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EA has today announced the immediate availability of a patch of hit PC evolution simulation game Spore. The patch is available now by launching the EA Download Manager or as a direct download from http://files.ea.com/downloads/eacore/eadm-installer.exe.
The patch comes in response to Spore players’ and community members’ feedback, fixing reported bugs, tuning gameplay, adding a new way to select multiple items to delete/ban in Sporepedia and introducing a cool new cube planet style.
This is a PC only patch, although EA says a similar patch will be available for Mac users in the near future.
Patch details:
Features
– Hold down the Control key in Sporepedia to select multiple creations for deleting or banning
– Hold down the Shift key in Sporepedia to select a range of creations for deleting or banning
– New planet style: Cubes
Graphics/Aesthetics
– Fix for game entry screen turning black when banning a creature in a Saved game
– Fixed issue with flora card in Sporepedia
– Space phase: Fixed graphic issue with water levels not updating properly with terraform tools so that visible water and atmosphere levels will now correspond in the Atmosphere monitor
– Fixed problems introduced via atmospheric and drought terraforming tools
– Improved gaits for multi-legged creatures
– Improved gaits for creatures with 2 limbs, but without any feet
Audio
– Space phase: Fixed missing VOX in some animations in Comm Screen
– Fixed audio issue with switching mode to 5.1 breaking music and VOX
– Fixed audio syncing issue when minimizing and/or maximizing Spore before opening video
– Fixed crash with city music player when Save and Load dialogs are present
– Fix for audio lag and missing models due background loading slow-down on certain single-processor machine configurations. This fix improved overall stability on this machine configuration
Tuning
– Space phase: Tuned relationship status to update in communication window after completing a mission
– Tribe phase: Tuned Normal difficulty mode to make social game easier
Miscellaneous
– Fixed the ESC key to consistently skip the Spore introduction movie
– Creators: YouTube video uploads are set to private. Go to YouTube.com and log in. Then go to – – – Account >> My Videos to set them to Public if you want to share your videos with the world
– Creators: Fixed limb joints not being selectable behind other limbs
– Tribe phase: Fixed crash while harvesting fruit and fish
– Space phase: Fixed timing bug using Planet Buster during Grox invasion
– Space phase: Fixed destroyed turrets mission
– Space phase: Fixed crash when zooming out to full galactic view from the center of the galaxy
– Fixed for game entry screen staying zoomed in after deleting a game and entering/exiting Sporepedia
– Space phase: Fixed City Hall updating bug. City Hall will now update to correct version if player has chosen a new City Hall during the transition from Civilization phase to Space phase
– Space phase: Fixed Vehicles updating bug. Vehicles chosen in the Colony planner will now update without requiring the player to leave and re-enter a planet’s atmosphere
– Fixed crash when transitioning from Tribe phase to Civilization phase
– Discontinued the Bad Baby Achievement
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