I guess if you also have questions we can do a question thread or something. I have a few.

1) Let's say I'm in the Space Stage. Can I go back to any Stage before within the same game? I mean, I know I can start at any Stage, but if I do that, I don't have the previous Stage's "consequences of my actions". If I want to replay my Civilization Stage with the tools I had acquired in the first three Stages, can I do it? My girlfriend spent the whole morning acquiring every part and over 3000 DNA points in the Creature Age. Once she went to Tribe Age, can't she come back to fiddle with her points and parts ever again? ...

2) In Civilization Stage there's something unclear to me. In my first game I was religious. The first city, mine, was landlocked and surrounded by three warmongers and one economic. Since I was under fire so much, I thought I should rush to convert one of the military cities and keep it military. Am I wrong in thinking that if I'm constantly attacked by military vehicles I'm going to get owned? Or do they have the same power as the religious and economic? ... ... Anyway, I captured a military city and used its military vehicles to conquer other cities. This city was the only one with a port on the continent except another military city. Long story short, my only cities with sea access were military. That's when I quickly noticed that the game didn't ask me about the faith of newly captured cities once I had captured them (usually you can choose to keep them as they are, or convert them to your original alignment I think (religious for me). So... With only military cities having access to the sea, no way to convert them back to anything else, and not enough cities to create air vehicles... I was doomed to attack everybody else in the world..
Can we reconvert a city once it's been conquered?
Is it normal that once we capture a city militarily, that one stays military? I mean, it doesn't say that in the manual...

3) Can I restart a stage that I'm currently playing if it went down the drain? Like my current game I'm in Space Stage, getting owned. I want to restart with a new strategy while still being the same creature and still being a SHAMAN...

I am not sure(,I'm still in creature) but from what I can gather (from numerous threads) you can have multi space stage(empires)
you just start a new game.
I hope that's true cause I'im sure IF I get owned all the time I will scap it and try another game.

1) No. You can only proceed forwards on a planet. So you can't go back and "redo" a phase. But, you can start a new planet and use your creatures from the other planet to start from since they're in the pedia too.

2) It depends on what the city is, and how you conquered it. So, if you militarily conquer a trader city you can choose between those two. If you buy a religious city you can choose between those two. But if you take a city using the same means as the city is (eg: buy a trading city) you can't change it.

3) Not that I know of. If you haven't saved, when you come out hit "don't save". I know you can't go back to previous phases, but I'm pretty sure that's the same for restarting the level. But you can use your creature from the pedia to start a new planet from the start of the space phase.

1) No. You can only proceed forwards on a planet. So you can't go back and "redo" a phase. But, you can start a new planet and use your creatures from the other planet to start from since they're in the pedia too.

2) It depends on what the city is, and how you conquered it. So, if you militarily conquer a trader city you can choose between those two. If you buy a religious city you can choose between those two. But if you take a city using the same means as the city is (eg: buy a trading city) you can't change it.

3) Not that I know of. If you haven't saved, when you come out hit "don't save". I know you can't go back to previous phases, but I'm pretty sure that's the same for restarting the level. But you can use your creature from the pedia to start a new planet from the start of the space phase.

For your answers to question 1 and 3... The creatures from the pedia, do they also have in their "genes" the path that they have taken? (If I take my creature that is getting owned, and transplant it on a new planet, is it still going to be a "shaman"?).

I'm pretty sure that's a yes.

It should, yes.

Is creature stage supposed to be short? I have been there for near 4 hours?
yep evolving and collecting parts dying over and over, but always "find more parts" to evolve. I'm not complaining just maybe i am doing it wrong?

The manual says that in the Civ stage, you can heal your vehicles by 'simply moving them back to the city'... but how do you do that? I can't move my damaged vehicle anywhere without getting a red and white cross icon on the cursor.

Also, in case this doesn't work, is there any way of unlocking the Space stage without completing the Civ stage?

Move them next to the city walls, just outside. The health regain is in a small radius around the city.

Is creature stage supposed to be short? I have been there for near 4 hours?
yep evolving and collecting parts dying over and over, but always "find more parts" to evolve. I'm not complaining just maybe i am doing it wrong?

are you using the Pack feature?

this will help tremendously in the creature phase

It should, yes.

Maybe this is of interest here... See, when I go in "My Creations" and look at my creatures, you can see icons that show how the creature acted at each stage.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj208/SimonL_images/evolvedcreat.jpg

So I guess I can take that creature with these icons and transplant it and it'll keep its features that it has acquired in previous Stages.

However, when I look at YOUR creations, creatures I download on the internet, they never have these symbols. Does that mean I can't use one of your creatures, *and its acquired traits*, and transplant it to any stage of my game *with its traits* ? :(

Wait... can you have multiple saves for this game?? it sounds like you can't?

Wait... can you have multiple saves for this game?? it sounds like you can't?

Each planet is its own save. You can put any creature on any planet you want (well, one of the six random ones that the computer always frees up). This begs the question; if you put a creature on a planet and evolve it to civ stage or something, then start up another creature on another planet far away up to space age, can you travel with that latter creature and go visit the former? ...

No. That ones already been covered. Each slot has its own "galaxy".

If all the available planets to play on are filled up, how do you make more games without deleting saved games?

Also is there a way to mark a system that we can start a game on?

The game will create new empty planets. You will always have a minimum of 6. :)

That's cool but I wish I could just select which planet to play on. Kind of wanted to start on planet Earth.

Question: In Space, does the "happy ray gun" do anything on people who are hostile to you? In my newer game I once again failed to keep peace around me at the beginning, I'm starting to hate this. I played that game on EASY too! So that I could enjoy space age. That made all the other ages WAY TOO EASY. I won Civ stage in 15 minutes.

1) I meet the guy and he tells me not to go on his territory, he's already "annoyed" with me.

2) He asks me for 168,000 dollars, I have 161,000... can't pay.

3) Some time passes, I can't go in his system to get mission or anything... Since he attacks me if I do.

4) He declares war on me.

5) I start getting attacks every 10-15 minutes, again... :cry: LET ME PLAY!

6) I buy the happy ray gun and go on their planets 10 times trying to shoot it at the ground, it doesn't do anything.

7) I gather money while fending their never ending attacks off. Once I have 700,000$ I go to their planet and sue for peace. I propose something like 600,000$. He says "that's not enough"! BUT STILL TAKES AWAY THE MONEY!?!? I'm left with like 70,000$. I checked diplomacy and my 600,000$ donation is considered "weak effort" and gives me a +4 diplo bonus with him. How is that supposed to do anything... Especially since I have a continual -100 from "you destroyed our ships" Oh did I? You're attacking me so I have to destroy them!

8) I guess I need better guns to attack him into submission, but to do that I need to... conquer stuff.... WARRRGGHHHHH

Personally I've never had other empires declare on me. I've declared war once and extinct that empire. I am classed as a "Shaman" so I get a +10 diplo bonus and have easily been able to get everyone I meet to friendly, even without paying any demands for money. Im on easy.


8) I guess I need better guns to attack him into submission, but to do that I need to... conquer stuff.... WARRRGGHHHHH

You don't need to conquer to expand, there are plenty of peaceful ways to expand, like settling unclaimed places or terraforming or getting a trade route then buying the system.

How do you add extra joints on the arms and legs?

With the Alt and Control buttons.

I am still in creature, How do you form a pack? I have tried sing dance etc I can manage to impress 2/3 in some rare cases and find it very hard to get the 3/3.
can you make a pack of your own creatures in the nest?
Should I just attack and try to kill as many species as I can.
finding bones for improvements is a marathon:)

I found that impressing your own kind was so easy it was a formality, so long as you wait to see what they do and copy it quicky (It doesn't seem to matter if you wait for them to finish their dance or not, but they do get bored if you don't react).

After impressing the first few other species, I found I couldn't impress anymore until I had the right parts - as well as singing and dancing that you will always have (unless you have no feet/mouths!), there is 'posing' and 'charming' that depend on having hands and 'decorative' parts.

Ok thanks I didn't think I had to impress my own kind,so was only doing that with other species and haven't added heaps of parts when they are unlocked as my creature is looking more like a porcupine than I want :)
So will try that tact.

You can impress species that you have already "allied". My pack usually has maximum one of my own kind, the rest are rogue creatures (sometimes you find lonely "rogue" versions of the random creatures who don't get along with their group...) or other useful creatures.

Ok thanks I didn't think I had to impress my own kind,so was only doing that with other species and haven't added heaps of parts when they are unlocked as my creature is looking more like a porcupine than I want :)
So will try that tact.

If you want to add a piece for the ability, but don't want to see it, you can hover the mouse over the selected piece after it's place and use the scroll wheel to rescale it. You can rescale so far down that in-game you can't see it, but you retain the ability. :)

Question: In Space, does the "happy ray gun" do anything on people who are hostile to you? In my newer game I once again failed to keep peace around me at the beginning, I'm starting to hate this. I played that game on EASY too! So that I could enjoy space age. That made all the other ages WAY TOO EASY. I won Civ stage in 15 minutes.


Just one thing about what you said.

1: what level were you playing on? (if easy, try a harder level)

Just one thing about what you said.

1: what level were you playing on? (if easy, try a harder level)

My first play through I played on Normal and it was alright, but in Space, my potentially-favorite-stage, I could not for the life of me have peace of mind to have the least bit of fun as I was constantly called for attacks and my allies turning on each others. So I decided to turn the game to easy to have fun in Space, I created a new creature, and it was then way too easy on the first four stages... And I'm only getting partial relief in space.

In Space stage, is it possible to select a planet and create randoms creatures (from scratch) for it, then play as one of those creatures (in the same galaxy) to see how it evolves?

In Space stage, is it possible to select a planet and create randoms creatures (from scratch) for it, then play as one of those creatures (in the same galaxy) to see how it evolves?

Not really... It's kind of a flaw to me. When you're in space you can put creatures on any planet you want (provided it has some sort of ecosystem). However, the only way play as a creature or a tribe or a civ is to start a new game at the stage you want, and when you do that you have to pick from six random planets the game gives you.

I just wish I could terraform a planet the way I want it then send a creature to it and start playing as that creature.

Not really... It's kind of a flaw to me. When you're in space you can put creatures on any planet you want (provided it has some sort of ecosystem). However, the only way play as a creature or a tribe or a civ is to start a new game at the stage you want, and when you do that you have to pick from six random planets the game gives you.

I just wish I could terraform a planet the way I want it then send a creature to it and start playing as that creature.

Same here. I was hoping Space Stage would be much more of a sandbox (and one where you could blow up a planet to sculpt a solar system without consequence) rather than a space trade game (reminds me of the old online BBS game "Planets") with a passive (put creatures on a planet and hope the one you want to become sentient, does) sandbox. I guess I'll wait for expansion packs, then.

BTW, are creature parts unlocked with each "generation", or are they strictly found by searching for badges?

I'd like to see another stage added to the game after the space stage, where you have transcended all limitations through technology and/or spiritual-metaphysical theory, where you have the real 'sandbox' mode.

With the Alt and Control buttons.

Is it just me, or is it impossible to alter limb joints with the editors in the game itself? I never tried the Creature Creator, and I can't get this limb joint thing to work. The alt key just copies the whole limb.

Same here. I was hoping Space Stage would be much more of a sandbox (and one where you could blow up a planet to sculpt a solar system without consequence) rather than a space trade game (reminds me of the old online BBS game "Planets") with a passive (put creatures on a planet and hope the one you want to become sentient, does) sandbox. I guess I'll wait for expansion packs, then.

BTW, are creature parts unlocked with each "generation", or are they strictly found by searching for badges?

You find parts by achieving goals in the creature stage (killing off creatures or allying them), or randomly lying around the map in bone piles (uh... ok). To put them on your creature you need to go back to the nest and "reproduce".

I'd like to see another stage added to the game after the space stage, where you have transcended all limitations through technology and/or spiritual-metaphysical theory, where you have the real 'sandbox' mode.



Is it just me, or is it impossible to alter limb joints with the editors in the game itself? I never tried the Creature Creator, and I can't get this limb joint thing to work. The alt key just copies the whole limb.

If i remember correctly from when i used the creature creator, you make more joints by using alt, then moving it to the middle joint, i'm not to sure as i haven't done it for over a month. Ask Dale when he comes around.

I reached a planet today and it said it was a "Storybook planet" or something like that. I don't quite know what it meant.

It was an unhabited T3 planet though. Some people seem to say "storybook planets" have some interesting geological features but I haven't noticed. It seemed rather nice with hills. I should go back and check. I colonized it though.

I'd like to see another stage added to the game after the space stage, where you have transcended all limitations through technology and/or spiritual-metaphysical theory, where you have the real 'sandbox' mode.



Is it just me, or is it impossible to alter limb joints with the editors in the game itself? I never tried the Creature Creator, and I can't get this limb joint thing to work. The alt key just copies the whole limb.

Its not just you, ctrl doesnt do a damn thing.

I think ctrl may be used to remove joints? Maybe it was just in the original CC. I dunno.

Question: what are the space stage traits you have achieved? Stage "colours" in order gave me...

GREEN-GREEN-GREEN-RED = Shaman (green colour)
BLUE-BLUE-BLUE-BLUE = Trader (blue colour)
RED-BLUE-GREEN-RED = Knight (pinkish colour)
RED-BLUE-GREEN-GREEN = Ecologist (yellowish colour)

How do I get spice in space stage?
I have $100 000 and no more colony packs (used one) but don't see how to get spice from my home world?
There are worlds that want spice.
Oh, and where are the easy Normal and hard game settings?

If i remember correctly from when i used the creature creator, you make more joints by using alt, then moving it to the middle joint, i'm not to sure as i haven't done it for over a month. Ask Dale when he comes around.

I'm not completely sure how I did it for my creature (I did it accidently), I think it had something to do with dragging it.

How do I get spice in space stage?
I have $100 000 and no more colony packs (used one) but don't see how to get spice from my home world?
There are worlds that want spice.
Oh, and where are the easy Normal and hard game settings?

Spice should be created automatically on your planets as you play, make sure you have buildings in your home planet cities. If that doesn't work check this tutorial (http://sporedum.net/spore-walkthrough-terraforming-and-spice-production)out by Keneth.

You can only choose your difficulty when you begin play, it is one of the options you choose as you begin your new game.

thanks, slowly producing spice and trading it with other empires,who I try to be cordial with So far after 2 hours only 2 pirate attacks( 1 on homeworld 1 on a new planet I found) and blew to smithereens easily.
Space is fun so far....

Is it me or the spice production on the home planet is kind of screwed up? I spend all Civ stage building up my home planet so that it'd produce as much as it could, but in space stage it still didn't produce much. It had a huge maximum (40 or something) but it'd only accumulate like 10/40 over 15 minutes... I mean, I could go on the planet and modify the cities, but there isn't any more space for more buildings.

All my colonies produce spice faster than I can come and get it.

It's probably trying to encourage you to explore space.

After you've designed and created your spaceship (how) can you edit it ?
I'm asking since I accidently put my cockpit on the back of the spaceship and it looks silly "flying backwards".

http://ll-124.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/068/124/500068124166_lrg.png

After you've designed and created your spaceship (how) can you edit it ?
I'm asking since I accidently put my cockpit on the back of the spaceship and it looks silly "flying backwards".

http://ll-124.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/068/124/500068124166_lrg.png

I think you can do it by going to any colony and clicking on the colony as if you wanted to put buildings in it. There you can decide to change the look of your buildings, but using the tabs you can also change the look of the vehicles, and the last vehicle is the spaceship.

Yes, in the colony viewer mode you can edit all of your vehicles.