Comments on: Spore Creature Creator Download Problems [UPDATE]

By: sean

sean — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:45:52 +0000

okay my problem is after you create your creature areant you sopposed to be able to go into a big world or summtin cuz all i can do is just create multiple creatures without doing anything with them???? did i do something wrong?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:49:32 +0000

My problem is with the Downloadable version of Spore. After several 8 hour downloads and several installation errors, I’ve come to the conclusion that their Download Manager stinks! It is always coming up with the Audio 2 setup .cab not being what was expected. The advice it gives is to say that the download may be corrupted. I’ve actually managed to play this game for about 10 minutes at a clip, but then it crashes. I will never DOWNLOAD a game from EA again, and will probably never purchase a game from EA as well.

By: guest

guest — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:40:09 +0000

Unknown HTTP Error

- I had this message while trying to use the EA Download Manager (thanks for the total absence of help on the support site, BTW EA…) I solved it by 1) right-clicking and running the EADM as an administrator and 2) setting IE as my default browser (previously it was Firefox).

Worked for me. Though I don’t know which was the solution or whether both steps are needed.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:06:46 +0000

Well i have a different problem then most people i don’t have the patients to read all of it but i recently downloaded the game from EA and when i click on the spore application nothing happens and i’ve clicked on it for awhile and waited and hour nothing happened and repeated the process again and nothing happened. Very depressing and so far a waste of 50 bucks.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:26:24 +0000

The System Requirements are WAY too strict to even be a game I met all requirements except for the “specific” video card that you MUST have. I think they should have made it possible for any computer that’s at least XP-Vista compatible and should work with ANY ATI software and Video Card.
I have the ATI Radeon 9200 so make a new one i’m not gonna spend about a hundred bucks for one cheap game. Espesically for the horrible publicity it has. Yeah it looks fun, but just how many people get to play only a few. Crappy Rich People think we MUST go out and buy anything and ever thing just because they couldn’t just use Direct X and leave it at that no you have to have a SPECIFIC video card that’s really expensive for such a cheap game you find on the store rack. Even Crisis plays fine on my system, but not this load of crap! MAKE IT COMPATIBLE FOR ANY ATI VIDEO CARD RIP OFF ARTIST!

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:50:44 +0000

I ceep trying to install the disk version of Spore and it will not play the game. The book says that i should be able to find the launcher in ALL PROGRAMS but i am unable to. I have vista and i installed dirextX and still nothing. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

By: HEB

HEB — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:35:05 +0000

I bought Spore today. I am running Vista on a top of the line Sony desktop less than six months old. When I attempt to install the game, it keep loading over and over the EA help files. It is as though it is in a “loop”. Restarting, ending all background programs does no good. Any ideas?

PO’d in Texas

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:58:35 +0000

I bought the dowbnloadble version through ea, downloaded the damn ea download manager, have a link and all that, but it wont connect and download, anyone know how to help?

By: wth

wth — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:17:15 +0000

I downloaded spore, and I got the Sims Life Stories.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:09:25 +0000

I bought spore for windows…I have a vista. I installed it and then downloaded the newest ea download manager. Now I do not know how to start the spore game or create a account for ea download manager
HELP!!!!

By: Noel

Noel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:56:37 +0000

After looking at about the first 50 comments, I decided no one here seems to be having the same problem as me.
I bought the CD at a real store, and intalled no problem. Click it to play and a window pops up saying…

“The game needs access to the internet in order to verify ownership of this game. Please ensure your conected to online”(or simular)

Incase you were wondering I have internet connection….or I wouldn’t be ‘online right now on this site sending this comment’…. EA site has nothing helpful have contacted them they said they needed a screen shot!?!?! of error…why I dont’ know, I meet all min requirement with no problems, drivers are all updated….no idea of how to by pass…even tried stopping virus/firewall/internet security just to play a $10 game!!
ANY IDEAS!!!!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:23:16 +0000

My problem is is that everytime I try to download it on my mac my computer shuts off. its happened about 6 times now and everytime it happens, I see how many GB have been taken off and I have like 12 taken off! but the game is NOWHERE in my computer. I’ve uninstalled the trial version, I’ve done everything. SO very unhappy.

By: some guy

some guy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:03:35 +0000

After seeing the commercials and playing around with the free Spore Creature Creator demo I decided to buy the full version of the game. So I hopped in my car, went to my local Best Buy and plunked down my 50 bucks.

I came home and installed it. But first it required I delete the demo. Okay, fine. Not a big deal After about 20 minutes it was ready to play. I went to start it and got the following message:

“The Game can not start

The game needs access to the internet in order to verify ownership of this game. Please insure that your computer is online and try again”

What the Hell?! I looked at the box and sure enough in print so tiny the Federal Trade Commision should outlaw it’s use, it said internet connection required to activate.

I installed it to a computer that is NOT connected to the internet. And that is on purpose. I use it mostly for work and after losing several hundred dollars of work to a nasty virus a few years back, I’ve never had my work computer connected. And yes I use anti-virus software on it anyway, but it’s not worth going through that head ache again. I’m writing this on a cheap laptop that is too underpowered to play any games.

But getting back to EA’s activation scheme. First of all, ownership was VERIFIED when Best Buy accepted my debit card, printed out a reciept and handed me the game! This is nonsense. Actually doubly so since finding out that people can’t get activation even though they are online. (EA servers keep going down) So they’re screwed too. How pissed would you be then? The $50 dollar game is on your computer ready to go, but EA won’t let you play it.

In all the years this program was in development it never occured to the genuises at EA that not every customer would play online or even be connected to the internet?

How did that happen? Was it something like this…

First Guy: “So we’re about ready to wrap this up and ship it. Great job by the way, this is going to sell a zillion copies. How do we set up product activation? Just the usual key that goes with each disk?”

Second Guy: “No, too easy. How about that, PLUS you have to go online and do it again. That is if the servers are even on line that day.” (Smirk)

First Guy: “Uh, but what about the thousands of customers who don’t plan on going online with this, and/or can’t because they aren’t connected to the internet? Isn’t that going to kind of screw them over?

Second Guy: “Who cares. Once we have their money there’s nothing they can do. Look, I checked with legal and we’ll put on a microscopicly tiny disclaimer. Then they won’t have a leg to stand on.”

First Guy: “I don’t know about that. I think it’s going to piss a lot of people off”.

Second Guy: “Like I said, Who cares? Now lets get lunch”.

Great job Electronic Arts. I’ll never buy another PC game from you again. You’ve just lost hundreds of dollars in future revenue. Not much from one guy, but multiply that by the thousands of people you just screwed over.

I understand you need to protect your copyrighted work. But by making a nightmare out of loading and playing a game I LEGALLY PAID FOR you will lose business. And deserve to.

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:05:40 +0000

There is a separate downloads for the Mac version, I believe.

By: blake

blake — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:42:36 +0000

i bought the game online. it said it will work on macs.

well when i click to download the game it brings up this page that cannot be displayed. used safari and firefox.

i also downloaded the ea installer it says u need. well thats only for windows. my mac wont play it.

so anyone know whats up? it said on there page it works on macs also. and i got it of of ea’s site.

thanks