Re: SPORE BAD_DATA

Hi, I found that link and tried to do it, but I couldn't find SPORE in my applications folder (or anywhere else), so couldn't continue

@hazardalert94

Have you installed the game via Origin?

On my machine, the file to copy is located here:

Origin Games\Spore\Data\Locale\en-us\NameGeneration.package

...and this is to be copied to the following location if it is missing from there:

Origin Games\Spore\Data\Locale\en-gb

Yeah, I installed it from origin, and open up origin to play it.

I am using a mac. Sorry, I couldn't find the:

Origin Games\Spore\Data\Locale\en-us\NameGeneration.package

I looked via magnifying glass, library --> application support --> origin, and by opening origin package contents.

@hazardalert94

The info I have is that your game is for PC?!?

No, definitely mac.

I just looked on my origin account, it says I have it for both platforms

@hazardalert94

Mac is not my forte sadly, maybe @Freggi-Liz can help?

@Freggi-Liz

Thank you so much!

Cheers guys, lifesavers

I have the same problem, but I'm having a hard time following these instructions. My "config" is a folder, not a file, and contains three files; none of which contain the "cmdlineadd" at all. Also, there is no file in my mac called 'SPORE Preferences'... Any help?

Did you open the game,  so that the Spore Preferences folder can be created?

On Mac

Navigate under-> Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/SPORE Preferences/

This is the correct path on mac, if you do not see anything, may game  not be installed properly!

You must to completely uninstall it with the hidden files and reinstall it again.

Please jump onto my private website and read more 

Hi @classycybercat 

thanks for the hint. The link works now and the pictures are there. Let's try again

@tsherb11  

if fixed the link already, but here we go

@Freggi-Liz  Hey the photo link isn't working and is sending me to a german page could you possibly write in what piece of code we are looking for and where to copy and paste it in??

Hi, I’m having this bad_data problem aswell I’ve uninstalled but I’m not very tech savvy could you help me navigate this error on my Mac please 

thanks in advance 

Im having the exact same problem. Im on a Mac and haven't got the files mentioned above.  downloaded a digital copy from origin. 

Please Help......

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@Freggi-Liz wrote:

@EA_Barry I here and can help 🙂

@hazardalert94

On Mac

Navigate under-> Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/SPORE Preferences/

Right click “Config” and Open with TextEdit -> Scroll down and keep an eye under following line

Picture Link 1

Type now the following countries code in the same line. Save it

Picture Link 2

These Languages support Spore
cz-cz: Czech
da-dk: Danish
de-de: German
el-gr: Greek
en-gb: British
en-us: American English
es-es: Spanish
fi-fi: Finnish
fr-fr: French
hu-hu: Hungarian
it-it: Italian
nl-nl: Dutch
no-no: Norwegian
pl-pl: Polish
pt-br: Brazilian
pt-pt: Portuguese
ru-ru: Russian
sv-se: Swedish

I hope this answer your question

~Liz

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the link to the pictures no longer works, what am I looking for?

HOW TO FIX

The problem is file:

En-gb is missing “namegeneration.package”

The solution 

(you need to see hidden files)

Right click spore icon 

Click show package content

In order go to:

Content 

Resources 

transgaming (at the bottom)

c_drive

“spore”

“data”

“locale” 

go into “en-us” and copy “namegeneration.package”

Go into “en-gb” and paste missing file

Restart pc 

Happy gaming 

Hi, do you think you could post new links? these just send me to an error page

Thanks 🙂