Spore Creature Creator now available
The Spore Creature Creator is a preview and demo for the full Spore game, which is scheduled for release on September 7. As you might expect from the name the Creature Creator allows you to build and customize creatures which you'll later be able to use in gameplay once the full game is released. I've been playing with the trial this morning and it does look very promising.
The Spore Creature Creator is Leopard and Intel Mac only. It requires at least an ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100. It will apparently not run on computers with the GMA 950 integrated graphics chipset on OS X (though, it will on Windows). The trial version can be downloaded directly from the Spore trial site.
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Source: http://www.spore.com/trial
EA has made the Spore Creature Creator trial available for download on both Mac and PC. A while back EA promised simultaneous release for...
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I have the full Mac version on CD, but it won't run on the Mac mini. I see there is a way to make the trial version work on the mac mini, but is there a way to make the cd version work on a mac mini?
July 03 2008 at 10:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes anyone have this "SPORE" folder? Can anyone PLEASE send it to me or upload it somewhere (e.g. Torrent) Thank you so much, contact: mjartan.tomas@gmail.com
June 18 2008 at 4:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoesn't work on macbook as far as I can tell. Tried a few things, no dice
June 18 2008 at 11:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHere's how to get the full version of the Spore Creature Creator to work under Mac OSX:
1 - Install the FREE version of the SCC.
2 - Get an installation (from a friend) of the full SCC.
3 - On the Mac, right click on the 'Spore Creature Creator Trail Edition' and select 'Show package content'
4 - Copy the 'SPORE' directory from the PC to Resourcestransgamingc_driveProgram FilesEA Games and rename it to 'Spore'
5 - Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences/SPORE Creature Creator Preferences/ and edit the system.reg file
6 - Add the following lines (anywhere in the file should do):
[SoftwareElectronic ArtsElectronic ArtsSpore(TM) Creature Creatorergc] 1213787222
@="SERIALGOESHERE"
And replace SERIALGOESHERE with the activation key from the CD/EA Store WITHOUT the '-' signs.
Now you should be able to run the full version of Spore Creature Creator on the Mac.
I have the same twirling spiral... so what?
June 18 2008 at 4:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's probably a rendering issue associated with whatever type of integrated video is used. I have the issue with my Mac mini. It'll be great if someone finds a solution, but I'm not expecting much.
June 18 2008 at 4:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyokay..now im up to a spiral galaxy and when ever i click it takes me to a website :0(
June 18 2008 at 1:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHmm im trying to edit the .plist while its mounted but it doesnt seem to let me edit it. what program should i open it in?
June 18 2008 at 1:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCopy the .app to somewhere else first, then edit it and run the copied .app.
June 18 2008 at 1:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHey guys hope this helps. I kept getting "could not verify install" once i changed the data in the .plst file. I switched to using TextWrangler and it worked fine. The problem was that i was trying to edit it in the default window. Hope this helps! Oh, I'm running a mac mini intel dual core.
June 17 2008 at 9:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhey TheWiicast could u send me detailed instructions of what you did b/c I'm having the same problem you had and I don't know how to fix it.
July 04 2008 at 2:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTheWiicast can you please send me detailed instructions of what you did to fix the problem b/c I have the same problem you did and I don't know how to fix it. my e-mail is hulse1016@aim.com
July 04 2008 at 2:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAm I the only one who has had my creatures disappear after relaunching the program? I've made about 7 creatures, only one shows up in my Sporepedia after relaunching the software...
June 17 2008 at 8:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI made one creature on my first launch, and he's not visible. All of my others are. Very odd.
June 21 2008 at 11:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIf you edit the xml file in the installer you can bypass the 950 restriction. I've got it running fine on my Intel C2D Mac Mini.
June 17 2008 at 1:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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