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The only reason im responding to this post in any sort of serious matter, is because of the last word you said.
If you arent being sarcastic, then you really need to not spread misinformation. There is NO game that has the ability to brick your PC. Not even MS itself, has the right to brick your PC. The most they can do is invalidate your current copy of windows.
Bricking a console, is entirely different from a PC, as the console is linked directly to that manufacturers DNS. What this means, is that when you are on a Wii, you will connect to Nintendo. On a PS, and you connect to Sony.
So in order to prevent hackers and cheaters, they will brick your system from their end. This only means you dont get updates and cant use their service. This does NOT mean the system becomes a brick and is useless. You are still able to play any hard copy games you have, or any games you have previously downloaded that doesnt require a connection to their service.
On top of all that, if you know your console well enough, you can usually flash a bricked system, to remove it.
A PC is even more personal than a console.
@OP, Im sure there is a way to mod it, but during this Era of gaming, modding wasnt as simple as what it is now. So you might have to really dig into it in order to mod things.
Final Fantasy VII from Eidos, was one of the earliest games I remember modding, and it was more or replacing files than actually mods. This can lead to unstable installs very easily.
Spore saves game settings in the Windows Registry. You don't think messing with the Registry won't brick a PC? Well, good luck to you then. Because mods that unlock things like the Plant Editor in Spore will modify the Windows Registry.
And I'm not even pointing out that SecuROM, the DRM that Spore shipped with, creates security holes that can only be closed by formatting your drive and reinstalling your OS.
And I would know. I had to do it when it let Conflickr hijack and brick my PC back in 2010.
Just be aware that no one will be there to help you restore your system or, at a minimum, to get Spore working again.
Electronic Arts does not support modding for Spore.
No, I know for a fact messing with the registry wouldnt do anything, as ive messed with it plenty. This is a bit misleading, I dont mean nothing would happen if you started removing things.
Securom creating security holes is something completely different.
The guy really has no idea what hes talking about, and he is using the wrong term I think. Bricking a PC would mean you arent allowed to use the internet..... I wont deny that screwing around with the registry can screw your windows up. However, and I repeat, there is NOTHING that can "Brick" you from accessing your PC.
The entire concept of this is absurd.
I have an SNES mini. It has X games. I am fully able to add (Mod)more games to this, however, if I screw up, I will "Brick" my snes mini, which forces me to flash it. It will not work again until I flash the mini.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_(electronics)
A PC (which is a consumer electronic device) that can no longer boot (without reinstalling the operating system), is "bricked". But I only worked technical support for 20 years, what the ♥♥♥♥ do I know, right?
But have fun walking LOLNO how to use regedit when they screw everything up because of your advice. Because I'm sure as hell not going to do it. I quit tech support for a reason (and I'm talking to it).
For someone that has worked in support for 20 years, you sure have a weird misunderstanding of advice.
Not once have I told him to screw around in his regedit, nor would I advise that to anyone that doesnt understand what they are doing, because yes, it can cause issues. This was never in dispute.
What was in dispute was your comment about modding a game, which then leads to it bricking your OS. This is absolutely untrue, and no matter how you try to spin this, it will never be true.
Securerom, caused a security issue. However, it never "Bricked" systems. Once MS disables your copy of windows, thats it. You can reinstall it all you want, it will never work again. So you can say MS is able to brick you, but NO GAME can. My mistake was when you said PC. You cant brick a PC. OS yes, PC no.
Now, I cant speak for the issue that you are talking about specifically, because I was never effected by it. Even though I owned it before and after that period you mention.
So there might be more to that particular issue itself, however, I stand by my statement, NO GAME currently available, has the authority to brick your PC.
You can either avoid using Spore mods until you know exactly what you're doing, especially with regards to Spore version, installation locations, mod requirements, and a working knowledge of regedit in case you need to fix your Windows Registry. As a back-up, I would also recommend knowing how to reinstall the operating system on your PC (including how to format your system, your OS installation method, and your OS product key). Because Spore messes with your operating system and the mods you're wanting will enable half-finished code with access to that operating system.
Or you can believe the console jockey and deny that anything that modifies an already bug-riddled game can possibly harm your computer and just go nuts downloading and installing whatever you find, wherever you can find it. Because malicious, incompatible, or poorly-coded software that can ultimately deny you access to your PC* apparently doesn't exist.
(*Sorry, "that denies you access to your operating system." You'll still have access to your PC. It just won't do anything anymore until you wipe it all and start from scratch.)
Not once did I say any of this. I simply said that Modding a game wouldnt "Brick" your system. Had you explained it the way you just did, id have said nothing. However, I know for a 100% absolute fact, there is no game, GAME, that has the ability to "Brick" a system.
You also said "Brick" the PC, which is also why I even stated anything, as thats even less possible, because there is literally nothing to "Brick" you from.
Bricking something, is to prevent it from accessing their server. Nintendo, Sony, Xbox(MS) will brick your system if you get caught hacking it or cheating it for any reason they state in their TOS.
This entire concept, doesnt apply to the PC, as its 100% custom from the onset. You have nobody to answer to for any of the parts inside except yourself, and the manufacturer of that product. This is why I conceded on the "OS", because MS can indeed prevent you from accessing their service, but not from accessing your PC. This is called ransomware.
So rather than providing the OP some actual, useful information, you decided to pick a semantic argument which did nothing but send "mixed signals" to the OP.
Well, congratulations, you have a different definition for the term "brick" based upon your (I assume) decades of console experience. Guess you won the thread then.
I'll just see myself out.
Well, I tend to not offer information about things I dont fully understand. In this case, what I do know, for fact, is that no game is capable of doing what you specifically said this game would do.
I then cited consoles as the example, because those are what get bricked, not PCs. So again, my information here is accurate.
This is not a semantic argument, this is something YOU said, that was incorrect about, and was misleading in a variety of ways.
As for my definition, no, the term itself, is pretty easy to figure out. As a PC cant be bricked. The only way to Brick a PC would be if the MOBO was to be locked, which again, falls under ransomware.
@OP - Sorry if it seemed like I was trying to give you information. I was in no way trying to teach you about regedits, or how to mod games. If you misunderstood, thats my fault.
TL:DR - Dont mess with your regedit unless you know what you are doing. This can screw your PC up big time.
>you use linux
how.