Creepy & Cute will not install correctly (origin, disc, steam) 0x0ec02d4c.exe
I HAVE SOLVED IT.
almost a year on and off trying to figure this out and i got it.
so while the error mentions a specific .exe, i will disregard it as it doesnt play as big of a part in fixing this as i expected.i will first explain what seems to be happening with the install that breaks C&C.
What is happening?
it seems when Spore C&C it installing, "0x2ec02d4c.exe " crashes for an unknown reason, and C&C does not go through the final steps it needs to go through, also possibly corrupting the data (package) file at the same time. but the crash/error is not detected by Origin or Steam, so it is considered "installed". I don't know why this is happening, why it happens with Origin and Steam, as it only seems to be happening on my pc for some unknown reason.
When i check the installed files and compare it to a proper install (on a different computer) i saw that the data file for C&C (BoosterPack_01.package) was not placed in "C:\Program Files (x86)\[origin or steam]\Spore\Data" and while i tried to copy it there, it did not work still, which makes me think it is corrupt in some way.
How to fix it?
this process is a little... inconvenient. Basically since something was damaged with the C&C file when it tried to install, i went to a completely different PC to install the game, then i took those install files to compare to what was on my pc to see what was placed wrong- BoosterPack_01.package was not in Spore's data folder. Simply find you Spore installation location and go to the folder titled "Data" and put BoosterPack_01.package from the good pc's install in there.
this is not too different from a solution to get C&C showing on Steam, just a few extra steps because by BoosterPack_01.package file just wasn't good for some reason. i can confirm this work when i installed the steam one and i have yet to make sure it works on origin, but knowing the problem is identical i assume it will.
while i seem to be the only person with this specific issue, i hope itll be useful to share. took me almost a year to finally solve by myself.
