This game can not start...

Shackel · Sep 07, 2008, 05:49 PM

Every bloody time I ATTEMPT to start up this game, and I get this error EVERY. MEEPING. TIME!

"This game can not start

This game needs access to the internet in order to verify ownership of this game. Please ensure that your computer is online and try again"

I have posted this topic, meaning I'm ONLINE! WHAT THE HECK!

CivGeneral · Sep 07, 2008, 06:06 PM

Are you behind a firewall? Sometimes Firewall programs can screw up games that rely on the internet to operate (Spore, Steam (though The Steam Content delivery system can be set to offline mode), etc)

Dale · Sep 07, 2008, 06:11 PM

With a million people trying to register Spore today, the server's probably died.

Shackel · Sep 07, 2008, 06:26 PM

Apparently only the first thirty thousand got through. T_T

Daftpanzer · Sep 07, 2008, 07:42 PM

I managed on a 56k connection! (only Vista default firewall stuff was on)

Chieftess · Sep 08, 2008, 07:54 PM

The online requirement makes me weary. What if my Internet goes down and it wants Internet verification? What if someone has it on a laptop they took on vacation where there's no Internet access?

Daftpanzer · Sep 08, 2008, 08:08 PM

As far as I know, you only need to 'verify' the game once, then that's it. So far, I can play offline without problems, and can download selected creatures that I want for the short time that I can get online.

Dale · Sep 08, 2008, 08:26 PM

You need to verify it every time you install an expansion. That's the official response in the EA forums.

And the three install thing with the DRM only comes into play if the hardware is different. If you simply re-install it on the same computer then it doesn't take up one of your 3 installs. But if you change the video card, you have to re-install it and it takes up one of your three.

Which of course is . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .!

Daftpanzer · Sep 08, 2008, 09:16 PM

It forces you to reinstall the whole thing, even if you are just upgrading your graphics card? Sux. I was planning to do that in a few months...

I trust there is a way to keep all your creations and planets etc?

Dale · Sep 08, 2008, 09:21 PM

Yeah just copy out your Spore directory in Docs&Settings and copy back after installation.

Lord_Iggy · Sep 08, 2008, 10:11 PM

EA says that you can call them and they can give you more installs on a case-by-case basis, but they also said that they would give me Spore when it released in exchange for preordering.

Daftpanzer · Sep 11, 2008, 05:34 PM

About backing up your saved stuff - where are the actual save games, the 'planets'? I can't see them in the Spore game folder, nor anywhere in My Spore Creations.

And about installing a new graphics card - are you really forced to re-install the game? Won't it let you just re-validate it?

EDIT: I guess you have to uninstall to get one of your 3 installs back or something? You have to go online for that too?

This DRM stuff is so depressing

And it clearly hasn't stopped piracy of the game at all.

Sep 07, 2008, 05:49 PM	#1
Shackel Still a Settler D: Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 428	This game can not start... Every bloody time I ATTEMPT to start up this game, and I get this error EVERY. MEEPING. TIME! "This game can not start This game needs access to the internet in order to verify ownership of this game. Please ensure that your computer is online and try again" I have posted this topic, meaning I'm ONLINE! WHAT THE HECK!

Sep 07, 2008, 06:06 PM	#2
CivGeneral Capitalist Slave Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Pitt Posts: 31,651 Images: 3	Are you behind a firewall? Sometimes Firewall programs can screw up games that rely on the internet to operate (Spore, Steam (though The Steam Content delivery system can be set to offline mode), etc) __________________ (伝統、統一、名誉、知識)* \| "Stranger in a Strange land" a Fallout 3 AAR "Arrive at peaceful resolutions by using superior firepower." - Fallout 3 Energy Weapons Bobblehead "Is that all?" - Samus Aran \| "In Ravenholm, you do well, to be vigilant." - Father Gregori "The slave is sold once and for all; the proletarian must sell himself daily and hourly." - Karl Marx

Sep 07, 2008, 06:11 PM	#3
Dale Deity Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,415	With a million people trying to register Spore today, the server's probably died. __________________ Blog: http://iPlayCiv.com \| New Civ Site: http://weplayciv.com Civ4: Col Mod: Age of Discovery II

Sep 07, 2008, 07:42 PM	#5
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Sep 08, 2008, 07:54 PM	#6
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Sep 07, 2008, 06:26 PM	#4
Shackel Still a Settler D: Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 428	Apparently only the first thirty thousand got through. T_T

Sep 08, 2008, 08:08 PM	#7
Daftpanzer MechaDruid Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 3,580	As far as I know, you only need to 'verify' the game once, then that's it. So far, I can play offline without problems, and can download selected creatures that I want for the short time that I can get online. __________________ ~blacker than the blackest black, times infinity~

Sep 08, 2008, 08:26 PM	#8
Dale Deity Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,415	You need to verify it every time you install an expansion. That's the official response in the EA forums. And the three install thing with the DRM only comes into play if the hardware is different. If you simply re-install it on the same computer then it doesn't take up one of your 3 installs. But if you change the video card, you have to re-install it and it takes up one of your three. Which of course is . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .! __________________ Blog: http://iPlayCiv.com \| New Civ Site: http://weplayciv.com Civ4: Col Mod: Age of Discovery II

Sep 08, 2008, 09:16 PM	#9
Daftpanzer MechaDruid Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 3,580	It forces you to reinstall the whole thing, even if you are just upgrading your graphics card? Sux. I was planning to do that in a few months... I trust there is a way to keep all your creations and planets etc? __________________ ~blacker than the blackest black, times infinity~

Sep 08, 2008, 09:21 PM	#10
Dale Deity Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,415	Yeah just copy out your Spore directory in Docs&Settings and copy back after installation. __________________ Blog: http://iPlayCiv.com \| New Civ Site: http://weplayciv.com Civ4: Col Mod: Age of Discovery II

Sep 08, 2008, 10:11 PM	#11
Lord_Iggy The Conqueror Worm Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Yukon Posts: 17,810	EA says that you can call them and they can give you more installs on a case-by-case basis, but they also said that they would give me Spore when it released in exchange for preordering. __________________ LINESII Update 33 Progress: 22% My other house is a tesseract.

Sep 11, 2008, 05:34 PM	#12
Daftpanzer MechaDruid Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 3,580	About backing up your saved stuff - where are the actual save games, the 'planets'? I can't see them in the Spore game folder, nor anywhere in My Spore Creations. And about installing a new graphics card - are you really forced to re-install the game? Won't it let you just re-validate it? EDIT: I guess you have to uninstall to get one of your 3 installs back or something? You have to go online for that too? This DRM stuff is so depressing And it clearly hasn't stopped piracy of the game at all. __________________ ~blacker than the blackest black, times infinity~

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