Can Spore play on Windows 8?

[Roxas]

The reason I want to know this because I have the game but don't know if I can play it on my new computer, so if any knows please tell me!

[Vladimir Poutine]

Yes and no..

Spore was created to run on windows XP not 7 or 8. But the game will still run on both 7 and 8 but there's a common glitch if you're using 7 or 8 which causes the game to randomly crash every 10-25 mins if you haven't yet bought the game i recomend you don't unless you have a windows XP computer

[Rem Lezar]

I've already played it on Win 8. I runs without glitches or bugs but it crashed a few times already. The problem is, that it does not save the progress, thouth you can start new game from diffrent stage(tribe for example), The problem is that some features (small ones) will be disabled, cause you "have to finish the creature stage".

[Roxas]

thanks you

[Vladimir Poutine]

Originally posted by Fessor:

I've already played it on Win 8. I runs without glitches or bugs but it crashed a few times already. The problem is, that it does not save the progress, thouth you can start new game from diffrent stage(tribe for example), The problem is that some features (small ones) will be disabled, cause you "have to finish the creature stage".

1. If it crashes then it's a bug (Which is the compaitiblity bug you're not an exception here)

2. If there was an autosave feature and it autosaved and half way thru the game crashes then you lose all save files! (This isn't the problem! implementing this without fixing the first bug will only lead to more BS)

3. Not too sure what you're trying to say near the end it makes 0 sense

Why do you reply nonesense in every forum post about how you can get it working? when clearly you just said it crashed 2 times which is the common issue with the game you're clearly not an exception and you're making a fool out of yourself you don't know what you're talking about.
What you're doing right now is trying to make this poor guy buy a broken game that's not cool man.


Edit: Your profile only says you played spore for 4 hours and the main glitch happens only in space stage you clearly haven't been playing enough to expirence any bugs again quit talking out your butt

[Jacob]

so far, i've been on windows 8 and i'm able to play for hours without crashing.

BUT.. i have the physical copy from when i bought this when it was new.. not sure if having the physical copy is what's preventing me from having any issues or not, but i'm definitely not having any issues with the game at all.

[Vladimir Poutine]

Originally posted by Jacob:

so far, i've been on windows 8 and i'm able to play for hours without crashing.

BUT.. i have the physical copy from when i bought this when it was new.. not sure if having the physical copy is what's preventing me from having any issues or not, but i'm definitely not having any issues with the game at all.

I have minimal problems myself but sometimes it crashes every 15-25 mins it's completely random but some days it happens more than others unsure of the direct issue is with the compaitiblity perhaps I could compile the crash codes and have them looked at by an expirenced person. But I'm pretty sure it's something that can't be fixed without a mod or patch from EA

Reason I really don't want to play the game anymore is because of the fact that i keep losing saves because of the crashes (Which normally isn't a big deal I save every 13mins) but for others it can turn into an massive issue depending on the luck so that's the 1 reason why I wouldn't recomend anyone without a windows XP computer to buy it i regret buying it such a waste. but the gameplay overall is just 7/10 great game!

But I'm glad to hear you're having very minimal issues and it's probably the version of the hardcopy maybe? but i know this bug only happens on space stage maybe it's due to the fact that they're soo many stuff going on in the space stage that it's overloading the app?

well reguardless of what it is it still works perfectly on windows xp and I've never had a crash nor did my friends who have an xp system and play older games on steam on it.

[realskibidicat]

yea you can play it on windows 8

[Vladimir Poutine]

Originally posted by goozieman1:

yea you can play it on windows 8

What a moronic comment seriously! We just said in the above it would work so why would you make another comment to say it works? logic?.. why would you resurrect this dead thread?

[Tacet the Terror]

Originally posted by Shazam:

Originally posted by goozieman1:

yea you can play it on windows 8

What a moronic comment seriously! We just said in the above it would work so why would you make another comment to say it works? logic?.. why would you resurrect this dead thread?

I'm playing it on windows 8 and the only crash I have had so far is from clicking esc past cutscenes and menus too quick. LOL

[LupisVolk]

runnind Win 8.1 i think and i've had no bugs or crashes.

[Fluttershy >:3]

Originally posted by Shazam:

Yes and no..

Spore was created to run on windows XP not 7 or 8. But the game will still run on both 7 and 8 but there's a common glitch if you're using 7 or 8 which causes the game to randomly crash every 10-25 mins if you haven't yet bought the game i recomend you don't unless you have a windows XP computer

It does work on Vista though, I got a friend who has it on vista and it says so on the games store page anyways

[Bullet_time91]

(Y)

[ForesterSOF]

What about compatability mode as Admin.

[ビーチミルク]

Yes, it does sometimes glitch and stop working, but a solution is to save it at least every 10 minutes. I found that if you save it frequently, it can make your game last significantly longer before it crashes. Being this is something that might not work on all computers, I hope it helps :)

Originally posted by Shazam:

Yes and no..

Spore was created to run on windows XP not 7 or 8. But the game will still run on both 7 and 8 but there's a common glitch if you're using 7 or 8 which causes the game to randomly crash every 10-25 mins if you haven't yet bought the game i recomend you don't unless you have a windows XP computer

[CringePotato]

i have the sorta unstable bots part version nonsteam and i have windows 8 so yours HAS to work