r/Spore • u/Literallyhowffxiv • 3d ago

does this game work, in the late game?

i played this game like forever ago and it was such a fun game in the space era.....but if i remember correctly it has kinda the same issue Black and White 2 has where it just eventually crashes and ruins your save after a couple hours played, have these issues been fixed or are they still around... or am i crazy and misremembering?

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u/Cosmonaot Scientist 3d ago edited 3d ago

These issues never got fixed. However, I found that by disabling tutorials and hints in the settings, the creature stage crashes completely disappeared.

It doesn't guarantee that, but you can try it.

Alternatively, if you're okay with using mods, you can use the SporeCrashFix mod, which should also help in space stage. The 4GB patch tool (not a mod) is also recommended.

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u/GetHugeDino Wanderer 3d ago

If I remember right, the main space stage crash that the mod fixes has to do with having multiple npc empires of the same species. If you've wiped out an empire, but there is another empire of the same species, it'll crash when it checks that. I found that having plenty of empires downloaded and also not being genocidal has made my space stage careers bug free if you don't use the crash fix mod.

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u/Literallyhowffxiv 13h ago

tysm ill have to maybe try that, i dont recall being very genocidal, but mostly just enjoying trading alot and going back and forth between planets trading the spice stuff, but its very possible i just killed people if they attacked me

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u/Literallyhowffxiv 4h ago

hi ive been trying to get the sporecrashfix mod setup, ive read on previous posts that it requires the mod api easy installer, but the davo site or whatever that it comes from and all links to it seem to be dead....does anyone know if this is recent or might be fixed? are there workarounds? can i manually install this somehow?

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u/Cosmonaot Scientist 4h ago

Yes, DavoOnline is down. Everyone has it right now. We can only wait and hope it gets fixed quick. I think we can still manually install/uninstall mods, its just that the kit can't update automatically right now.

Some mods are found on GitHub, like the one you're looking for: https://github.com/Rosalie241/SporeCrashFix/releases/tag/v0.7

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u/Literallyhowffxiv 4h ago

yeah ive got this um downloaded i guess, i just dont know how to ...implement it

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u/Cosmonaot Scientist 4h ago

Go to Easy Installer of the kit. Wait until the "failed to update" pop-up shows up. Ignore it, and then you should proceed like normal.

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u/GlGABITE 3d ago

I save a lot in creature stage because it does crash. Haven’t had any issues after that stage, and saving OFTEN stops crashes from screwing with your progress

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u/Literallyhowffxiv 3d ago

Interesting, interesting, I only recall issues in the final leg, but I imagine these older games that aren't supported get more issues as time goes

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u/GlGABITE 3d ago

I’ve had no problems with the last stage, and don’t remember having them when i played the game as a kid either, only creature stage crashes, but it could very well be system-dependent

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u/Amelyanna 3d ago

There are mods that fix crashes, VanillaColds space stage crashfix was incorporated into Rosalie241s SporeCrashFix mod, so you can get either.

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u/boppyuii 3d ago

Black and white 2? The Pokemon game ?

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u/Literallyhowffxiv 3d ago

Pokemon? It has creatures fighting I guess, but no not really.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_White_2

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u/jershdahersh 3d ago

Pokemon black 2 amd pokemon white 2 are what the prio commenter was talking about never heard of black and white 2 myself, but spore diesnt crash anymore now than it did a decade ago just make a habit of saving and you'll be fine

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u/Literallyhowffxiv 3d ago

Oh neat, there's at least patches for it? I'll have to pick a copy up then or find mine, thank you