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12 years ago
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Spore, BAD_DATA

Hi, I downloaded Spore off the Origin Site and have the same problem as others with the BAD_DATA appearing on as all the names on my planets. I Have tries the fix you have mention previously by going...
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    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Hi again, I have done some more digging and found the following solution. Whicj I have tried and it works.

     
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    ‎10-03-2012 04:52 AM

    Hello mattiboy99,

    This error usually occurs when the NameGeneration Package File is missing from the local folder EN-GB

    1. Go to your installation directory (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\SPORE)
    2. Open the EN-US folder in Data/Locale
    5. Find the file named NameGenerator and copy it
    6. In the Locale folder, find the folder called EN-GB and paste that file there - you might notice it was missing

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12 years ago

Hi again, I have done some more digging and found the following solution. Whicj I have tried and it works.

 
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Registered: ‎07-18-2012
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‎10-03-2012 04:52 AM

Hello mattiboy99,

This error usually occurs when the NameGeneration Package File is missing from the local folder EN-GB

1. Go to your installation directory (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\SPORE)
2. Open the EN-US folder in Data/Locale
5. Find the file named NameGenerator and copy it
6. In the Locale folder, find the folder called EN-GB and paste that file there - you might notice it was missing

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Anonymous
11 years ago

That fix still works in November 2014!  Great stuff.

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    I have windows XP and am getting same error...will this fix work too? The patch really screwed it up...thanks
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      Batian51
      5 years ago
      @raditto what an absolute saviour thank you!

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