Spaztic_Reaper

Well I just got spore and installed it today. Everything ran nice and smooth at full settings until I got to the creature stage. I get stretched out random textures all over the screen, I can play just fine, but it does get a bit annoying and after trying the solutions on spore's website (set all graphics to low) I'm still having the same issue. Here's a pic:

Here are my specs:
Windows Vista x64 Ultimate SP1
AMD 9850 BE Quad Core @ 2.7 GHz
Sapphire HD3870 Toxic @ 864 MHz and 1305 MHz (Setting clocks back to default didn't help anything)
4GB 2X2GB G.Skill RAM
Seagate 7200 RPM 250GB Sata HDD

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sammorris

Hmm, that's a rather odd one. Which catalyst are you using?

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Spaztic_Reaper

I have the latest, CCC 8.8, I've also updated all my other drivers and directx to the latest release. The only thing to fix the problem so far is to set a profile for spore and do what their website recommends and i set the desktop resolution to 1024x768 and i set the game to that size also, same refresh rates too. It solves the problem, but then the game looks stretched out on a 19" ws and i have to reset my desktop res. each time i finish playing.

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And when we all looked at our friend while sitting next to the train tracks he put an unlit cigarette in his mouth and about 5 seconds later exclaimed "Shit I coulda sworn smoke was coming out of it, mus' be trippin balls."

BlueMak

This is a long shot, but try to set AA and AF on driver level to "let application decide" or whatever it is called.

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bLaZeR666_uk

I have a 4780x2 and I get the EXACT same problem. I cant play the creature stage because of this bug, any suggestions

Spaztic_Reaper

What BlueMak suggested worked for me, just created a profile on ccc for spore so I disabled AA and AF for spore only, and now things run smoothly on any resolution.

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And when we all looked at our friend while sitting next to the train tracks he put an unlit cigarette in his mouth and about 5 seconds later exclaimed "Shit I coulda sworn smoke was coming out of it, mus' be trippin balls."

sammorris

I have the 4870X2 and don't get the bug, crossfire on or off. What I do notice though, is that the game lags a little with CF enabled, presumably due to it being unsupported, so it's recommended you disable Catalyst A.I. to play Spore.

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Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC.
Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC.
I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display
DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15)
Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6