How to Properly Use DLC

[Shyny Magikarp]

Hey all, I've got a question. How do I properly use the DLC? I have the Creepy & Cute Parts DLC and the Galactic Adventures DLC but I want to know how to play Spore and access them? Do I have to simply install them or do I have to install and then play that version?

Will I lose my progress on my current creature?

[Just_Russel]

pretty sure you need to have them installed load them once, then play the galacy adventures one.

[Chocice75]

Launch GA for all expansions to work. You will not lose any save files.

[Shyny Magikarp]

Can I uninstall the original game and Creepy & Cute Parts after using them all once?

[sleeper]

Originally posted by Shiny Magikarp:

Can I uninstall the original game and Creepy & Cute Parts after using them all once?

probally not because there dlc

[Shyny Magikarp]

Originally posted by Alien Doge:

Originally posted by Shiny Magikarp:

Can I uninstall the original game and Creepy & Cute Parts after using them all once?

probally not because there dlc

I suspected as much but the sizes are quite large.. that's why I was thinking that it was perhaps possible

[ShadowDragon_79]

Originally posted by Shiny Magikarp:

I suspected as much but the sizes are quite large.. that's why I was thinking that it was perhaps possible

Wrong - that's exactly the reason why it *isn't* possible - all that size is data the game is using, and where should it get those data from if you uninstalled them?

There are such things as standalone-expansions, but then they're *larger* then the base-game, since they include it's data, and then some.
( well, ok - minus the originals' campaign-cutscenes, maybe )

Also, standalone-expansions would have their own subfolder in the folder where your steam-games are installed ( when looked into with Windows Explorer, or whatever filemanager you may use on your PC ) - and Spore:GA doesn't.

[Chocice75]

Originally posted by Shiny Magikarp:

Can I uninstall the original game and Creepy & Cute Parts after using them all once?

No.
If you uninstalled Core Spore, the game would crash when launching because GA still loads Core Spore's package files.
GA also loads C&C's package files if C&C is installed, meaning that C&C parts would no longer be present if you deleted C&C

[ShadowDragon_79]

Originally posted by ChocIce75:

Originally posted by Shiny Magikarp:

Can I uninstall the original game and Creepy & Cute Parts after using them all once?

No.
If you uninstalled Core Spore, the game would crash when launching because GA still loads Core Spore's package files.
GA also loads C&C's package files if C&C is installed, meaning that C&C parts would no longer be present if you deleted C&C

That's basicly what I tried to say, though I propably did so in too lengthy a fashion... ;)

[Evarika]

There's a way you can essentially get rid of this issue, though it's not really worth the effort, and I see I'm very late. You can shift the files from the DLC folders to the main game folders that would be run in the same situations as they are normally, though it may not function as well as it would normally, and may take several tries to find the right place to put them.

[Nirual]

Originally posted by ShadowDragon_79:

Also, standalone-expansions would have their own subfolder in the folder where your steam-games are installed ( when looked into with Windows Explorer, or whatever filemanager you may use on your PC ) - and Spore:GA doesn't.

well they ARE in fact bigger then the core game and also in a scale that would make sense if they included the main game. i was able to start GA before even starting to download the core game as well, bc of online not working i didnt try to actually start a playthrough tho
ps i know i am waay to late and maybe things changed since