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Re: SPORE BAD_DATA

@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

20 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Cheers guys, lifesavers

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    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?

  • Freggi-Liz's avatar
    Freggi-Liz
    Hero+
    7 years ago

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

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
    Yes I've been playing the game for a while. Do I have to create the folder? I have a folder called Spore Preferences
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
    Sorry - I have NO* folder called Spore Preferences
  • Freggi-Liz's avatar
    Freggi-Liz
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    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 

  • tansherb's avatar
    tansherb
    7 years ago
    Hey, I know this is like 10 years later but the picture links are not working and I have no idea where to paste the line of command! Don't expect to get a reply soon but maybe I will. Thanks, Y'all!
  • jdcwatson's avatar
    jdcwatson
    6 years ago

    @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 

  • mrsmoss1507's avatar
    mrsmoss1507
    5 years ago

    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......


    @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



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

  • 1991bigbang's avatar
    1991bigbang
    5 years ago

    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 🙂

  • Hi there,

    Could you possibly post new picture links as those ones seem not to work anymore :/

    Thank you! 🙂))

  • Hello Liz, 
    I hope its ok to reply to this threat after so long. I'm trying to get your fix to work, but it looks like your site is down, is there any way you'd be able to direct me another way to fix the bad data on Mac please?

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