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Spore stuck on "Preparing" - EA App PC
I have spore plus all the addons and it seems to be stuck on "Preparing" on the downloads screen. I've tried clearing the app cache, searching "spore" and "sims 3" in file explorer based on other pos...
Okay so after a LOT of headache and desperately trying to get either Origin or the EA app to download spore, turns out you just have to uncheck the add-ons when you download the game.
Happened upon the answer here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Spore/Spore-will-not-start-downloading/m-p/12170000/highlight/true#M14331
I'm pirating my games from now on just as a pure convenience factor. Absolutely horrible app experience.
