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Spore 1.x



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NameSpore
Version1.x
License Retail
URLhttp://www.spore.com/
Votes 35
RatingPlatinum
Wine Version1.1.32
Free Download Creature Creator Trial
Maintainers of this version:
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Description
Version 1.x
Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)

What works
Installer
Game
NO-CD Crack
Creature Creator


What does not
Water Is Badly Rendered Lighting Looks Bad When On High


What was not tested
Online Mode
Past Tribal Stage


Additional Comments

Tested in dual screen, single screen and windowed mode with graphics on high.

No more ditches!
Nice that the game works pretty much flawlessly now!
Test Results
DistributionTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?RatingSubmitter
CurrentArch Linux (rolling release) x86_64Oct 30 20091.1.32 Yes Yes Platinum Max 
ShowUbuntu 9.04 "Jaunty" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Aug 15 20091.1.27 Yes Yes Gold Jonas Groth 
ShowUbuntu 9.04 "Jaunty" x86_64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jul 10 20091.1.25 Yes Yes Gold John Spaetzel 
ShowUbuntu 9.04 "Jaunty" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jul 05 20091.1.25 Yes Yes Gold Alexander 
ShowUbuntu 9.04 "Jaunty" x86_64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)May 14 20091.1.21 Yes Yes Silver Michael J. Abel 


Known bugs
Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
14932 Spore Prototype CityMaze: Rendering issue UNCONFIRMED View
15205 Spore: "river"-like artifacts scaring the landscape NEW View
15349 Spore crashes when leaving water UNCONFIRMED View
15380 Games Only Showing Mouse NEW View
16305 Spore doesn't start because my graphic card is below min spec UNCONFIRMED View
18878 SPORE does not install UNCONFIRMED View
18948 Spore, Sims 3: Only sound and cursor, no graphics, with intel cards NEW View

 
HOWTO: Play Spore with minimal problems

The easiest way to play Spore without problems in Wine:

  • Make sure youre using wine version 1.1.26 or greater.
  • Start Spore using the -safe flag, e.g. wine Sporebin/Sporebin.exe -safe
  • If you have problems: In the Settings menu, in Graphics, set the Lighting to the lowest possible quality. This is a useful workaround for almost all in-game crashes.
  • Also: Turning off shadows allows paint mode to work properly.
  • Enjoy.

If you experience problems:

  • Make sure the current working directory you run this from is the SPORE folder, not the Sporebin folder - it'll spin forever looking for the data folder otherwise.
  • Make sure you're passing the -safe flag.
  • If you are using PulseAudio: Try enabling the ESD driver, not the ALSA driver, in winecfg.

 
WARNING: Common pitfalls

If you experience graphical problems, please try to run your copy with the -safe flag, then file a bug with whether it works differently or not.

If you have problems with reaching the license server, please build from GIT or use this patch.


 
Experimenting with Offscreen Rendering mode (AKA: fbo vs backbuffer vs pbuffer)
If you're experiencing terrible performance, then playing with the OffscreenRendering key might be something you should try. Go to the key in the registry (use regedit) - http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys lists the useful Wine registry keys, where they are, and how to edit them.

 

The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. WineHQ is not responsible for what they say.

1.04 patch problems
by Rookrock on Wednesday July 15th 2009, 8:50
After nearly 3 weeks of working on it I got the dll override to work...which dll are you attempting to use?

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