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i made some sort of creature while playing with the worst shader ever in spore [2008]

process video [slight eyestrain warning due to the fades to black]:

more info under cut

i was interested in changing up my reshade experience while using spore, so i went and downloaded gshade to mess with built in shaders and settings.

in doing so i made a pretty neat and colorful shader that increases the contrast of spore to make it more vibrant:

but also in doing so, i made a near unplayable shader that distorts, fades to black, deep fries, and pixelates the game. i wanted to see how well i could navigate the ui with it active.

the answer is not well.

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i made this weirdass chia pet in spore [2008]

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I made Pizzahead in Spore

Full video:

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welcome to the ecosystem! yet another has joined our ranks, and thus i must give you the official welcome-

can you make a grox in flight rising?

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I made a Grox from Spore (2008) in Flight Rising!

M Coatl (Dark Nature eyes) Red/Tiger | Dust/Alloy | Red/Basic

Cinnabar Spine Enhancement, Cinnabar Wing Enhancements, Cinnabar Ocular Enhancement, Cinnabar Arm Enhancement (Front), Cinnabar Leg Enhancement (Front)

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i made a grox from spore [2008] in flight rising in spore [2008]

welcome to the ecosystem!

welcome to the ecosystem! yet another has joined our ranks, and thus i must give you the official welcome-

can you make a grox in flight rising?

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I made a Grox from Spore (2008) in Flight Rising!

M Coatl (Dark Nature eyes) Red/Tiger | Dust/Alloy | Red/Basic

Cinnabar Spine Enhancement, Cinnabar Wing Enhancements, Cinnabar Ocular Enhancement, Cinnabar Arm Enhancement (Front), Cinnabar Leg Enhancement (Front)

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i made this weirdass chia pet in spore [2008]

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i made this weirdass chia pet in spore [2008]

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nice n bald

i spored the vote in spore [2008]

creatures made from two winners of michigan's 2024 vote sticker design contest

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i spored the vote in spore [2008]

creatures made from two winners of michigan's 2024 vote sticker design contest

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remember to vote if you are usamerican!

if you are not usamerican, please send your strength because politics are scary

sorry what was that i was playing spore [2008]

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i see it is boop season

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i made this fuckass table in spore [2008]

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the game update has been released. if you did the steps above for steam or whatever platform you have spore on, smc user rosalie has released a mod that backports the certificate changes to the 2017 update:

if you are like me and have steam spore, spore may be telling you it has unscheduled updates or a disk write error.

if this is the case, the read-only trick did work, but you must launch spore from the modapi launcher only from now on. as of right now my game is still fully operational.

happy sporing, everyone

tomorrow, october 23 2024, spore will be getting an update to renew the server certificates.

there will be no new content.

however, this means that all mods that use the ModAPI sdk will break upon the 2024 update. .package files will not break and will be functional upon update. Most mods that work on the current (march 2017) version of the game will continue working fine, though many will need ModAPI and the Launcher Kit to be updated.

SMC community modders are currently working on an open-source mod that will backport the 2024 certificate updates to the march 2017 version so march 2017 update players can continue accessing servers. when it is released, i will post a link to it.

if you use the GOG or origin/EA versions of spore, you do not have to update your game and if you do not update, you will not be able to access the servers, but your mods will continue to function.

if you use modded steam spore, set your game's acf files to read-only. from the SMC discord:

there is a way for steam spore to be prevented from updating. Locate the folder SteamLibrary > steamapps

[it was Steam > steamapps for me, so it may be different for you.]

If you arent sure where you installed steam, right-click a steam game > manage > browse local files. You can backtrack from there. Most people have steam installed under "program files (x86)" but it depends.' Set the following two files to read only: appmanifest_24720.acf which is Galactic Adventures, and appmanifest_17390.acf which is Core Spore. You do this by right-clicking the file, then properties, then select "read-only" in the attributes section. When you DO want to update, remove the read-only flag.

as of right now i have already taken these steps, and hopefully my game will not cease to function upon update day, but i am spreading this information so we are all prepared for if it does stop functioning.

as a precaution to prevent outdated information from spreading, i will be turning off reblogs to this post once the situation is resolved.

original posts from the official spore discord and smc discord under the cut:

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tomorrow, october 23 2024, spore will be getting an update to renew the server certificates.

there will be no new content.

however, this means that all mods that use the ModAPI sdk will break upon the 2024 update. .package files will not break and will be functional upon update. Most mods that work on the current (march 2017) version of the game will continue working fine, though many will need ModAPI and the Launcher Kit to be updated.

SMC community modders are currently working on an open-source mod that will backport the 2024 certificate updates to the march 2017 version so march 2017 update players can continue accessing servers. when it is released, i will post a link to it.

if you use the GOG or origin/EA versions of spore, you do not have to update your game and if you do not update, you will not be able to access the servers, but your mods will continue to function.

if you use modded steam spore, set your game's acf files to read-only. from the SMC discord:

there is a way for steam spore to be prevented from updating. Locate the folder SteamLibrary > steamapps

[it was Steam > steamapps for me, so it may be different for you.]

If you arent sure where you installed steam, right-click a steam game > manage > browse local files. You can backtrack from there. Most people have steam installed under "program files (x86)" but it depends.' Set the following two files to read only: appmanifest_24720.acf which is Galactic Adventures, and appmanifest_17390.acf which is Core Spore. You do this by right-clicking the file, then properties, then select "read-only" in the attributes section. When you DO want to update, remove the read-only flag.

as of right now i have already taken these steps, and hopefully my game will not cease to function upon update day, but i am spreading this information so we are all prepared for if it does stop functioning.

as a precaution to prevent outdated information from spreading, i will be turning off reblogs to this post once the situation is resolved.

original posts from the official spore discord and smc discord under the cut:

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a gentle peel this time, mostly intact

i made the boston dynamics spot robot but only with vanilla parts in spore[2008]

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i made atoegus in spore [2008]

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i made the boston dynamics spot robot but only with vanilla parts in spore[2008]