Re: Can't Download Spore Creepy & Cute Parts pack on Origin
I have a similar problem. Recently I started playing again after several years out of the game. The first thing the Origin client wants to do is re-download the games for some odd reason, even though they were working fine the last time I played (this also included having the C&C package installed). Now, after having done all that, I don't see the C&C thing listed to re-install it after the rest, even though it's showing up on my account purchase list.
However, I tried playing what I had, and I could see the C&C content, like for instance the arms and legs, so it might seem the re-install is reusing the original config, although I didn't actually try testing any of it to verify. But on the other side of it, my old content from the last time I played won't load up in the Sporepedia viewer. It shows a lock symbol and tells me it requires something I don't have installed. I also apparently lost my old save games, so I had to start over.
As I'm trying to investigate where everything went, and why my old content shows in the Sporepedia, but I can't actually use it, I decided to try uninstalling and re-installing. This is where things get a little strange. In the Windows settings Uninstall section, it showed duplicate Spore installations, one for the older "SPORE" game (both versions) and the new one as "Spore" (note the spelling), which means the client must've downloaded something strange that someone probably did to the game sometime during these past few years. My purchase was in 2016, so it wasn't that long ago.
The C&C package no longer shows up in my client, neither does it show properly online to purchase it (the "buy" button takes you to the Creature Creator page instead). This tells me either they no longer support the independent C&C package (maybe it was combined into the main, and thus the new download?), or their web site is broken, along with the game. I don't know why I would need to re-download something that was working fine before this ("if it ain't broke..." what was it again? Duh!), but now it's essentially broken. I can play a new game (if I can tolerate the routine periodic crashes), but all my hard work from before is gone.
And yes, the crashes are routine AND periodic. They seem to occur every couple of hours like clockwork, and probably due to a memory leak or something, forcing me to save my game at literally each and every step I make just to be sure I don't have to redo everything from scratch. Argh!
