Questions tagged [spore]
Spore is a game from Maxis in which you evolve a creature from the cell stage to space exploration. It consists of multiple stages: cell, creature, tribal, civilization, and space exploration. The basic mechanics of each stage consists of gaining reward points (DNA for cell and creature, food for tribe, simoleans for civ and space). You spend the points to enhance your creature, tribe, civ, and spaceship. It is a massive single player game.
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I broke my Spore saves
I had to transfer my Spore files from one of my computers to the other so what I did is I sent myself %appdata%/roaming/spore/game0 and the game file and I just pasted all the files in not knowing ...
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Purple sky in Spore
I just playing Spore, and I'm on the Creature Stage. Don't know why, but I have purple sky. I watched let's plays, most of players have blue sky, but some have purple too. Question is: is purple sky ...
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Is it possible to reset my captain in the Space Game?
Is it possible to reset my captain to level 0 in the Space Game? How would I go about doing so?
I'd like to respec my equipment.
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How to play spore without a code?
So recently I bought a physical copy of Spore from a thrift store but when I opened it it only contained the disk. Can I play spore without a code?
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Problem with activating Spore (four options with languages that are not English)
I bought Spore (yeah, old game don't judge me) from a 3rd party store.
When I entered the key code to Origin it gave me four options, three are an Asian language, and one is probably Hebrew.
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Clothing piece stuck behind creature part. (Spore)
I have a tiny mask stuck behind a creature part and i cant move it or refund it. Is there any way I can sell it or get rid of it? Undoing does not work, and I have already saved my game so quiting ...
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Special kind of specie in Spore?
I was playing Spore and found some kind of special specie, as it had 999 HP and was really big compared to others, also it was pretty aggressive towards everything near it including my specie.
It ...
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Why can't I use Fire Bombs?
I'm trying to get my chieftain to use Fire Bombs during the Tribal stage, and nothing's happening. The button is yellow for some reason. When I click it, nothing happens.
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Spore space stage mission problem
I found an old CD with spore on it, and I installed it. However once reaching the space stage, after I finish all of the missions, I am left with this screen:
There are no more choices, no way to ...
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Retrieving code for Spore from 2010
So I bought Spore several years ago, apparently in 2010, and haven't played it in a while. I decided today I wanted to play it again, and it asked me for a registration code. I searched my email and ...
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Can I stop my allies from attacking me if I ally with the Grox?
If I get an ally's friendship score up to about 250 before allying with the Grox, will they still instantly hate me and attack me or will they remain allies?
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How can I get a Colony to Surrender instead of destroying it? [duplicate]
I am space stage right now and sometimes when I laser or bomb cities on a planet sometimes they will surrender, but other times they will just blow up. This gets annoying when I want to capture a ...
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Spore Problem with Missions
I can't run the "I'd like to colonize a planet" mission. And every time I leave the presence of my homeworld even if its just to my moon, it starts bugging me constantly. Can anyone help?
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What do the loyalty and happiness boosters do?
I understand that they boost happiness and loyalty, but I have absolutely no idea how. When using it I don't see any change with the happiness of the colonies, whether they were happy or unhappy ...
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I can't log in with a new account
I have recently installed Spore on a new computer. I used to have it on an older computer, but I forgot my account, so I made a new EA account and tried logging in. It keeps saying that I cannot ...
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What Happened To Spore servers? Spore servers gone!
I have recently been unable to log into my SPORE™ account, so I looked for help. EA said that the servers were down for newer accounts, but any accounts made before 2012 should be fine. Mine was made ...
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Network problem EA games
Last weekend I bought Red Alert 3 on steam with the intention to play it with a friend. I know the official servers are down, but it should be possible to play it via hamachi or other lan software.
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How do I back up Spore?
I'm about to move from one computer to another and don't want to lose my Spore save. How do I back up or transfer a Spore save?
Previously, I tried copying ...\AppData\Roaming\SPORE and pasting it ...
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Alliance benefits?
What are alliance benefits between me and another empire? So far my experience is:
That if they are attacked, I have to come and help (otherwise they claim it as "Failed Missions"). But when I am ...
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Is Spore as effective as on, when off?
On some games, like tribal survival management. When you tell a person, to collect "fishes" for example and then ratio is 1 fish/minute and you turn your computer for 2 hours. When you will log in ...
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Are Spore Galactic Adventures only about filming?
So far as I see. Spore: Galactic Adventures. Are only about filming and sharing stages with other players, judging by this video:
But their page: http://www.spore.com/...
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How to get full T2?
I am stuck with this:
How do I unlock it? Only I have is "Atmosphere Generator".
I don't want to use it, cause I haven't found another one and I am scared that if I use
it, it won't succeed to get it ...
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How do things work when multiple game saves try to punt each other around?
I have multiple saved games. One of them intends to eventually ally with the Grox. Another intends to wipe out all other empires. A third intends to control the galaxy via trade.
At some point, some ...
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I seem to be dying for some reason on inhospitable planets
Every now and then when hanging around a T0 planet my ship suddenly starts taking a lot of damage for no clear reason. I know it's not from destructive geysers because they provide obvious knockback. ...
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What causes empires to attack other empires?
I like to ally every empire I meet, but sometimes my allies will fight wars with each other, constantly nagging me to help them against each other and becoming angry that I didn't. What causes AI ...
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How to reliably capure cities instead of destroying them?
Sometimes you are forced to fight a spacefaring civilization. Sometimes their homeworld planet happens to have 10 cities and a precious sort of spice. Sometimes you really fancy the idea of capturing ...
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Can you change your icon color in Spore?
In Spore, tribal stage and beyond. You have an "icon color" of blue. Is there an option somewhere that lets you change this? I glanced over the game settings to no avail. In a game that lets you ...
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What triggers an AI empire?
AI empires are created around you as you go, but exactly what actions will cause an empire to be created and go active? Right now I'm forced to either ally or wipe out (take that, you stranger-...
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Can I meet the Grox or get to the center of the galaxy without antagonizing anybody?
The Grox are remarkably unpleasant, and will hound you on your way to the galactic core and back, and then possibly go into a nearly-infinite war with you, being extremely hard to eradicate at 2400 ...
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Can you check your progress before moving to next stage?
I seem to be unable to find out myself, but is there a way to check your progress after achieving the milestone to reach the next stage? For example, if during cell phase I get enough to move to land, ...
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How can I add more parts to my already complex captain?
I've unlocked some captain parts, but can only equip some of them before my captain's complexity meter maxes out. Is there any way for me to equip my captain with all these awesome things for which I'...
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Can't start the "go to war with another empire" mission
When you first get into the space stage in Spore, your homeworld has some missions for you to carry out. One of them, "It's time to go to war with another empire", often seems to be impossible to ...
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How can you determine a Spore save game's difficulty level?
I started a game in Spore, and I'm now at creature stage. However, I can't remember which difficulty level I selected when I started my game (at cell stage). Is there any way for me to find out ...
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Does Origin support Spore?
I came across my old Spore account last week, and contacted EA about if it works on Origin. They asked for my verification and I gave it to them, they verified that my Spore account was valid. The ...
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Cannot get past start screen in Spore
I just installed the game Spore. When I first dowloaded it off of Steam and updated it I thought it would work fine; I did my "homework" by searching in forums and such about reviews of the game so I ...
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How can I play Galactic Adventures in Ubuntu 12.04?
I have installed Spore and Galactic Adventures in Ubuntu 12.04 using wine-1.4, but when I try to launch Galactic Adventures, the normal game launches. Is there any way to get it to launch with the ...
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Does Spore Creature Creator offer the same editing functions as Spore?
I'm thinking of buying the Spore Creature Creator, and I'm wondering if it has all the editors/parts of the full Spore game?
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Spore freezes after playing for a while
I've been playing spore for a while now, and I found 2 peculiar phenomenons in the game:
Some graphics (such as the monolith, the construction of a colony and lava on planets) don't show up. By don't ...
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How do I deal with this "system under attack" graphics bug in Spore?
In Spore, sometimes when I'm in the space stage, I will get something like this:
As you can see, the "system under attack" symbol with the big downward-pointing arrow appears over each system, but it'...
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Can you install Spore on multiple computers?
I have just put a copy of Spore on eBay. Someone has already messaged me asking if there will be any issues installing it on their computer if it has already been installed on mine.
Will there be any ...
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A few problems with installing Spore (Mac)
I'm trying to install Spore on my Mac (MacBook Pro 13', Dual Core, Snow-Leopard).
I'm having a few problems... Not long ago a friend of mine gave me his Spore copy and his Spore key code to try and ...
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Shrinking and growing creatures with laptop
When you are making a mission, is it possible to turn creatures into epics and babies in Spore Galactic Adventure even though you don't have a scrolling wheel or if you have a laptop?
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Is there gameplay advantage of adding multiple similar parts to your creature in Spore?
In Spore, when adding a new part to your creature you gain the abilities that come with it (e.g. charm level 2, sneak level 1). Naturally, adding a better part (e.g. charm level 4) or replacing the ...
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What's the harm of dying in Spore?
Is there any harm, or any other effect from dying in Spore, in cell or creature phase?
It seems to me that the only consequence is that you get a death mark to your evolution history. However you ...
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Neutralize the Grox
In the game Spore, is there a non-cheat way to neutralize the Grox, whether by allying with them, utterly defeating them, or some other method?
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