spore freezing

[ahleanna]

i am running spore on a laptop and it runs great except for when any box pops up or you click on something and then the game freezes. if i control+alt+delete and then cancel and the game pops back up it's unfrozen until it happens again. any advice?

[Jonatc87t]

would be easier if you listed the OS and specs of the laptop. So you know, laptops arn't as powerful as desktops, in terms of running games. So you might experience slowdowns and freezes.

Check other threads, because your the third person to mention problems with a laptop in the last few hours.

[ahleanna]

CPU -2 processors running - AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50
<DIV><FONT color=#0000cc><B>CPU Speed - 1.60 GHz Performance Rated at 3.13 GHz
System Ram - 2.0 GB
OS - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit (Build Service Pack 16001)
Video Card - Nvidia Geforce Go 7600

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[amandla36]

I get this too, I'm running
2.0 Ghz Dual Core AMD 64 processor
Nvidia GeForce 7600
2.0 Gigs Ram
Microsoft Home Premium, 32 bit

[amandla36]

anyone found a fix?

[hunta89]

Same problem here. If i have to hit Ctrl + Alt + Del one more time ill explode!

AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56
1.81GHz rated at 3.66GHz
Nvidia GeForce Go 7600
4.0GB RAM
Microsoft Vista Home Premium 32-Bit

After looking at the forums it seems a lot of people with this problem are running on mobile (laptop) graphics cards. These should really be better supported/work if they are supported, as more & more people buy laptops to replace their desktops. Unfortunately i dont have the room in my uni dorm for a desktop...should that really mean i cant experience Spore, a game ive been waiting years for?
EA are sitting on a gold mine here, it cant be that difficult to make some coding & optimisation tweaks and expand the hardware compatability, bearing in mind the company make millions of dollars of profit a year.

[saboath]

Hi there,

same thing here.
T2400@1.83GHZ
1G RAM
Mobility X1600

[Sniparx]

Same thing here,

Im runing a S0ny Vai0,
Intel C0re 2 Du0, pr0cces0r T5500, 1.66ghz , 2gb ram 120gb harddrive,
Nvidia Gef0rce G0 7400 Cpu, Runing Vista h0me!

Please if there is fix email me.

Thank u

[Sniparx]

If any0ne kn0w's any 0ther threads relating t0 a fix t0 this issue please advice.

Thank y0u

[Sniparx]

Hi, It's been n0w a wh0le day, n0 sensible reply fr0m ne0ne, there must be a fix 0r a t0pic which helps res0lve this issue, ive tried just ab0ut everything which i c0uld find but n0thing helps.!!!

the funny thing is my friend is runing a really rubish PC and the game w0rks excellent f0r him, but i have a pritty g00d spec lapt0p and it runs but it freezes as i put curs0r 0n a butt0n 0r s0mething which is messed up! i really wana play and i w0uld really appriciate s0me kind 0f resp0nce which is usefull.

Kind Regards

[marly446]

I get the freeze too, ON A DESKTOP GAMING PC! I however can't log in because eventually the ctrl+alt+del stops woriking. CAN"T SOMEONE FROM EA SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? SO MANY PPL ARE GETTING IT!

[marly446]

ITS VISTA! THATS IT! MY BUDDY HAS THE MOST @#$%ED UP PC THATS RUNNING XP AND IT WORKS, ALL WIT THE ERROR ARE RUNNING VISTA!!!!!!!!!!! the olny problem being that that is as far as i've gone with finding an answer.

[EAUK_Aurora]

Are the freezes occurring randomly or is there a common time for it to freeze? is it mostly pop ups or clicking in editors for you guys? Any particular stages?

[Sniparx]

It's like this, y0u start the game it l0ads up 0kay n0w u ch0ice the new game etc.. any ic0n u put ur m0use 0ver it Freeze's !!!, then u ctrl-alt-del and minimize and maximize it its fine u click new game and it 0pens the which char and it freeze's like this every 5-10 sec0nds 0r less! ... And im using a S0ny Vai0 Lapt0p....

I als0 tried installing the Nvidia F0rceware 177 which didn't help at all! .... (http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ <--- fr0m that website, i saw a thread 0n nvidia pr0blem t0pic but it didn't help at all!. JUST T0 let u guys kn0w,

My friends running XP and yeah it w0rks great 0n XP! ....

Peace

[Orladin]

Originally Posted by marly446

ITS VISTA! THATS IT! MY BUDDY HAS THE MOST @#$%ED UP PC THATS RUNNING XP AND IT WORKS, ALL WIT THE ERROR ARE RUNNING VISTA!!!!!!!!!!! the olny problem being that that is as far as i've gone with finding an answer.

The PROBLEM is VISTA! VISTA SUCKS HORRIBLY. DO NOT GET IT IF YOU LIKE VIDEO GAMES. VISTA IS THE ANTI-GAME!

I managed to reduce the number of times it freezes by changing spore to run in XP service pack 2 mode and adjusting the resolution a little bit. It runs a little better but still will eventually freeze. So yea.. if you want to play spore, DELETE the lalalala out of VISTA , torch the disc, fire bill gates and install XP.

I am going to go install XP again. I was kidding about the deleting Vista.. you don't have to delete it, just install XP and use it instead.

[Sniparx]

Lma0, Listen dude, u g0 re-install y0ur ****, this game was supp0se t0 run 0n Vista!!!! that's what i paid my m0ney f0r n0t f0r a smartass t0 p0int 0ut the 0bvi0us!!! There sh0uld be a fix f0r this, s0 im h0ping s0me0ne w0uld get back with pr0per inf0, n0t s0me0ne saying what 0s is lalalala 0r n0t!

Peace

p.s: i tried y0ur thing with changing t0 run in XP service Pack 2 nd 2003, neither 0f which w0rked what s0 ever, it still freeze's like bef0re and n0 change's! didn't reduce a thing, but thanks f0r the input.

[caspercheangy]

Duo 2 Core 2Ghz
GeForceGo 7400
Ram 1536MB
Vista Premium 32 bit

I am getting the same problem as everyone else with the freeze, the dumb thing is I actually use the EA test that my laptop worked before I bought it. Now it doesn't work I feel so ripped off..

I have a feeling its to do with integrated graphic cards on laptops, although the test software scans the computer specs that it meets the requirement its not looking into the type of graphic cards the system is using. I hope their is a solution...but from my experience normally the only way is to replace the graphics card...argh..so annoyed..

[Fenrir]

one: sniper do you have an o key on your keyboard ?

also remember guys you need at least 2.0 cpu well 1.8 works but thats at a limit....casue my bros laptop JUST works with that also i have to agree.....vista aint good for gaming yet....thats why i dont have it on my main desktop

SH

[sammarshall20]

I'm having really anoying issues too!

The game works perfectly fine and i'm very pleased with it. Cel stages works wonderful and as does the Creature Stage. However, once you've finished creature stage it tells u u can progress to the Tribal stage. So i click the button on the bottom right and then click the tick on the next screan. I make my final changes to my creature and click the tick button. The games freezes... no matter how long u leave it, nothing works! I did manage (somehow) to get it to start loading the tribal stage, I got to the screan where it says "You may experience..." and just as it's about to show some creatures, the game freezes and just sits there. The mouse has the "busy" icon and u can move it around, but that's not much fun when you've paid £40 for it!!

My laptop specifications are (taken from Window's review):

Windows Vista Home Premium
Service pack 1
Manufacturor: Dell
Model: Inspiron M1710
Rating: 4.7
Processor: Intel Core 2 CPU 2.33 GHz 2.33 GHz
RAM: 4.00GB
System Type: 32 Bit
Style: Laptop

[saboath]

Originally Posted by EAUK_Aurora

Are the freezes occurring randomly or is there a common time for it to freeze? is it mostly pop ups or clicking in editors for you guys? Any particular stages?

Freezing happens to me only when in game, i doesn't matter what stage I'm in (it has happened in cell, creature, tribe, civ and space). I can get you process debugs (Inspector IIXII logs) if you wish.
Oh, I've forgot I'm running WXP SP3. so it's no limited to vista.

[Ghost-Dreamer]

Originally Posted by EAUK_Aurora

Are the freezes occurring randomly or is there a common time for it to freeze? is it mostly pop ups or clicking in editors for you guys? Any particular stages?

Same here, freezing happens at any level, at whichever duration I've been playing at, 70% of the time when I dare to save the game it will freeze, corrupt the save file and I need to reboot the PC (Ctrl - Alt - Del has never worked in this situation). I make a back-up of those few successful saves and then need to replace the corrupted files with those otherwise I'd have to start from scratch each time.

I reported it to EA customer services 4.5 days ago but they haven't bothered to respond.

Specs:
Operating System: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT with 512MB RAM

[neocarter]

Lol Ea are like blizzard they only care abou peps whos games are not working i bet there just sat there doing nothing just watching all of us try to make are games work

[neocarter]

Stupid how they only care about people in the creator creater section people here no were worthless were people who have spent money buying a game wich is a pices of **** beacuse it is crashing every two secs then they say it your fault sort it your self FAIL FAIL FAIL!

[EAUK_Aurora]

Thank you for the information. I shall include it in my report.

[Eroneouse]

Have you all tryed to play in windowed mode, I understand that this will fix this issue for many and if you make the window as large as it will go it will almost be the same size as full screen.