Spore patch #1

Patches Spore to 1.01.

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andypants (2008-09-19)

Does this work with the original crack?

Nando2002 (2008-09-19)

of course not. you'll need a new crack if you want to play after patch.
I love guys like "owen1218" - post a torrent and then shutdown the PC. Argghhhhh!!!

Getus (2008-09-19)

wats the point in patch 1.01?

zagreus0 (2008-09-19)

First: Spore is an awesome game, and I hope everyone who wants to play it accquires it legaly.
Second:
Features
-New Cheat: "evoadvantage". Enter this cheat when are starting a new Creature game to choose any creature from the Sporepedia. Start a new game with one of your more evolved creatures!
-Display part statistics when you are in Build mode. Rollover any part and hold down the 'i' key.
-New Cheat: "blocksmode". Turns creatures into their blocky representations.
-More style filters. Open the cheat window and type: "stylefilter -microscope" or "stylefilter -norainbows" or "stylefilter -nextgen" to see the new styles
-Added 70 new planet scripts with a low terraform score, especially of the "hot and high atmosphere" type
Graphics/Aesthetics
-Animation improvements
-Improved the planets fogging, blooming and lighting
-Fixed animation issues with tool handling, hand walking and some of the more oddly shaped creatures
Tuning
-Creature phase: Improved the pacing towards the end of the game, and increased the challenge in Normal and Hard modes.
-Tribe phase: Increased the challenge in Normal and Hard difficulty modes.
-Civilization phase: Increased the challenge in Normal and Hard difficulty modes.
-Space phase: Made Empires in Easy and Normal modes demand reasonable amounts of money in exchange for peace and adjust the level of punishment if the player doesn't pay
-Space phase: Made disasters less likely to occur in Easy and Normal modes and increased the time between each attack from the enemy empire when the player is at war.
Miscellaneous
-Creature phase: Improved the way posse members behave during threatening situations and fights.
-Space phase: Made finding your home world and colonies easier in the Galactic view.
-Tribe phase: Made it so that tribe members can travel on steep hills if they need to do so now, but their speed will be reduced a lot.
-Fixed an issue with attacks not working on some bigger animals and larger animals not dying correctly
-Fixed collect mission not completing correctly when all parts have been collected
-Fixed problems with the "Rolling Thunder" and "Déjà Vu" achievements not being awarded as they should
-Fixed floating parts not being deducted from the budget when loaded into creator
-Fixed an issue with the rotation rings not resizing correctly when a part was resized and improved their look
-Fixed an issue where the terraforming score of planet could differ when revisiting a solar system
-Fixed the keyboard controls for zoom & pitch in the Colony Planner not working properly
-Fixed a crash that could occur when watching an epic creature attack a city
-Fixed some issues where the game would freeze when using the Creature Tweaker tool or when capturing a planet in solar view
-Fixed an issue where not all tribe members would obey the raid order when a large group was ordered to raid
-Fixed an issue where banning a creation from one of your other saved games would black out the main menu
I haven't downloaded from this torrent, so no clue if it works. :)

zineud (2008-09-19)

anyone tried it with the reloaded version ?
Don't tell me it won't work if you havent tried...

ZeppMan217 (2008-09-19)

Crack from RD wont work with ver 1.01) Tested.

zineud (2008-09-19)

thanx a lot ZeppMan217 ...hope a 1.01 crackfix will be released soon.

ZeppMan217 (2008-09-19)

I hope the same...Damn that DRM piece of shit and those dumb asses from EA...

huldu (2008-09-19)

Not sure what the point is posting this patch. Anyway we need a crack for 1.01.

scotty562 (2008-09-19)

I believe this is was patched so we don't have to install the EA Downloader to get the patch.

jthm0138 (2008-09-19)

Scanned with AVG no threats found.
And yes, the point is that with this download you will not need EAs download manager to get the patch.

scotty562 (2008-09-19)

I meant to say posted rather than patched in that first comment :). I scanned this file with Avira AntiVir Personal and it was clean.

ZeppMan217 (2008-09-19)

HOLY CRAP! Crack from RD started to WORK! OMFG! WTF!? I don't know WHY & HOW but it started to work! WOOOHHOOO :DDD

ZeppMan217 (2008-09-19)

EDIT: the game is working but crashing sometimes. For ex.: it crashed for me 2 times in 10 minutes. First when I tried to start a new game. The next one happened while I was playing Civilization phase.

kyle1085 (2008-09-20)

try http://gf.wiretarget.com/spore.htm to get the no cd patch for 1.01, i just downloaded it and will test it now.

notabook (2008-09-20)

@kyle
That fix is for the CREATURE CREATOR program, not Spore.

shinjidf (2008-09-21)

A team called "Battery" released a crack today, but I can't find it anywhere. Here's the NFO:

td00 (2008-09-21)

Note that the one "Battery" crack I saw appeared to have malware/virus. See comments here:

Bishounen (2008-09-21)

Patch does not work. I moved my cracked.exe (RD crack) to another directory, and renamed my original exe from sporeapp_exe.old back to sporeapp.exe. i then ran the patch, and received an error that it couldn't find the original file! I'm not certain if this is because I never installed the EA downloader or not. has anyone else had this problem?

shinjidf (2008-09-21)

@ td00:
Note that the one "Battery" crack I saw appeared to have malware/virus. See comments here:
Td00, Black Label is not Battery.

td00 (2008-09-21)

@shinjidf, yeah - Down in the comments on the BlackLabel page there is mention of the "Battery" crack you mentioned. Basically, the "BlackLabel 1.01" is fake and the "Battery 1.01" is fake and has a trojan.

Bishounen (2008-09-21)

I get this error when I run the patch:
"Old file not found. However, a file of the same was found. No update since contents differ."
That's an exact quote, including the grammatical error in the error message. I am running the RELOADED version of Spore: along with the RELOADED crack.
I have removed the cracked exe from the target folder and renamed the original .exe back to it's original name, and i still get this error.
Is anyone else getting this error????

thebeav111 (2008-09-21)

you're an idiot, you can't patch a cracked exe, put the original exe back in the proper folder (if you don't have it, you're going to have to reinstall), this is the official patch.

thebeav111 (2008-09-21)

ok I didn't read your whole post... so I'm impatient, lol... anyway just reinstall.

wassup4010 (2008-09-22)

The patch has tons of bugs and makes the game unplayable. Wait until the next patch before updating.
(I actually bought the game, just giving you guys a heads up.)

loumaigai (2008-09-22)

Thanks for the tip. The word on the Spore forums
is the same too-this patch sucks and creates more crashes and problems than what my purchased original game had.

ZealTheSavior (2008-09-24)

They're actually going to let you install it on 5 different computers.

mouldort (2008-09-26)

This, like all the 1.01 patches out there, will only work for the Direct Download version of the game (note the _dd_ in the .exe filename). If you have the DVD version of the game, legit or pirated, the only way I'm aware of to the get the patch is through the EA download manager that is optionally installed with spore. Don't know why EA released the DD patcher accessible for all, but I think you need to register for EADM to work - which is a no-no for us with the RELOADED release.

WRobN (2008-09-27)

First off all;
1. Dont download this. The patch makes a lot of bugs including one that makes invisible creatures in creature phase.
2. There are problems installing this, if you still like to try the patch follow steps below.
From link:
Everyone please feel free to provide detailed descriptions of your problems and solutions as you discover them.
To get the patch you must have EADM installed and running (it will automatically launch when you open Spore). The actual patch process should begin inside of Spore--there will not be any information in the EADM interface.
If you are unable to run the new patch, if you get an error message after it appears to successfully download the patch close Spore and please go to this path:
C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EADM\cache\
check the subdirectories--mine was in Anonymous
there is a file called:
spore_dd_patch_all_v1.exe
Disable firewalls, anti-virus, and passive file scanners.
Right click and run the patch as an Administrator (if in Vista) or try to run manually from this location. A regular install wizard should launch and walk you through the rest of the installation.
It may take several minutes or more for the wizard to complete, please allow it time to run.
EDIT: SporeMasterNumerator
Patch Install Failure
posted but keitar6

First you have to run the patch and let it fail with the error about the old file missing or not the same.
When this runs it will put the installer int a temp directory such as
Vista 64 bit
C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation
Go to this directory and open "setup.ini"
Down the very bottom of that page you will see
RequireExactLangMatch=0x0804,0x0404
DELETE THIS LINE
Also change the line CheckMD5=n
Save this file and then run the setup file in this same directory game will now install and runs perfectly for me.
Regenerating Package Files
After you have installed the patch and Spore is crashing when you start, this procedure may help.
Go to the Spore directory:
In Windows XP
\Documents and Settings\(Username)\Application Data\SPORE
In Vista
\Users\(Username)\AppData\Roaming\SPORE
The Application Data directory may be hidden. To display hidden files:
In the menu Tools->Folder Options->View
check "Show Hidden Files and Folders"
For backups, create a save directory called PackageBackup and move all the .package files into it EXCEPT EditorSaves.package.
Restart Spore.
"My Creations" should start to get repopulated.
It may help to enable the "Buddy Content Only" and hit yes in the popup window. Sometimes more content is added when you select this option.
You can disable the "Buddy Content Only" after "My Creations" stops getting populated.
Note: It may take a while to redownload your content from the server, but your saved games will not be affected.
If you have trouble, you can restore all your package files to their original location to undo this procedure.

WRobN (2008-09-27)

Quote @: ZealTheSavior at 2008-09-24 06:36 CET:
They're actually going to let you install it on 5 different computers.
They let you install it 3 times and 2 on request, afterwards, you can call EA to get a reset for installing another copy. A reset means you get 1 install back.
So to get 5 you need to install it 3 times, then call EA 2 times to get another install.
A install means a standalone install, so yes 5 pc's at same time can be used. But when one of your 5 pc's is messed up in some way, and you need a new install you have a problem.
Then you need to explain EA why you need another one....
And also 1 copy that you buyed from store will allow you to have only 1 useraccount.
Trust me... You cant register more then one account per copy...