A Collection of Fixes - Page 3

Harkole · 19-09-2008, 10:23 AM

Patch is here, however Im not holding my breath so guess what...

... bump for the needy!

Eroneouse · 19-09-2008, 07:10 PM

Yup the faults just keep showing up.

Eroneouse · 20-09-2008, 04:08 PM

It seems the patch did not fix some issues it was supposed to deal with so back to the front with this. Is this thread still useful to people btw ?

Eroneouse · 21-09-2008, 01:17 PM

Bumpity bump.

Eroneouse · 21-09-2008, 05:07 PM

Added a couple of post patch fixes.

Tommytools · 22-09-2008, 11:40 AM

Just had a bit of an issue with starting up this weekend, but I managed to get it working again. I suspect its the security update mentioned in the OP.

I had been playing on saturday night, it first crashed after I left that game to go to bed. In the morning it refused to start up, giving the meh, whats it called again... Can't be bothered looking it up again :P The Dll thats missing bug.

Removing the game and all its data (including EADM) did not do anything to fix the problem with a fresh install. Neither did clearing HDD space (only had 10 gigs free, now 35) or defragmenting the drive (which was needed anyway). I ran windows update (running XP btw), got all the high-priority updates and let that install. When that was done I simply reinstalled spore and crossed my fingers.

Lo and behold, it worked. Glad I have a full (and expensive >.<) windows license and can update. Played from cell to space in one quick game last night, nothing odd.

Mind you I have not patched the game yet, still running straight off the disc Spore. I did try patching when I got the game, but the patch wouldn't install after DLing and I couldn't be bothered. Reading other people's comments on the patch made me decide to put patching on hold, so that at least I can keep playing.

Anyways, better go do something "productive"

Hope this info is useful for someone
Peace
TT

Eroneouse · 22-09-2008, 06:14 PM

Glad you got it fixed mate.

Eroneouse · 23-09-2008, 05:16 PM

Updated with a couple more tidbits of advice and helpful hints.

MrCai · 23-09-2008, 07:15 PM

nice one fella, this is a really useful reference - i think i've encountered most problems on here now! ugh. I feel as if i'm testing the game with all these bugs

believerofmajick · 24-09-2008, 04:22 AM

I had SPORE Creature Creator on my computer and it worked wonderfully. I bought SPORE and installed it, uninstalling the Creature Creator like you are supposed to. Now when I go into the Creature Creator within the actual SPORE game I have a problem. I should be able to resize body parts using the mouse wheel and am unable to. What happened between the Creature Creator and the actual game?

Eroneouse · 24-09-2008, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by believerofmajick

I had SPORE Creature Creator on my computer and it worked wonderfully. I bought SPORE and installed it, uninstalling the Creature Creator like you are supposed to. Now when I go into the Creature Creator within the actual SPORE game I have a problem. I should be able to resize body parts using the mouse wheel and am unable to. What happened between the Creature Creator and the actual game?

Maybe an old file from the CC setup was left behind and now causes some conflict but yes the mousewheel does/should resize parts.

Eroneouse · 25-09-2008, 10:26 PM

Hope some of the stuff in here is still of use to peeps.

harrylarrylofer · 27-09-2008, 12:56 AM

seems like i'm not the only one having problems got spore today and got through the cell stage but as soon as i get onto land bye bye spore and my pc resets itself its a radeon 9800 pro if thats of any help it also done this with stalker any help would be much apreciated as i've been trying to fix it for about 6 hours now

right now put my old card back in (nvidia fx5200) and guess what the game runs like a dream no problems no crashing nothing what the hells going on ?

Eroneouse · 28-09-2008, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harrylarrylofer

seems like i'm not the only one having problems got spore today and got through the cell stage but as soon as i get onto land bye bye spore and my pc resets itself its a radeon 9800 pro if thats of any help it also done this with stalker any help would be much apreciated as i've been trying to fix it for about 6 hours now

right now put my old card back in (nvidia fx5200) and guess what the game runs like a dream no problems no crashing nothing what the hells going on ?

Supported Video Cards
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NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280

ATI Radeon(TM) series
9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900,
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
4850

Intel(R) Extreme Graphics
Windows: GMA 950, GMA 3x00 series
Mac OS X: GMA X3100

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run
comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in
vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some
GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Intel integrated
chipsets featuring underclocked parts, such as the 945GU, GML,
and GMS, will not perform adequately.

Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA
TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but
should run satisfactorily.

Please note that attempting to play the game using video
hardware that isn’t listed above may result in reduced
performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not
run at all.

The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.

The 9800 is in the supported list so cant say really other than obviously a prob with the game and the newer card. Did you try the newer card on older drivers as well as newest drivers, sometimes going back a revision or two can fix some driver probs, or rather fix probs a game is haveing with that driver revision.

flatfroggerx · 28-09-2008, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harrylarrylofer

right now put my old card back in (nvidia fx5200) and guess what the game runs like a dream no problems no crashing nothing what the hells going on ?

This concerns me. Swapping between nvidia and ati drivers is going to mess something up.

I'd make sure you are doing a proper clean up of drivers inbetween using something like driver sweeper. I'd also try omega drivers if official ati drivers aren't working properly.

Eroneouse · 28-09-2008, 08:09 PM

As Flatfroggerx says it is very important to make sure you are useing the correct drivers for your devices and also to make sure that when you swap from one device to another you clean out the old drivers for a device properly before installing new items of hardware.

harrylarrylofer · 28-09-2008, 08:24 PM

ahh haa it works! lol i downlaoded the omega drivers for the ati and it works perfectly

cheers guys

Eroneouse · 01-10-2008, 02:21 PM

Nice one Harry, I R glad this threads still helping folk.

Eroneouse · 04-10-2008, 03:37 PM

Just pokein this one to the front again.

arT2superspore · 05-10-2008, 07:05 PM

bump

Eroneouse · 10-10-2008, 10:53 PM

Seeing new names posting old probs so back to the front with this.

Eroneouse · 16-10-2008, 09:33 AM

Bump, just in case its still usefull.

The_Doctor · 16-10-2008, 09:48 AM

Any known and proven fix for Invisible Enemies and Creations

Eroneouse · 19-10-2008, 05:58 PM

I see people are still asking for fix threads so time to bring it to the front again, I guess I should update this at some point.

LXYDuckboy · 19-10-2008, 08:39 PM

omg omg i installed the net frameworks (1.1 and 3.0) for vista and my crash when meeting this new race never happened! :O

so lets see how far the rabbit hole goes without a crash

UPDATE: didnt crash in space age but crashed in a new game when going from cell to creature stage....so waiting for a reply from EA and in the meantime never touching spore till they fix this >

19-09-2008, 07:10 PM	#52 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Yup the faults just keep showing up. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

20-09-2008, 04:08 PM	#53 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	It seems the patch did not fix some issues it was supposed to deal with so back to the front with this. Is this thread still useful to people btw ? __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

21-09-2008, 01:17 PM	#54 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Bumpity bump. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

21-09-2008, 05:07 PM	#55 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Added a couple of post patch fixes. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

22-09-2008, 06:14 PM	#57 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Glad you got it fixed mate. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

19-09-2008, 10:23 AM	#51 (permalink)
Harkole Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 45	Patch is here, however Im not holding my breath so guess what... ... bump for the needy!

22-09-2008, 11:40 AM	#56 (permalink)
Tommytools Hi, I'm New! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1	Just had a bit of an issue with starting up this weekend, but I managed to get it working again. I suspect its the security update mentioned in the OP. I had been playing on saturday night, it first crashed after I left that game to go to bed. In the morning it refused to start up, giving the meh, whats it called again... Can't be bothered looking it up again :P The Dll thats missing bug. Removing the game and all its data (including EADM) did not do anything to fix the problem with a fresh install. Neither did clearing HDD space (only had 10 gigs free, now 35) or defragmenting the drive (which was needed anyway). I ran windows update (running XP btw), got all the high-priority updates and let that install. When that was done I simply reinstalled spore and crossed my fingers. Lo and behold, it worked. Glad I have a full (and expensive >.<) windows license and can update. Played from cell to space in one quick game last night, nothing odd. Mind you I have not patched the game yet, still running straight off the disc Spore. I did try patching when I got the game, but the patch wouldn't install after DLing and I couldn't be bothered. Reading other people's comments on the patch made me decide to put patching on hold, so that at least I can keep playing. Anyways, better go do something "productive" Hope this info is useful for someone Peace TT

23-09-2008, 05:16 PM	#58 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Updated with a couple more tidbits of advice and helpful hints. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

23-09-2008, 07:15 PM	#59 (permalink)
MrCai Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 39	nice one fella, this is a really useful reference - i think i've encountered most problems on here now! ugh. I feel as if i'm testing the game with all these bugs

24-09-2008, 04:22 AM	#60 (permalink)
believerofmajick Hi, I'm New! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1	Problem in creature creator I had SPORE Creature Creator on my computer and it worked wonderfully. I bought SPORE and installed it, uninstalling the Creature Creator like you are supposed to. Now when I go into the Creature Creator within the actual SPORE game I have a problem. I should be able to resize body parts using the mouse wheel and am unable to. What happened between the Creature Creator and the actual game?

25-09-2008, 10:26 PM	#62 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Hope some of the stuff in here is still of use to peeps. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

27-09-2008, 12:56 AM	#63 (permalink)
harrylarrylofer Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2	tryed everything seems like i'm not the only one having problems got spore today and got through the cell stage but as soon as i get onto land bye bye spore and my pc resets itself its a radeon 9800 pro if thats of any help it also done this with stalker any help would be much apreciated as i've been trying to fix it for about 6 hours now right now put my old card back in (nvidia fx5200) and guess what the game runs like a dream no problems no crashing nothing what the hells going on ? Last edited by harrylarrylofer; 27-09-2008 at 04:13 PM..

28-09-2008, 08:09 PM	#66 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	As Flatfroggerx says it is very important to make sure you are useing the correct drivers for your devices and also to make sure that when you swap from one device to another you clean out the old drivers for a device properly before installing new items of hardware. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

28-09-2008, 08:24 PM	#67 (permalink)
harrylarrylofer Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2	ahh haa it works! lol i downlaoded the omega drivers for the ati and it works perfectly cheers guys

01-10-2008, 02:21 PM	#68 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Nice one Harry, I R glad this threads still helping folk. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

16-10-2008, 09:48 AM	#73 (permalink)
The_Doctor Forum Junkie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Yorkshire, England, UK, The Earth, The Universe, Some Planet in a Solar System Age: 27 Gender: Private Posts: 4,968 Blog Entries: 3	Any known and proven fix for Invisible Enemies and Creations __________________ EA Forum Member for nearly 3 years. GhostStorm Founder Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Nutronic

04-10-2008, 03:37 PM	#69 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Just pokein this one to the front again. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

05-10-2008, 07:05 PM	#70 (permalink)
arT2superspore Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4	bump

10-10-2008, 10:53 PM	#71 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Seeing new names posting old probs so back to the front with this. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

16-10-2008, 09:33 AM	#72 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	Bump, just in case its still usefull. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

19-10-2008, 05:58 PM	#74 (permalink)
Eroneouse Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Posts: 809	I see people are still asking for fix threads so time to bring it to the front again, I guess I should update this at some point. __________________ Do you know you have a pencil up your nose sir. Ohh err yes Ive been sleep doodling... I am very bad at it.

19-10-2008, 08:39 PM	#75 (permalink)
LXYDuckboy Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 112	omg omg i installed the net frameworks (1.1 and 3.0) for vista and my crash when meeting this new race never happened! :O so lets see how far the rabbit hole goes without a crash UPDATE: didnt crash in space age but crashed in a new game when going from cell to creature stage....so waiting for a reply from EA and in the meantime never touching spore till they fix this > Last edited by LXYDuckboy; 20-10-2008 at 09:53 AM..