I've been away from spore for a little while, playing new games such as Fallout 3, GTA IV etc. Coming back to the game though, has so far, been a complete nightmare.
I initially found that 99% of my old games either failed to load or had some other problem like certain planets causing the game to crash. After trying out various 'fixes' found on the forums I could be bothered to read I conceded defeat and deleted my saves and packages and started all over again. This was no small feat as my buddy list has over 25k creations without adding in the various sporecasts I'm subscribed to, downloading that little lot took the best part of a day!
So here I am with my nice new galaxy and I set about my new race with a lot of the eagerness that I originally had for the game. Expectations of the upcoming expansion at the forefront of my mind. After sinking about three days gaming into my new galactic empire I get an 'unexpected error' message. No problem methinks, restart the game and try again. This time the game crashes when I enter a different planet. Restart. Now the save won't even load.
I replace my 'corrupt' save game with my 'game0.old' and start spore up again, cross fingers click to load up my game... 'unexpected error'... bangs head on keyboard before saying a few choice words.
So my last three days have been for nothing, I am not sure what to do. From my last weeks experience any game I make is quite likely to end the same way. There really is no point in me continuing with Spore in its current state... unless I have missed something, some piece of advice or some 'fix' that will magically solve my problem!
So I turn to you fellow GamingStevers, any advice would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT: It would appear that ALL saves my game creates are corrupt, every single one. After starting a fresh galaxy I tried to start Spore again today and got a CTD before it even finished loading, I removed the save and it started and generated a new save but that too crashes the game when reloaded.
For anyone who could help I am using the latest patch and C&C Parts Pack. If I need to reinstall are there any issues regarding the DRM I need to know? i.e. Is my activation automatically revoked?