YAY I fixed it!

[N1ghty2]

When i say i fixed it i mean i fixed the bug between creature and tribal and hopefully should fix a few of the other issues.

I know it sounds patronising and if i was to read this i wouldnt try it but it worked for me!! Just try it...:

Go to:

DirectX® 10

and update your direct x..... Its amazing how many of you dont have the up to date version... tut tut

Next:

Dont check on the device manager because that doesnt work....

Go to: Products

And search in downloads for your graphics card.... Download the newest one and restart your computer... I havnt had any problems since.

I hope this helps.
Peter

[danielmm88]

Originally Posted by N1ghty2

When i say i fixed it i mean i fixed the bug between creature and tribal and hopefully should fix a few of the other issues.

I know it sounds patronising and if i was to read this i wouldnt try it but it worked for me!! Just try it...:

Go to:

DirectX® 10

and update your direct x..... Its amazing how many of you dont have the up to date version... tut tut

Next:

Dont check on the device manager because that doesnt work....

Go to: Products

And search in downloads for your graphics card.... Download the newest one and restart your computer... I havnt had any problems since.

I hope this helps.
Peter

dont you need windows vista for direct x 10?

[Dai11The11Flu]

and where does one get directx 10?

[pipsqueek1956]

you get directx 10 from microsoft.com and search.

[spottythunder]

dont you need windows vista for direct x 10?

no it would appear not, but you do need a graphcis card that supports it take a look here.

Download DirectX 10 for Windows XP

[HESKIMO]

i think he doesnt mean directx10, thats just on vista,
this is an update for all directx versions in all windows, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displayLang=en
as for directx10 in xp its been halted to the best of my knowledge (that article is over a year old), and most users should leave hack/modifying directx9 into 10 well alone, as i dont think its even used in spore, even if you have vista and dx10 hardware (havent got it yet, payday thursday, so ill know then)
i just hope it works for me, been waiting for ages for this

[spottythunder]

as for directx10 in xp its been halted to the best of my knowledge (that article is over a year old), and most users should leave hack/modifying directx9 into 10 well alone

lol, didnt even check the link, it was sent from a friend,definitely would not recommend hacks/modding.

i dont think its even used in spore, even if you have vista and dx10 hardware

correct, yet another pc game to NOT support DX10 (kinda wish i had saved my cash for a memory upgrade instead!)

[madanchi]

Sorry I prob will sound stupid but for what directories r u talking about because i can't seem to find the folder 'products' or is that on the link u gave cos i cant c it there either. Sorry to b a pain lol

[N1ghty2]

no folder is just the word that came up... sorry it confused you...

Go to:
Welcome to NVIDIA - World Leader in Visual Computing Technologies

Go to downloads and then search for your device... and download....

[ShawnWilson]

Yes I went all nuts looking around town for spore. I finally got it and was bothered by the crash at tribal stage... but no more. You my friend have helped me fix it. It works fine now. As far as anything else I don't know until I get there. Thank you for the advice man. I owe you one.... just one....
Yes I have a nvidia geforce fx 5500 so I do need a new grafix card...

[ColibriMONOPOL]

Originally Posted by ShawnWilson

Yes I went all nuts looking around town for spore. I finally got it and was bothered by the crash at tribal stage... but no more. You my friend have helped me fix it. It works fine now. As far as anything else I don't know until I get there. Thank you for the advice man. I owe you one.... just one....
Yes I have a nvidia geforce fx 5500 so I do need a new grafix card...

Can some one say in one line what "FIX" I should do. I am running XP have a Geforce 8800 GTS 512 card I updated the driver for it last night and updated Directx from the game CD and from the web but it still get the crash at Tribal stage.

[HESKIMO]

'yet another pc game to NOT support DX10'

and dx11 is on its way apparently-
Microsoft reveals more details about DirectX 11 tesselation | News | Custom PC

[spottythunder]

and dx11 is on its way apparently

i was told this would happen but i thought id get a dx10 card anyway, i am not getting a dx11 one untill i know its not going to be out of date in less than 5 months....

[katadder]

and if you do it will use up one of your precious installs of spore more than likely.
although they have said it will compatible with DX10 hardware:
DirectX 11 will be compatible with DirectX 10 hardware | News | Custom PC

[antonyf]

DirectX10 is Vista only.

DirectX 9c is the latest XP one. It's one of the most important things that would affect performance, so definitely install the latest version.

DirectX10 wouldn't offer much improvement to Spore -- it's gain is more with realistic stuff.

Just because Spore isn't DirectX10 designed, it should work fine with v 9c which is the latest XP DirectX.

[HESKIMO]

Originally Posted by antonyf

DirectX10 wouldn't offer much improvement to Spore -- it's gain is more with realistic stuff.

it would improve the shadows for one, make them more realistic and smoother, textures too, i know seeing as how ive recently forked out to get a dx10 card id like to get some use out of it that isnt another fps with a gravity gun.

id quite like to see spore looking more convincing with better lighting,shaders,textures etc. im sure alot of other people would too, i know its not meant to be about the graphics with spore, but better textures and things are always welcomed by me

nothing against ea, i just want some use out of my dx10 card