Spore
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Maxis | |
| Publishers | |
| Electronic Arts | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 7, 2008 |
| macOS (OS X) | September 7, 2008 |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
| Spore | |
|---|---|
| Spore | 2008 |
| Darkspore | 2011 |
Key points
- Retail copies use SecuROM
General information
- Official game site
- Official forums
- Sporepedia - The official database for all user creations in Spore
- SporeWiki - A huge wiki dedicated to all Spore games
- Steam Users' Forums
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Versions
Spore Creature Creator
The Spore Creature Creator is the official demo/utility for the game. It contains only the creature creator portion of the full game with all possible body parts and skins available to use. All creatures created in the utility can be carried over to the full game.
A demo of the Spore Creature Creator (contains about 25% of the content available in the full utility) can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/17390/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/17390/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues fixed
Runtime Error R6025
In some instances when trying to run Spore it will crash-to-desktop with a 'Runtime Error R6025'. This is caused by corrupted files in the user's game files. The corrupted file(s) will need to be deleted; this will remove your to-date progress. To save your data it is recommended the SPORE folder in %APPDATA% be renamed (e.g. SPORE_OLD) then run the game. Now individually add each element back into the SPORE folder then checked to see if the game runs. Anything that causes the game to stop loading is corrupted and should be deleted.
Launch Error [2000] and [1004]
When launching Spore on Windows 7 or 8, it is common for it to crash and give the error 'Configuration Script Failed [2000]' followed by 'Could not find a needed package. The data directory is missing or corrupt. [1004]'. This is due to registry keys being deleted at every launch. To fix this, you need to enter the registry strings below to keep the right file path.
In layman's terms basically the game is trying to look for the files it needs in order to run in Folder A but Folder A does not exist therefore it throws an error. It can't find the files because the directions telling the game where to find the files are wrong, so we need to fix those directions and everything will be fine.
You must first go to your registry by looking for Regedit and running it as admin
From there you'll need to go to:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- SOFTWARE
- Wow6432Node (it may look different on a 32 bit machine)
- Electronic Arts
- SPORE
Now you should see some string values, some will be missing while others will be pointing to the wrong file path. If a file I mention isn't there then simply create it.
Essentially DataDir should point to your Data folder within Spore. Installoc would point to the aforementioned Spore folder and then you'd create two 32 bit word values by going to Edit then New. One should say ReIndexYesOrNo with a value of 0 and another one named InstallCompleted with a value of 1
Now I see the problem a lot of the time is that they're actually pointing to the wrong path as shown below
AppDir = SPORE
DataDir = C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\SPORE\Data\
InstallLoc = C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\SPORE
PlayerDir = My Spore Creations
DataDir and AppDir try to find an Electronic Arts folder and there simply isn't one (Folder A and this part only applies if you're using the Steam version) instead the file path would most likely look something like this
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spore\Data
For DataDir
For the Installoc it would simply stop at Spore
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spore
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP1, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent | |
| System memory (RAM) | ||
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.5.3 or higher | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo Processor | |
| System memory (RAM) | ||
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100 | |
- Supported ATI Radeon chipsets: 9500, 9600, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, 2400, 2600, 2900, 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870, 4850
- Supported Nvidia chipsets: FX 5900, FX 5950, 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800, 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800, 9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280
- Supported Intel integrated graphics chipsets: Windows: GMA 950, GMA 3x00 series. Mac: GMA X3100
- The game does not support PowerPC based Macs or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards
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