Creature Creater version, I had one creation that got saved, but didn't appear in the archives. Took me ages to rearchive my creation because it wouldn't accept the standard Drag and drop method.
Haven't had this problem on the full game yet.

Also, a notice to all. If you do have a cracked version of SPORE, you will encounter more problems then original copy owners. Just a general notice.

Redunzgofasta · 14-09-2008, 08:44 AM

No problems at all. i was expecting them though because Mass Effect was a pain before i got that running due to Securom and i believe Spore uses the same copy protection.

Then again i might be problem free because I solved the issues with Securom for Mass Effect.

View Poll Results: Please see text in post for clarification of poll answers before voting.
No problems	36	19.05%
Slight problems	76	40.21%
Major problems	77	40.74%
Voters: 189. You may not vote on this poll

12-09-2008, 04:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Vicissitude Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 45	Have you encountered any problems running/playing Spore? There was a poll made on the Tech Support board. But problem is, most people there will, of course, be experiencing problems. So I bring the question here, as well as a link to the original poll/post: EA / Maxis: Do something about it. Please vote. This is, of course, an imperfect poll/question, but it will at least give us an idea of how widespread these issues are. *** A clarification of the questions: 1. No problems: this means that you have installed Spore without any issues, have access to online content, and have not encountered any bugs 2. Slight problems: this means you have encountered slight problems, but you can still play and somewhat enjoy the game (eg. can't access online content, encountered minor bugs that don't make the game unplayable) 3. Major problems:** this means that you can't play the game at all, or barely (eg. can't install, game keeps crashing, major bugs which makes the game practically unplayable) Last edited by Vicissitude; 12-09-2008 at 04:41 AM..

12-09-2008, 07:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
CarlAylward Rookie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 228	I get the odd problem that you should expect with every computer program like a random ctd and graphics glitches but apart from that and registration issue for the first few days not had any. __________________ My Creature's http://eu.spore.com/sporepedia/index...ubmitsearch=Go

12-09-2008, 04:22 PM	#11 (permalink)
Fenrir Forum Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: solihull, england Age: 15 Gender: Male Posts: 1,635	i put down no problems... i did have like 1 VEEEEERY small problem once...i couldnt clikc the com chat in space...but i could do everything else. a little save- reload fixed it and ive never had anything since SH __________________ Thanks Doc ! Call me Dan if you like.

12-09-2008, 05:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
Wreltch Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 42 Posts: 2	Random crashes, random reboots. What a waste of £35.00 I WANT MY MONEY BACK Last edited by Wreltch; 12-09-2008 at 06:02 PM..

12-09-2008, 07:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Doomy82 Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2	Can't Change language to english!!!!!!!

12-09-2008, 02:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Soreanol Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 11	I put Major Problems. The game crashes randomly every 5-10 minutes, the editors worked fine (the ones in the main menu) except when playing the actual game in the creature/tribal/etc... Weird texturing glitches randomly blurring on my creature and painting over everything, often crashes when I click "Save", log out and then back in and notice my creatures (Made like 3 of them) are copied like forty times so now I have 48 creatures instead of 3. And no, I can't change the language to English even when I clicked "English" in the installer. So, that's my problems (not all of them). I'm not installing Spore again until they get a working patch for everyone.

12-09-2008, 02:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
ComradePassmore Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 428	I would be classed as 2 but saying that I also share the odd crashes in the space stage when you zoom in or out of a planet they are rare but worth mentioning.

12-09-2008, 03:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
Berteh66 Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 76	0 problems here

12-09-2008, 04:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
Matchu Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 63	One crash, but that's been it. Oh apart from in the Creature stages, it'd occasionally be slow to render stuff after I'd downloaded a lot of new creatures.

12-09-2008, 04:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
mjay77 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK, Wales Posts: 25	saves dont work half the time and game keeps crashing for random reasons oh yeah almost forgot cant play space age any attempt of leaving my home solar system and it crashes!

12-09-2008, 04:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
Shadowmyst Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 15	would be nice, if the game supported dual nvida 8800 gtx cards, im sick of disabling one.

12-09-2008, 04:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
Redneo2k Rookie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4	i am having a major problem with my graphics, i keep getting white lines all over the page, is there a known cure for this

12-09-2008, 10:59 PM	#14 (permalink)
flixern Forum Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Age: 17 Posts: 1,146	It's a problem that I'm not getting my achievements -.- Killed an epic creature on creature phase "Epic killer unlocked", but I don't have it lalala. Unknown User __________________ I do not endure SecuROM! My Sporepedia Profile!

13-09-2008, 06:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
Danna202p Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 13	Well I was almost in the center of the galaxy and now when I try to play the game crashes

13-09-2008, 06:22 PM	#16 (permalink)
HainLeKes Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 17 Gender: Male Posts: 871	I once crawled out of the water from being a cell, and crawled into a lake, everytime I went to swim to the land the giant fish monster jumped out of the soil and ate me.

13-09-2008, 06:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
HainLeKes Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 17 Gender: Male Posts: 871	I mean my starting nest was in the middle of the lake.

13-09-2008, 06:52 PM	#18 (permalink)
LightSystem Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3	I only had a problem until now, and not a big one: Once, in tribal stage, my shaman started slowly going up in the air until it actually reached space, but then died of hunger. Its true, really, kinda funny though

13-09-2008, 06:54 PM	#19 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	No probs at all here either with install, log ins or playing. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

13-09-2008, 06:59 PM	#20 (permalink)
harvmiester1 Rookie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 317	Only problems? the space game lags a bit during combat, if the game's been running for too long it freezes for a few seconds every now and then, and there's a bit of after lag for a few minutes if i enter a busy planet. __________________

13-09-2008, 08:32 PM	#21 (permalink)
VioNectro Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6	1) When saving a creature in the creature editor ingame in the creature phase and the complextity of the creature is around 80% the game hangs with the spore spining curson. 2) Save games randomly become - unloadable; that is when I try to load them the game hangs in the loading screen with the spore spining curson. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- edit 1) Is now a resolved issue. (possibly 2) as well - will see if no corruption in a week) Platform: Vista 32bit, Nvidia 7600GS AGP Fixed by the following steps: a) Installed Vista SP1 b) Uninstalled current Nvidia drivers. c) Installed Latest Nvidia drivers. d) Creature creation no longer fails with high complexity creatures. Last edited by VioNectro; 16-09-2008 at 09:29 AM..*

14-09-2008, 04:07 AM	#22 (permalink)
Todestool Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3	Direct downloaded, installed, started up no problem, then I went to edit a creature I had made in the creature creator trial and the 3D graphics had extreme corruption (giant random planes of color, blank spots). Rebooted my system, and now SporeApp.exe shows as running in the task manager when I double click it, but the game never starts.

14-09-2008, 04:13 AM	#23 (permalink)
UnknownTerrorUK Rookie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 344	I put "slight problems" since one day spore kept CTD'ing when I zoomed out to the solar system view throughout the day, but it hasn't happened since. I think Windows Live One Care was messing around, scanning or tuning my system, no idea now. Plus occasionally the planets will have no texture, just a web while I am zooming out, but it goes back to normal pretty quickly. I thoroughly enjoy the game and apart from the first problem I had, it's all great. __________________ Gasket Empire UFO

14-09-2008, 07:19 AM	#24 (permalink)
Nutter EA Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The 104 Building, Shibuya Age: 22 Gender: Male Posts: 12,227	I've had the game crash just after the cell stage and at one point during the creature stage I had a serious lag for a minute or two. When I was on the Creature Creater version, I had one creation that got saved, but didn't appear in the archives. Took me ages to rearchive my creation because it wouldn't accept the standard Drag and drop method. Haven't had this problem on the full game yet. Also, a notice to all. If you do have a cracked version of SPORE, you will encounter more problems then original copy owners. Just a general notice. __________________ deviantART - [Overload] - GFXvoid

14-09-2008, 08:44 AM	#25 (permalink)
Redunzgofasta Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 132	No problems at all. i was expecting them though because Mass Effect was a pain before i got that running due to Securom and i believe Spore uses the same copy protection. Then again i might be problem free because I solved the issues with Securom for Mass Effect.