So I downloaded and tried to install the trial for the Spore Creature Creator, you can find the download links for the USA here. I have been hearing so much about this game, and have watched some of my favorite people on YouTube.com play around with it, like sxephil (Philip DeFranco). Now, here are my system specs:
- Intel 3.0ghz Core2
- 4 gigs of RAM
- Nvidia 8800gt
- 750i FTW mobo
So I downloaded the app, and it went to install in the X86 folder, like MOST games do on my system, and I got this error
And of course, I went to Google to search for it, and found…nothing. Then I went to the support forum for Spore…which I could not find…then I hit up a couple of other Spore forums and sites, and found NOTHING about this error. So what did I do about it? Well, at first I was confused as I have an updated system, not ONE download from Microsoft was missing in Windows Update. So, I was like “fine, whatever, I will try downloading and installing Direct-X 9.0c” which, honestly I thought I did not have to do, assuming that DX10 was fully backwards compatible with 9, and that Microsoft would of installed it into my system by default. Not the case, I went and downloaded this version here (which BTW if you are using Firefox, the plugin will NOT load without a restart) so after going through my meaningless Windows Genuine Validation process, I downloaded the installer package, this tool goes through and checks my PC, and VIOLA, after it completes, I am able to install Spore. It was busy downloading and installing DirectX 9 optional compements.
Now, after installing the trial I was all like “WTF” because there was NO desktop icon, and NO Start menu linkage for it. What gives? I had to go into the file path found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\SPORE\Sporebin and make a link to the desktop out of SporeCreatureCreator.exe. So not only did the damn thing not go smoothly for me, after getting it installed, I STILL had to do work. And yes I did test this on a Vista X86 machine, and it had the same problem. Well, after all this hassle, maybe I will have time to actually PLAY with the creature creator now.