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8 years ago
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spore won't launch and says SPORE (TM) ended unexpectedly.

Hi All,

I just download Spore from Origin on my MacOS Sierra but can't launch it when I tried to. It says (SPORE (TM) ended unexpectedly.) everytime I launch the game. I have search everywhere and tried everything to fix the problem but it still dosen't work. Do anyone have any clues how to fix this problem? Would be very thankful.

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

    Hej @Dooniidn

    You can try the following things

    1. Open Finder, click on "Go" menu and select "Go to Folder.. ~/Library/Preferences/SPORE Preferences/
    2. Make a double click on the file named "config"
    3. Change now from "flobackbuffer" = "0" to "flobackbuffer" = "1"
    4. Close the file and restart your game, afterwards it should work now
    5. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Spore/I-am-not-able-to-play-spore-on-my-mac-book-pro-it-won-t-load/m-p/5325069#U5325069

    Disable Origin in the game, 

    Open Origin
    Click on Origin ➡️  Origin In Game ➡️ Remove the tick and enable Origin in Game

    ~Liz

  • TarkathMC's avatar
    TarkathMC
    7 years ago

    I know this is "old" but THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This is the only solution that worked for me! Also, in my files the "flobackbuffer..." is "fbobackbufer...".

  • 6fghg9's avatar
    6fghg9
    7 years ago

    Hello! I’m from my own answers page, but I can’t find “go” or anything under ~/library, is there an updated solution?

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

    @6fghg9  Hi,

    The folder is not available until you have successfully installed the game. In addition, you should also have the admin right on this machine

  • 6fghg9's avatar
    6fghg9
    7 years ago

    Successfully installed? Can you clarify? Because I have downloaded it on origin if that’s what you mean.

  • bwdebeck's avatar
    bwdebeck
    6 years ago

    hi.  i tried this solution (change floback buffer to "1"), restarted and it didn't start.  i installed the game from a disk on my imac running high sierra.  all the patches were installed.  anything else i can try?  thanks,

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