Spore Trial not loading; Goes to black screen then reboots my computer.

majpain · 06-14-2008, 04:01 PM

Okay so I downloaded the Trial version of the creature editor and I go to run it and it just goes to a black screen then restarts by itself.

Now I already updated my drivers, DirectX, and have no idea why it is doing this. I fear it has to do with my video card.

My Specs

Pentium 4

CPU 2.0 GHz

1 Gig of Ram

Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro

XP

Now I believe the problem is my Radeon card which the updates suck ***. Now any clue how to correct this problem?

majpain · 06-15-2008, 09:30 PM

Surely someone has encountered a similar problem with another game? Please I'll take any advice.

DrerAhv · 07-08-2008, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by majpain

Surely someone has encountered a similar problem with another game? Please I'll take any advice.

I'm having the same trouble over here too. I have the Trial version of Spore, and when I try to start it up, it goes to the URSB rating screen, then it goes black,then it completely boots me out back to my desktop screen.

EDIT This time, when I tried to open Spore I got one extra screen before going black and then my Desktop. It was the EA logo.

Ryanplatt · 08-01-2008, 03:23 AM

hey guys, saw the thread coz i was havin the same problem, damn thing made me register :@

anyway i think i have fixed my trial version so it works every time

1) enter the directory tht u saved spore to (e.g C:/prog files/ ea/spore)

2) go into the 'sporebin' folder that is found there.

3) in here you will find the spore creature creator.exe file (the only file in there that has a logo). Copy this file by 'right click/copy'

4) go back into the previous, main directory. and paste the creature creature.exe in there. (e.g C:/prog files/ ea/spore)

5) you may/should now be able to run spore from this file. DO NOT run spore creature creator from your desktop shortcut, use the file you jus pasted to open it up!

6) that made my spore creature creator trial work. i also turned off my firewall, i dont know if this helped, but you could try it either way.

Hope it helped you, like i said, this helped ME fix the problem, i cannot guarantee it will solve your problem

Good luck,,, seems like a good game :)

Ryan.

06-14-2008, 04:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
majpain Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP 5.1	Spore Trial not loading; Goes to black screen then reboots my computer. Okay so I downloaded the Trial version of the creature editor and I go to run it and it just goes to a black screen then restarts by itself. Now I already updated my drivers, DirectX, and have no idea why it is doing this. I fear it has to do with my video card. My Specs Pentium 4 CPU 2.0 GHz 1 Gig of Ram Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro XP Now I believe the problem is my Radeon card which the updates suck ***. Now any clue how to correct this problem?

06-15-2008, 09:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
majpain Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP 5.1	Re: Spore Trial not loading; Goes to black screen then reboots my computer. Surely someone has encountered a similar problem with another game? Please I'll take any advice.

08-01-2008, 03:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ryanplatt Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP	Re: Spore Trial not loading; Goes to black screen then reboots my computer. hey guys, saw the thread coz i was havin the same problem, damn thing made me register :@ anyway i think i have fixed my trial version so it works every time 1) enter the directory tht u saved spore to (e.g C:/prog files/ ea/spore) 2) go into the 'sporebin' folder that is found there. 3) in here you will find the spore creature creator.exe file (the only file in there that has a logo). Copy this file by 'right click/copy' 4) go back into the previous, main directory. and paste the creature creature.exe in there. (e.g C:/prog files/ ea/spore) 5) you may/should now be able to run spore from this file. DO NOT run spore creature creator from your desktop shortcut, use the file you jus pasted to open it up! 6) that made my spore creature creator trial work. i also turned off my firewall, i dont know if this helped, but you could try it either way. Hope it helped you, like i said, this helped ME fix the problem, i cannot guarantee it will solve your problem Good luck,,, seems like a good game :) Ryan. Last edited by Ryanplatt : 08-01-2008 at 03:24 AM.